Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09
Condensed state News.

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boiler manufactory in their city.
WHITE cap notices are being served on
many persons in DayiesS County.
GRANT COUNTY now claims to have three
of the largest oil wells in the State.
THE business portion of Kent, near
Madison. was wiped out by flames.
PETER WEBER was fatally burned by
gas explosion al ali Anderson glass factory.
WAKARJSA is jubilant over the pros
pect OF getting buggy and wagon factory.
WALTER WILKINS. 10. was thrown from
colt near She'.rviIlc. and fatally injured.
Earl FoREM.N was instantly killed at
Goshen, by falling in front of wagon
loaded with stone.
y 10-YEAE-oID hoy at South Bend ex-
pl0ded a cartridge with a stone. He only
has one hand now.
CHAs. BURGER. aged Is, Tell into chute
in the sewer pipe works at Brazil and was
smOthered to death.
WM. DOUGLASS, aged u, committed
suicide with laudanum under the floor of
The dining hall AT the Wabash fair grounds.
THREE prisoners in the Madison jail es-
capcd by saving cut several iron bars iii
window and lowering themselves to the
Jail yard.
a TEAM driven by John Defard and Jo-
seph Baum. of Frankfort. was struck by
passenger train. Baum'S injuries may
prove fatal.
ALL fruit growers agree that southern
Indiana'S apple crop. this season, will be
the heaviest and the best that has been
raised fer many years.
Nay x ADAMS'S Sawmill. together with
a large amount Of lumber and logs We're
burned at Max. eight miles west of Leb
anon. Loss, 5000: no Insurance.
THE City Council of West indianapolis
unanimously passed a reSOlutiOn offering
a reward of 500 for any information lead
ing 10 arrest of the murderer of little Ida
Gebha rot.
WILLIAM ECKERNAN. the 19-year-Old
son of Louis Ecilerman OF Terre IIaute. has
been missing for several months, and from
information received it Is believed he was
drowned in Lake Michigan, while working
on Chicago boat.
JOIN DUyN, employed at the Kenneth
quarrieS, took a walk on the Panhandle
track. and while i'm the act of stopping to
light a pipe was struck by the Chicago ex-
press and instantly killed. Dunn was 45
years old The accident occurred near
Kenneth station. four miles from LOgans-
port.
WHILE fishing with Seining party, on
the Wabash River south of Williamsport,
William keefer fell from boat and was
drowned. 1t is supposed he became en-
tangled in the seine. as the young man did
rot rise after sinking. No help could be
rendered him. lie was respected young
farmer living near Williamsport.
CHARLES LUCAS, foreman of the engine
crew at the new Monon shops, Lafayette,
was killed recently. He was setting the
brake on a gravel car, and the stem broke,
throwing him between the cars. His
right arm was severed above the elbow,
and the Top of his head was cut off above
the eyes. Mr.. Lucas was brother-in-law
OF W. II. Nobel, General Manager of the
road. The remains were sent TO his home at
State Line, Ind, for burial.
DANIEL BRITTRNHAM, a farmer, living
two miles south of Windfall was seriously
ii not fatally injured by having his arm
caught in the wheels of a threshing ma
chine. lie was working near the wheels,
when his shirt sleeve caught i'll the cOgs OF
the wheels near his elbow. He made a
desperate effort to rid himslef himself by
tearing away from the sleeve. but the
material was too strong. and his arm was
drawn into the cogS. catching near the
elbow of the left arm TO the wrist, grinding
me flesh Oh one side of the arm to pulp
TO the bone. In trying TO eXtrlca;e HIM
self he threw his hand further into the
machinery. cutting OF the palm of the
hand and three fingers.
\. ID. lIENsLER and other farmers of
Liberty Township, Howard County. were
made the victims OF the old tin box Swindle
last week. \ man giving his name as John
Schmidt, horse buyer. went TO HenSler
several days ago, engaged boarding and
Mr. IIensler'S assistance i'll buying horses,
they purchasing large number OF animals,
some being paid for and some not. Schmidt
brought with him small tin box which he
said contained $1,000 in cash, which he
kept at the lIensler home while buying
and shipping. The other day Schmidt
mySteri0uSly disappeared and has not
since been heard OF. The defrauded
farmers took the Tin box 10 Kokomo, eX-
pecting TO be made whole out of the 1000
it was supposed to contain, but when
Sheriff Sumption cut it open with Ratchet
there was revealed TO sight two ordinary
clay bricks, nothing more.
ONE OF the b0ldeSt r0DDerieS ever perpe-
trated in that section of the country oc-
Cured the other night within a stones
throw of the city limits of Union City. The
residence of David Potter, just northwest
of the city limits. was The scene. Mr.. Pot
ter was aroused about O'Clock by loud
crash. He jumped from his bed and was
confronted by four men with red handker-
chiefs over their faces. Mr.. Potter was
seized and bound, and his wife and son
were similarly treated. Mr.. Potter had
taken a large quantity of wheat to town
the day before, aud il is supposed the rob-
berS entered for the purpose of getting the
money he received. However, they found
nothing but certificate of deposit from
one of the banks. The robbers left with
but a small sum and gold watch. Mr..
Potter was bound with wire and his flesh
was cruelty cut. The marauders came in
buggies and left in that way. The doors
were burst in with fence rails.
COMMODORE MCCAMMoN, aged Al, was
struck by a south-bound freight train on
the Pennsylvania road and instantly killed.