Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-10-26
When liberated,

cities under guard. When liberated
he was in Cincinnati
MEMBERS of the faculty of the Uni
versity of Michigan say that Prof j.
b. Steere was not rem we'd from the
chair OF systematic zCology because
of his lecture on the immortality Of
the professors and students and his
enthusiastic advocacy Of the cause Of
prohibition, but because of ircom e.
ten Y.
THE large farm barn of Captain J. r.
Nation, near Kokomo, Ind., :nysteri-
ously disappeared Friday as though
taken from the earth. There was no
storm in the ighborhocd and other
buildings near by were not mo ested'
Captain Nation thinks snail whirl-
wind dipped down an carried it away
a few pieces of the timber were after
ward found.
The Grand Rapids Mich Daily
Eagle, sold at mortgage sale, was bid
in fer s., 00O by Congre- sman Dingley,
OF Maine, who held first mortgage
for <IO,tO0 The sale wipes out the
claims of other ere iitors Congress
man Dingley filed articles OF associa-
tion of the Eagle Company, which is to
continue the publication of the paper.
TIE tug Monarch which towed the
big log ia out over Colum bia River
bar and started with it for San Fran
cisco. arrived and reports the raft
total loss. n terrific gaze was encoun-
tered and the raft went to pieces the
second day out. The raft contained
10000 spars and piles consigned to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
and wa valued at So, 900.
GREAT excitement exists on the Chi
cago BCai d of Trade over the announce
ment that some weevily wheat had
been taken out of one OF the Armour
e evators. A GOOD deal of old wheat is
stored inChicago and strong suspicion
has existed or Ii long tine that some
of it was not in sound condition. This
has caused shippers to use unusual
vigilance to prevent any of it Icing
worked off on them and they have
placed inspect rs at each hatch when
loading any cargoeS. In this caee the
Inspector seems t. have been caught
ma ping, for a later inspection b. an
other Inspector showed lha. the Ar
III pur wheat was full of weevils This
is an imp rtant matter. and thor
Ough inspection OF the wheat in the
diaerent elevators will be made at
once. The discredited cargo is now
en- rOut5 ID Buffalo.
a DESPERATE fight occurred in the
Tahlequah, ]. T., Jail between Eli
Levy, Chule Starr, and Bob Dalton, all
of whom were under sente ace of
death. Levy got possession of a ra-
ZOr and made an assault on the other
two prisoners, cutting Starr ia
tally. when he was knocked sc eless by
Dalton, who used chair. fracturing
Ievy's skull and otherwise injuring him
SO that he cannot recover. jim Cook.
brother of the leader of the noted
Cook gang of despera Ices who we're
under ar. est for murder. ha; made his
escape. Viii in charge of two
guards he made a break for liberty,
and. after giving his captOrS severe
tussle, got Tree Of them. Although
hampere1 by heavy chain locked
about his wrist an ankle, he Outran
the guards and warded off the bullets
directed at him.
THE Missouri acifc passenger train,
No. 223, on the Kansas and Arkan-
by four or five masked men at
Coretta Siding, east of Wagner,
/. T., at ] o'clock Sunday morning
or days the gang has been repre-
sented as being at different point;
planning a robbery, AMI thorough
preparations were made to meet the
expected attack. The outlaws evil
IDENTIFY anticipated desperate re-
sistance, and began their work
with fierce fighting. All the cars ex
cepting the sleeper where shot full of
hoes, and not whole window re-
mains. The train struck an Obstruc
tion of cars across the track after
being shunted onto siding,
the outlaws hal ing thrown
switch for that purpose. The money
secured was from the local safe. Dur
ing the fusillade Jack McHara, advance
agent of the McHara Minstrel Show.
received a shot in the forehead how
serious is not known. He was in one
of the passenger coaches at the time.
Several others were shot. some fatally.