The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-03-20
NeighbOrhoOd Notes.

NcighbOrhoOd Notes.
Ira B. Myers has been appointed
postmaster at Peru.
Schuyler Colfax and wife have
gone to Florida on a pleasure trip.
Porter county was not represented
in Brick" Pomeroy's convention AT
Chicago.
The people OF Rolling Prairie in
LaPorts county are waging relent-
less war ON king alcohol.
A. B. Smith has purchased the Wa
karusa Sun, and will remove that
luminary to Nappanee.
A tramp confidenced an old man.
a section hand on the B. & o. Rail
road, out of $50 at South Bend last
week.
Hon. J. FL. Fromm, OF Rochester,
who was stricken with paralysis few
bays since, is now considered out OF
danger.
Rev. A. B. Charpie, pastor of the
Baptist Church at Rochester, has
been called to the pastora.e at
Bloomington, Indiana.
The Kosciusko County Agricultu-
raj society will hold their twenty
third annual fair this year on Sep
TENDER "A, %. &c and 81.
The Winamac Republican says:
"The growing wheat looks splendid,
and IL no misfortune bslalls it the
crop will be an immense one this
season.
A correspondent OF the LaPorte
Herald says never since the location
OF the New Carliele cemetery has
there been so many new graves as at
present.
The Warsaw Union says many new
buildings will be erected in Warsaw
the coming summer; and that every
thing indicates plenty Of employment
for laborcrs.
The Pierceton Independent says
"On Saturday morning last. son OF
u. L. Busick OF this place, while fool
ing with an old gun shot away a por-
ton of the fore finger of the left
hand"
The Crown Point Cosmos says:
AS incredible as 1t may seem one
CT the boys working on the new
Court House on last Monday stood
upon his head on the dome, shaking
his legs at the lockers on.
Hon. c. I. R,ed, editor OF the Peru
Republican. did not get the postof-
flee. but he can console himself with
the fact that he can continue TO edit
one OF the largest and best all home
county papers in the State.
s. w. Palmer, one Of the Oldest and
most prominent citizens OF South
Bend, died Saturday. He had served
four years as Sheriff. and at the time
OF his death held the Office Of City
Councilman and justice OF the peace
The South Bend Herald says the
Supreme court has granted JohI
Patterson, the alleged New Carlisle
rapist a new trial. PATTERSON Is now
in Jail serving out his sentence; bu
he has many friends who believe hin
innocent.
Our community, for a week o.
more has been shocked by number
OF deaths. On last Friday Their,
were three interlnents and on Satur
day two. Such frequent tolling o
the bells Is enough to set enc Il
thinking.-Warsa, Union
Mrs. Cady Stanton was announced
to lecture at LaPOrte last week oil
Our Boys" but when she came OF
the platform she told the audienc,
, that she understood that she was t,
lecture on Our Girls" and tall
about the girls she did. As she ha'
delivered the same lecture from tn
Same platform once before, the audi
ence refused to be pleased.
, Aspecial to the Indianapolis Jour
nal says: the trial OF Hugh Wells
indicted for attempting to murder A
t b. Miller, by shooting, at North Man
chester, last June, was begun her
I last Wednesday. 1t went to the jur
, to-day at 4 o'clock p. m, and at 9:3
. a verdict was returned finding hin
guilty or assault and battery, and as
sessing his fine at $500. A motion 70
a new trial will not be made.
Two freight trains on the Northern
Central road colIded near Cumber