Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-22
Minor State News.

\ BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY farmer has
sold $500 WORT, Of butter 20 one firm III
thirty years.
DAVID IYKEN~. aged -, Of Delaware
County. accidentally shot himself with a
rifle. and will die.
The inmates in Prison North number
$40. an increase of l6j over last year ana
the largest number ever confined in the in
StitutiOn.
\ THIEF has been making he rounds Of
Carroll County. lie rides in spring
wagon and puts his stolen goods in a box
labeled Snakes"
BANK robbers AT New Carlisle blew Ope,i
the outside door OF the vault in Services
Bank. but were frightened away before OBJ
tanning amy booty.
Mrs. FRANK CULVER of Frankfort, has
invented patent petticoat which Is said 10
be capable of being adjusted 10 the ever
incoming new fashions.
MUNCIE Jail prisoners went on strike
and refused to work al the stone pile. They
SAY that the sheriff has not been feeding
them as workingmen should be fed.
CHATNCEY JOINS. eN-County Commits
Sioner. met with a terrible death at his
house near battle-ground. He had gone
out 10 feed the COWS and WAS gOred 10 death
bv a vicious anir,al. lie was dead when
found He was - years old and would
have celebrated his golden wedding IN May.
lie was a prominent member of the Meiho-
dist Church and an officer of the Battle
ground Camp Meeting Association.
CT. HALL. State oil Inspector. has
made the following appointments of depu-
ties J. IL. Bolt. Winchester: W. r.
Daily. Peru: {. b. Dorsey. New Albany;
Walter Derr. South Bend. W. III. Mct;ee.
Lafayette: !. NJ. johnson, LoganspOrt: ".
c. Carr. Crawfordsyille; W. {. Dorsey,
Terre lIaute u. f. Shrk. Muncie: VI. J.
Bowman. Madison: J. NJ FellS. RuShyilie;
!. Is. Mills. New NaySyille; !. Il. Cornell,
Goshen: Walter Niele. Evansville: ". ID.
Sebring, Portland; Theodore ThOrward.
Fort Wayne: J. g.. Davidson. " hitting: X.
+. Weems. Nincenncs: VI. \. >chutt. Mich
igan City. William Met loud of Linton.
Green County. was appointed Assistant
Mine Inspector by Robert Fisher.
WHILE playing on the falls at Jefferson
Vile a number of boys found what ap
peared to be an upturned flatbOat, but or
investigation they saw it was a box heavi
ly coated with tar. The box was seven feet
long. two and one-half feet wide and
, two and one-half feet deep. They
tore OF the top and discovered the skeleton
of a man. The skull was indented as If
struck by blunt instrument. The boys
ran away and notified the officers. From
the appearance of the skeleton il h1l been
in the box for some time. The coating OF
the tar on the box had a rusty appearance.
The spot where the box was found was in
a clump of trees known as the willows,
and il was partially hidden in the shore
mud. From all appearances there Is little
doubt il is case of murder. 1t Is the
skeleton of very large man. The police
are investigating the case.
CAsS PETERSON. formerly conductor
on the Lake Erie and Western, in attempt
| ing TO board a west bound freight on that
road. was thrown down and lost a hand
under the wheels. PeterSon's home was at
| Peru.
Miss LIZzIE LEE, Is years old, daugh
ter of William Lee. was terribly burned al
| Jacksonville. She was repleniShing the
fire i'm the stove, when coal fell out and
| lodged against her dress and she was soon
enveloped in flames. Her screams attract
ed attention. and her father succeeded IN
extinguishing the flames, being himself
badly burned. Miss Lees injuries are
very serious. but she will recover.