Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-05-30
HERE AND THEE.
Decoration Day.

Throwing and catching base balls
is what idle clerks now indulge in.
Dan Mcdonald has been making
some improvements to the surround
ings OF his residence on Michigan
street.
There were 604 votes cast at the
Democratic primary election in this
city last Saturday.
Telephone that" is the latest
slang phrase. i. takes the place of
cheese it"
An exchange says the 3Sth verse
of the fifteenth chapter of Numbers
gives the authority to wear the blue
ribbon.
All our citizens should go with
the Guards to Oak Hill cemetery this
afternoon and decorate the soldiers
graves there.
ID. Hull, of Inwood, called on us
Monday morning, on his way to In
dianapolis to attend the session Of the
Masonic gland lodge.
Henry Humrichouser has COM
menced work on his new residence on
Michigan street, 1t will be one Of
the finest in the city when completed.
Buck & Toan last Saturday put
in their Exchange Bank a fine, new
fire and burglar proof safe, Of the
Hall manufacture. 1t is huge one
and weighs five tons.
e. Bruckart, formerly of this
place, now of South West, Elkhart
county, called on US Tuesday. We
were glad to hear that Mr.. Bruckart
is prospecting in his new home.
On our outside to-day we print
two beautiful poems, Decoration
Day." by Carlton, and "The Bivouao
of the Dead" by Theo. O'Hara. Both
are worthy a place in your scrap
book.
N. J. Levings, of the indianapolis
Journal, made us a pleasant call Sat-
urday. His opinion OF the Plymouth
Greenbackers may be found in the
Journal Of yesterday.
When Plymouth merchants sell a
thirty-five cent baseball for one dol
lar, simply because they get pay in
advance, it shows that their honor is
quite small.-Knor Ledger.
/ The closing exercises OF the
Bourbon schools will take place to-
morrow. There will be oral exainin-
atoms in each Of the divisions, and 9
genuine old-fashioned picnic at the
close.
About forty OF Plymouth's stern
er sex may be seen upon the banks
OF the classic Yellow every Sunday
fishing. We have flrst-class- obitu-
airy prepared for them in case they
get drowned.
commencement Exercises OF the
Plymouth High school will be held a
the Opera House tomorrow FRIDAY
evening. After the exercises will be
held reunion Of graduates.
There are in Marshall county
$500 children OF school age. o
these 4,344 are males and 1866 are
females. The city OF Plymouth hal
474 boys and 562 girls, making q tota
Of 1.036 girls and boys that ought tc
attend school.
Charles Force is a farmer neal
this city. He has been very busy
getting in his corn, in fact is yer,
busy now, but he found time enough
to drop in Friday and pay his sub
scription. Right kind Of force Il
Charley.
Some eight years ago We heart
the now editor OF the Walkertol
Visitor make the assertion that repu
Giation was reasonable. To-day b,
advocates the reputation Of the bon,
contracts, and wishes to make then
payable in greenbacks, Obi what
changel-Stark County Ledger.
Tho Democrats of Marshall coun
ty will hold their convention on tn,
first of June. There are forty thre
candidates for the various county OF
fees announced in the plymouth
Democrat, ten Of whom are trampinI
over the Marshall county, trying +
proselyte the bewildered Democrat,
to their individual support in count
conventions for Goshel
Times.
AT the time the present proprie
, tors OF the Plymouth REPUBLICAN
Messrs. Siders ~ Piper, took posses
sion of that paper We noted the fac
in these columns, and stated that W
believed they would make a first
class paper. Our predictions the
are being more than fulfilled. TIL
REPUBLICAN Is one Of the very best 9
journals, and is sound on all the prin
ciples so dear to the hearts Of Repub
licans.-Iadidnid7a.
One Of our prominent youn
Greenbackers, who enjoys the homo
of being Secretary OF a club" wrot
a glowing letter to a Greenback ed
, tor in Michigan, recently, informin
: him Of the splendid prospect for start
ing ~greenback organ" in Plymout
, and how he, ofthree years experienc
in the reportorial line, would use hi
!. influence for the editors success
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