Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-06-21
rliror State News.

ISAAC joy, t-ycar-clG daughter died NJ
blood poisoning, near Crbana, Wabash
county.
JAMES NoLToN was literally cut 10
pieces by Pennsylvania freight rain at
Jacksonville.
EVANSVILLE. IS to have packing house
with a capacity of 20) head OF hogs and
200 head of beeyes a day.
THE Gas City Coed Citizens League has
caused the rejection OF SIX applications for
license to sell liquor there.
WHILE Wm. Fix farmer near shelby
vile, was down in a well. heavy piece of
timber fell and seriously injured him.
ALMA CAIN. in trying 10 put out a fire in
a saw mill at Frankfort was seriously
burned The mill WAS greatly damaged.
FRED WAEXER. young farmer near
BrOollston, died OF a broken heart. having
gIieved himself TO death over being swim
died out Of $l.:O) by lightning rod sharks.
COUNTERFEIT nickles are flooding
Anderson. and scarcely a business man has
escaped the spurious CONS. 1t is thought
that the notorious Peyton gang Is az work.
BASIL SHARP. ~. made dive into II.
Joe River at Fort Wayne. in shallow Wa
ter. His head stuck in the muddy bot
tom. he could not eNtricate himself and
was drowned.
LAKE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS threat
ened to raise Treasurer McCay'S bond To
100000, AT their June session. and lie told
them to take The office and run IL, where
upon they backed down.
JOIN JOKES. the Elwcod tin-plate
worker who recently fell heir 10 an estate
of s. 900 O00 i'm Wales. has left FOR Liver
pool TO take the necessary legal steps 10
put himself in posse S>ion Of the money.
JONI EvARr. Biackford County farmer,
is slowly dying from a peculiar disease.
Thousands of worms in his flesh are grad
ually eating his life away. Physicians are
bafllel and no relief can be given him.
JAMES BOWMAN. aged 80 while at
tempting to flag Il train moving through
Evansville. was struck by a runaway
team and was - badly injured that lie
died short time later. Dowman's home
was at NincenneS.
c. Helm. extensive farmer of Warric1
county. gives discouraging report of the
wheat crop in Southern Indiana. Several
samples of wheat gathered in three
different counties show up badly
| Harvesting will begin shortly. In many
fields birderS will not enter N all. lie al
tributes The presen; condition TO frost.
WuIiT throwing down hay from barn
| loft, &. !. Lcazenbee, a young man of near
| l!eatlee. fell through an aperture in tie
NOW. and. striking upon the prongs of an
upturned fork. sustained injuries OF a
| frightful and fatal character. After las
! fall. he lay in an unconscious condition
| for twelve hours before Ec.ng discovered.
and Was hy that time So weak from loss Of
blood tliat recovery is hopeless.
JosEru SCHILLER Of R0cSaort, is dying
| from the effects OF a dose OF corrosive sub
Innate. taken by mistake. Since taking
the poison he has lost his voice, The drug
DESTROYING the vocal chords. soon after
taking the dose his wife gave him the white
of al egg every few minutes and greatly
neut allied the poison. The drug was dis
pensed to Schuler 10y an inexperienced
drug clerk. a mere boy. in the drug store Of
| ID. y. Sexton.
The comparative exhibit of the state
charitable and correctional institutions for
the six months from November |. 1894, 10
April 80, 1895. has been issued by the state
board of charities. Ii is compiled from the
quarterly reports. The grand net total
expenditures for maintenance and con-
struction of charitable and correctional in
situations for the six months ending April
80, 1895, was S506, 5o0.al: for the correspond
ing six months last year the expenditures
were S52S, 112.25.
An Indictment was served against tie
| Muncie Pulp Company for damming and
| polluting Buck Creek. Ii is the result of a
| complaint made by Robert Chiggish, ditch
| commissioner of Henry County
| Mrs JOSHUA W. BERRY, sixteen miles
| south of kokomo, met an awful death
recently She was smoking a pipe while
at work in the garden. Her clothing took
fire and she ran partly across a meadow.
attempting to reach her fathers house, but
fell, setting fire to the dry grass. When
found she was in terrible condition, all
her clothing, with the exception OF her
shoes, being consumed. She lived but q
few hours.