The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-07-24

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miles east OF town. on what is known
as the Goble place, burned to the
ground last Friday morning. Scarce
ly any Of the contents we're saved
We are informed that the house was
insured in the Underwriters Of N. Y
for 81 $50
w. E. Thompson, one Of the old
settlers, called on US Saturday, and
left two dollars, an act which he
never forgets to perform once a year
Having been one Of the proprietors
Of The REPUBLICAN in days when il
was not go prosperous as now, he
knows that it takes money to publish
a paper.
John Greer. who resides about
three miles southeast OF town
threshed twenty acres of wheat last
Thursday that made SCI Bushels
Mr.. Greer has forty acres yet 10
thresh which he thinks will yield
Il
more per acre than this. He says
that most OF the wheat in his neigh
borhood will make from twenty five
to thirty bushels to the acre. Mr
Greer and nearly all his neighbors
take the REPUBLICAN and pay for 1t in
advance. This probably accounts for
their big crops. Others can have it
on the.same terms.
All the planets are visible this
mon b an unsual spectacle. Venus
can be first seen in the evening twi-
light. Mercury is visible as bright
star glimmering in the west just after
sunset. Mars is seen toward morn
ing, and Is increasing In its glow.
Jupiter is wonderfully bright In the
east about mi might. Saturn can al
so now be seen shining with Il
pale yellow light just before midnight.
Uranus was near the new moon
on the 2lst. and Neptune may be de-
tected in the east little above the
horizon after the 9th.
Our Argos correspondence came
too late for publication in full, but
We condense the following items
j. G. Gordon received 1900 bushels
of wheat last Friday. s. N. Stevens
is attending the Normal at Plymouth.
Farmers generally threshing out OF
the shock. Rev. Strickland intends
leaving Argos for other fields OF labor.
Forty persons from Indianapolis
passed through Argos, Monday. on
their way to Maxenkuckee. The an
nual conference OF the Christian
Church will commence August 9th.
Rev. A. J. Clifton attended the quar-
terly meeting Sunday. Emanuel
Camp, ST., was fined fifteen cents for
provoking an assault by Mrs. j.
Clarke.
The annual report OF the Plym-
oufh Public Schools, printed at this
Office, will be ready for distribution
next week. 1t contains eighty pages
OF matter, and much OF interest to
every citizen OF Plymouth, and should
be carefully read by parents and tax
payers. Each pupil is designated by
number instead OF his name, and
parents will be given the numbers Of
their children. The conduct OF pu-
pills is designated by figures. and
while each parent will know just
what his child has been doing others
/ will know nothing about it, PROBES
sor Chase uses very emphatic
language in condemning some OF the
pupils, and parents will know just
what he expects Of them in the fu-
ture. The financial exhibit shows
that DR.. Reynolds and Messrs. Buck
and Cooper, lave performed their
duties well as members OF the School
Board. The cost OF tuition per pupil
as based on average membership and
as based en- enrolment has gradually
decreased since 1874, while the
school has been made better every
year. The cost of tuition per pupi
during the year 1879, based on the
enrolment, is s691, and is les.
than that OF any surrounding cities
or towns. The number OF teachers fol
the ensuing year will be the same a:
last year, and their salaries vii
remain unchanged.