Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-08-24
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From the Hadidasian' s Plus correspondent:
Mr. John Silvias, is said to have har-
vested over $50 acres of hay, this season,
=. Mrs Davis is te sell her splendid
millinery establishmen to Mrs. Twist, of
South Bend. Mr.. Eli Minard, is slowly
recovering from his serious attack of i'll
ness, from which he has been suffering
for fortnight past Our lady eques-
TRANS are determined to carry off the
prize of pony saddle and briddle at
our next county fair, if daily exercise will
do anything toward their gaining it, by
award of impartial judges. +. 1t is report
Gshed here that is to eclipse verything
i'll the mercantile line, in this part of the
State. 1t is said that house in In
wood, is haunted by spooks, ghosts,
spirits and hobgoblins, that are seen every
night, about midnight, much to the con-
sternation of peaceful residents. =. Nose.
Greer and his enterprising neighbors are
fitting up splendid race track near their
homes, for the training of their blooded
horses. The Plymouth REPUBLICAN
is rapidly gaining favor with every one
since the present management has as
sumed control of its editorial columns .
Billy Grose, got his foot severely crushed
between two freight cars a few days
since. AS he was attempting to jump
over the couplings of the cars the train
started up and caught his foot between
the bumpers. ;. Jimmy Mitchette, Pierce
ton, has been visiting among his friends
here, for the week past, and gives favora-
BILE reports of the College, at Oberlin,
where he has been at school 1t is
quietly limited that grand wedding is to
occur in our midst within the next fort
night, but the pope, who is retained as
the officiating minister on this happy and
delectable occasion, is sworn to secrecy,
and does not say a word about it. Mr.
Stephen Sharp, complains Of a lot of boys
who visited his melon patch, and after
taking what melons they wished cut the
remaining melons to pieces and pulled up
the vines, totally destroying his fine pros
| poets for melons, from utter deviltry.
That richly deserves a heavy fine and
| long imprisonment for the perpetrators
of such cowardly acts of vandalism, no
matter whose boys they may happen to
be, they should not be allowed to escape
/ just punishment by any means. Geo.
Greer's team became unmanageable on
Saturday evening. and ran furiouslv down
the street, and in attempting to turn the
| corner at Matt Ervin's store, threw
George and his little boy from the car
rage, and severely injured them both, es-
pecially the boy, who was badly hurt by
| being dashed against the curb stone; the
team was captured after a long run, but
one was slightly injured the carriage was
considerably wrecked. a true old-hck-
school, recently subscribed for pestife
riously filthy, missegenation, semi politi.
cal, whole reasonable newspaper, and
carried it home for his own and his fam
ily's edifcation, but the discreet, better
and wiser half, soon discovered that il
was too fcul and obscene in every partic
ular to be read by herself or her children
without contamination, and suggested tc
her liege lord the propriety of his keeping
the demoralizing sheet out of sight of the
family if he must degrade himself by
! taking it, but the good man persisted il
bringing the offensive paper into the
house, when the spunky wife threatened
to burn any paper of the kind brought il
doors, which she did, until the man be
came disguised himself and ashamed O
the Safeguarding paper, and ordered i
topped at once