Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-08
Indiana State NeseS

The annual retreat for Notre Dame
students closed at South Bend with the
All-Saints' feast. The Rev. Father
Nugent of Des Moines was in charge.
Benjamin c. Johnson and Cincinnati
Chicago and Louisville capitalists, who
are developing coal lands. have pur-
chased the Mayler holdings. north Of
Shoals. The purchase includes sev-
eral hundred acres of fine coal lands.
The COUNCIL at Brazil has awarded
the city electric lighting contract 10
the Brazil Brewing company for
period of ten years.
A fire was discovered in c. II. Con-
RAIDS grocery at Knox. A strong
breeze was blowing, and within thirty
minutes the residence and book store
of A. E. Ham, the bowling alley and
billiard hall of Roy Conn, the hard
ware store of J. VI. White, and the X
p. hall, the ground floor occupied by
Short Bros grocery, were also on fire.
All the buildings We're frame except
the K. p. block. When the flames
were eXtinguished the damage was
found to be $4,000
Tuxedo Park at La Porte was burned
over and dance pavilions and other
buildings were destroyed.
1t is stated on good authority that
John R. Walsh of Chicago has pur-
chased the famous Trinity Springs
near Shoals and a tract of 400 acres.
1t is claimed that his 100000 hotel
will be built at Trinity Springs, in
stead of at Indian Springs. It is
thought that this means that the
Southern Indiana railroad will be ex-
tended south, through Trinity Springs
to Louisville. by way of Shoals, West
Baden and French Lick.
Jonathan Noble. a Madison county
pioneer. is dead He had lived at Rig
don half a century.
The Fifth District w. R. c. conven-
ton was held at Terre Haute. Mrs
Sarah White of Rockville was elected
president and Mrs. Hines of Terre
Haute vice president Mrs. Belle Eph-
lin of Tangler was chosen delegate to
the national encampment, with Lizzie
Straiton alternate.
Charles Van Hook and his 15-year-
old wife were arrested at Terre Haute
and fined for drunkenness. 1t devel-
oped that she had married when but
IL years old. She said she had been
brought here by the keeper of a dive.
The court is investigating the case
Their child may be taken from them.
Harvey ScOnce, the amateur shooter
from Sidell, H., won the Grand Hotel
cup in the annual shoot, which was
finished at Indianapolis He broke all
the twenty-five targets on Wednesday
and missed but one Of the twenty-five
Thursday, making the remarkable
score of 49. The cup was formerly
held by L. II. Trip. president of the
club, whose score was Al in a possible
So Sconce also broke 222 targets out
of possible 225, and made one run of
145.
Pensions granted: Original-Robert
Long, Indianapolis, Sc; Chas. W. Car
son, Albany, Sc; John Miller, Indian
apolis. Sc; Michael Morrisey, Logans-
port, Sc; (war with SPAIN Clarence
Ice, Rockport S. Increase, restOra-
ton. reissue, etc.-Christopher He'll
man, Evansville, SIP; Samuel j. Little
Bedford, $40; George w. Favorite,
Knox, So; Geo. w. Louthen, Logans-
port, $24; Henry ]. Landers, Indian
apolis, So; (war with SPAIN William
T. Roberts, Harmony, $40. Original
widows, etc.-Emily ]. Butterfield
Evansville, IS; Elizabeth ]. Christy,
Neville, SIP; Rebecca A. Grimes,
Brooksburg. $l2: Elizabeth Kriger,
Rockport, $12; Mary ]. Kiser. Hen
dricksvilie, IS. Renewal (widows, etc. }
Mahala J. Turner, mother, Kempston.
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An explosion of artificial gas in the
taproom of Robert Hickman's saloon
at Warsaw completely wrecked the in
terror of the establishment. Charles
]. Keidall was thrown forty feet into
the middle of the street and seriously
bruised and cut Hickman, who caused
the explosion by striking match in
the taproom, into which had accumu-
lated escaping gas, was thrown TWEEN
ty-five feet against a brick wall and
seriously burned The explosion broke
every piece of glass in the saloon, and
wine, whisky and beer flowed like a
brook into the gutter. Loss estimated
at $4,000
Peter Evans was arrested at War
saw for the one hundred and seventh
eth time within the last fifteen years
During that time Evans has spent 1.439
days in Jail and has cost the county
$66195. He has been arrested for
drunkenness 100 times. Evans was
once one of the wealthiest men in
Kosciusko county. but his love for Ii
quor got the best of him and his
money. He is about 65 years old
Howard county has broken into the
Indiana oil belt. On the farm of Hen
ry Thomas, five miles south of Koko-
mo, an abandoned and plugged gas
well broke its anchor, and a rush of
crude oil spread over the barn lot
and escaped through an open ditch.
The we'll is said to be flowing a stream
the full capacity of its two-inch cas-
ing. Enos Neal. an oil expert, went
out to the farm tonight to test the
flow This new field is twenty miles
from other wells.
The largest plate glass in the world
was cast at the Kokomo plant of the
Pittsburg Plate Glass company. The