Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-02-22
INDIANA STATE NEWS.
OCCURRENCES DURING THE
PAST WEEK.
an Interesting Summary OF the More I'm
portant Doings Of Our Neighbors-Wed-
dings and Dea:hs-Crimes Casualties and
General News Notes OF the State.
Eoosier Happenings

! Mrs. ELENoR MAXWELL. IS, early set
tier of Morgan County. is dead.
OF the 30 inmates in the II. Joseph
! County Asylum, eight are women.
CLAY CoUvTY sold $500 worth of Jail
bonds. lately at a premium OF s6lS.
THERE are two eases Of CHAMBERS in
/ Needham Township. johnson County.
TIE Good Citizenship League Of Ander-
son is making war on the siol machines. =
Mrs. T. &. EwING. wealthy lady of
Seymour. slipped ami fell or the porch at
I her home and broke her lett arm at the
/ shoulder.
4 THOROUGH investigated Is being made
ofthe F0ust murder,at l.lwOod. and it = very
probable that at least tvo nore arrests Will
shortly be made.
THREE robbers entered j. +. ErWin'S
drug store AT j4oganSl .ort. while the Pro-
prietor was alone. and robbed him cI $50.
! The men were captured al Camden.
CHARLES FrAKER. who shot his rival,
Frank Richards, iroln ambush in Harrison
County. some time since. was sentenced to
two years in ne pen. ct New Albany.
The collector OF internal revenue. Jump.
of Terre IIaute. has appointed Fcrd Baier.
of Sullivan County. ana ". y. Bryant OF
Frankfort. deputies OF the income lax.
CHARLES CoxNoR. son of Il. i. C0nnOr,
living east Of Charlottesville. was seriously
injured by half dozen horses rushing out
Of a barn and over his body. lie il eX
peoted to die.
TIE MasonS of Anderson and the An
derson Building and Loan ASsocation have
Joined in an enterprise TO erect one of the
! largest bu mess blocks in the gas belt. 1t
will cost $4,000
EXTENSIVE preparations are being made
1T South Bend for the entertainment of the
! Indiana teachers, who will hold three
DAYS session there the first week in April
One thousand teachers are expected.
QCuARLES. the 6-year-0ld son CT John
ZiPp OF View AlbanY, was left alone at
home and was burned to death. The child
clothes caught fire from CRATE and he was
horribly burned before neighbors could
render assistance.
RHINEIIEART SMITH OF ElwO0d, was out
cunning and by some unknown means his
gun was discharged and the lead passed
through his right wrist. The wrist was so
badly shattered and mangled that ampua-
ton was necessary.
] EIwooD has 80 far this winter had no
need of a charity mission of local citizens to
care for the poor. as there are very few
cases of restitution reported. and these are
being cared for by the different churches
and fraternal societies.
THE annual report of County Superin
tendent Shaw shows an enrolment in the
public schools Of Shelby County of 1858
children and an attendance OF HIS. In
/ Shelbyyile thc enrolment is only ,t6l
and the attendance 93i.
Louis BoGEH. a wealthy farmer residing
! in Noble Township. Shelby County. while
cutting wood severed his right foot at the
/ ankle with the AK. The man fell unconscious
! to the ground. and when found a half hour
latel was almost frozen.
WEBSTER DoUGHERTY, one Of the best
known and brightest Fort Wayne news
/ boys, was killed recently. lie attempted
! to run across Lafay cite street between de
tached parts of a train and was caught be-
tween the cars.
\ FEW weeks ago Albert Frazier of Nun
Gle, was married and in the delirium of his
i JOY ne treated ali his friends to cigars. Two
of the recipients happened to be minors
and the grand jury INFLICTED him. He was
released upon petition signed by the citi-
Zcns.
TIE elevator in The She!hyvillc furniture
factory of Stewart Il Blakely fell two
stories with bookkeerer 3. 4. Harding
and an employe named Weed Both were
badly injured by being buried under some
table leaves which toppled over at tle same
time.
THE little town of .JonesborO. Grant
County. some time ago. struck mineral wa
ter similar to that at MartinSvlle and now
has new phenomenon in the shape of {,
hot water we'll The water is too hCt to
drink and on striking the cold air
sends up great volume of steam.
At Jeilersonville. Judge Gibson granted
a divorce to Mrs. Anna Fineberg from her
husband Abraham. The proceedings &C.
cupied just seven minutes. The court otli-
ciais claim that is the shortest time Oh rec
ord in which the proceedings OF a divorce
suit We're c0nsummated and the divorce
granted.
JOIN RIPLEY, of Burlington. Ia, a
brother of Superintendent, Ripley, of tie
Cosmo Buttcrmill soap factory, of Val
paradise. was seriously injured by the falling
of the factory elevator. He was on the
third floor and took the freight elevator to
descend. when the mOoring gave way,
letting Ripley and the platform drop 10 the
first floor, Il distance Of fifty-iiye feet
TIE will of Gen. NJ. -. Manson has been
admitted to probate. He absolutely gives
to his wife all his property, personal and
real. with power TO do as she desires with
it. In case she dies without diSpOsng Of
all the property it is to be divided equally
between his children, taking into cOnsidera-
ton what sums he has advanced TO them.
| Mrs. Manson is named as the eXccutrix.
FREDERsCK NIPPLE. d prominent farmer
living three miles south Of Delphi, WAS
hunting rabbits with his i3-year-old boy.
Both were armed with Sh0tguns, and both
discovered rabbit al the same moment.
AS the boy. in his excitement, brought his
gun TO his shoulder his finger accidentally
touched the trigger too soon, and the con-
tents of his gun were discharged into tie
body of his father, causing instant death
TIE firm name of W adsworth d Kessler,
publishers of the Lap0rte Argus, will UNI
dergO a change in the near future, the lat
ter having sold his interest in the paper To
ID. l.. Wadsworth, son of the senior men,
Der of the firm The transfer, however,
| will not occur until April 1.
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