Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-17
MISCELLANY OUS.

Kuechler died at his home, aged IS.
He was born in Germany and came to
Springfield in 1916.
Knoxville, Tenn.-The strike in
Paint Rock company coal mines ct
Almy eliminated in the shooting Of
two miners, William West and James
CARLY
Pontiac, 1ll.-Postmaster Bradford
has received word from Washington
that mail-carriers have been appointed
and free delivery goes into effect Dec.
16.
San Francisco, Cal.-M.chael Pur-
cell, boiler-maker, was making some
repairs inside the smokestack of the
steamer Wellington at the Folsom
street wharf, when six fires were start
ed below him. He lies at his home in
a critical condition.
Madison, Wis.-There will be a con-
test over the will of the late William
Mack Pyncheon, who left his estate CT
$4,000 to 100000 to be used for the
education Of poor boys in Madison, af-
ter sister, Mrs. Mary S. Eugene, has
enjoyed the income during her life.
Black Hawk, COlo.-Uranium. worth
$1,000 per ton, has been discovered
near here, and the agents of a French
syndicate have announced that they
Will buy all that can be produced, as ii
is mach desired by the French govern
ment for hardening and solidifying
gun metal and armor plate.
st. -The|sfississippi river has
reached the low-water mark of 1864.
Columbus, Ohio-The State Fedora
ton OF Labor has passed resolutions
.indorsing the proposed postal savings
Ian and opposing the extension OF
time to put safety brakes on cars.
Beloit, Wis.-Mrs John Radamacher.
who Las a baby three days old, was
given a drink Of carbolic acid by mis-
take by her seven-year-o.d daughter
and will probably die.
Upper Sandusky, O.-At a depth of
thirty-five feet a vein of coal was
struck on the farm of Isaac Sneavely,
ten miles east Of here.
+, Dubuque, Iowa-prof Charles c..
kretscAmer, said to be the oldest edu-
Gator in Iowa, was stricken with pneu-
monia and died.
Wabash, Ind.-Miss Susie Brewer
MED suit for $4,000 in the Huntington
circuit court againt Samuel Tyner,
grocer OF Andrews, alleging breach Of
promise.
Cincinnati, OhiO-John VI. Newton,
Tor many years librarian of the Young
Men Mercantile library CT this city.
fell dead in his ch.ir IN tae library
from heart disease
Salem. Ill.-A special election on the
question of establishing a system Ct
water works in this city gave 40 for
and III against. The council will pro-
iced at once with the arrangements.
Lima, O.--Su.ts against Hardin
county commissioners for $4,000, the
face value of spurious bonds sold Bos-
On and Cincinnati hanks by z. T.
lewis, were compromised by the
bondsmen paying the amounts.
Green Bay, Wis.-Gertrude Prince,
the pretty 19-year -old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Prince Of Hayes, Oconto
county, eloped with and married Will
liam Smith. a negro.
Hal risburg, Pa.-Commander in
Chief Goblin of the Grand Army of the
Republic has called a meeting of the
executive committee of the national
council. to be held in Cincinnati on Dec.
3, to fix the date of the next national
Lansing, Mich.-The Michigan crop
report for December says the condition
of wheat Dec. 1 was SS per cent of tie
average. The condition is per cent
poorer than it was one year ago, the
fields being unusually spotted.
Lansing, Mich.-Reports show the
listence of hog cholera in ffty-one
places in the state.
New York.-John c. Sheehan, the
Tammany Hall leader, has gone to Hot
Springs. He intends to remain in the
South until his health is fully re-
stored.
Akron, Ohio. Cook & Sons, cd
est wholesale and retail grocers 1T
Akron, Ohio, have assigned. Liabili-
lies, 10000; assets, IS, 600.
Wabash, Ind.-A suit to break the
Will of Joseph Busick was begun here
by Allen G. Busick, an adopted son,
who was given 81 COO from the estate,
valued at over 100000.
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