Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-01

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MINCIr will pave forty blocks this year
making about four miles OF asphalt in the
city altogether.
ORA THoRNTowN Frankfort. got fifteen
days in jail and fine of SO for stealing :;
cents worth ot Germ.
WILLIE GoEBLER. CoanerSvillc. while
cOa>iing. ran into horse and buggy and
was severely injured.
WINFIELD RICHARDS is putting i'm quatz
crushing machinery in Brown county. lie
intends TO manufacture glassware.
GREENFIELD Crocers are at war and. as
Il result, "ranuated sweetness sells for ::
cents Il pound and -four at - cents a sack
JESSE BAILEY. well know farmer near
Bedford. fell from The loft of his barn and
struck cutting box. He's seriously hurt
FRED IIIINZ. Charlestown. * ~ years
old. weigh, 30 pounds. six feet and eight
inches tall and strong aS an OK. He wears
4 No. Is boot.
WHILE working at the box factory at
Decatur. George Gilbert fell into Il large
val OF boiling water and was ScaIded to
death. He was married and leaves a
family.
AUAND>oME new Masonic temple for
LoganSport is assured. Its 90 be located
at North and Fourth streets and Will prob
ably contain an auditorium that Will seat
Leo people.
WILLIE. the 10 year old son of Thomas
kayanaugh of the Wabash read, while ON
his way TO school was run down by Il loco
motive in the Wabash yards and killed at
Fort WAYNE.
\ 250-PorND weight dropped from the
top of gas we'll shaft near Arcadia, and
grazing the shoulder of j. X. Johnson. bur
led itself in the ground. All the muscles
Were torn from .Iohnson's shoulder.
FRED SToCKENBARGER. Mishawaka.
killed freak in the poultry line, the other
day. The chicken had three legs. one
growing out from the back. The peculiar
ty was not noticed until after its death
TIE Gas Belt Torpedo Company organ
lied at kni"htsiown. The capital stock
has been subscribed and officers elected
Nj: j. -. Whitfield is president. j. II. Ben
nett manager. and Mr.. e. Beard secretary
THREE brothers named Pass in different
parts OF the state. are a little taller than
the average Martin Pass measures feet.
g. inches. Frank Pass is feet i inches and
Sam Pass, the "runt' OF the family. meas
ureS Is feet | inch.
SIT has been entered for damages
against the Alexandria natural-%a> compa-
ny. by Jean Grenier. Anderson. He claims
that while his child was sick the company
shut off the gas and the change i'm the tenn
perature Of the house caused the chid'S
death.
PHILIP IYKENS. of COWan. who was
believed 10 have been murdered. has turned
up all right visiting old comrades in the
Soldiers Home at Marion. His failure TO
tell OF his departure and the fact that he
had inst been paid his pension led to the
report.
JACKSON NoLL' : fine farm residence in
the eastern part of Clay County and all lis
contents were consumed by fire while the
family were attending church. Besides
the household effects many valuable relics
were burned. The loss will reach in the
thousands: partly covered by Insurance.
Is WASHINGTON County married wo-
mand and her married daughter each gave
birth 10 Il baby the same day. Both were
boys. same complexion, size. and weight
Whcn the ne.hb0rs came in they. of
course. took the babies and in some way
got them mixed. Now neither mother
can tell which baby belongs 10 her.
By order OF Mayer Suman of Valparaiso
ali saloon keepers were compelled SUNDAY
to remove all furniture and screens in front
of their saloons 50 Il full view could he Oh
tanned from the streets. The order was is
sued on account OF request of the Citizens
League. Now some of the saloon keepers
say they will put in stained glass windows.
The business center of Anderson was
startled recently by an explosion OF natural
gas. which took place in the basement of
the saloon owned by Louis Biest. Hun
drcds of persons rushed TO the scene to find
half dozen persons mangled in the de-
bris. Henry Dittmer. Il bartender. was the
only person injured. His head. face, and
hands We're pretty badly burned. Dittmer
went 10 the cellar and, upon striking a
match. the explosion followed, although no
trace OF gas had been previously noted.
The-plate glass front was shattered 10 pieces
and blown across the street. the floor
ripped open. bottles broken and pieces of
plaStering lOoscncd from the walls and
ceiling. A half dozen persons were at the
bar. all of whom were slightly stunned by
the conclusion, but none i'll lured.
PATENTS have Eeen awarded TO residents
of Indiana as follows: Charles +. Bettmann,
jr., New Albany. vehicle bolster: Allen A.
BOwSer. Fort Wayne. extension step-lad-
dar: Sylvanus +. Bowser, Fort Wayne,
selfmeasuring pump; John Clark, assignOr
Of Onehalf to :. Il. Rude, Liberty, tuyere
iron for FORCES: George W. DemaIee, III. O.
Smith and j. w. Ditmars, Whiteland. tire
tightener: W. IL. Duncan, Rock Lane,
wire strctcher; Joseph Leach, indianapolis,
barrel hoop fastener; John +. Miller,
Lafayette, burner for crude oils and steam;
Edmund Morris. assignor to Ford, Johnson
& Co., Michigan City. crossing needle for
cane weaving; Edmund Morris. assignOr 10
Ford, Johnson X Co., Michigan City,
machine for inserting threads into woven
febrics; Edmund Morris. aSSignOr TO Ford,
Johnson IL Co., Michigan City, machine
for inserting threads into woven fabrics;
Francis W. Robinson, assignor TO Robin
son d Co., Richmond. straw stacker.
"NICK" AND ".IoE" SLAUGHTERBACK,
against whom suspicion had rested from
the first, were arrested at the home of their
brother, John Straightforward. in Lawrence
county, H., on charge of being the men
who shot John Niblack. al Wheatland,
Friday night, in an attempt to rob his
fathers store. The prisoners were taken
into the presence of young Niblack, who
identified them both as the men that entered
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