Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-08-17
BOURBON, Aug. 10Th, 1876.

Mr.. Nichols, afflicted with cancer
for some time, died last week.
John Caldwell boasts OF having
the best corn in this township
Several heightened weddings are
going to ~come off" this Fall.
Mr.. Bell had thirty acres OF wheat
which yielded % bushels per acre.
-BouIbon has an artist who does
good execution with brush and pencil.
Only two fights in town last
week, and those were among the Ju-
veniles.
Sherwood has completed his trot-
ting park and is now training his
horses.
-Steinback and Snake eater have
agreed to monopolize the blackberry
business.
Fred Scar has decided to turn
granger. and has already commenced
active operations.
There is a youth in town that will
be one hundred years old on the 10th
of August, 1876.
-Eiram Bowman tells an amusing
story about Prof. Reubelt's expert
ence at Galveston.
An organ grinder RECALLED us with
melodious strains OF circular music
one evening last week.
We have few ex-rebel soldiers
in this vicinity; but they are not for
Hayes and Wheeler.
j. w. Davis, Jr., was very sick
last week, but he has so far recovered
as TO be able to attend to duty again.
DIR. Matchette, of Princeton, was
i'm town last week, visiting relatives
and shaking hands with old acquaint-
ances.
Elder Norris, Of Inwood, filed the
appointment of Rev. McElwee on
Sunday last He delivered an able
discourse.
DIR. Matchette's brick residence,
when completed, will be the largest
and most costly residence in Bourbon
township.
Phil. Orket claims to have the
only Democratic flag there is in town
floating over his house. 1t has red,
white and blue stripes.
Matt Erwin has his suburban res
idence nearly completed. When done
il will be one OF the most commodi-
Gus dwellings in the county.
Some Of the sidewalks in this
place are very badly diIapidated.
They should be repaired before some
unfortunate pedestrian shall be the
victim of broken limb.
Freeman Kelley, the Democratic
candidate for Congress from this dis
trict, spoke last night in the street to
an audience of about 800, the MAORI
ty OF which were Republicans.
Mrs. Borton, wife of Albert Bor-
ton who lives four miles south west
of this place, departed this life yes
terday morning. She is said to have
been afflicted with consumption.
VIM. Matheny has made the bar
gain, got married, bought the furni-
ture and gone to housekeeping, all
within week. Miss Mahala Jordan
wasshis choice. and Elder Snepp ~tied
the knot rsf = $500
g e The young chap who crawled
through the window and stole the
dried apples had better be at home
receiving lessons of morality. Such
boys should be kept at home and put
under proper treatment
: Every man IA Marshall County
should vote for c.. w. Swank for
Sheriff He is not only "a, one armed
Union soldier who fought nobly for
hisrountry. but also man well cal
culated to make good Sheriff. =.
| bourbon township will give Hayes
and Wheeler the largest majority that
it has ever given for President and
Vice President Several of our firm !
est democrats choose them in prefer
ence to the Tammany reformers !
1t is rumored around that the
Erwips. Grants, Linns, Keeds, Match
cites, Parkses, Thayers and Wilkinses
will vote for Hayes, while we are sor-.
ry to say that Davis, Hutz, Matz,
Hahn, Shady, Bersch, Mounser, fathers
Hupp, Frank Caul, and Orket, go for
Slippery Sam Tilden.
MIR. Encil of Warsaw addressed
the-people Of Bourbon and vicinity,
at the wigwam, last Saturday evening.
Mr.. Encil is good speaker and de-
serves no small credit for his truthful