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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-11-01
THE FIRST BICYCLE RIDER.
He Halls from Chicago and Makes This
Claim.


L rode the first bicycle in America
IL any oth9r man claims to have done
SO, would like to hear from him but
don't believe there is such a man >
So says Mr.. John William TYLER. of
81 East Monroe street. The pioneer
or the millions who now fit onwheels all
over this broad continent is a middle
aged man, well built, with dark hair
and eyes. In early life Mr.. Tyler was
gymnast He is now a jeweler. Dur
Ing his apprenticeship as a jeweler he
was a reader of the Scientific American
In which magazine ne one day came
across paragraph which interested
him very much. 1t dealt with the i'm
provements made to the bicycle. or We
locipede, as it was then called bv the
brothers Hanlon, who were surprising
Paris by their exploits on the new
machine.
AT this time the riding of bicycle
was considered rather as a gymnastic
exercise, to be undertaken only by the
very skillful. Thus it appeared to MIR.
Tyler and he at once ordered a veloci-
pede from the advertised manufac-
turer-namely, Calvin Witty. of 63S
Broadway, New York. who had pur-
chased the patent from the Hanlons
Said Mr. Tyler:
after having waited about three
months the velocipede came at last
1t came %. d., with a bill for 500 and
letter from the manufacturers stat
Ing | had given them their first order
and the cause of the long delay was their
not being ready to manufacture. From
the illustration of the machine I
thought it would cost only $40 or SIS.
and l was not ready to pay $50. A
friend, however, came to my relief and
paid the bill, telling me that | could
give exhibitions on the machine and
In that way soon be able to pay him
back which did, there being plenty of
people then in America willing to pay
for the privilege of seeing man ride
velocipede. l hired an inclosed
arena and people paid to come in and
see me ride, and that fall | established
! velocipede school in Wilkesbarre. NV
Wheel attracted much interest. became
30 popular, In fact, that articles in ref
erence to it appeared in a great many
newspapers" Chicago Ipter Ocean.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-11-01
A GERMAN KING OF TRAMrS. !"
Once Valiant Soldier. He Became a
Hopeless Wreck.

A few days ago there was buried in
/ brooklyn, n. y. the body of William
| Heiser. alas Jumbo" to years of age
he was known as THE King o.,
Framps,' and for the past twenty years
! was one or the most interesting char
acters of the city. He was the son of
the mayor of town in Germany, and
through money broker was in receipt
II an allowance of 500 every three
months Even under the dirt of a tramp
he showed his breeding. Tall and com
man0lng ia appearance. he was in the
| habit OF reminding all with whom he
came in contact that although a tramp
Ae was once a gentleman. OF the thou
sands who knew him 10 one could con-
Jrad-ct him. Twenty years ago he made
his appearance in Brooklyn 1t was at
he time when lodging houses were at
tached to the station houses. He was
over about The Bedford avenue station.
leaning and tending the furnaces. All
-ttenpts to make him talk OF his pre-
yiors life were a failure. His only an
yer was. Il am a gentleman if | am
ramp. 1t was his pleasure on receiv-
.ag remittance to take his friends om
and set them drunk and then pay their
hnes. Through the money broker it was
learned that Jumbo" gained gold
medal during the Franco Prussian war,
out that having incurred the enmity of
the German government he came TO
mis- country. Eighteen months ago, on
expressing a wish to reform. his rela-
uyes sent him $1,000, with which he
started in the furniture business. but
failed. An officer found him sitting or
The steps of the hospital at Bedford ave-
nue. and South Third street. He awoke
him. Keep moving" said the officer.
Jumbo's reply, They don't know me
any more, was scarcely audible, but he
Kept moving as best he could. A few
hours later another officer found him
sitting in the gutter. He made an at
tempt to get up, but fell back uncon-
Scl0us. He was taken to the station
house, where he died. Fortunately the
regular 500 remittance was received
the day after, and he was not buried
in the pOtter'S field.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-11-01
A Prairie Fire.

Describing a prairie fire in "The
World of Adventure" the writer saws:
"A more picturesque scene could hard
ly be imagined. The night was very
dark; but as far as the eye could reach,
all across the horizon, about four miles
in front of us, was a broad. bright.
lurid glare Of fire, with thick canopy
of smoke hanging over it. whose fam
tastic wreaths AS they curled in the
breeze, were tinged with the red re-
Election of the flames. Even at that
distance we could hear the cracking
and rushing of the fire. which. as it ad-
vanced, caused a strong wind: every
now and then brighter flame would
shoot high up into the black cloud of
smoke over the top of the hill. illumi-
mating for an instant our tents and
wagons in the dark hollow, and giving
momentary glimpse of the horses
which were picketed on the side of the
rise, on the crest of which the figures
Of the men engaged in lighting the on
position fire-which, as it became foo
extended they beat down with blank
cts, only suffering it to burn a space
about tweve feet broad right across the
line of the advancing confagration-
stood out in strong relief against the
glowing wall of light beyond them:
and as they ran, tossing their arms and
waving the blankets and little torches
of lighted grass, they looked in the dis
lance like demons rather than men"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-11-01
From Mondays Daily.

The Zingsem affair was the subject
of great deal of gossip in this city
yesterday. a Plymouth dispatch tc
the Chicago Chronicle, in which the
name of Miss Grace Borton, of this
city, was prominently used in connec
ton with the authorship of the letter
alleged to have been taken from ling
SENS pocket by Mrs. Zingsem had the
effect OF opening wide the tlood-gates
OF gossip, and the matter was talked
about and speculated upon in all parts
OF the city. The dispatch referred to-
however, so tar as its most important
parts are concerned, is mere presump-
ton with no authoritive foundation
and by insinuation makes an allegation
which might be very difficult to prove
and which probably could not be
proven except by the most exhaustive
investigation leading into all the high
ways and byways of d wide field of in
quiry.
There is no doubt that there has been
close friendship between Mr.. Zingsam
and the family of DR.. Borton but what
is plainly alleged in the Chronicle dis
patch does not necessarily, and would
except under the most extraordinary
circumstances, follow the fact of such
friendly relations. The fact that the
alleged letter was written on DR.
BOrtOn'S letter head proves nothing as
the doctor himself often receives letters
written on his own paper and in justice
to all parties concerned it is fair to state
that there are possible excellent reasons
to believe that there are causes why
such letter might have been written
on account of personal hatred with
malicious intent to fix the responsibility
on some one other than the author. 1t
is, perhaps, needless to say that Miss
Borton denies positively and emphatic.
ally any knowledge of the letter until
she saw it in print.
One of the mysteries that would need
be solved before conclusions are reach
ed, is how Mrs. Zingsem secured the al
legged letter. If she had not, as is claim
ed, lived with her husband for a mum
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-11-01

Der of years how could she have access
to his pockets? Here IS one OF the in
cOnsistencies OF the story. Ii Zingsam
has received other letters of a threat
emng and insinuatiug character as is
alleged and probably true why may
not this one have from the same source
prompted by a deeper laid and adroitly
executed, scheme.
Before jumping to hasty conclusions
or accepting as matter of course state
ments of questionable authority made
from hearSay and based on the most
superficial knowledge of facts these and
many other things should be duly
weighed and considered
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-11-01
HELD HIGH ESTEEM.

The Hon. II. q. Thayer ENcel> IA a iect-
urer- Enthusiastically Received at War
saw.
! The Hon. IL. q. Thayer,O of this city, Is
winning new laurels as lectures wher-
ever he goes to fill an engagement as
is evidenced in the manner in which
he captured the people of Warsaw 10y
his recent lecture at that place. The
Warsaw Times of Wednesday reports
the lecture as follows:
In times past the people of Warsaw
have had many opportunities Of lis
tening to lectures from noted people;
but 1t can be said in all truthfulness
ana with no attempt to embellish our
remarks that better pleased audience
never before assembled in the place
to listen to a more impressive lecture
than that Of Hon. ii. e. Thayer, OF
Plymouth, given in the tine audience
room of the NJ. f. church, for the ben
eft of the organ fund of that denOmi-
nation. In 1892 Mr.. Thayer spent six
months in Europe, and while in Rome
the historic city OF the world, he visited
every point of interest, especially those
connected in any way with the journey
and confinement III prison i'll that place
of Paul of Tarsus, the champion par
excellence of the "AIeek and Lowry
One Mr.. Thayer took his auditors
along with him on his Journey to the
great city, and SO impressed his audi
ence that 1t was almost like being
present in person on the route, espec-
tally in his beautiful description of the
route pursued after his arrival in Italy,
the last l50 miles of his trip. The lee
ture was replete in eloquent descrip-
tions. He visited while in the Eternal
City the prison in which Paul was con
fined and for the forty-live minutes the
lecture required in delivering the at ell
tive listeners felt themselves to be in
Rome in the Identical days described.
The whole lecture is filled with inter
esting, thrilling points, and when it
was concluded Mr.. Thayer received the
congratulations of an audience that
embraced the intelligence and culture
of the ''llttle city by the lakes from
one and all. We were delighted to learn
that Mr.. Thayer has been invited to de
liver his lecture on "Rome Proper by
the Zerelda Reading Club, of this place,
at some future date, and we feel sure
that the occasion will be looked for
ward to with deep interest. 1t is proper
to say that Mrs Dr. Burkett and Mrs.
Merl Funk rendered a beautifully exc
cuted duet just previous to the open
ing of the lecture, with Miss leila
COmstock presiding at the organ. in
conclusion, we can only say that a
better pleased audience meyer before
assembled at the VI. +. church than
the one last night, which was SO WV
idly taken along with the speaker in
"Paul's Journey to Rome
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-11-01
THE ALLIGATOR WAS LIVELY.
Man Who Had Been Pumping Lead
Into Him Had to Swim for Life.

Into Him Had to Swim for Life.
From the Florida Times Union: w.
A. Gilbert, the gunsmith, and a party
Of friends have just returned from a
hunting and fishing cruise in Nassau
Sound in the yacht Fannie, and Mr.. Gill
bert has good reasons to congratulate
himself that he is not sleeping in the
stomach OF a monster gator. Tie
gator was found one morning DOING
On the placid bosom of the sound, only
his nose and a part of his head pro-
truding. Mr.. Gilbert drew a bead on
him. Crack" went the gun, and the
gator half leaped out of the water
Then he churned it into bloody foam.
Mr.. Gilbert hurried up to the gator and
pumped eight more bullets into him.
Then the saurian lay still and Mr.. Gill
bert concluded that he was dead Not
caring to lose so fue trophy, he pulled
off his clothes and swan to the gator
to tie rope to his tail. He had adj
justed the rope nicely, when suddenly,
to Mr.. Gilbert's surprise and horror the
gator wheeled around, with his mouth
wide open, and made for his wOuld-be
slayer. Mr.. Gilbert, with remarkable
presence of mind, dived. When he rose
to the surface the gator spied him
again, and on he came at clipping
pace. Mr.. Gilbert dived again. Three
times the same thing was repeated. At
last Mr.. Gilbert reached the shore. He
was almost winded. and his hair, in
end like the quilts of porcupine.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-11-01
SPLINTER WOUNDS.
On Ships of War They Are a Great Source
OF Danger to the Men.

The recent war between Japan a.
| China has taught the officers OF tn,
American navy at least one new thing
In the construction of vessels There
Will be scsrcely any woodwork In the
Oregon, that is rapidly nearing compile
ton at the Union iron works. This Is
due to the fact that there were N Q
people killed and injured In the naval
battles in the Orient by flying wooden
splinters than by the bullets or explod-
ing shells Most Of the cruisers and bat
tleships that took part in the war were
constructed with steel hulls, and all of
them were more or less protected with
heavy armor plates. The interior fit
tings and furnishings of the quarters
and the deck coverings, however, were
OF wood. When a shot pierced a hull Of
a vessel and tore through the wood in
the interior of the ship splinters were
sent flying in all directions. In mos,
cases the shot passed through the yes
sci without injuring any of the crew,
but the shower of wooden splinters
filled the sick bay and kept the sail
maker sewing up the dead in canvas
sacks for burial! On the battleship Ore
son practically no wood will be used
All the bulk-heads and partitions divid-
ing the rooms in the officers quarters
are to be of iron. No wood will be used
on the decks, but instead linoleum will
be cemented to the iron deck to prevent
slipping All the doors will be Of iron.
and all those leading to the decks will
be made water-tight.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-11-01
1894 Reports

We are in receipt of the biennial re-
port of Phillip III. kirsch, state Fish
commissioner for Indiana and of the
Nineteenth Report of the Department
Of Geology and Natural Resources of
Indiana by ). 5. Gorby, state geologist
These reports are bound in two neat
volumes and contain much valuable
statistical and other detailed informa-
ton touching upon the subjects
treated, With these reports is also a
map showing comprehensively the
the mineral, gas and other resources of
state.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-11-01
ffe Wanted Work and Cor A..

Frank Matthews has been in Chicago
three weeks. He has answered all the
advertisements he has seen, but in no
instance was he successful in securing
the coveted employment Meanwhile
his slender savings had become all but
exhausted. Necessity proved the moth
er OF invention, and, according to q
Chicago paper. he took a great board
about foot square and marking On 1t
in big black letters,
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-11-01
Nictimized "a LOgansport Merchant.

The Logansport Journal tells of the
manner III which a leading merchant
was swindled out of $3.50 the other dag,
but does not give his name. 1t says a
travelling salesman called on the mer-
chant and while cOnversing showed a
treasure of violin which he said he
thought SO much of that he always
carried it with him. He said he had to
visit some small towns in the vicinity
and asked to leave his instrument with
the store keeper TIL his return.
Soon after the man left another trave-
ling man came along and, seeing the
violin, claimed to be collector and
desired to possess such fine instrument
as that. He offered the merchant 500
for 1t, but the man would not take the
responsibility of selling. The second
stranger left but instructed the Logan
sport man to give as much as $500 for
the violin and he would come back and
give him y 900 for it. When the fellow
returned the merchant bought the in
st ument for 800 and is now waiting
the coming of his purchaser. So far
nothing has been heard of him and the
reasonable conclusion has about been
reached that it is thorough case of
Swindle.
A similar trick was played on Jake
Gerson, merchant tailor, in Rochester,
about sixteen years ago. but the price
of tie fiddle was only twenty dollars.
Its real value being "a dollar and a half
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-11-01
WORK
WANTED.

he fastened it on his breast and took
up his beat amng the commission
houses. A great many people stopped
him, but none ffered him work. He
walked several cher down town streets.
the object of tie same curiosity. At
last one man gave him a situation.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-11-01
Leadvillc Is Rich.

1t is the opinion of one OF the most
distinguished mining experts in Colo
RADIO that the mineral wealth lying be.
meath the streets of Leadville exceeds
the gross amount that has been mined
In the entire district to date.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-11-01
"And who is Baby" queried John

"And who is Baby" queried John
! son.
THAT'S just what | want to know
and l want you TO find out declared
Mrs. Zingsem.
The attorney asked few more ques
lions and then sent Mrs. Zingsem over
to Assistant Chief of Police Ross, ask
ing him to learn from the police at
Plymouth whether Zingsem had COM
mitted bigamy, as the letter would in
dictate. No answer had last evening
been received by the police Of this city
and Mrs. Zingsem is still waiting.
And Attorney Johnson is thinking of
filing an amended bill i'll the divorce
case, making few more charges"
DIR. BORTON SEEN.
How much truth there it in the
Chronicles report does not yet seem
quite clear. The matter is being gen
crafty talked about and various opin-
ions are being haZarded relative thereto.
ENT called on DR.. Borton and was the
first to call his attention to the Chron-
isle article as above given. The doctor
knew nothing of allegations that are
charged against Zingsem but said he
always had the appearance OF being
gentleman in every respect.
When DIR. BOrtOn and his assO ciates,
then of Warsaw, sold the Chicago
rights of the BOrton Liquor Cure they
accepted part payment in stock of the
Chicago company that was then organ
lied The doctor and his associates
soon became dissatisfied with the man
ner in which that company was con
Quoted ard his associates withdrew.
The doctor retained his stock for some
time, however, and it was when he went
to the Chicago institute to try to better
its conditions that he first met Zingsem
who had taken the cure and was then
boarding at the institute. The doctor
found very unsatisfactory, not to say
disgraceful, state of affairs and soon de
termined to withdraw entirely, which
he finally did. He had gained the
friendship of Mr.. Zingsem, and in his
contention with the opposing factions
had had his (Zingsem's) cooperation al
most from the beginning.
ZINGsEM WAS THREATENED.
AnimOslties were here engendered
which seem to have lived and deyel-
oped into a bitter hatred as Mr.. ling
sem claims to have received a number
of communications of a threatening
nature. ZiIgsem has, since DR.. Bor-
tons withdrawal from the Chicago in
stitute, visited or boarded at various
times at the doctors institute in this
city and has never given reason for the
doctor to change his good opinion. The
doctor could throw no light on the eX
listing relations between Mr.. and Mrs.
Zingsem except to say that they had
not lived together for considerable
time.
THE PLYMOUTH WIFE.
SO far as the Plymouth wife is con-
cerned matters are shrOuded in deep
mystery. The publication of the al
legged Plymouth letter from ~ our
Baby does not of itself furnish proof
that there is Mrs. Zingsem in this
city. If there is, she has been remark
ably quiet not to have been discovered
under the light of general inquiry that
itself as it went, has ex-
tended to almost every corner of the
city to-day. The probabilities are that
the morbid curiosity that is seeking
Mrs. Zingsem No. in this city is seek
ing the impossible and will be disap-
pointed.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-10-11

another column will be found
the advertisement of Clerk and
Master ID. q. Hudson, receiver Of
the goods attached as the property
of b. @. Rushing For the present
the goods will be sold at retail, and
Messrs. V. A. Rushing and L. j..
Thompson have been retained to
wait on the trade. The doors were
thrown open Wednesday, and bar
gain-hunters can not afford to miss
the rare opportunity to secure dry
goods, drugs, groceries, etc, when
values do not control the prices al
which these goods will be sold.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-10-11

We acknowledge an invitation 10
attend the Henry County Fair and
Irotting Horse Association, which
meets az Paris October Is to Is in
elusive.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-10-11

INregard to the three-wire fence
law, a recent special to the Nash
vile American from Giles County
says "Itis the common opinion of
the legal profession that the three
wire fence law of 1891 is valid, and
that a three-wire fence is a lawful
fence, no matter what the county
court may decide, and the general
assembly could not delegate its leg
islative duties to the county courts
to prescribe a lawful fence. Inas-
much as the act Of 1891 declares
three wires to be a lawful fence, it
undoubtedly is such. As the stat
ute has not received judicial inter-
probation, everybody is shy of it.
Recently a portion of the Rivers
farm, in the twelfth district, was
fenced with three wires and Messrs.
Flournoy Rivers and G. NJ. Whit
have agreed upon a lawsuit to test
the statute" Commenting on this
the Dresden Enterprise says that
eff one-tenth part of the money
spent by your neighbor in trying
to keep out your pestiferous stock
was spent by you in fencing in your
stock your neighbor would be bet
ter off and your conscience lighter.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-10-11

The main buildings thus far de-
cided upon by the Tennessee Cen
tennial Exposition managementare
to be known as Fine Arts, Com
merce or Liberal Arts, Electricity,
Agriculture, Horticulture, Trans
portation, Minerals, Forestry and
Machinery buildings, the Woman's
Building, the Children's Building
and the Auditorium. These are
only the larger buildings to be
erecteddirectly by the management
for general exhibits, except in the
case Of the Children's Building for
which the children Of the State are
raising the money. In addition to
these, space has already been set
apart for a number Of other edih.
ces to be built by various counties,
communities and societies of Ten
nessee. The outside lines of the ex-
position proper form a greatsquare.
Within this the main buildings will
form an immense circle around a
lake Of fifteen acres aud a military
plaza of ten acres, with the Par
thenon between them. In front of
the Parthenon will stand a heroic
statue of Minerva, and a little fur
ther a bridge built on the design
of the Rialto at Venice will span in
arm of the lake 100 feet wide. In
| the rear of the Parthenon two rows
of majestic columns will mark the
walk to the Commerce Building.
There will be statuary and archi-
tectural beauties in all portions of
the park, and four fountains have
already been provided for which
will outrival anything in the line
ever attempted at an exposition.
The building designs and the de
tached concentrations of the fair
are in the hands Of men Of recog-
Enized artistic sense, and an ensem.
bic Of striking beauty is assured by
what has already been done.