The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-03-20
NORTH TOWNSVILLE.
sCAPE GOAT.

An Infant cnlld belonging 10 FRANK ana
Mollie Davenport. died the 10th of March.
Charley Moon, "a former merchant of
Lapaz, has returned and again located in
that village.
The potato bugs, flies, and mosqretoes
have given Us a long rest, but the washing
machine agent has put in an appearance.
There were numerous cases OF Spring fe-
yer in this Township last week, | ut few
days OF cold weather has checked the dsi.
ease.
Milton White and wife took a very
young lady boarder into the family last
Sunday morning TO remain IS years-more
or less.
Morgan Johnson is a confirmed bache-
lor, bat he always has smile. a cheerful
word, and cheap goods for all who will
call and see him.
we have found good locking young
men in this vicinity who are deaf and
dumb. II is gratifying to see how well
they enjoy themselves when they meet
together.
Tell us Patsy when we will be treated
to another bunch of those nosegays that
are grown in the BuffIlo school house,
and then transplantcd into the Green
hacker.
We have an old lady in this township
that says she would like TO die il she
could take her stock with her. We sug-
gest that she get "Esqaimaux" 10 consent
To let her acco npany him to the happy
hunting grounds when he goes.
1t is reporiedthat an inhuman man
living in this township, recently let an in
FAINT child die through his negligence aud
then threw the body into swamp. where
it was found about ten Gays attcrward by
some young men who were searching for
it.
We haye two Esqulnanx Indians in
this township, they beth write for the
Democrat; they say Escape Goat" don't
spell :i.eiI names right. In the last Dam
oerat they inform US that they don't want
five dollars SD badly as TAI try TO spell Lo
gan down for 1t. One OF them is n heap
biz medicine man, and has medicine
lodge in LaPaz, the other ives i'm q
school house and gets a ncighboring, good
che Muck Mans Squaw to cook his
meals; both heap big Injuns. ugh
We notice one OF the planks in the
Greenback platform prohibits boys under
IL years old from being employed in any
manual labor. There are thousands oil
widows depending on such boys for a
support, but the boys and widows cannot
vote and they must protect the poor labor.
ing man. Again they resolve that eigh,
When we worked for our bread and butter
and patch of land to build cabin on
we worked 16 hours out of "a, and wages
were the same then as now
Daniel Seltenrght died of lung fever
March 10th, 1879 The deceased was one
of the early pioneers of this township
WIS SOOi HciSuOOl anu III HpHcst Hidn.
He left home on the 9th of March, and
went TO Elkhart county To transact some
business, and was taken very sick on the
9th, after getting to the end Of his journey
He sent telegram to his family, and they
went TO him. They concluded to take
him home, and put him on the train
and brought him to LaPaz. Not being
able to get him any further. they conveyed
him to Dr. Moorc's residence where he
fingered until 3 o'clock Sunday af
ternoon, when he died. He was about 5;
years old, and leaves wife and several
brothers and sisters 10 mourn their loss
) Funeral services were held at the Link
vile school house on the 18th. at IL
o'clock a. m, and the deceased was inter
ed in the Linkville cemetery.