Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-11
From Mondays Daily.

ness.
Z. j. Welch went to Chicago this
morning.
Misses Anna and Mary Locker are
on the sick list.
Nettie Keltsnger, of Donaldson, spent
Sunday with friends in this city.
Jack sullivan left for Chicago last
night, and is thinking of leaving there
for Texas soon.
Elkhart has skating rink which re-
ceives the attention of hundreds of the
young people every night.
Goshen as a manufacturing center is
making rapid progress. Plymouth is
on the same road with smooth sailing
ahead.
Miss Louise Shed, who has been visit
ing with friends at Bourbon was in the
city this morning, on her way to her
home at Argos.
The trial of Benjamin WhitmOre for
the murder of Ed Leary, near Delphi,
was concluded at I.OganSpOrt Saturday,
tie case going to the jury at $50 p m.
Alexandra has a new paper known
as the Gas Belt News. The Goshen
Democrat seems to think it will fill a
long felt want. Geo. Y. Mechler is ed
itor and publisher.
At Mentone yesterday two ladies
were driving horse over the Nickle
Plate tracks and were struck by train
and the horse was killed. The ladies
very narrowly escaped death.
The relatives of ChaS. Walters, who
was killed several days ago by the
bursting of an emery stone at Elkhart,
signed a document few days ago exon
Grating the company from all blame.
At Muncie, the west bound passen ger
train No. 3, on the Big Four road, ran
into delivery wagon for the United
States Express company, demolishing
it. The driver Ralph Ross, was thrown
about 30 feet, but was only slightly in
jured.
Mrs. Trego spoke to large and intel
ligent audience Saturday night Last
night she spoke in the opera house
where standing room was at apremium
\ most profitable meeting is reported
Mrs. Trego occupied the pulpit at the
Methodist church yesterday morning.
The most striking thing, about Ply
mouth, noticed by Mr.. J. +. Bergman
after all absence of over seven years is
its remarkable upbuilding and improve
ment in every direction. If he does not
come again for seven years ne is likely
to find here city of 10000 to 1900
inhabitants.
Relatives of 5. +. Gerhart, who wa:
killed at Marion few days ago, sup
posedly by being run down by freight
train, claim that Gierhart was murdered
A sister in Logansport will make an in
vestigatiOn. She says her brother had /;
large sum of money, which was no
found upon his body.
1t is said that mind reader recently
in an eighbOring town, had who demon
strated to party OF ladies and gentle
men his ability to read newspape
through two thicknesses of horse blank
cts, one of the girls who was a nativ
of Valparaiso left the room with TIN
remark she "wasn't going to stay Their
any longer with this calico dress on"
Thepostal clerks on the Pennsylvania
line have an opportunity to learn con
siderable regarding the mail matter tina
is sent out by different postOflic
along their line. In speaking of thei
route, it is the unanimous verdict tina
Plymouth sends out more matte
through her pOstOflice than any town O
5 like population between Pittsburg an
3 Chicago.
Information has been received to tn
effect that there is an ordnance in exist
ence which is for the purpose of pre-
venting the young boys, or who eve
j, may, skate or coast upon the walks Q
r our city, and for the benefit of thOs
3 who do, these things, we will say
l look out or else suffer the consequence
. as the marshal is sworn to do his duty
=. as whoever does violate this ordianC
is amenable to law.