The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-04-24

I
james Stevens Is the latest
Greenback candidate for councilman
in the Third ward.
It. X. Houghton has lail bran
new sidewalkin front OF his residence
on Walnut street.
Mr.. o. G. Babcock moved iEto
hi. new residence. corner Walnut
and LaPorte street last week,
-UIiah Frush, OF Pleasantville.
iowa. spent part of tho week in
! Plymouth visiting the editor OF the
REPUBLICAN.
Read Simon Beckel's new "ad" in
another column. He wants you TO
come and see him, and ascertain that
he tells the truth.
- Hon. H CT. Thayer, who will be
the next Republican Congressman
from the Thirteenth district, has been
visiting eastern cites during the past
ten days.
The &C. C's. at the Opera House
were greeted by q large audience
Saturday evening. We learn that
the receipts in excess of expenditures
amounted TO about Afty dollars
Hon. Daniel Mcdonald, late edi-
IL, b0 o.
train Monday afternoon for Lead
vile. He has an interest in the &C le-
brated Dyer mine and goes out to
see how things look. He will remain
five or six weeks.
@ ute an excitement was caused
/ last Thursday evening by the alarm
of iire sounded froH the p. L. W. &
G. depot. The ice house was on Are,
but the fire was soon extinguishad
and boys and men an fremen and
engine went back without having 10
do any work.
Last Sunday was ore OF the most
beautiful and pleasant days that We
have had for six months. and every
body seemed happy. There vas a
good attendance at all the churches,
and the ministers seemed imbued
with more energy. pathos and genu
inc christianity than usual.
-Lucins Overmyer, OF Marmont
was in town one week ago last Satur
day and lost his pocket-book cotain-
ing about one hundred anil seventy
dollars, There was n roai tax receipt
and some other papers containing his
name in the pocket book. He
authorized rs TO say that he will
give reward of fifty dollars tor the
return ofthe pocket book and money
Rev. Wbipple OF o nariah, Persia.
preached, or rather lecturei al the
Presbyterian church in this city last
/ Sunday morning and evening, TO
| large a,,liences. The lectures gave a
yivii description of heather customr
ahI manners, AMI the difficulties
under WI ich missionaries have to
labor. Those present obtained much
valuable information in regarl to
the religion, customs and usages
OF the Oriental natiors.
Mr.. ard Mrs. H. Lei festy, Of this
city. celebrated their silver wedding
Thursday last. Mr.. Lenfesty's sister
AMI mother from Marion, Grant
county. were present Mrs. Lenfesty
was presented with numerous articles
OF silver ware and Mr.. L1nfesty was
The recipient OF "a silver healed cane.
A splendid dinner was given aud all
went merry as on the day when they
united their desiinies and determined
TO navigate LIES rough sea geiher
The Rochester Sentinel says
Rochester is securing much ira lie
from persons resi- ling outside OF the
county. This is all owing to liberal
advertising. List year Bourbon let
our merchants get aheal OF them ad-
ver;ising, but last week the Bourbon
Mirror had six times more space oc-
cupied by home advertisers than any
Plymouth paper had. Some OF Plym-
outl's merchants win some fine morn
/ ing wake up to realization OF the
fact that they might have male
thousands OF dollars by liberal use
OF printers ink. but 1t will then be too
late.
"A curiosity can now be seen at
this office. It is an oak board sawed
from a tree about twenty inches in
diameter In which Is embedded a
portion OF bucks horn about ten
inches ia length. The entire horn
was in the tree and was only reveal
ed when the saw brought out the
pieces, sawn while cutting the log in
to lumber. The tree grew on the
farm OF ID. l.. Grossman, near Wolf
Creek, and was sawed at his mill
1t was probably hung on the twig OF
the sapling by dusky hunter long
ere the soil OF Marshall county had
been pressed by the foot OF the pale
face, and in some way entered the
wood aud was finally entirely con-
cealed by the growth OF a hundred
years which have probably elapsed
since then.