Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-22
EASTERN.

Associate Judge Stern, of Couders-
port, Pa, died at his home from the eff
fects of poison taken with suicidal intent
He had been a grip sufferer for some
time.
Mayor Curtis, of Boston, Mass, has
offered reward of 81 900 for the detec-
ton and conviction of the person or per-
sons who set fire to several churches in
that city.
John Unlicher. aged 9S, SCARED vet
eran who fought with Napoleon, and his
wife are being shipped from place 10
place by New York town authorities i'll
order to avoid supporting them.
Nathan D. Thompson has lost his suit
to recover 81 I'D from Albina GOodspeed
at New York, for the cost of campaign
book containing the lives of Blaine and
Logan. The defense claimed that the
work was defective. Among other pecu
liarities, one plate of the book showed
Blaine as ragged boy kneeling at the
bedside of his dying mother. He was IL
years old at the time.
The firm of Cushman Bros. & Co.. man
ufacturers of window shades at Boston,
Mass, went into insolvency. with liza
bilities of $150.OO0. The firm has fac
tories at Cambridge and Somerville, both
of which are either mortgagcd or have
attachments on them to the extent of
sd 900. The heaviest creditors are
among the different banks in Boston. 4
meeting of the creditors will be held TO
consider n compromise offer made by the
firm of SO 1-3 cents, payable in two years.
The Prick Coke Company posted no.
tees at CniOntown, Pa. that new scale
will 60 into effect April | granting an
increase of - per cent. in all grades of
work. This will stop the strike which
was ordered for April |. The new scale
of wages is the same as the men struck
for last year. when they made a losing
fight which lasted six months. The other
operators will be forced to pay the adj
vance or have strike. 1t is also said
the advance is made with view of crush
ing w. j. Raincy in retaliation for his
refusal 10 go into the coke operating syn
diCate.
The New York Charities conference has
decided to adopt the scheme of potato
farms for the poor which was inaugurated
by Mayor PiDSree of Detroit last sum-
mer with great success. A committee has
been appointed to carry out the plan Il
large scale and active work has been com
menced. The plan is simply obtaining
the use of idle tracts of land in the city
and dividing them up into patches of one
third of an acre for each family. Potatoes
for planting and other vegetable seeds
will be furnished. Each man must then
attend to his little farm and all the pro-
ducts are his own. Mr.. William Stein
way has offered the use of tract of land
| containing 200 acres in Long Island City,
eX-Mayor Hewitt gives large tract at
| 1nwood, Columbia College donates seven
acres Of its new site on Morningside
Heights. All these offers were received
before any public appeal was made, and
1t is expected that thousands of acres will
be rendered when asked for. New York
has a large area of unoccupied land. Ac-
cOrding TO Il census taken by Postmaster
Dayton through the letter carriers there
are II 500 vacant lots. containing over
1000 acres. below West 146th street and
| the Harlem river. In the annexed dis
| trict are many thousand acres that the
| committee expect 10 be offered for the
| summers use.