Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-19
IN GENERAL

The United States Government is ne
gotiating for q site for a battery on
COnanicut Island, which will command
the western passage of Narragansett Bay.
Seven A. r. L. men at Fergus Falls
were found guilty of Obstructing the mail
during the Great Northern strike last
April. They were fined 500 each, on the
installmcnt plan.
Between 100 and 500 negro families
have recently arrived from the United
States at Tiahualilo, State of Durango.
Mexico, as colonists under the Federal
concession granted to W. H. Ellis, an
American citizen.
The jury III The case of Anna f. Dick
inson, for confinement in an insane asy-
lum, against DR.. Underwood, DR.. Hill
man, John NJ. Dryden, George B. Thomp-
son and others. after being out for sew
enteen hours, was discharged, not being
able to agree
Obituary: At Detroit, Harry C. Till
man, 42-At New York. Mrs Emily Free
burn-James, wife of ex-Postmaster Gen
eral james. At Boscobel, Wis, Frank
Gray, So; Daniel Oswald.-At Columbus.
Wis. Rev. Father Dwyer.-At Milwau-
kee, Mrs. Oryille l.. Butler, wife of ex-
Mayor o. r. Il. Butler.
The jury which investigated the fire in
Simpsons dry goods store at Toronto
brought in verdict that Mckay. night
Waterman. and Sprott, Livingstone and
Farley, servants of the Homes Protec-
tive Association. had n knowledge of the
cause of the fire. 1t is expected the
crown will issue warrants.
The Cincinnati Price Current summar-
ICES the crop conditions for the past week
as follows: THE past was a favorable
week for wheat and other crops The
growth is not advancing rapidly. The
tenor of wheat crop returns has been well
maintained, except in Kansas. Spring
seeding is progressing favorably for both
wheat and oats. Some areas are still
needing moisture. The weeks packing of
hogs amounted to $4,000. against 100000
for the corresponding week a year ago
Eighteen months from the present time.
when the frisky calf of to-day is ready for
the slaughter house there will be fall
in the present high price of beef, whether
purchased OH the hoOf or at retail. This
assertion is borne out not only 10y the as
sertonS of the interested packers of Chi
cago. Omaha, st. Louis and Kansas City.
but by the statistics prepared quarterly
by the Government concerning the ship
ping. receiving and killing of cattle in the
four American cities which control the
delivery of beef dressed or on the hoof to
the remainder of the country and Europe.
The statement that n combine among the
four principal packers of the West has
caused the increased prices is Indignantly
denied by them, and the devastated grass
and sage brush ranges of the West pointed
To as irrefutable evidence Of the absolute
lack of cattle in comparison with the
demand.
II. G.. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review of
Trade says: Progress toward better bust
ness continues. but it is slow and meets
MAN, obstacles. In speculative aspects
and in Wholesale demand for goods the
week shows Improvement. Money mar
kets are undisturbcd and little more ac
tive. But among the chief obstacles is
the anxiety of operatives to secure better
wages. even while many manufacturing
works are running without profit and
others at the risk Of loss In number
Of establishments better wages have been
conceded. thus increasing the purchasing
power of the people, but strikes have
largely ovcrbalanced settlements, several
of Importance having thrown about L..
600 workers out of employment this week.
Retail trade has improved on the whole
since March.