The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-01-09
ycighbOrhOod Notes.


atmbia City Commercial.
Diphtheria has made its appear
ance In a malignant form in some
parts OF LaPorte county.
A schoolteacher In Jefferson town.
ship, Pulaski county, stands six and
half feet in his stockings.
Mrs. Margaret Collins. aged o.
years, was run over and killed by
the cars at Goshen, Monday.
Over 3,4Oo have been turned over
TO the county by ex-Treasurer Shear
er's bondsmen in st. Joseph county.
The LaPorte wooden mills have
suspended work for few weeks. to
invoice::and renovate tho goods and
material on hand.
= Almost every county In this part OF
the State contains a Democrat who
10 willing 70 serve the State In the
capacity OF prison director.
The winamac Republican is en-
Iarged to an eight column paper. 1t
is a good paper and deserves the
support Of the citizens of Pulaski
county.
The Indiana Supreme Court has
decided, In the suit OF a church
against member. that subscriptions
made on Sunday cannot be collected
by law.
Three persons Of one family, Mrs.
/ Sparklin, Eli Sparklin and little Flor
sncs Sparklin, died Of lung fever
near Goshen last week within thirty
two hours.
John PATTERSON, convicted OF rape
on a little girl and sentenced to
twelve years Imprisonment at South
Bend last week, had previously borne
q good character.
The village of North Judson in
Starke county, was visited by . fire
last Thursday which destroyed a
number OF business buildings and
the Masonic Hall.
Times ought to be good In Porter
county. The Yidette says that Christ
mas presents were more numerous
and costly than have been given In
that vicinity for years.
The people OF Sarke and Fulton
counties are considering a PROPOSE
ton to pay two per cent. on their
taxable property for an east and
west railroad through those counties.
There is a general complaint among
farmers OF a6i lining counties as vel
as among the farmers OF this county
that vegetables and fruits froze In
their cellars during the cold weather
A child in Lagrange county had a
grain OF corn cut out Of its windpips
last week, but died soon afterwards
A post examination dis.
closed two grains OF corn embedded
In the lungs. f
The grand jury OF HUNTINGTON
County, Ind., have indicted, for rob.
hing graves, Drs. William Myers. c.
! Bestman, and John Hamilton. OF Fl
Wayne, and Drs. Ams., Emanuel
i
Reed, and Chaffse, Of Huntington.
! There are at Logansnort. Ind. &C
cording to the Chronicle, fifteen ex
preachers, OF whom four are carpen
tiers, two lawyers, one blacksmith
and one dead boat. while the -otheri
live on the interest OF what they
owe
The LaPorte Chronicle now furn
ishes its readers with patent insid,
without advertisements. 1t says it 1.
enabled to do this because OF its In
creased subscription list We ar,
glad to note the prosperity OF thu
Chronicle. 81 .
The Kendallville Standard appear
ed last week enlarged to an eigh
page paper OF fifty-siI columns /
now has a patent inside" but Myer
will see to it that some of his readers
at least, get all they want In twenty
eight columns OF outside matter. I
deserves success.
The Grown Point Cosmos says La
J Porte will be all right financially mex
summer. The Ice crop is immense
Arrangements have been made I,
put up /, O00, 900 tons this winter. an,
1t will be done II 1t takes all tn,
water in clear Lake. 1900 men am
100 teams are employed in gathering
the harvest.
The Kokomo Dispatch says: q
Charlottesville girl recently opened
cigar store. Her friends anticipat
speedy failure, but the resolute mai'
says she has plenty @tobacker.' An,
though dealing extensively In mer
sham goods she has the ability max
the boys smoke.
4 special to the Indianapolis Jour
nal from CrAwfordsville, Sunday
says: Yesterday morning. at Beck
vile, two young children, named No
Ian, were found frozen to death Il
bed. Their father came home DRUM
the night before, removed the be,
covering from his children and ap
propriated it to himself"
Friday night OF last week. William
A. Cunningham, a married man will