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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-01
MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago-Cattle. common to prime,
$50 to $500; hogs, shipping grades,
$3.50 to $5.25: sheep. fair to choice, $3.50
to $500; wheat. No. = red, Csc to 69c;
corn. No. 2 43c to 44c: oats. No. ., oic
to 25c; rye, No. >. 4Sc to SOC; butter,
choice creamery, lie to 19c; eggs. fresh,
Zoe to 12c: potatoes, new, per barrel.
$12J to $500: broom corn, common
growth to fine brush, &c to 6I5c per Id.
Indianapois-C Cattle. shipping, $500 to
$3.50; hogs, choice light, $500 to S:j.25;
sheep, common to prime. $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. >. 66c to &c; corn. No. /,
white, 43c to 44c; oats, No. white, pc
to 2Sc.
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs,
$3.50 to $5.25; wheat, No. = red. 67c to
Csc; corn, No. yellow Soc to 4Oc: oats,
No white, 22c to DC; rye, No =, 4ic
to 46c.
Cincinnati-Cattlc, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs.
$500 to S5.25; sheep. $3.50 to $375:
wheat, No. ,, G9c to lie; corn, No. >.
mixed, 43c to 44c; oats, No. = mixed, 2Sc
to 29c; rye, No. =, 46c to 4Sc.
Detroit-Cattle, $50 to 5000; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to 1910;
wheat, No. = red. G7c to 69c; corn. No. .,
yellow. 43c to 45c; oats, No. white, 2Sc
to 29c; rye. 41c to 4Sc
Tolcdo-Wheat, No. = red. 14c to Toe;
corn, No. yellow, 44c to 45c; oats, No.
2 mixed, 23c to Doc; rye. No. 2, 49c to 51cs
Buffalo-Cattle, $3.50 to S6.25; hogs,
$500 To $3.50; sheep. $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. , red, 75c to re; corn, No.
. yellow, 4Sc to soc; oats, No. = white,
Zoe tie Sic.
AIiwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 spring. zoe
to lie; corn, No. 3, 43c to 45c; oats, No.
white, 26c to CSC; barley, No. y, Ice to
4Sc; rye, No. 1, Ole to J3c; pork, mess,
$10.25 to $10.15.
New York-Cattle, $500 to 5000; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No red, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 2,
41c to 49c; oats, No. white, 32c to 33c;
butter, creamery, lie to 1Sc; eggs, West
ern, 13c to lac.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-01
SOUTHERN.
sanity.

Phillip Norman Nicholas was hanged at
Richmond Thursday morning. He made
no confession. Nicholas murdered Will
lam j. Wilkcrson and james Mills by
drowning them. He induced them to
cross the James River with him in boat
in which anger holes had been bored by
Nicholas. The boat sank and Wilkerson
and Mills could not swim.
Martinez, the escaped Trinidad. n. NJ,
Murderer, and n companion held UP a
Ration saloon Tuesday morning, compel
ing eight men to stand in line while they
swept $500 off the faro table into IL sack
They backed out, Keeping the gamblers
covered with REVIEWERS, and escaped to
a part of the country where Martinez has
many friends and The officers are afraid
to follow them.
George Robinson, keeper of the poor
house in Meade County, Ky, was shot
and killed Thursday morning by Bland
Shacklett, one of the commissioners of
that institution. They met on the turn
pike and Robinson began firing. Shack
lett rushed upon Robinson and took the
pistol away from him and shot him
through the heart. Shacklett is not seri-
ously wounded. He is prominent
farmer
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-01
WASHINGTON.

The Secretary of the Interior his re-
Quested the Secretary Of War To SEMI
troops to the scene of the Indian disturb
ance, Wyoming and it IS understood that
troops will be orderrG instantly to the
vicinity of the trouble.
At Washington Attorney General Har-
mon announced that he lud decided TO
appoint ns warden of the United States
peniteni.ary at Fort Leavenworth. Kan.
James w. French, of Indiana. Mr..
French was for five years warden of the
Michigan City, Ind, penitentiary, Tut
was recently legislated out o. office. He
is said to be efficient and progressive, and
is well known as prison reformer. Mr..
Harmon has had an extensive CORE
spondence with the best known prison Off
Gals throughout the country with Il view
to getting suggestions as 10 adminis;ra-
tive reforms. and it is his purpose to make
the first United States penitcn.iary, if pos
sille. the model of all other penal institu-
tons of the country.
A portion of the army was not paid for
June, 1890, as n result of the failure of
the last Congress to make sufficient appro-
priation for the salaries of officers and en-
listed men. Unless the next Congress
takes some steps to obviate it there will
be similar story the latter part of the
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-01
Murder Is Avenged.

An official dispatch received at Madrid
from Manila, capital of the Island of
Luzon and of all the Philippine Islands.
says that the natives of Cabagan, in the
Province of Cagayan, at the north eX-
tremity of the Island of Luzon, recently
treacherously ambushed party of Span
ish troops, killing and wounding several
of the soldiers. Consequently q Spanish
punitive column was sent to Cabagan,
where it attacked and burned that town
after n fight in which 11G natives were
killed. including the principal leader. The
Spanish lost captain and sixteen sol
diers killed and had several men wounded
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-01
EASTERN.

The Y. NJ. G.. \. Building, Oh New
York avenue, Washington, near the
Treasury Department. was almost de-
stroyed by fire Wednesday morning. c..
G. Bryan's fine grocery store adjoins the
Y. NJ. 6. A. Building on the west and
was badly damaged, while the hardware
store of James Il. LAME was also dam
aged. The total loss is about $50 900.
Five minutes after an interview with
his intended bride, Volney Barrett, a
prominent Binghamton, y. y. merchant,
lay dying from bullet wound inflicted by
his own hand. Some months ago he be-
came engaged to Miss Georgia Earl, a
schoolteacher. Recently an artist lately
returned from Italy called on Miss Earl
and was seen driving with her. This is
supposed to have aroused Barrett's jeal-
ousy.
Every mail, since the Baltimore Sun
published that my mothers family ex-
pected to receive S23,000.0O0," says
Charles w. Gallagher, of Baltimore. has
brought me stacks OF letters. / am firmly
convinced that all l will have to do will
be to 60 over TO Germany and prove the
heirship of the descendants of Ludwig
Wilhelm Won der Schmidt, living in this
country, and we can get the money. The
revival of interest in the fortune is due to
the visit of German count to Chicago
lady who is one of the heirs
Captain Quick, of the Morgan line
steamer Ell Rio, which arrived ut New
York from New Orleans. reports that
while about one mile south of the Scot
land lightship Il shot from the United
States Government proving ground at
Sandy Hook crossed the ships bows close
aboard, and landed about One-eighth of
mile to the eastward. Another shot fell
astern of the ship and immediately in her
wake. The weather was somewhat haZy
at the time. Captain Quick says that had
either shot struck the Iil Rio the chances
are that the ship would have been serious
ly damaged. if not sunk. Several COM
plants of like nature have been previ-
ously made.
After battle of threc-Guarters of an
hour Thursday night, during which he
stood off three officers who were trying
TO arrest him, John Spellisey, of Union
Hill. n. j., was killed in his own house.
Spellsey was 43 years old, and one of the
most desperate men in that section. He
ended up Il carousal by beating his wife,
and Roundsman O'Brien, Sergeant Kreu-
ger and Patrolman Ball were sent to ar
rest him. They found the doors locked,
and when they broke down the obstruc-
tons they were greeted with three bullets.
For half an hour the officers and Spellisey
exchanged shots. Then the three rushed
in upon the desperate man from different
directions. Spelliscy started toward one
of the officers firing again, but suddenly
sank to the floor bleeding from the neck.
still clutching his revolver, and died Il
few minutes afterward.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-01
Figures from Copper Mines,

The review of copper and copper mining
for the year 1894 made by the United
States geological survey has been COM
pletcd. Copper mining suffered frcm -hc
general depression of the year. Still CON
sumption was in advance of 1893. but an
enlarged production could only be mar
ketcd by means of lower prices. On the
whole, copper mining resisted the tension
better than the other metal trades The
exports were less than 1893 and were
almost entirely of the refined metal. The
production of copper for 1894 was 15S, 40
tons. y little over half of this came from
Montana and two-thirds of the remainder
from the Lake Superior mines. Other
sources of supply included Arizona, A,
100000 pounds: Colorado, 6.5G0.0G0
pounds; Southern States, 2,4O0, 600
pounds; Utah, 100000 pounds. The
available copper supply in 1894 is placed
at 195.O00.OO0 pounds. not including
stocks from previous years. The exports
from the United States for 1894 were
1I3,OO0,00O pounds, valued at over S16,-
100000
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-01
NEWS NUGGETS.

The National Wall Paper Company has
passed the dividend due July !.
At HonesdaIe. Pa, the Irving Cliff
Brewery and the residence of August
Hartung were destroyed by fire. The loss
is $50 geo; insurance, 1000.
Oklahoma Divorces are left in n disa-
greeablc situation by the decision of the
Territorial Supreme Court that Probate
Judges do not have jurisdiction in such
cases and that their DEGREES are invalid.
Henry Smith a retired painter living at
Haledon, Y. J., was stunS on the hand
by bee and died almost Immediately.
Dr. Kline said that the sting had reached
nerve that communicated directly with
the brain.
A San Francisco paper says that suit
for half million dollars is to be brought
against the city and the Spring Valley
Water Company by owners of property
destroyed during the great fire south Of
Market street about four weeks ago. The
ground for the suit viii be based on the
inadeGuacy OF the water supply, incon-
venient location of hydrants and small
ness of mains
Henry G.. Clark, II years old, was in
the Municipal Court at Chelsea, Mass,
charged with breaking and entering. His
ease was continued IN order to permit
State Fire Marshal Whitcomb to prefer
more serious charges against him. BY
his own confession the boy is one of the
most dangerous firebugs in Massachu-
sets. Last spring he started fires that
caused Il loss of more than $4,000.
Charles Ringo, stepfather of the two
little Findley children, who were muir
dered and thrown into the Ohio River at
Huntington, W. Va. March Is, confessed
that he was an eyewitness to his wife
numbering the children. and says he
could withhold the secret no longer The
affair caused sensation, as it was one
of the most brutal crimes which has ever
happened in the county.
The Union National Bank Of Denver,
Colo, of which X. w. Woodbury. is pres
ident, was closed Monday 1t will liqui-
date it's affairs and go out OF business.
The Union Bank was closed during the
panic in 1899. but subsequently resumed
business and later was consolidated with
the State National Bank, which also
closed during the panic. 1t is said the
depositors will lose nothing and business
will not be seriously affected.
Estimates place Nebraska's corn cror
this year at 100000, 900 bushels.
A gigantic conspiracy has been I'M
earthed at Beaufort. y. c.. by which in
surance companies have been defrauded
of thousands of dollars during the last
eight years. Policies were taken out on
the lives of aged and decrepit negroes
without their knowledge.
A vein Of gold ore has been found ut
Victor Colo, which will assay $4,000
to the ton.
John A. Drury. Of South Bend. Ind, is
said to have fallen heir to a $4,000 es-
tate in England.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-01
s|61AfER;AgyA
So IS ll5 z7lEBjJS

William Black started out as 4 por-
trait painter, and might have been q
success had he not found greater sue
cess as an author
Over 613,7 $50 copies of "Pickwick"
have been sold by Dickens ownpublish-
.rs since its first publication. The sales
have very decidedly increased during
the past few years.
Sarah Grand, the novelist, married at
the age Of sixteen. For some time she
lived with her husband in China, and
afterward travelled ell through Japan
with no escort but her maid.
X. ID. BlackmOre made up his mind
originally to storm fate as poet. and
not as novelist. His first five books
were all poems. His novel CLARA
Vaughan" did not come out till he had
been publishing for ten years.
1t was to NJ. Auguste Vacquerie. who
recently died in Paris, that Victor
Hugo handed not long before his death
the following memorandum: Il give
fifty thousand francs TO the poor.
wish to be carried to the cemetery in
their hearse. l refuse the prayers Of
all churches; l ask for prayer from all
souls. l believe in God"
L. Frankfort Moore, the novelist, has
been trying his hand st play. kitty
Give" is its title, and it is a dramatiza-
ton of a magazine story published net
long ago by the author. Mr. Moore is
n quick writer. His new book, The
Sale of Soul" was written in eight
days. This young man was born in
Ireland, and he is an accomplished
Journalist and something of traveller
The Pope has granted the French au-
thor. Boyer dAgen, permission to write
his biography, and for this purpose has
given him access to the family archives
of the Counts Pecci in Carpineto. NJ.
Agen has found, among other things,
number of interesting letters which
the Pope wrote to one OF his brothers
while a student Of the COllegium Ro-
manum. He was then nineteen years
old.
earnings of those noYeliStS who have
been or who are to-day at the top. says:
"A man in vogue may command from
I'll 900 to Il 800 for a romance. Mr..
Froude made more money than Alfred
Tennyson. the estate of the poet having
been valued at f57 1000. Victor Hugos
personal estate in England was 1922,
600 For Edwin Brood Chapman
had agreed to pay Dickens e. 800 with
share in the profits. George Eliot
was paid in cash down 100000. No
wonder Mr.. Grant Allen turned his
back, in 1885, on the fight against pow
erty and scientific writing and took to
pennya-lining at vulgar stories But
the prizes are not for the many. No
one did better or more conscientious
work that Mr.. j. A. SymOnds, and for
the eleven years of labor he put on The
Renaissance in Italy he received $50
year. The English and the American
reader Of novels is n tickle parsonage
and ever Graves for the new"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-01
IN GENERAL

r. G. Dur & Co.'S Weekly Review Of
Trade says: 1T is not the season for the
tide of business TO rise, but there is per-
ceived scarcely any shrinkage except
that which comes naturally with mid
summer heat The volume of new bust
ness is small compared with recent
months, but large enough to encourage
more openings of long closed works and
more advances ia returns TO labor. I'M
portant strikes show that the advance is
not enough for some, but the strikers
seem not more threatening than before"
Grand Master Workman Sovereign, Of
the Knights of Labor, was in Kansas
City, Mo-. on his way South. In an inter
view he was quoted as saying he is on an
expedition loking up good farming lands
for laboring men. His aim is TO have rs
many Knights of Labor as possible go to
agricultural and fruit lands for parman-
ent settlement and occupation. The over
crowded condition of the cities, he main
tanned, is the cause of so much idleness
among wOrkmen. Speaking of his recent
boycott circular he said it was taking
like wild fire" and was being carried out
to the letter by the Knights of Labor
An experimental line for the propulsion
of canalboats by electricity contracted
to be built by the Trenton Iron Company,
is to be along the banks of the Erie Ca
nal, and will be four miles i'm length. This
line is to be completed within sixty days,
and work will begin within a few days.
The system to be tried is known as the
galloway or traction system. Frank w.
Hawley, vice president of the Cataract
General Electric Company, said this
method of application of power WAS in
operation in the logging district of North
Carolina. Mr.. Hawley said if the exper-
mental line about to be built was salts
factory all the canals of the State would
be equipped with the same system Of
electric propulsion. This, he said. would
involve an expenditure of $2,OOO,000.
Capt. Quick of the American schooner
Carrie Il. Lane upon his arrival at Break
water, DEL, had tale to tell about q
thrilling encounter in Cuban waters with
n Spanish gUnboat. Two shots were fired
at the Lane by the man-of-war, and one
of the schoOner's crew narrowly escaped
being killed by one of them. The vessel
was made to heave to and give an account
of itself. The Lane soon came to a dead
stop, and the gunboat drew up under its
Iuuiici. ~ poUl WAS lOWeIeu anu lOuI
Spanish marines, under the command of
a Lieutenant in the Spanish navy, came
aboard. They were fully armed and the
leader civilly lifted his hat and demanded
to know from what port the Lane had
sailed and whittier it was bound. Capt.
Quick gave the required information and
no further search was made and the YES
sci was permitted to continue on its course
without further molestatioII. Capt. Quick
says he could not get the name of the
gunboat. He adds that after the first shot
was fired ut the Lane he caused the Stars
and Stripes to be hoisted at the peak, but
tho only response the Spanish made was
second shot. The gunboat did not hoist
its colors until after the first shot was
fired.
The following is the standing of the
clubs in the National League:
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-01
BREVITIES.

AS Il result of Il Decent drop in the
price of oil the last few days wild cat
ting" has been stopped and the oil boom
is considered ended
About 10000 members of the Brother
hood of Tailors are CT strike in the cities
of New York, Brooklyn and Newark.
There has been no disorder in connec-
ton with the strike
Cherokee Bill got his hands on another
revolver and used it in an attempt 20
liberate prisoners confined in murderer 5
row OF the United States Jail at Fort
Smith, Ark. His attempt resulted in the
death of Larry Heating, the Oldest guard
of the force
rived at Port Townsend, Wash. from
Alaska with news of the loss of the ship
Raphel at Tanglefoot Bay. The ship
and cargo are n total loss. but the crew
was saved. The Raphel sailed from San
Francisco April u.
The administra tors of the estate of
Mrs. Theresa Fair have made afiidavits
that the personal property Of the estate
in California is worth only $500. 900. The
assessor has included railroad bonds and
assessed the estate at S19CO,000. The
executors are John w. Mackey and Rich
ard Y. Dey.
Marion Miller, pioneer rancher resid-
ing ut Azusa, Cal. fell asleep while his
5-year-old granddaughter set her clothes
on fire. When the mother returned she
found her child dying by the side OF the
sleeping grandfather. Miller WAS blamed
with the child's condition and shot him
self through the head.
l.. NJ. Cox, who dropped dead Of heart
disease in Chicago "Wednesday, was TO
have been married in short time to
Miss Sarah Atkins, of Muncie, Ind. Four
years ago Miss Atkins prepared for her
marriage to prominent citizen of Pom
eroy, Ohio. Two days before the we'd
ding he died suddenly of heart trouble.
At New York Referee Jacobs. in his
report in the suit for divorce brought by
Mrs. Ollie Corbett against her husband,
James J. Corbett. the pugilst, finds Mrs.
Corbett entitled to divorce. and recon-
mends that the agreement entered into by
her and her husband at the time of their
separation. by which he agreed to pay her
800 Il week for life, be continued.
Sam Woolner Jr., the Peoria diStiller.
charges that members of the Illinois Leg
islature tried to eXtort Il $4,000 bride from
Peoria and Pekin distillers
The estate of the late Paul Schultz, the
dcfaulting land agent of the Northern
Pacific. has been sued for 500 for wines
alleged to have been stolen from the Tn
ion Club of Tacoma
Elder Hiram Munger, leading Sec
ond Adventist. prophesies that the end of
the world will come in 1897.
William G.. Whitney says he would not
turn his hand over TO secure nomination
and election to the Presidency.
Scharles Bros, toy dealers. and Joaquin
& Co.. millinery, New York City, were
burned out. Loss, $220,OO0
Recent discoveries show that the Hon
duras treasury was robbed of S2,500,coO
during President Bogran's administra.
ton. The defalcations during the Vas
ouez regime amounted to over $4,000 900.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-01
Odd and Fife ctiye.

A coal merchant who has an Office
on Jefferson street near Fifth, Louis
vile, has gotten up Il rather unique
window attraction. He pat a kitten
and puppy into the window and there
was fun. The kitten backed up into
one corner drew her back up and pre-
pared for war The dog got back into
one corner, but he was on the retreat
all the time and there was no chance
for 4 fight. A man who saw the ami
mails thought that he would see Il fight
if he waited long enough, and he
stopped. OF course in Il few minutes
the window was surrounded by q
group Of people, and some even want
ed to wager that the cat would licl, the
dog. All day the space in front Of the
window was crowded with people wait
ing TO see the fight. But it was like the
fight Fitzsimmons and Corbett have
been talking about, it never came OFF.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-01
To Hunt for the Booty.

John Brady, the train robber, went to
Maryville, Cal, with two Sacramento
detectives and endeavored to show them
where Browning, his companion, buried
$4,000 which they stole from the Wells
Fargo Express Company few months
ago. Brady says he does not believe the
money will ever be found, as he has but n
faint recollection Of where it was buried.
and Browning was killed while trying to
commit another train robbery by Sheriff
Bogard. An unsuccessful attempt was
made Sunday to find the hidden treasure
box
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-01
Eminent iuriSf Dead.

George +. Blanke, one of the judges of
the Superior Court, died suddenly of
heart disease at Chicago Sunday night.
The Judge seemed to be in his usual
health Saturday and held court as usual
lie was at home all day Sunday, retiring
for the night shortly before IL O'Clock
He had been in bed but a few minutes
when he complained of feeling i'll and ask
ed that a physician be sent for In less
than five minutes and before medical help
arrived he was dead
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-01

present fiscal year, but on larger scale.
Last years deficiency was $4,000, and an
estimate made at the War Department
shows there will be a 100000 deficiency
in the pay of the army for the present fs-
cal year unless the next Congress sets
matters straight. The War Department
has been compelled to suspend payments
of the salaries of the officers and enlisted
men at many frontier posts. especially in
the Departments of the Platte and Texas.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-01
R!oOmers i'm the Railroom

A tailor in New York has made up
his mind that the kniCkerbOckers SO
much in evidence during the sumner
months will appear next winter u the
ballroom. The reluctance mSn have
shown regarding the introduction OF
this style of evening dress he explains
by saying that the average leader of
cotillons is not altogether happily con-
structed as to his underpinnings and
has RETAINED from giving his sanction
to the change. But the use of knicker-
bOckers in summer. especially for bicy-
Gle riding and now for golf, has broken
down the prejudice and a new regime
will come in. Knickerbockers will af-
ford the greatest liberty of dressing
according to individual taste. The Sc
verify of the present trousers will no
longer obtain.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-01
1t Went.

Her hat went with her complexion.
Everybody who saw her noticed thas.
"Oh, dear" she protested.
1t was in vain.
WIND of considerable violence accom-.
panied the rain, and in that way it hap
pened that her hat and her complexion
went Ogether.-DetrOit Tribune.