Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-22
MISCELLANEO US,

Wel-huOMQ dDOlltlOQlSt ana the last
surviving member of the original
American AntiSlavery society, which
organized in this city in 1888, died sud-
denly Of apoplexy. He was aged IS
years.
Horton, Kan.-On the 730th ballot
in the republican congressional con-
vention here the deadlock was broken
and Congressman Charles Curtis re-
ceived the nomination. He has served
three terms.
Peoria, Ill.-A telegram from Knox
vile, H., announces the sudden and
probably fatal illness of Bishop Alex
ander Burgess Of the diocese of Quincy,
whose residence is in this city.
Prospect, Wis.-Dr. John l.. Inger-
soil, brother of Robert G. Ingersoll,
the noted orator, died at his home at
this place from heart trouble, aged IS.
Carlyle, Ill-M. P. Ducomb Of Keys
port, this county, has announced him
self as candidate for representative
in the forty-second senatorial district
on the republican ticket.
GAINESVILLE, O.-Application was made
for receiver for the Ohio Iron COM
pany. The application was made by
tional bank, and other capitalists. 1t
is charged that Greene Bros, the man
ayers of the concern, have lost $500, 900
for the stockholders.
Butte, Mont.-A portion of the Black
foot reservation was thrown open to
settlement and thousand or more peo-
pie, mostly prospectors, rushed In to
locate mining claims.
Washington-The hearing OF insur-
ance officers by the interstate COM
merce committee of the senate on the
Plat bill, set for the 10Th inst, has
been postponed. 1t is not probable
that any effort will be made by friends
of the bill to get hearing until some
early day in December next.
Springfield, Ill.-Gov. Tanner has
appointed Herbert H. Cowen of Virden
to be county judge of Macoupin to sue
coed his father, Judge Balfour Cowen
who has resigned on account Of i'll
health.
Milwaukee, Wis.-JarviS F. Beers
was found dead in his livery barn.
Akron, O.-The Akron Salt company
assigned with $4,000 liabilities.
Marietta, O.-Athens presbytery or
dained Edward Marsden, a native oil
Metlakahtla Alaska.
D,,h c.
early settler of Dubuque, died after a
brief illness, aged seventy-nine years
Abingdon, Mass.-Henry B. Pierce
secretary of the commonwealth oil
Massachusetts for sixteen years, is
dead
Muscatine, Iowa-The Rev. T. De-
Witt Talmage was to lecture, but wired
news of his indisposition from Dan
vile. Ill
Arlington, Mass.-Henry B. Pierce
secretary of the commonwealth of Mas
sachusetts FOR sixteen years, died a
his home here.
Sault Ste Marie, Mich.-The steam
ers Telegram and City of Windsor lef
here on special trips to take gold-seek
ers to the MichipOcotan island, in LAX,
Superior.
ST. Joseph. Mo.-Walter Richmond
Fort Worth cattle dealer, lost So 90,
here. Some one picked it up and Il
| saying nothing
Aurora, lll.-The hardware stores o
| Z. w. l.. Rice & Co. were closed by tn,
| sheriff Oh judgments aggregating $40,
0O0
Cairo, lll.-Cairo has been selected
as one of the fifteen kite stations es
tablished by the weather bureau, ant
the experiments Will soon be com
menced.
| Burlington, Ia.-William A. Torrey
cashier for twenty years of the Ger
man American Savings bank, aged Z
| years, is dead from apOpleXy.
Akron. Ohio-The Akron Salt Com
pany has assigned. The company i
incorporated for 1000, and has mad
over 100000 in salt wells and evapo
rating plants. Liabilities are $50, coo.
Cleveland, Ohio-The steamer Su
| perior City was launched at the yard
of the Cleveland Shipbuilding compan,
at Lorain. The Superior City is thu
| largest ship on fresh water. The di
mansions are $50 feet over all, 400 fee
| keel 80 feet beam and % feet hold.
Athens, .Ohio-C. III. GrOsvenor wa
renominated, for the sixth time, by tn,
! eleventh congressional district. Tn,
convention Endorsed the policy of Pres
| dent Mckinley on the Cuban question