The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-08-07
News of the Week Condensed.

/ sngntly apatlnS IN MempnlS.
Weston and Rowell have signed ar
ticles to walk in New York Sept. 1.
Cholera infantum is prevailing to
an alarming extent in Huntington
county.
Another terrible storm has swept
over England, causing immense dam
age to the growing crops.
Heavy rains at Charlottesville, Pc.
ru, Hartford City and Button have
set farmers in tip-top humor.
The Consolidated Bank Of Canada
has suspended, owing. it is stated, TO
mismanagement. 1t held deposits OF
sl,5OO,OOO.
A genuine case OF yellow fevsr re-
sulIing in the death of the patient
occurred at Chicago Sunday morn
ing. The victim was man 53 years
old, who came from Memphis.
A young man, named Elias Clapp.
while assisting to load saw logs, near
LaPorte. the other day, was fats ly
injured by log which rolled over
him. crushing him from his feet to
his chest.
The McIyias block. Bank Of Ham
ilton. and several other large blocks
in Hamilton, Canada, caught fire Fri
day night aud were destroyed. The
loss on buildings and stock 10 81 ,OOO,-
600; insurance 100000.
Eli Stockberger, deaf mute, I'M
married, aged 40 years, was run over
and instantly killed three miles north
OF Rochester. Saturday morning, by an
extra freight on the indianapolis,
Peru and Chicago Railroad. The
body was horribly mangled.
A young man named William Hun
ter was found dead In the road, near
Warsaw s turday. He had been
hunting. and in climbing over fence,
it is supposed his gun was accident
ally discharged. infiicting a wound
that caused death before he was
found.
The Times publishes a reveview OF
the agricultural prospects. The hay
and other fodder crops throughout
England and Wales are many millions
OF pounds short OF the average value.
The worth of barley is nearer Is to
&c than el0 per acre, the average
value OF other years.
Friday, while the nine year old
son OF Mr.. Harper, living few miles
east OF Goshen, was playing with a
loaded rifle, the gun slipped on the
floor aud discharged its contents into
the head OF the child. The charge
entered al the right eye. and passing
upward, killed bin on the spot.
The report Saturday that George
! Q, Cannon. Brigham Young, Jr., and
Albert Darlington. executors Of
| Brigham Young's estate. bad given
bonds and been released. was mis-
take, they failed to give bonds and
were sent TO the peniteBtiary. Yes
terday John Taylor gave bond aud
| was released.
Augustus Rignet, street-car
driver, of Fi. Wayne, committed sui
eide last Saturday night. While
driving his car on Hamilton street he
turned 20 the passengers aud said /:
GOOD bye, gentlemen" aud sho,
himself with a small revolver, the
ball entering the heart. Death re-
suited almost Instantly.
During an open air concert at
South Bend, Saturday evening, a
runaway horse attached to buggy
dashed through the crowd OF listen
ers. knocking down and t'ampling
men, women and children. A dozen
persons were more or less injured
some receiving broken bones aud
other painful bruises. but fortunately
nobody was fatally hurt.
The report Of the kentucky COM
missioner OF agriculture, just issued
says that correspondents from all
parts OF the State speak desPonding
ly and despairingly OF anything like
full corn crops. Their reports were
written. in most cases, just before the
recent rains that seem TO have been
satisfactory throughout the State
The wheat crop has been extraordi-
nary in quality and yield.
Four unknown men, supposed to
belong 70 gang OF desperadoes in
the Indian Territory, rode into COT.
feyville, Kansas, Saturday, robbed
the postoffice, and committed other
depredations. The citizens resisted
one Of whom named Fitzpatrick was
killed and another named Roberts
wounded. The robbers then left, and
shortly after detachment OF United
States troops started in pursuit oil
them. but at last accounts had made
no arrests.
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