Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-24
NEWS TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
Minor Happenings of the Pas
Week.
EVENTS OF LAST SEVEN DAYS,
Political. Religious. Social and Criminal
Doings of the Whole World Carefully
ciGent Record.

Auburn, Ird.-JOhn Kinnie commit
ted suicide at Fort Wayne by cutting
his throat.
Danville, Ky.-At Alstott's store,
Casey county. John Alstott shot and
instantly killed his brother Claude.
Oshkosh. Wis.-The present city adj
ministratiOn has declared war on slot
machines and they must all go Dec. %.
Flora, Ind.-Burglars entered the
residence of James B. Smockton and
secured about $3.50 in cash and SIS II
goods.
Sioux City. Iowa-Mrs l. F. Squires,
a dressmaker committed suicide with
poison. Family troubles caused the
act
West Point, n. Y.-Lieut. Joseph T.
Crabbs. 18th cavalry. was thrown from
his horse and badly hurt internally
and externally.
Warren, OO.-Louis Yura of Warren,
on trial for killing Isaac Hill of Farm
ingtcn, was found guilty Of murder in
the first degree
Auburn, Ind.-The 107 pieces OF sill
verware which were stolen last July
from ex-Gov. Matthews, near Clinton,
was found beneath haystack.
Milwaukee, Wis.-Charles r. Weld
ner, ex-supervisor from the Sth ward,
died suddenly of heart failure. Mr.
Weidner was 81 years of age.
GAINESVILLE, Wis.-Peter Jameson Of
the town of Harmony. was burned seri
ously while playing the part of Santa
Claus at school entertainment.
Marquette. Mich-D. H. Ball,
leading Marquette lawyer, who has
been mentioned as candidate for the
supreme bench, says such talk is not
authorized
Denver Col.-Gov. Adams appointed
Col. Irving Hale of the 1st regiment,
Cc = RADIO national guard, brigadier-
general TO succeed the late Gen. H. J.
Brooks
Omaha, Neb.-The jury in the case
of the city against the bondsmen Of
ex-City Treasurer Henry Bolln re-
turned a verdict in favor of the city
for 81 600.
Champaign, Ill.-The call has been
issued here for the general annual
meeting of the Illinois Republican
Editorial association at Springfield
Jan. II.
Oskaloosa, lowa.-Richard belong
was shot and killed by James Smith
They were scuffiing for possession of
revolver and it was accidentally dis
charged.
ShebOygan. Wis.-Willam Strecker,
16 years old, fell fifty feet in an ele-
vator shaft. His injuries consist of
broken arm, dislocated shoulder and
broken nose.
Holyoke, Mass.-Miss Amelia Koe-
gel, 30 years old, attempted to light a
gasoline stove, when there was an ex-
plosion. She and a 2-year-old child
named Alfred Kenell, were killed
Brillion, Wis.-In an alteration at a
dance in Rockland between Edward
Coucher and F. Wagner, Gust Proch-
now interferred, striking Croucher
with a club, splitting open his head.
Procknow is in Jail.
Camden, y. Frank Kirby. a
Christian scientist who refused TO call
in a physician when. his 2-year-old
daughter was taken sick with diph-
liberia. was held by the coroner in $500
bail TO the grand jury
Montgomery, Minn.-While Timothy
Carroll a prominent citizen of Kill
kenny was driving home his team ran
into a rut, his wagon was overturned
and his neck was broken, causing in
slant death.
Pueblo. Col.-The Rev. T. S. Rocks.
aged 10, late of Steelburg, Neb, where
he was pastor of Methodist Episco-
pal church, and Mary Johnson. aged
10 years. were arrested here 1t is al
legged that they eloped from Steelburg,
where MIR Rocks left his his wife and
three children.
Susquehanna, Pa. - Flora Sweet.
aged 40 years, shot her mother, Mrs
Elvira Sweet, aged 60 inflicting a
wound from which she died 1t was
the. result of a quarrel. The daughter
was temporarily insane. Mrs. Sweet
and her daughter were at one time
residents of Chicago
Lima, Ohio-John Strawman, a Sene-
ca county farmer, threw a cartridge
into the fire. 1t went off, filling Mrs
Strawman's breast with shot and caus-
ing her death. Strawmans right
hand was blown off by the explosion
of the percussion cap as he was taking
the shell from the fire.
Toronto, Ont.-Mrs. Janet Carlyle
Manning, sister of Thomas Carlyle the
author, and the last member of the
family, died at the residence of her
son-in-law in this city, aged 50 years
Des MOines-The thirty an
nual session of the Iowa State Horti-
cultural society was held here.
Oquawka, Ill.-The court has sus-
tanned the will of George NJ Foute.
which disinherits the children and
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