Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-09-02
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Youngstown. Ohio.-Sergeant Hinsy
Wolfe of Company H, Fifth regiment
of Ohio. whose home is in this city,
died at Fernandina. Fla.
Beardstown. Ill-Judge J. 4. Arena.
aged SIS years, is dead. He was elected
the first mayor OF this city in 1850.
Beloit, Wis.-Miss l.. NJ. Pitkin of
| Oak Park will be the new dean for the
young women OF Beloit college and will
teach in the department of English.
Austin. TeXas.-The army worm is
devastating the cotton crop in many
parts of Texas. In some counties
thousands of acres have been entirely
ruined.
Milwaukee. Wis.-What may be ex-
pected in the way of increased com
merce between the United States and
its newly acquired territory is fairly
illustrated by an order for bottled beer
received by the brewing company of
this city. Its China agent has cabled
| an order for sixty-seven carloads
Wheeling ". Va.-Suits have been
entered against 474 of the foremost cit
liens OF the city to recover taxes al
legged TO be due from them.
Anderson Ind.-At a council of pre-
siding officers of the Methodist church
it was decided to saddle an endowment
of 100000 upon the churches of the
state for maintaining De Paw unver-
sity.
Boston. Mass-The condition Of
Thomas F. Bayard. who is i'll at the
residence of s. ID. Warren in Dedham,
is reported TO be considerably improv-
ed and no serious results are expected.
Knoxville, Tenn. -Brigadier General
Charles F. Roe of New York, in COM
mand of the Thirty-first Michigan and
First Georgia troops in camp here, re-
signed on account of pressing business
affairs
Topeka, Kan.-The opinion OF grain
ment throughout the Kansas corn belt
has been secured as to the late corn,
and all agree that not more than half
a crop need be expected.
Middletown, \. Y.-John r. Gentry
lowered the track record of 2:11A to
zoo at Goshen,
Baltimore.-'.jioe .iaus. the south
ern lightweieht champion. defeated
"Ycune SMtgna" of Philadelphia in
fifteen rounds
Columbus, Ohio.-GoyernOr Bushnell
has declined to call special session
of the general assembly to enact law
giving Ohio volunteer soldiers the right
to vote in the field.
Springfield, Ill.-The secretary OF
state licensed a new political party TO
incorporate. 1t is styled the Social
Democratic Association Eugene Y.
Debs, Victor l.. Berger and Seymour
Steadman are the incOrpOratOrs.
Neutrality-suspicious.. Henry A. Lamb,
quartermaSter of the Twenty second
Kansas regiment. died at Providence
hospital of typhoid
Ypsilanti, Mich.-Dr. l. p. Fryer and
son Terrice were drowned in Huron
river here. The boy was taken with
cramps while swimming, and in en-
deavoring to save him the father also
was drowned.
San Francisco. Cal.-Ernest Marojt,
the oldest artist in California, is dead,
aged II years.
La Grange, Ind.-Uriah Ecker.
wealthy farmer aged so, died suddenly.
New YOrk-ROswell G. Rolston, for
mer president of the Farmers Loan
and Trust Company died at his county
home in Babylon, L. |.
Washington-A triennial convention
of weather. bureau meteorologists will
be held at Omaha in the middle of
October.
Sioux City. Iowa-A $4,000 check
from Frank H. Peavey of Minneapolis
was received to help pay the indebted
ness against the Samaritan hospital
here
Massillon, Olive members of the
Baldwin family are in a serious condi-
ton from drinking sour milk.