Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-11
WESTERN.

4 .Ieffersonville woman fpnnG a dia-
mond the size of II pea in the craw OF Il
turkey she was dressing for dipner.
Walter Mctreary. Il hermit, known as
"Old Walt was found dead in bed in
his little home. three miles southwest of
Granville. Ohio. In the 4Us McCreary
was prominent in Democratic politics.
but for forty years has been recluse.
disappointment i'll love caused his re-
tirement from the world, and he never
married He was ~ years old.
The San Francisco Examiner says the
collateral heirs of the estate of the late
Senator Fair have sold their interest TO
the children for S4OO.OOO. and agree To
abandon I'LL of the rights guaranteed
under the trust clause of the will. The
compromise is said to have been effected
to give the direct heirs an important all
vantage. in Il trial before a jury.
Miners who are familiar with all that
is being done in the development OF the
vast gold feds of Colorado predict that
the mining sensation of 1896 will center
in Summit County. 1t is estimated that
that county has yielded i'll the past 500
O0O.0 in gold. and not per cent.of the
| placer grounds have been worked over.
Syndicates have secured thousands of
acres of rich placer grounds III the neigh
| borhood of breckenridge and next spring
exploration will be begun Oh il gigantic
| scale.
| A dozen st. Louis, Mo-, merchants and
five or six banks have been victimiZed
! for hundreds of dollars by mail box rob
bers. The Fourth National Bank is out
of pocket S64O: the German American is
| out $50: the International was swindlcd
out of $780,, and several other banks are
known TO have been worked for like sums.
| The method is to extract letters from the
| mail boxes and open them, and II they are
| found to contain checks the checks are
raised. Endorsements forged, and the
checks are presented for payment. 30
far known none of the boxes nave
been broken open. The letters are eth
er extracted with wire or the locks have
been picked Every stolen check has thus
far been promptly paid.
Chicago bankers are unanimous III
their approval of President Cleveland
recommendation in his message that tn,
legal-tender treasury notes and the Sllvei
certificates be withdrawn from circuli
ton and Cancelled and that the nationa
Indebtedness which they represent be re
funded into longtime bonds bearing
low rate Of interest The men at thu
head of Chicago financial institution.
agree entirely with the President in hi'
main propositions on the cOuntry's mon
etary affairs, and those who differ wit!
the message as to details seem To thinl
that the President did not go far enough
in presenting a plan for the complete
reformation of our system of currency
There is no variance of opinion as To tn
wisdom of the retirement of the green
backs by means of bonds.
The A. H. Andrews Company, Chi
. cago, manufacturer of fine furniture an
office fixtures and one of the Oldest am
most extensive in its line in the West
confessed judgment Thursday in th
Circuit Court in favor of the Globe M
tional Bank OH two notes. aggregatin
SOFIA The total indebtedness of tn
corporation is said To be about $?DOOt
! of which x2J.OOO is owing To the Glob
National Bank $4,000 to the Union y:
: tional Bank and the remainder is distrit
| uted among the stockholders of the con
. pany, who have loaned money " the col
E poration and various merchants in tn
' lines of business with which the con
I pany was concerned. 1t is estimated tina
D ! the company's assets will largely q,
coed the liabilities and that after =