Marshall County independent., 1895-01-04
Minor STAG Ifcn.s

is in ashes incendiary
CHARLES 7. McCoRNIcK Of Princeton,
was dangerously shot while hunting.
Mrs. JAMES ID. WII ~oN OF Gree wool.
fell down stairs frac;uring her skull VII
die.
CICERO VANCE large barn at KGsh-
vile. together with TWO valuable horses,
burned.
NI~ciIEyors Goshen boys pass away
the time breaking tie glass fronts oi fire
alarm boxes.
THE Mayor Of Plymouth docks the
Councilman, salaries when ihes IA. - at
tend seetingS.
HAMNoNp attorneys viii petition the
coming Legislature To establish >EpcriOr
Court in that city.
BLOOMFIELD expects Doom aS soon as
the narrow gauge road running into that
city j. made q standard width.
TIE proposition to bond the village Of
Centerville. Tor $ia."H Tor water works was
voted down 10 majority of one.
VALPAsAI~o', fire protection costs the
city nearly 5000 per year for water alone.
TIE city rses about niEe;. hydrants.
SAM SIvENS and man named Smith
mines al Shelhurn. 10y falling rocks.
GEORGE DAY. desperate Young man of
Muncie. visited houses Of i'll fame. and eut
three girls with a knife. lie escaped.
WHILE WM. KING. i. was hunting near
JetfcrsoHviile. his Gun Exploded an'l a lrag-
ment of The barrel was Embedded in his
forehead. VIII die.
IRA LEZFNEEE. farmer near Logans-
port was killed by Jumping from swiftly
moving Wabash passenger train. lie
alighted on his head. crushing tie skull.
SoUTH BEND peiice have arrested man
who barks ineessanlly like d dog. hey
don't know wl.Gt 10 DO with him. lie
claims he warts 10 Get TO Washington and
remove the President.
CHARLES GEcFT. a wcll-kIown resi-
dent OF I.aporie. Was caught pil.aging lie
residence of William Miller near Kings
bury. Hundreds oi dollars wcTih of goods
were found in his house.
WALTER MITCHELL. and John Christian
quarreiei al Terre lIaGte over 4 game 81
cards. Mitchell struck Christian on the
head with pair of brass knucls. fracturing
his skull Christian will die.
TIE cid Bcal heading mill AT Salem.
which was stored fuil OF hardwood lumber
belonging to Thayer * McCowen. burned.
The stock and building was valued at about
5000. Supposed to be de work of iraml's.
Ut Shelbyyille. Manuel Montgomery,
while driving the deliver. wagon OF Ran
dall X Co. was caught by Zig Forr
freight train. The wagon was crushed To
atomS and the man badly injured about the
bead
NORTHERN ISDIANA appears to he a
great field for swndlers. Two OF the latest
crooks are insurance men who call Oh wives
to collect dues ON Insurance policies which.
il is claimed, their husbands have jus, taken
out.
RoEERT CALVERT has brought suit
against the Clay County Commissioners for
$4,000 damages for broken-down health
from ten dass' confinement in Jail. lie
alleges the jail is breeder oi veunin and
disease.
MICHIGAN CITY papers say that that
towns possession of The pcnitentiary has
its drawb backs. The worst class OF crimi-
nails locate in that city after theiTdiseharge,
and become responsible for mucl OF the
lawessness committed there.
Louis \. EENIER. SWhchman IL the
employ of Tie Air Lire Railroad Fl Evans
vile. received injuries frcm which he died
three hours later. lie MS making run
ming switch when lie Was thrown beneath
the wheels. Both legs were broken and
one arm cut on.
JOIN ID. BiDpLU. a wealthy farmer of
johnson Township. Knox County. was
feeced on; of $500 by two strangers. who
caught him on TIE ihrcc-card monte trick.
One man wanted 10 buy a farm. and he
and Bildle met the other stranger in the
road. where the trick was worked.
AMOS GREENIEE cf Pixies Peak. Brown
County. Was driving a yoke OF oxen. a
thing common in that locality. when the
animals ran away. throwing him against a
fence injuring him internally resulting in
his death. Greenlee Was q soldier in the
Eighty-sccond Indiana Regiment and a
Ueli-known citizen.
CHARLES MooRr. 50. filed suit in the
Monroe County court. for divorce from his
wife Amanda. aged ~. They were married
ON Thanksgiving Day. The couple were
lovers i'm youth bat married other ccmran-
ions Their cnnSoris died and they met
again and were married. After the cere-
mony, which was performed IN hokomo.
Moore Went 10 his home in Monroe County.
his wife refused to follow him and he would
not go 10 kokomc. His suit fordiNorce WAS
brought 10 settle il.
The first of the FOntanet tran-wrecking
murder eases was disposed OF at Terre
Haute when George Roberts Was given
life sentence on his plea OF guilty. He con-
fessed that he helped throw the switch by
which engineer Moehrman and Fireman
Flcck were killed in the wreck of the New
York express on TIE Big -Four road ON the
night of July II. lie had been railroad
man and miner and. with strikers and
symraihizing miners. had helped capture
freight trains at Fontanet. With others,
that night he threw the switch. the purpose
being TO wreck freight train guarded by
Sheriff Stout and deputies. but which was
abandoned and did not pass Fontanet. Tire
life sentence was given 10y agreement with
the prosecution. No..e of his four con-
fcderatcs has been arraigned.
LAST week James X. kclcher Of English.
sold his horne for 81 400 and hid his money
among some old papers in his trunk. The
next day his wife basned the papers and
the money.
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