Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-08-12
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Belle Isle TO investigate the reported
loss of a transatlantic liner.
Pierre. 5. D.-The state board of as
sessment has increased in valuation
s23S.000. the corporation property in
the state.
knocked out Frank Mcconnell by
swing on the jaw in the eighteenth
round at the Olympic Club gymna
SUM.
St. Johns. y. F-The Norwegian
brigantine Tiber, Capt. Fyogstad, TWEEN
ty-four days from Keykjavik, reports
passing Nansen's arctic steamer Fran
July a in latitude 62.16 north, longi-
tude 5026 west.
New York.-John Petit, million
aire real estate man and head Of the
John Petit Realty company. is miss
ing from the city and his presence
here cannot be accounted for since
three weeks ago.
Quincy, Hl.-Quincy's entire cleo
tric street railway system was sold to
Maine syndicate represented by w.
b. Mckinley of Chicago.
Reading. notwithstanding peace
negotiations, the Carpenter steel works
are working on shells and prOjectiles
under the heaviest pressure from the
government since the war started.
Denver, COlO.-The excessive heat
and absence of rain lately in Colorado.
while favorable to harvesting, has
done some damage to the grain.
Danville, Ill.-Charles Scarce, a
young man of this city, was found
| dead in bathtub at his home, his
death having been due to heart dis
| ease
Syracuse. y. Y.-The entire opera
| ting force of the Syracuse Rapid Tran
| sit company struck. leaving the city
entirely without transportation.
| Rochester, n. Y.-The Rev. James
F. O'Hare. d. d., vicar general of the
Rochester diocese of the Roman Cath
Ollie church and rector of the Immac-
ulate Conception church. is dead.
st. Paul. Minn.-Unusually heavy
|
two and one-half inches being the
amount in this immediate vicinity.
Some damage was done by the heavy
rain and wind.
Quincy, Ill.-Edward Gilliger and
Frank Frieburg were drowned while
fishing in the river.
Eldora Iowa-The editors of north
west Iowa held their annual meeting
at Iowa Falls.
San Fransico. Cal.-The national
bureau of education is making an in
quiry into the life of Theodore Dur
rant.
Astoria, Ore.-It is estimated thai
the salmon pack for the season oil
1898 on the Columbia river will be
100, 900 cases below the average
Arcola. lll.-Ephriam Gardner. aged
15. an eccentric widOwer, and Mrs
Norton, widow, aged about 60, were
married by justice of the peace in
this city.
Virginia .Ill.-Henry Garm, president
of the First State Bank at Beardstowr
and one of Cass county's most promi
nent citizens. died suddenly. He wa:
born at Altenburg Germany, in 1880
| Cleveland. Ohio-H. III. Anderson, w
f. Irish and b. Davenport have incor
pOrated company with a capital o
$500 600. for the purpose manufactur
ing smokeless powder.
Halifax. y. S.-The steamer Hia
watha, which went out in search o
bodies from the BOurgOgne, put into
Canso. having found 80 bodies an,
buried them.
Waukegan, Ill.-Edward NJ. Dennis
a farmer, citizen and business man o
Waukegan. H.. died at st. Paul. H
represented this district in the STATE
legislature for one term.
Springfield. In-William Kilpatricl
Of Chicago, has been appointed sec
rotary by the railroad and warehous
commission, TO fill the vacancy ere
ated by the resignation of Beecher B
Ray.
Millbury, Mass. = The StOnevill
worsted mills &: Auburn have shu
down for an indefinite period. TIL
plant employed $50 hands.
Jacksonville, Ill.-The annual re
union of old soldiers of this and sur
rounding counties was held at Ar
cadia, near this city.
New Orleans, La.-Referee John DUFF
fly, who has been seriously i'll for