Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-19
NEWS TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS
Minor Happenings of the Past
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Waldron to be the legal widow of Dan
iel G. Waldron
Bridgeport. CONAN Italian named
o. III. Minotte was killed here by some
of his enraged countr! men for attack
ing 5-year-old girl
Crowley. Ala.-Jesse A. Allen, night
operator, and James F. Warner en-
gagged in a duel. Allen was killed in
stantly and Warner fatally injured.
Harris burg Pa-Gov Stone has
made cut of $1,000 900 in the school
appropriation and reduced several
other items, whereby he saves in the
aggregate s1,5OO.O0O which will be APP
piled TO reducing the floating debt of
the commonwealth.
Fairbury. Hl.-The large farm resi-
dence of Christian Kierurch burned
with all the contents.
kenOSha WiS.-The Northwestern
Wire Mattress company announced to
Its employees that their wages would be
advanced 10 per cent The company
now employs $50 men and will shortly
employ 1000.
Guthrie 0. fudge Burford OF the
United States court sent Charles Base
TO the penitentiary for five years for
passing one counterfeit nickel.
Stanley, Wis.-Ole p Higholt, an en-
gineer, was caught between a belt and
a pulley in the planning mill of the
Northwestern Lumber company and
killed
Lostant, Ill.-Alfred l. Osgood.
prominent lumber dealer and extensive
land owner. died as the result of an
accident which he suffered about
month ago.
Pekin, lll.-IIenry Wyatt was lodged
in the Tazewell county Jail on an in
dictment charging him with being one
OF the murderers of Perry Green at
Delavan two years ago He was ar
rested in Peoria county. John Black
burn and n. G.. Dewey are indicted on
the same charge. Blackburn has been
arrested, but Dewey is still at large.
Peoria, Ill.-Annie Tracy, 10 years OF
age, ran away from home Saturday,
and when her mother sent an officer
TO arrest her the child swallowed
dose of tincture of iodine She is in
hospital and will probably die.
Sioux City, lowa-The receipts for
one day OF the Sioux City Traction
company. which operates all the street
car lines N the city, were donated to
the Mornilgside college fund as a part
of $4,000 promised by Sioux City.
Berlin, Wis.-August Smith, who
recently attempted to kill his wife with
an AK and then hacked himself with
the AK and took poison. has been taken
10 the Northern Hospital for the In
sane, near Oshkosh. His wife is recov-
ering
Kankakee, Ill.-A second case of
smallpox was discovered, the victim be-
ing a negro woman whose husband
works in the quarry. She was i'm
boardlnS-house with twelve other ne
groes. The place has been quaran-
tined
Madison, Wis.-JOhn Walsh. petty
officer of the cruiser Raleigh of Ad-
miral Dewey's fleet, who is on his way
from New York IN visit relatives in
Minneapolis, was robbed on a train of
all his money, some $50, and reached
Madison without a cent.
Madison, WiS.-The remains of Paul
Scofield were taken to Oconto. The
body was accompanied by Gov. and
Mrs. Scofield, George Scofield. the gov
ernor's son; Mrs. Grunert of Oconto a
cousin; Col w. J. Anderson. the gov
ernor's secretary and Adit Gen. Board
man.
Dayton. Ohio-While being exhibited
to large crowd, Ring. one of the
trained elks owned by Prof. w. III.
Barnes of Sioux City, Iowa, was
drowned in Fairview lake. The elks
would dive from a high platform and
swim ashore. While swimming Ring
got tangled in his harness.
Sioux Falls, S. D.-Two sons of ] d.
Casteel, one IA and the other 10. on the
fankton Indian reservation, were sud
denly taken i'll and died before ply
sician could be called. Investigation
showed that the boys had eaten raw
potatoes that had been frozen in the
winter and thawed out.
Nashville, Ill.-The body of William
Meyer, Jr., the wealthy young farmer
who so mysteriously disappeared from
his country residence last Monday,
was discovered near his home with a
bullet wound in the head 1t is thought
he Was murdered
Washington-The projected German
cable will touch at the Azores and will
be worked by the Commercial Cable
company and the Postal Telegraph
company.
Detroit. Mich.-The biennial grand
division convention of the Order OF
Railway Conductors met in this city.
Washington.-Gen Rios, who com
manded the Spanish forces in the Phil
ippines. has been authorized to return
60 Spain.
New York.-The Sewing Machine At
tachment company. with a capital
stock of $500, 900, incorporated in Della