The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-03


&C. T. Mattingly Is visiting in
Winnesheik county, Iowa. He will
be gone about four weeks.
Weather hot, farmers are all
harvesting, town quiet. local items
almost as scarce as hens teeth.
"A new floor and other improve
ments at the P, Fl. w. & G. depot
adds much to its appearance.
Theodore Cressner left Tuesday
night Tor Little Rock, Arkansas. He
will be gone week or ten days.
The great temperance camp
meeting which commences at La
Porte July 18th, will last six weeks.
The jury In the case Of Aultmsn
& Co. vs. Wise s. Wise. of Bremen,
decided in favor of Catherine Wise.
There was a surprise party at
Charles Wizards. Monday evening,
Ia honor Of VIOLA Wizards fifteenth
birthday.
John @. Patterson has bought q
lot on Center street, opposite J. E.
Houghton's, and will erect q neat resi-
dence soon.
The Presbyterian social will be
held this week on Thursday evening
at the residence OF Mr.. 7. easier. ALI
are cordially invited.
We learn that James Drummond.
OF Argos, was badly hurt Tuesday by
being Ia some way struck on the
head by lever attached to a reaper
Hon. 81. G. Thayer has had the
old Vinnedge House reprinted and
repaired, and it Is now among the
ueatest looking residences in the
city.
Bennett & easier, the grocers,
and Mack Alleman. the furniture man,
are putting down u new walk In front
OF their business houses on Michigan
street.
Pho sisters OF st. Michaels
Academy will give a dinner at the
Odd Blue Ribbon Hall" July Ali and
aiestival In the afternoon and eve-
: Ming. Everybody invited.
plymouth boasts of City Coun
CD. B5dfd Of Health and Street Com
missioner, and set she meekly bows
her proud head and quietly passes by
the disgustingiy filthy malaria breed
ing hog wailow on Walnut street.
IS D. Davis, who many years ago
was a resident OF Plymouth and
typo In THE REPUBLICAN Office called
on US last week. Mr.. Davis Is now
publishing tie Dunkirk (Ohio) STAN
dard, and is. We are glad to know,
prospecting in his business.
Lalmauge, Of Center town.
ship, has bought two thousand dol
Lar farm near Newton, Kansas, pay
Ing cash, and he and his wife went
out there this week. he has large
farm here. bat will probably go to
Kansas to reside permanently.
AT the special meeting last week,
the Commissioners appointed the
following physicians to furnish medi-
cines and medical attendance for pau
pers: North township, Dr. Deniston;
Center, DIR. Wilson; Walnut and
Green, DR.. Finley Stevens; Union,
DR.. o. P. Stevens: West, DIR. Miller.
Plymouth will not celebrate to-
morrow; but We have the great walk
Ing match AID shooting match July
18th. the big show" July 14th, and
the @Old Settlers" meeting and the
sale OF Little Mack's stock OF goods
July 10Th. So you see we are going
to have @lots" Of fun during the hot
weather.
Isaac Stake. a man 80 years old,
without legs or hands which he can
use. has been selling pencils, pictures.
combs. etc.. on the streets this week.
he sits In a kind Of wagon or truck
with his goods around him and when
he wants to remove 10 some other
part OF town, gets some one to pull
his wagon.
-Charies Leonard, who for more
than four years has distributed, sent
out and received the mail at the
Plymouth postof1ice, has left the
office and Is nov in Chicago buying
an immense stock OF furniture for
the new store which he and his
father will soon open on LaPorte
street. Miss Elite Griffin takes bis
place at the postoffice.
We rode out into the country
west of town about four miles last
Friday afternoon, and found the corn,
wheat, oats. grass potatoes, and
everything else looking well. We
were with s. L. McKelvy riding In a
buggy behind. his fast PAGER. a mare
that can 1go' about as fast as any
other animal OF the horse kind In this
section OF the country or any other.
"A building for saloon is already
going up at the big huckleberry
marsh In the north west part of the
county. 1t ought to be somebody's
business to see that such scenes as
have been enacted there Ia, former