Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-10-04
Condensed state News.


tory.
Columbus is entertaining u diptheria
epidemic.
Richmond schools have an enrolment Of
2,t02 pupils.
Goshen is TO be enlarged by the annex
alton of West Goshen.
VIM Jackson. aged Muncie citizen, was
stricken with paralysis.
The postotce at silver Grove, Floyd
comfy. has been discontinued.
Charlestown has had house to house
census taken and has l,ol5 inhabitants.
Hamilton township. Sullivan county,
voted to build - miles OF gravel roads.
Mile Daily was struck by a passenger
train at Wilkinson, and fatally injured.
Frances. the daughter OF Dicl, Goodwin
of New Castle. was injured iii a runaway.
The Bedford far had TO be postponed on
account of the prev alence OF diphtheria
there.
Leading Anderson citizens are trying
to secure the famous Culver locomotive
works.
\ second national bank has been or
ganized ri Crown Point, with $4,000
capital.
"Whi;e caps" burned a toll house near
Connersyi!c because they were opposed 10
its business.
Arrangements are being made for the
relocation of the American starch factory
at Columbus.
At Kokomo. where diihtheria is raging.
the antitoXnc remedy * being reSortcd TO
by the physicians.
The enrolment of students at Eariham
College has reached 49, The seniors
number forty-tireH.
Anderson officers are still searching for
the men who tried to kidnap the Bolton
children the other day.
Brazil home talent has organized a dra-
matte COMPANY. Thei: first play will he
"Uncie Tens CABIN.
Anderson is 10 have a market building
100X200 feet in Dimensions, with two
story annex 50Xl@ feet.
ChaS. W. Martin, mail clerk on the T.
H. {; w, jumped from his car, fearing
wreck, and WAS fatally injured.
Tie eight window glass factories of FL
wood. OresteS. Alexandria, and FrankiOn
have ali resumed operation with full force.
\ 2-year-old child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Simeon Reese. who reside near Brooklyn,
Ind, was drowned in Il large jar of water.
Guy Stoitcr. an !t-year-old boy. was
fatally injured at Frankfort recently. lie
climbed an apple tree and fell out, aliSht-
ing on his head.
7. j. Yount, Wabash veteran, has gone
insane. lie inagineS that Department.
Commander Shiycly Is trying TO deprive
him of his pension.
&C. McMorris OF Hall. Morgan county,
lost hi, residence by fire. The family
barely escaped in the night with their cloth
ing. Insurance, 500.
Ellsworth DeWiit's wife and two children
were thrown on of d buggy at North Sa-
lem. The younger child was killed and
the mother seriously injured.
A $4,000 ire occurred at LOgansport.
1t began in Il. f. kerstrin%'S drug store
and spre5d TO John DeWentel 5 furnishing
store and Il. Schnadig'S dry goods house.
The cornerstone of the new Courthouse
at Rochester has been LAID. An GRAFTON
was delivered by the Hon. il. |. Shively,
OF South Bend. The new structure IS 10
cost sl00,C00.
Hiram DowlcS, farmer living near
Orestes. found couple OF mill sacks full
| of silverware hidden in corn shock in his
cOrniield Where it came from or who put
! il there is a mystery.
The water from "a flowing we'll at the
works OF the National Tin Plate Compan +,
at Anderson. kills all desire for strong
drink. 1t has taken nearly 200 customers
| away from the saloons already.
In the mines of Clinton lamp fell from
the cap of James Richards, a miner, ignit-
ing 25-pound key of powder. Richards
was frightfully burned. Florence Whitfield,
another miner. was also badly burned.
The last school census at Elwood shows
a school population of $500. Four school
houses are crowded, and another en-thou-
sand dolar.building is tD be erected this
fall. ThirtytWO teachers are employed.
The rumored closing of all the m-plate
factories in the country for an indefnate
time as soon as The supply of bllletS on
hand is exhausted is untrue SO far as the
American tin plate plant at Elwood is con-
! cerned.
The second annual reunion of the TWEEN
ty-fOurth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers,
will Ice held at Orleans on Oct. S. and 10.
An invitation is extended TO all old soldiers
and especially members OF the Twenty
, fourth.
W. Johnson, aged 26, of Winchester, sent
his wife and baby home from Muncie, on a
passenger train. lie was to follow on a
freight to save fare. In mounting the
train he fell under the wheels and lost
both legs.
ODollie Belknap, aged l3. who poisoned
her foster parents, Fleming Sarver and
wife. al Seymour had her trial recently
She pleaded not guilty. jury returned a
! verdict of manSlaughtcr and sentenced heI
TO the Reform School until she is n.
Daniel NJ Weaver, a prominent and
wealthy resident of kokomo, was probably
| fatally hurt recently. lie accompanied
! his daughter to the train, helping heI
aboard the ears. The train started before
he got off ar'l in attempting to alight he
was thrown under the trucks. The steps
of the ear also struck him. Several bones
were broken. The daughter went on her
Journey, knowing nothing of the accident
Braham Shideler, commissioner of CaSs
County, was badly injured by bull. The
animal was dehorncd and the injuries may
not prove fatal. Shildeler's collar bone
and shoulder blade on the right side were
broken, and internal injuries resulted