Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-05-24
Minor State SeEs.

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CHARLEY REED of Muncie. Was given
ten years fOT horse stealing.
FIRE destroyed u acres of fine timber in
Porter county. Loss. 5000
RICHMOND is TO have monthly comic
paper called Yours Truly
FARMERS near Rockville report that a
black bug i destroying crops.
CEozIER LANDoN. aged 4. was a.
cidentally drowned at Dupont.
FRED {. GEERkIN. l.. was drowned in
the Maumee River a, Fort Wayne.
WHITEWATER RIVER in WAYNE County
has been stocked with 100000 fish.
JOSEPH ToDD. carpenter. fell from
ladder at Rockville. ard was fatally in
jured.
GEORGE LEWIS. wealthy Peru lumber
man, was struck lay a plank in his saw
mill and killed
paul Cook. :. Montpelier. tried Ia
climb on a wagon. Fell under the wheels
and was crushed 10 death.
MARTIN MADDEN was caught i'm the
machinery of the Fox cracker factory. Fort
Wayne. ami fatally injured.
SHELBYVILLE capitalists have scheme
on foot 20 build an electric railway from
Oseood Ia Drookvllc. IL miles.
SEVERAL Marion citizens want The resi-
dents To subscribe Slio.0)) 10 new rail-
road that il i proposed To build.
TIE village OF Southwest. near Goshen.
has 10 postmaster and Uncle sam can't
find anybody who'i take the job.
HENRY EBERHAET. near South Bend.
accidentally shot and killed himself while
climbing over a fence with shotgun.
OWING to the smallpox Scare-which was
nothing more than chickenpoN at VAL
paraiSO. nearly 1908 ere vaccinated.
The Richmond hospital for the insane is
now Over-orowed. and il i claimed that
over lo0 patients are awaiting admission.
TIE crown sheet of a Panhandle freight
engine blew OFF near Winamac. Brakeman
Long and Fireman Kinner were seriously
scalded.
An Anderson man cut snail pieces az
iron into the size Of pennies and worked
slot machines lor about 500 worth Of
chocolate candy. etc.
LoGAN~PoEI council passed an Crdin-
ance taxing transient stores. bankrupt
sales. etc. but the court says the ordinance
is unconstitutional.
WILLIAM NoTIN'S team ran away near
Anderson. fatally iniuring him. Joseph
Holmes team also took fright and he was
probably fatally injured.
y Madison firm has received an order
from Germany Tor 25.0m pounds of bur-
dock root. and it is said TO be the largest
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in this country.
j. Il. ANGEL. proprietor of the Western
Hotel. Madison. quarreled with Harry
King over a common cur dog. Both meg
were under the influence of liquor. King
pulled a gun and siCt Angel. instantly
killing him.
TIIE report of the school enumeTators for
NigO County shows a falling off in the
school population from last year of | t6l. of
which .151 is in Terre llaute. The total
for the county is 1895, about equally di-
yided between the city and the township.
WHILE at play on swing Josie Lea,h-
crman. l-ycar-Old daughter of Henry
Ieatherman of WakarIiSa. became cntan-
Cled in :he rope in such manner as TO get
il twisted about her neck. Death resulted
from strangulailOn in a few moments. The
body MAS found short time after 10y her
brothers and sisters With whom she had
been playing.
FINE field CT wheat on the farm of
Yancy Breedloye near pianiicld is being
deVasted 10y 4 small insect that i working
on the stalk ~ far no one who has eX-
amined the field is able 10 name the insect.
The farmers are fearful leSt the pest VIII
get into Other fields and cat short what
few days ago promised 10 be the best crol.
in yeals OF this cereal.
4 NAN named Davis met his divorced
wife on the highway near Rockville. and
fired three shots al her. two taking effect
in her arm and one in the head. He then
went home. took morphine and shot him
self. The town marshal prevented Will
lam Chestw right. brother of the woman
from shooting Davis. Mrs. Davis viii die,
but Davis may recover.
MANY horses in the vicinity of Plain
field are afflicted with a disease tha, is
pulling our best posted horScmen. The
animal first shows symptoms of the disease
by swelling i'm the throat. In a few days
pus begins 10 discharge from the nose. ac-
conpanied with cough. This il followed
by weakness of such IA character that the
animal i unable 10 get M without help az
ter living down for rest.
Louis SCHMIDT of Laporie. has just
found his brother Charles Schmidt. when
he had moGmed a dead for forty-two
years. The brothers came from Germany
and separated at Batfalo. y. Y. Repeated
efforts on the part of Louis 10 locate his
brother failed until recently. when his
Whereabouts were aScertained through the
Buffalo officials. The result will he a JOY
Gus reunion in a day or two nj Buffalo.
FoR several weeks fire bugs have been
setting fire to buildings in Terre llautc.
but, fortunately. the losses have been con-
fined To barns the fires in other structures
being discovered in time To prevent serioas
damage. The night of the iiremnnS an
nual ball the building where the ball WAS
being held MAS fired three times. After
midr light the other morning fire was dis
covered in four of the largest business
buildings ON Main street.
LOUIE ALTER. aged 10. saved her Young
sisters life at Frackfort by risking her
own. \ vicious dog attacked the child.
Louie grabbed the beast and. although De
ing bitten herself. KEEP; it from attacking