Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-11-02


pany has begun putting in its system.
Will be in operation 10y December I.
OSCAR ELLIOTT'S sawmiil, four miles
northeast of CO'umbl ; was burned,
causing less of $1,000, with no insur-
auce.
Miss GRACE SPEAKMAN. fatally in
jured in a natural gas explO ion at
Marion, died at her home in New
castle.
TIE kokomO police called the fire
department out the other night aud
had them drown a man out OF cellar
OF house of i'll fame which they were
raiding.
CHARLES F. WFDDfE aged -. at
tempted to get aboard an incoming
train on the Pennsylvania road al
CIinoco. and fell beneath the wheels
He was instantly killed
WHILE wOrkmen were casing 4 gas
well near Shelbyyil e. Saturday, some
one struck a h. \ fearful eXplO-
sion followed and three men were
probably fatally burned.
CAPT. J. II. NA1ToN'S barn. near
kOkomo. disappeared i'm 4 very singu-
Lar manner. y little whirlwind dipped
down and played havoc with the struc-
ture. The timbcrs were found seat
tered some distance away.
SEVERAL Evansville citizens have
brought big suits 4Or damages against
the Merchants Mercantile Agency OF
Chicago alleging that it published a
Credit Experience Guiue." rating
them as NV orthy of credit
The report sent Out from Laporte
that notices had been posted threaten
inc to burn different pla ,cs about The
city has caused considera lie trouble.
The Insurance companies are trying 10
cancel policies and raise the rates.
EDWARD {. MILLER. al the Muncie
veneering works accidentally stepped
in large vat Of boiling water and was
terribly scaldcd He was res ued by
another workman. The flesh on his
right leg to the knee vas fairly cooked.
j. NJ. TERRY. one OF the Oldest and
best-known conductors on the ! axe
Shore x Michigan Southern railway.
was killed east of Flkhart He was
working ahost his train when he was
run over 10y it and instantly killed. He
leaves wife and three children He
had Eecn employed on the road nine
teen years.
FRANK LAYMAN met with peculiar
accident at Shelbyville. He and an
other workman were engaged IN drly-
ing well and were using a bar and
chain, twisting the pipe. I'm some way
the chain slipped and struck him on
the left side Of the head. tearing his
ear entirely OF and rendering him un-
conscious for hours.
&c SEPH MILLER, son Of Il farmer &c
siding near Yorktown, attempted 10
hoard moving freight ira n in An er-
son, hut lost his hold and fell under the
train. Both legs were crushed and
were amputated below the knees by
DIR. ]. w. Hl Mt Miller was taken to
St. Johns Hospital His condition Is
regarded as very critical.
WHILE Wilson Lewis wa- fishing al
| lafayette his line caughtOn something
heavy. Exerting his strength he was
Mortified to find that his hook had
brought up the body OF Il
young colorcd woman. The girl had
been missing over Il week. Tier name
was Mary ham! ers. and she was bat
l. years old. disappointment over u
love lair il supposed to have caused
her to suicide.
EDWARD NEES and iii Grouse were
instantly killed by a train at Ecelsville.
They were in Il wagon and going to
mill. The C, oss.ng is right in he vii
lage and a view OF the road is OBJ
structcd by storerooms The train was
the fast easttound indianapolis ex-
press on the Nandaiia. 1t was three
hours late and wa roaming at high
rate of speed The horses had cleared
the track. but the wagon was squarely
struck and smashed into sphnters. The
men both leave families.
TIE re. ort of the Controller of the
Currency regarding the condition OF
the national banks OF Indiana shows
that, at the close o business on Octo
her >. the average reserve was H.
per cent, is against 3J.l9 per cent. on
July l.. Loans and discounts increased
from $50. $40 079 to ST. COZ ,456: stocks
and securities. fro II $50, so TO So
4Ol1: gold coin from -. 80, POS to Sd
- $40: lawful money reserve from g..
ls4,5oo4 to IS, 22223, lSl: indiyi ual depoS-
its from 500. Go. rs to ~, 009, 20l.
FIRE DESTROYED the large livery barr
on the west side o. the square at
Knightstown. occupied 10y John T.
tTlTbN -Ol. tNtNNl iiOi 90. Tx iib tpii'
of hay, a half do en- fine buggies and
carriages were burned | oss, Loo:
insuran - 900. | OSs on barn $500.
The fire was supposed to be OF incendi-
AIRY origin. 1t was the first opportu-
nifty since the completion of the water
works plant that has been given 10
thoroughly test 1t. -Four streams were
thrown on the flames until the ire was
cxtinguished with satisfactory result.
As G. JORGE w. JONES, a highly re-
spected farmer living southwest OF
Rome was crossing the railroad on
Main street a special containing the
oil, ials of the Missouri Pacific going
at speed of forty miles an hour.
struck his carriage, in uriDg him ST.
badly that he died in an hour. The
man was carried fifty feet and was
landed under the carriage. which was
a complete wreck. and the horses were
carried greater distance and landed
on the other side of the track Mr..
Jones leaves wife and five children
a COSTLY mishap has occurred at
Thomp on's green glass bottle works,
Gas City. The molten glass in the
tank was allowed to get too hot and
began leaking through the bottom of
the tank into the air tunnel. The