Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-07-19
Personal GOSSIP
pnIscrrrAILr BY INVISIBLE SOME BODY

lul. tiIlei 4hto. OihOLs VI Ohlos or
visiting at John DiaPs.
Marshal Hogan done good job o
grading on West Jefferson street.
Miss Mary Price has gone, to Ohio
on visit.
Ed. Hogarth has gone to Ohio. tc
paint railroad depots.
John s. Bender, OF Plymouth, wa:
in town last week.-Knoc Ledger
Budd Mattingly called on Satur.
day.
Doc Burkett, of Warsaw, visited in
Plymouth last week.
When you speak to Danbur-y-he
smilingly replies. which, te-eu-to
weep
Doc Burkett, who is rusticating in
miscellaneous manner stopped a
few hours in Plymouth last Friday.
Miss Flora Sherman is on two
months visit with friends in Crown
Point. @stl ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Trimble, OF Ft. Wayne,
were in Plymouth over Sunday visit
ing with her mother Mrs. Smith.
The little Misses Yearyan, OF Cairo
Ills, are visiting with their sister
Mrs. Mum.
Miss Amanda Moore, OF Fort
Wayne. is visiting her parents in this
city. =
Stephen Jackson, OF Warsaw, was
visiting his parents in this city last
week. -
Miss Bertha and Master Harry
Harold, Of Valparaiso, are visiting at
their grandmother's Mrs. NJ. Day.
Peter Becker continues to wrestle
with rheumatism with great regulari-
ty. But he manages to do good ton
serial work nevertheless. ,.R - "a
The floral decorations in the Epis-
copal church last Sunday were by
Mrs. Alleman's class. They were
very tasty and attractive.
Mr.. Thos. Bastable, the courteous
and gentlemanly day operator in this
city. left for Ohio last Tuesday. He
Is strong Murphy young man.
George Thayer has been cultiva-
ting some very fine specimens in the
chicken line. A brood OF chickens,
OF the brahma variety. are the hand
soonest fowls to be seen anywhere.
Mr.. Portmess, former Rector OF st.
Thomas parish OBLIGATED in that
church last Sunday. He was greeted
by very large congregation. He
now resides in central Texas.
. Plat Mcdonald, Of the Plymouth
Democrat. Grated at Rome City.
Alexis had a grand corps of speakers
engaged, but they did not pan OUT
Waterloo Press. lLf 800.
We had the pleasure OF shaking
hands with Mcdonald. OF the Demo
crdt and Caldwell, OF THE REPUBLICAN,
while in Plymouth on last Monday
Knor Enterprise.
III you shook hands with Caldwell
it was by proxy. for he has no recollec-
ton of such a pleasant event. Prob
ably you mistook doc" for the
editor.
s A sudden death was that OF Mrs.
Finnigan, which occurred early on
Sunday morning. She had been
at service at High Works, going
homo over the river Of evenings.
Fhere was some surprise that she
did not appear on Sunday morning
as usual, she having gone home as
well as usual Saturday night. 1t
was learned that she died of Cholera
morbus Sunday morning.
Mrs. DIR. Dunlap and Mrs. Babcock
were elected stewards OF the NJ, T..
church in this city on last Sunday.
This, In effect. makes them members
of the quarterly conference Ia. which
they are entitled to. vote. They
have in charge the affairs OF the
church to a considerable extent, and
II is conceded that these two ladies
are just the persons to I'll the place
with energy and fidelity.
Mr.. Nathan Nichols OF Miami
county called on THE REPUBLICAN
last Saturday. He came through
Plymouth ~ years ago. when there
was only one house to be seen in this
Vicinity. The Incidents Of pioneer
lie ahich he relates are highly inter
csting. He has witnessed the rapid
advances OF civilization and the
steady march of improvement which
have marked the progress of this
section. II has verify been the full
filment OF the saying: making the
wilderness blossom as the rose" and
Northern Indiana. as he sees it to-
day, is the most flourishing section
Of the State. nwE ~ 4
John Hoham imported from Buff
faioa dozen English sparrows, with
the view OF populating Plymouth.
Two or three Of them died on the way
and the cats devoured the balance,
so that the experiment is a wretched
failure. 1t is perhaps just as well,
Tor on the most careful investigation
1t is quite certain that not single
noxious insect has ever been de-
stroyed by these little frauds. They
drive all robins, blue jays, song
sparrows etc, out Of the localities
which they infest, which has, COM
bined with their u. worthlessness
caused everybody 10 vote them