Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-10-26
INDIANA STATE NEWS.
OCCURRENCES DURING THE
PAST WEEK.
An Interesting Summary of the More Inn
pOrtant Doings of Our Neighbors-Wed-
dings and Deaths-Crimes. Casualties and
General News Notes OF the State.
HOosicr Happenings

ing new opera house.
THE posto Ice at Fopewc'l l, Ripley
County. viii c discontinued
THE great Moorewood tin plate fac
tory, Gas City, has resumed.
RICHARD BRYsON's residence, near
Clay City, is in ashes. Loss, $1,000
MERIDIAN fancy glas, works, Ander-
son. alter two years idlencss, has re-
sumed.
THE smallpox epidemic at Walker
ton, has cost the county about $500 up
TO date.
"BUCK" SMITH. 4 wcll-known char
acter of Forkvillc. dropped dead from
heart disease.
DUNHIRH has let contract for an
Gle tric light plant. to be completed
in ninety days.
WHILE Martin Ncwcome was telling
n tree ar ErOollvillc Al limb fell on
him. Will die.
Mrs. w. PHII.POT'r. II well known
An .cr~on wo an while talking to Il
friend cropped dead.
7 + editor of the / ogansr OFT Times
Is still advertising dead beat subScr b.
ers ly o1cring thciraccounts for sale.
MADISON is said TO have a suicide
club AMI already some hall dozen
members have "..oined the silent ma
jority.'
RICHARD WATTS. While working in
gravel PIT near Wa ash. was ca :ght
under twelve tons of gravel and fatally
crushed.
SOUTH BENDS want; are very
Z
hotel. public library building, and
suppression of gambling dcns.
ALBERT CRoUSSON's barn near Ko-
kOmo burned. In the ashes were found
the charred remains of a human body
supposed 10 have been tramp.
CHAS. RAY. a farmer near Atwood,
found the dead body of an unknown
man rear straw stack on his farm.
He had evidently died of starvation.
GEORGE w. KGNTIGH died at Water
ford, from prOstration. resulting from
amputation of Il hand which hal been
crushed ina cane mill during Il friendly
scuh'e.
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN, who mvsteri-
Ously disappeared from home over
eighteen years ago. has returned to his
mother, who now liz cs in BlackfOrd
County.
THE Bloomfield bank robber who was
captured ana is now in Jail at Sullivan,
was identified by Chicago detective.
as George West. one of the most noted
safe blowers in the country.
j. II. ROSENrHAL, an indianapolis
baker, began work at the Fienna
Bakery in Anderson. He was unused
l.
gas for some ii me before applying the
match. The cas exploded and burned
his hands, face, breast, and head badly.
All of the hair was burned off and the
fle. h cooked until it fell off. 1t is
thought that he will die. He suffered
untold agony.
ADJUTANT GENERAL ROBBINS has
com pletcd the classification of the
various expenses incurred during the
railroad and coal miners strikes. The
total cost OF the summers labor troubles
will rea h $4,000. every dollar of
which the State must pay. Ten thou
sand dollars of the amount will be paid
to the railroads Tor Transportation of
troops. The ray roll amounts to $43,-
eco. which sum ma already been paid
by Gov Matthews. Topographic COM
state o cials cost $30n. Aside from
the salal'ic which were paid out of u
private loan negotiated 10y the Gov
crnor, he other bills will not be paid
until after the sess on of the General
Assembly, when an approp ration will
be made for the purpose.
The home of Charles Purrer. col
Ored on Hart street. Nincennes. was
blown up with dynamite. The house,
was badly wre kcd. but no one Was
killed. There are various rumOrs con-
corning the probable cause. but no
In id explanation is known. Mr.. and
Mrs. Purrier are quiet and inOffensive
co,ored people. They own their home,
and are comfortably situated. The
husband was Union soldier and draws
pension which supports hin and his
vie. Mrs. Purrier has the confidence
and respc OF all her neighbors. so
far as is known 10 the public. They
had snug four-room cottage nearly
new. 1t is now badly wre .ked. The
dynamite was PA ed uIon a back
porch, and shattered the entire rear
portion of the house.
JOHN KOEPPEN. FOR twenty-five years
connected with the mailing depart
ment of the lndianai Oils Journal. died
re, emily. Il victim TO the Christian
Science craze. \ CIV days ago Keep
pen contracted a bad cold, but thought
If he could convin e himself that there
was nothing the matter with him he
would in reality be i'll good health.
He talked to a number of the brethren
in the faith. and they assured him that
he was on the right track. His con-
dition became alarming, and lie con-
suited Il MUSICIAN. who told him he
had an attack Ga congestion of tho
l. ngs. Koeppen was advised 10 re-
main in his room. but he again took
the advice of the Christian Scientists,
and went about his work. He deter
mined 10 fight it out on that line, AMI
remained on his feet as long as he
could stand. He finally went to bed,
and III two hours was dead.
JACK STEVENS and William Henine
had hot words over Il glass of beer at
st. Maurice. near Greensburg. Stevens
drew Il revolver and shot Henicc dead.
This was the third murder in that
neighborbood within the past year.
AFTER five weeks struggle, the
KOkOmO City Coun(ll passed an ordi-