Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-05
Hoosier Happenings

CnAS. FEE. aged II. was drowned in a
small lake near k0kOmO.
JACOB ANDERsoN. a farmer near Green
field, was found dead in bed.
ACCoRDING to the last enumeration,
Montgomery county contains S,50f voters.
JAY HUBBARD. aged Il, fell from a
smoke stack at Brazil, and was fatally
hurt.
NANDERBURG COUNTY wants TO enlarge
by taking Ohio Township from Warrick
County.
THE old Jail at Petersburg is TO be re-
modelled and rented out for residence
property.
j. +. STANLEY was killed by a Pan
handle passenger train near Anderson.
He was blind.
ONLY a few fields of wheat will be cut in
Hamilton County. Crop will not average
three bushels to the acre.
GoTIEIB FREE fell 80 feet from high
tree near Wabash alighting on his head
and killing him instantly.
LEADING lumber men say that hard
woods in Indiana are about all gone except
oak, and that is very scarce.
Joseph county have formally protested
against the building of a new court house.
CoLFAx residents are tired of living in a
city, and petition will be circulated for
the purpose of disOrganzing the corpora
ton.
4 number of the recent large fires at
Laporte have been traced TO incendiareS
and it is believed that an effort is being
made to burn the city.
DAVID :. WATSON and Henry Bergman.
two life convicts in the Prison South, have
become insane. They will probably be re-
moved 10 the insane asylum.
Mrs. DAVID GoSs. of Piano, Morgan
county. hung herself. by tying two towels
together and suspending herself from the
casing above the door of her house.
Ex-AUDIrOR James c. Lavelle. of
Daviess county. serving eight years in the
prison south for attempting to burn the
court house IT Washington, is dying of
dropsy.
THE Monon railroad has paid Geo. z.
Miller. of Frankfort. $4,000. the amount
of judgment secured by him for injuries
sustained in a wreck near Indianapolis
in 1890.
\ HORSE driven by Mrs Mary Hoehn
of Selerburg, took fright while Mrs HOehn
was on her way home from Jacksonville
and ran away, throwing her out and
probably fatally injuring her.
AN Elwood servant girl. who is a SOM
nambulist. got up in her sleep at o'clock
and prepared breakfast Wasn't awakened
until her mistress went down stairs TO see
why she was ringing the breakfast bell.
FREDERICK SMITH. an employee of
Barnes saw-mill at KnightStOwn, was
fatally hurt recently. While operating
cutoff saw a silver i'm some manner struck
him with such force as to break his skull
and penetrate his head about two inches.
JOIN NEWMAN, mere boy. entered
Miss Emma Sheppler's home al Raleigh,
and piayfully snapped an old revolver. 1t
exploded and the bullet crushed into her
brain killing her almost instantly. The
families of the boy and girl are almost wild
over the affair.
THE Lane Bridge Company. of Chicago.
will at once rOmOve from that city 10
Wabash. having made a deal with the
Wabash Board of Trade Wabash bust
were removed 10 Wabash. The offer was
accepted and new company organized.
THE Governor has appointed the follow
ing trustees of Purdue University. as au-
10y the last General Assembly:
Six year term, Benjamin Harrison, Indian
apolis: Charles II. Stuart, Lafayette: Will
lam y. Banks. Laporte. -Four YesT term.
Charles Downing. Greenfield: James VI.
-.
ia. battle-ground. Two year term, David
/. BEEN. Spencer: Sylvester johnson. IT.
vington: William IL. o. Brien, Lawrence
burg.
INDIANA possesses Shale and sandstone
deposits of untold value according TO State
geologst Blatchley, who has just returned
from thorough inspection of the lodges in
the western part of the State. Sandstone of
the highest quality is found in Parke,
Fountain and Warren counties. he SAYS,
and the slale beds are near Needersburg.
Attica and Cayuga. At the latter place
factory has been started that is turning
out s. 900 pressed brick day. BY merely
the ShaleS any desired color is
At Cayuea is another factory
that turns out $4,000 brick day. Mr..
left Assistant Hopkins TO COM
iDlttc .lUe Inspecting. but TIC Dds icdTfl0u
he claims, TO convince him that
the deposits are among the states greatest
resources.
THE Governor has pardOned Peter J.
Clark, one of the men who participated in
the opera house riot AT Lafayette in Janu-
airy, 1888. The riot was the result OF re-
ligious excitement growing out of a lecture
by George u. Rudolph, an eN-Cathollc
priest. Clark was charged with assault
and battery with intent to kill, and was
convicted and sentenced to the penitentia-
~ for four years. Two other participants
were convicted and sentenced 10 the peni-
Tertiary. They were pardoned some time
ago. The persons who partiti0ned for the
pardon of Clark say he was misguided:
that he had previously been a good citizen
Of Lafayette, and that he has a wife and
four children dependent on him. Many of
the citizens of Tppecanoe County signed
the petition.
JouN SPRINGER, well-known resident
of Connersville, while. fishing, near Al
pine, became overheated and fell dead.
Heart trouble contributed toward his de-
mise. He was about forty years old and
leaves family