Marshall County Republican., 1878-01-17

cern: "A hint TO step -mOtherS-tnat
live in Plymouth-better be careful
how they maltreat theire step-child-
rem; or the law may take hold ol
them and straiten them for their con-
duct"
A private letter from California
states that the flowers are in bloom
ahd the birds singing as though it
was May.
Oar Joseph, young lad about
fourteen years of age, while skating
on lake Muckshaw Tuesday night
fell striking on his back, and re-
mained insensible till Wednesday
forenoon.
A young fellow peddling some
kind of a meat broiler came into The
REPUBLICAN office yesterday, and 60
ing out on the Michigan Street side,
came in twice again thinking he was
in another office. The young man
was in State of confusion.
Counterfeit: silver half dollars are
being showed" by parties in this
vicinity. Some think they are man
ufactured in town, and that they
have strong suspicious that certain
parties are engaged in the unlawful
business.-Boatrbon Mirror.
We were in error last week in stat
ing the price paid for publishing the
delinquent tax list. The price is
fifty cents per description instead os
sixty as we stated, and we under
stand that the printing was done in
Fulton county at nine cents per de-
scription.
The following officers were elected
and installed in Plymouth Encamp-
ment on Monday evening: Chief Pat
riarch, Henry Speyer; Senior Ward
en-, d. E. Caldwell; Junior Warden,
l.. Tanner; Scribe, j. A. Palmer;
High Priest, Robert McCance; Treas
llrer, Simon Becker; Trustees, A. l..
Reeves, r. McCance. John @. Kuhn.
He was so drunk that he could not
walk, could scarcely move, and only
partially aIticulate. A friend of his
came up, and upbraided him. IF l
were in your place." said the friend,
@Td 60 out in the woods and hang
myself" @If [hicl you were in my
place, how [hicl the deuce [hic] would
you get to [hicl the woods?' was the
squeIchiug inquiry.
Mr.. P. s. Shook, Of Ft. Wayne is in
the city introducing the Model Ba-
ker" which Is remarkably conven-
lent and necessary article for kitchen
use. 1t has given universal satisfac-
ton. Over 1000 OF them were sold
in Ft. Wayne. He will call on our
citizens and present the merits OF
the apparatus. 1t will pay you to
buy one.
@Your move," Is the frequent an
nouncement in various Offices, stores,
and shops. They are tussling over a
game of checkers and the fellow who
makes the announcement. your
move" has the other fellow in a tight
place, from which there can be no
rescue. There are some experts at
this game in Plymouth and we can
name a man who can beat any other
man in Northern Indiana.
Mrs. Newell Graves, on whom the
surgical operation reported last week
was performed, died last Tuesday.
d.. Gould in speaking OF the case
last week to us, said he thought it
extremely lyimprobably that she should
recover. 1t was death for her, with
out or with the operation, with some
chances in her favor In the latter
case. Her funeral takes place from
the Presbyterian church to-day at 2
o'clock.
The operation Of the Telephone was
shown in the /. p. & G. depot Sunday
night. An instrument had been at
tached to the telegraph wire at Tip
ton, and the batteries being off sounds
made in the Office at Upton were
plainly heard in Plymouth. Sweet
home was sung and even the words
to the music were distinct, and per-
fectly Ineligible to all in the room.
There was no instrument in use in
the Plymouth Office, the sounds COM
ing from the wires.