Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-05-17
WESTERN.

Inc lockout or union painters AT In
dianapolis has ended the men having ac
cepted the terms offered by the bosses.
Through the death of Mrs. Lewis. of
Coldwater. Mich, the magnificent $780,
600 art collection of her late husband,
Henry c. Lewis, is now at the disposal of
the University of Michigan.
The east-bound freight No. ia on the
Lake Erie and Western was wrecked one
mile west of Cclina. Ohio. Ten ears were
| smashed into splinters. Two men were
instantly killed and two seriously hurt.
Farmers in the extreme western part
of Nebraska report chinch bugs in rye and
barley fields 10 an alarming extent. Their
presence is most marked in those sections
where 10 heavy rains have recently fallen.
Thursday was the hottest May day
which Chicago has ever seen. The tenn
perature ranged from Is degrees in the
morning TO 80 degrees at in the after
noon. One case Of sunstroke was re-
ported.
Two masked road agents caught stage
load of San Franciscans on their way to
the summer resorts of Lake County and
stripped them of their valuables. The
robbers secured about $1,000 from the
passengers and looted the Wells-Fargo
treasure box.
The mystery of the disappearance of
Charles S. Smith, bookkeeper for Nc
Giaughlin & Co.. of San Francisco who
engineered the late Senator Fairs $1,000
600 wheat deal. is clearing and the firm
| now asserts that the young bookkeeper
is an embeZZler.
Suit has been begun against Pr ..icnt
Joseph W. Reinhardt, of the Santa Fe
Railroad. by Mrs. Matilda Wallace, Of
| Philadelphia, for $4,000 damages. She
| charges that Rcinhardt falsifed the COM
pany's statements, thereby misleading her
| rs to the value of its securities.
Newton Blagg, farmer residing near
| Chatteroy, Wash. came home just in time
to save his 2-year-old child from Il horri-
bic death. His wife. driven insane
| through religious frenzy, had built an
altar in the woods near the house, upon
! which she had secured the babe, prepara-
| tory to roasting it alive.
| -Four men killed and two injured is the
result of the explosion in mine No. 10 of
| the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, at
| Sopris. Colo, Friday morning. Foul gases
pany never had any report of gas in any
of the mines in the district, and therefore
never adopted any precautionary meas
ures.
DIR. J. u. Robinson. who performed the
| first amputation in the war of the rebel
lion, died at Wooster. Ohio. Friday even
| ing. The fact that DR.. Robson WAS en-
titled to the distinction was recognized by
J the Government. The operation was per-
formed upon James Il. Hanger, a Confcd-
crate soldier, who was wounded ut the
battle of Phillippi. w. Va. DIR. Robson
| served through the Mexican war as Il sur
| geOn. and during the war of the rebellion
| established half Il dozen hospitals. mt one
| time having charge of the national hos
pital in the Patent Office ut Washington
| ID. G.. He was born in Wooster April %
1920.
| The loss Of the Cayusa caused a good
| deal of CONSERVATION among lake under
writer's in Chicago. Following SO closely
| on the heels of large number of heavy
losses the sinking Of the Cayuga and the
probable loss of the entire cargo was Il
| severe blow to the insurance business.
| Among the practical marine men ii was
believed the steamer could ultimately be
got ailoat again, but it was thought the
expense would amount TO nearly all it was
worth. The work must be done with pom
| toons, and will be long, tedious job at
best. If the IIurd was ut fault for the
collision the Lehigh Valley line will not
get much out of it. The total loss on the
Cayuga and cargo is about 100000. The
liability of the Lake Superior line is linn
tied to what the Hurd is worth after the
collision. which may be $1,000 or $4,000.
April % Il stranger giving the name of
l.. &. Rogers rented box i'm the Still
| water. Mimi. post Office. He commenced
sending postal orders to various business
houses i'm st. Paul and Minneapolis, the
amounts being usually SO. He sent one
to Durham 4 Eastman without announc-