Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-01
Minor State News.

JOHN HIDE of Staunton, was killed by
a Nandalia train.
JOHN STEVEN barn, near Martinsyille,
was destroyed by lightning.
Milo THOMAS hardware store at CO.
runna is in ashes. Loss, $1,000.
Ben LAPIDUs robbed four clothing
stores in daylight at Madison, and nearly
escaped.
MADISON County is infested with rob-
bers. Supposed to have headquarters near
Elwood.
THE twenty-flst anniversary Of the old
settlers and the soldiers reunion Will be
held AT Quincy, Aug. s.
\ BARN belonging to Frank Owens,
seven miles west Of Monticello, was struck
by lighting and destroyed.
TIE old settlers of Eaglestown Will hold
their twenty-lifth annual meeting in the
grove near that place on Aug. 10.
AT a picnic at Monroe City, recently, a
co!ored woman Ill years OF age was given
the prize for being TIE oldest person On the
grounds.
EVERY business house in Brazil closed
its doors during the funeral OF County
tlcIk w " iiO W DIS SilOl
by Hon. G.. \. Knight.
FRANK f. HALL, of the Standard oil
company, was murdered at Whiting, and
his body placed on the Il. & o. tracks.
He was robbed OF his watch and $500 in
cash.
WM. VI. DAVIS, near Franklin, swal-
lowed carbOlic acid for cough medicine
and will die. His brother, who made the
mistake by handing him the acid is crazed
with grief.
DEATH came in a peculiar manner to
David Tr0yer of Peru. lie was sitting on
the porch at his home, and his nephew,
Hiram. was trying a revolver in shed.
The weapon was fired and the ball passed
through the boards and entired Mr.. Troy
er's head.
sfWILLIE HOOVER, 7-year- old-son Of A.
A. Hoover principal of the Ohio side
schools at Union City, met with a painful
accident recently. While playing around
Shocks tile factory he, in some manner,
got caught in the tenfoot flywheel, cut
ting several large gaShes in his head.
THE contract of the Amazon Hosiery
Company viii expire at Tie Northern
Prison December l. and the board has been
other arrangements. This will throw
about 2G0 men out of work. Secretary
IIickneli, OF the Board of State Charities,
believes that the only remedy lies with the
Legislature. The next General Assembly,
! h thinks. Will be compelled to solve the
problem of furnishing employment to the
prisoners.
FIRE at Tyrone. destroyed the general
store, saloon, billiard hall and liquor
storage house of James Gee, also two
dwellings and an icehOuse. Loss. So, 900.
The whisky was stored in barrels in the
second story and James Gee took the
bungs out Of two barrels and lighted
match to inspect them. They exploded
and caused the fire. Mr.. Gee is so badly
burned as to render his recovery uncertain.
JOHN Berry. his clerk, was seriously but
not fatally burned in reScuing Mr.. Gree.
PATENT; have been granted to Indiana
inventors as follows: Elias c. Atkins,
Indianapolis. and " II. Roberts, Pasa-
dena, Cal, rotary pillow; John I. and ).
W. Collins. k0kOmo, bank cutter and
seeder; John Il. Etter, Charlottesville,
electro medical apparatus: Sebastian C..
Guthrie, Evansville, dispensing case or
cabinet: Anton Huffman, Terre Haute,
shutter fastener: James j. Keyes, Peru,
basket: Britton Poulson. Fort Wayne, road
grader; Rudolph Ill. Ripking, Aurora, eX-
tension table.
THE estimates of State StatiStcan
Thompson as TO the wheat crop in Indiana
are that his ante-harveSt figure of 90
600 coo bushels was not far from right. lie
thinks that One-fOIrth the crop will be
required for seed. and One-half con-
sumption, which Will leave only 100000
bushels for sale. as compared to O,000,0W
bushels last year. Fred =. Rush, authority
ON the wheat crop, says the yield in the
State is not more than 100000 bushels, or
about 80 per cent of the average crop. lie
says the wheat will grade 20 per cent.
\ DoZEN or more Old soldiers of Clinton
County are making arrangements 10 attend
the dedicatOrN ceremonies on the Chick
amauga battlefield, to be held Sept. 10 and
ard 20. They propose TO travel the entire
distance With team and covered wagons
and will start on their journey the first day
of August, taking their time to il, hunting
and fishing Oh the way and having good
time generally. Their outfit will be
deliberately painted in the colors of ''Old
Glory with the names Of the companies
and regiments in which each OF the party
served during the war, printed where ii
can be conveniently read by comrades on
the way.
NEARLY every day the Governor and
other state officers are besieged by convicts
returned 10 Indianapolis for release under
the new law, and there are many pitiful
scenes as the discharged men beg for food
and clothing, SO that they may go out in
the world and make their own living. FIRE.
Guently they are sent home still wearing
the prison shirt with the prison number
stamped on il and the poorest and shabbi
est clothing, and under such circumstances
they find every door closed against them.
When released they are not provided with
money, and this adds 10 the forlornness of
the situation. The more the operations OF
the new law are noted the more generally
is il condemned as an utterly heartless and
a most wretched enactment. Its effect Will
be to drive men back into crime.
DAVID GAPEN, n well-known farmer
residing north of ThoIntown, dropped
dead at dinner, in O'Rear's restaurant.
His dinner had just been placed before
him, when he was noticed to lean suddenly
forvaril and whom assistance reached him