Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-29
Indiana STATE Nesgs

Every drlnklEg resort IN hOkOmO
was closed last Sunday and for once
patrons experienced a dry" Sunday
Frank Sheldon, employed at the
William D. Wilson dairy. Osgood. was
killed by accidentally falling down
stairway.
The Democratic majority OF the
board or county commissioners has
postponed action at Terre Haute on
the official bond of Clark. treasurer
elect until December 81 Bolton. con
testant. has appealed 10 the Supreme
court.
well-dressed young woman swim
died Thomas Hopewell, liveryman. at
Seymour out OF SO by the same meth
DDS played 1t Columbus. depositing a
valueless watch for pretended loan
of $40. with which tc release goods az
an express office
Joe Burns Of Evansville. a popular
young man who stole money from his
employer with which he elOped 10 New
York with his sweetheart where they
were married. escaped with a light jail
sentence. his bride making good the
amount stolen.
Tom King. well-knOwn window
glass blower, was killed on the public
square at Hartford City King at
tempted TO stop a runaway horse
hitched to a delivery wagon. in which
he thought there was a delivery boy.
He threw the horse and il fell upon
him. crushing his skull. The accident
was witnessed by a large crowd OF
people.
What is claimed TO be the largest
natural gas well drilled in Indiana
since the discovery of the famous
Jumbo at FairmOnt, twelve years ago.
was completed by the Hope Gas Com
pany at Lafontaine. on the Joe Hack
ney lease, mile north of that place
When the flow was struck, water and
stones We're hurled over the derrick.
and the roar was audible for several
miles. Its capacity is estimated at
100000 feet daily. There are sev-
eral other good wells in the vicinity
The tin plate workers Of the Anal
gamated association have voted unan-
imously against the proposition Of the
late strike settlement TO have their
scale hold for three years. They oh
ject to the restrictions placed upon or
SaniZation.
James f. Cochran of Nincennes left
his family four weeks ago. saying he
was going to seek work. Since then
he has been missing
Mrs. Hiram Whitaker, one of the
best-knOwn and Oldest residents OF
Goshen. was accidentally discovered in
her own room. Learly dead from es-
Gaping gas. She was resuscitated with
difficulty.
The home OF Huston Barnes. recent
~ completed in Case township. near
Sullivan. caught fire in the night. and
the family. six in number. narrowly
escaped cremation. escaping only in
their night clothes.
Secretary Hurry of the state board
of health gave out the following sta
tistics for the quarter, ending Septem-
Der so, 1901: The tota number of
births was 1908 OF this number there
were 5.576 white males and 5.124 fe-
males; cOlOred males, AZ: females. 1872
There were 102 plurality births, 10
males and 105 females This includes
one set of triplets in Clinton county.
The total number of marriages for the
quarter was 5.906. of which 5,7O3 were
white and 203 cOlored. For the quar-
ter 1919 deaths were reported. and
this includes 396 still births. The
births exceed the deaths by 5000.
Miss Elizabeth Lang OF Rising Sun.
while engaged in household duties.
placed her head too close to a hot
stove. and two celluloid combs caught
fire. Nearly all of her hair was burned
off.
The elephant barn in the winter
quarters of the Wallace circus was
destroyed by fire at Peru The flames
created panic among the animals in
the quarters, but they were all re-
moved TO places of safety.
The Big Four will, on January 6. put
on sleeper from Chicago to St Aug
Justine, Fla, via Indianapolis.
Seeping salt water and oil from the
many gas and oil wells above Alex
andria has made the water of Pipe
creek totally unfit for use for any pur-
pose. The Lake Erie & Western rail
road has even stopped using it in their
boilers.
Thomas Hogan. a well-known farm
er at Dyer. fell from a wagon and was
killed instantly His neck was broken
by the fall.
The new NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
building at Greenwood is completed.
and the public schools have opened
with an attendance of $40.
The date of the meeting of the
Northern Indiana Methodist Episco-
pal conference, at Marion, has been
changed from April IL to April IS
A $4,000, 000-foot gas well came in on
the Hobbs farm, four miles south of
Upton. The flow came in at O'Clock
and when the tools were thrown out
the drillers had to run for their lives.
The well is equal to the celebrated
Wallace well which was discovered
near Fostoria, o., seven years ago. at
that time said to be the biggest susher
on record.
A great fox chase in the country
near Rich Valley is being arranged
for Thanksgiving.
Albert Berkey, farmer, has been
convicted at Warsaw OF MAYHEM grow