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The Globe-republican., 1895-10-03

County script and school orders bought
at Mrs. j. Collars.
NJ. NJ. Gwinner returns tonight from a
business trip to Kansas City.
The Globe-republican., 1895-10-03

L. J. Pettyjohn, clerk of the Appellate
court, of the Western District Of kapsas,
and who resides in Garden City, was in
Dodge City on Monday.
The Globe-republican., 1895-10-03

There seems to be general scarcity Of
hands all over the country. There is a
big demand for laborers in this vicinity.
-Cimarron Jacksonian.
The Globe-republican., 1895-10-03

w. F. Pine and Harry Markley left
Monday evening for Kansas City. on
business. and will return to-day.
The Globe-republican., 1895-10-03

II. l.. Sitter is looking after some int,
ests in the gulf coast of Texas.
The Globe-republican., 1895-10-03

Col. Jerry Shaw is such rantankeroua
observation-disclosures man he
can't stand it for his children to call him
"pop."
The Globe-republican., 1895-10-03

A lot of cattle were unloaded at this
station this week.
The Globe-republican., 1895-10-03

You can save money on flour at Bon
durant's.
County scrip and school orlers bought
at Mrs. j. Collars.
The Globe-republican., 1895-10-03

The dry weather has been an advan-
tage to the farmers who were gathering
crops and making hay. Rains would
have retarded much of the farm work.
So far AS the planting of winter wheat is
concerned. experience show that i; yields
well whether sOwn in the fall, winter or
spring. Some of the ''disadvantages' Of
Kansas are, after all, great advantages.
The Globe-republican., 1895-10-03

The observers Of the L. S Weather
Bureau at this station, are sending out
an unique specimen of the cyclic style
writing. The GLOBE-REPUBLICAN is in
receipt Of drawing, representing l..
S. observer scanning the western horizon
at s.nsser, across the deep blue waters. no
doubt summing upa weather forecast.
There lie handsome scroll underneath,
and In the conspicuous foreground is q
stalwart crane also shifting the radiant
horizon. The +" Compliments of the
Weather Bureau. Dodge City. Has,
Geo. +. Todd, E. E. Spencer" is
written Oh the picture. E. E. Spencer.
Del, IL found at the bottom. Very
nicely done.
The Globe-republican., 1895-10-03

Additional local news on last page.
The Globe-republican., 1895-10-03

The cheapest flour in this market is at
BOndurants,
The Globe-republican., 1895-10-03

LOCAL BREVITIES.
A car of bran at Crawfcrd's.
A car of mixed chop at Crawford's.
The Globe-republican., 1895-10-03

Faye's comet is approaching the earth
aud smash up is predicted-but if a
collision should occur we believe the
comet would not cOme-it again. There
is serious drOuth in Europe, and some
of the large rivers are very low. Warm
weather exists in Europe. Fevers are
prevalent and animals are suffering.
This comet makes it appearance every
seven years.
The Globe-republican., 1895-10-03
Please
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Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-07
A BAND OF ROBBERS.
they Capture Their Victims In Novel


when | was in Nebraska, near the
Snake river, north of the Great Sand
dill, in 1859" said a Lewiston citizen,
we had four camps situated about
eighteen miles apart, and to go from
rh0rne's camp to Durham camp 1t was
necessary to go through a long pieU
Of pine woods. For a number OF
months every one who had gone
through the woods alone never came
back. One day it was necessary that
[ should go through. with lot OF
money and no escort. and ! set out on
horse that l got from q stable keeper
near Thorne camp When had nearly
reached the woods five miles out my
horse was taken i'll and foaming at the
mouth and refused 10 go on. Clearly
% my medical eye il had been poisoned
slightly by some one. \ man not SO
well up in medicine might not have
known it. Soon what looked like a
hunter came along on horse and OIL
tered to swap. taking mine back to the
stable if | would leave his near Dun
ham camp with trapper. | ought to
have seen through this. but did not.
| got Oh the powerful horse of the
stranger and started through the i've
miles of woods Half way through
without apparent reason the horse
broke into a trot. gallop and finally
run, and dashing off the trail through
the woods picked his way through trees
as nicely as if he had gone the way a
hundred times Pull as | would at the
bride he paid no attention, but ran
the faster. When he had leaped a
brook and landed on the sand beyond.
the marks of footprints alarmed me
and | slipped off al the risk OF my life.
He ran on up a ravine and hid, fear
ing that ii was trap as 1t afterwards
proved In a little while three men
armed with rifles came back on the
trail. one riding the horse. now as calm
as a lamb. | picked my way to the
road and got to the camp. Two weeks
later nineteen of us followed man
who hired horse at the same place L
did. 1t was taken i'll. and the same
trapper came along on the same horse.
When the horse dashed into the woods
as he had been trained to do, nineteen
of us dashed after him, and finally ar
rived al a mountain camp of the rob-
bers. We took every man-seven of
them. and. well. law was not we'll
supported out there then. and no court
sat nearer than 200 miles. We didn't
carry the rascals away from their own
camp fire. The trained horse met the
fate of its owners. Lewiston Jour-
nal.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-07

Some time since in southwest Geor-
gia a murder case was being tried be-
fore certain Judge The states at
torneys had seen the shooting, and they
had an Old negro on the witness stand.
The negro became intensely interested
in he story he was telling. His big
eyes were fixed upon the lawyer who
was questioning him. and he seemed to
think there was no other person in the
room. He was trembling with excite
ment-sO much so that he stammered-
and he told his story as if he was hav-
ing strictly private and confidential
conversation with the states attorney.
"An' den, boss he said in solemn
and awestruck tones. 'j-j-ies' ez | war
a-comin roun' de cornah, sab, l seen
him Tong O. de lamp-pos. r
"What time was this?" asked the
judge.
The witness paused for just second,
as if something had disturbed him:
but then, without turning his head, he
went on:
"J-j-jes' as / war a-comin' roun' de
cornah, boss, l seen aim long O. de
lamp-pos'. p
The Judge raped the desk before him
smartly with the gavel.
Stop he said. The court is ask
ing you a question. At what time did
you come around the corner?"
Again the witness stopped and made
a motion with his hand as if he was
brushing away fly from his ear, but
he never turned around, and again
started to tell mis- story:
"Ez | wuz a-Sayin', boss, | rounded
dat dab cornah. an l seen him long Of
de"
The judge brought his mallet down
with a noise, which almost caused the
witness to leap off the stand, and roared
out:
What do you mean, sir? If you do
not answer my question instantly, /
shall commit your
The witness turned, faced the court,
and said in deprecating tones:
"L-l-ook er yere, boss, doan' you see
I'm talkin to dis genlman?"
The lawyers We're almost convulsed
with laughter, the judge bent his head
and shook with merriment, and the wit
ness was allowed to finish his story I'M
disturbed atlanta Constitution.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-07
THE LIFE OF A HICHWAYMAN.
Some Kentucky "Reminiscences of the
James Brothers.

James Brothers.
Where I live in southern Kentucky"
said the doctor to the Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal man. "the uncle of the ia
nous outlaws, Frank and Jesse James,
lives, also On big farm, and here,
when pursuit of them became too fierce,
these bandits used to come, while de-
tectives secured the country and state
officers dreamed of the price set on their
heads. Of course, we more than guessed
who the gentlemanly-looki strangers
were who appeared every now and then.
and after-accidents- happened to
some amateur detectives who tried to
arrest them, We let them come and go
undisturbed. On one of these visits
Jesse James, tired of life that had lost
ed from place to place like a badgered
animal, perhaps remOrseful for his
many crimes, tried to commit suicide
by taking an immense dose of NOR
phine. l was sent for and held pris-
oner in the house for three days. When
| arrived he was almost dead. l tried
every antidote for morphine poisoning
but without success, and | finally said
to his brother: Is there no way to
brighten him? Rouse him any way
you can. Frank took Jesse's pistols
unloaded them, buckled the belt around
the collapsed form, and, rushing in the
room, cried: jesse we are surrounded
caught like rats in trap; fight fol- your
life In an instant the outlaw sprang
to his feet, his eyes flashed and he stood
with pistol cooked in each hand At
ter awhile he collapsed again. but time
after time, when he was practically
dead, we called him back to life with
that cry: You are caught Think what
fear such as that must be like. The
horror OF it was so great that he re-
sponded to it when dead TO every other
sensation in this world. Can you i'm
aglne what 1t must have been to have
that torturing fear of something dog
ging your footsteps, walking in your
shadow, haunting your dreams and
waking you up in the dead hours of the
night with cold sweat on your fore
head? You are caught, Fight fol-
your life red with crime and black with
the shadow of the gallowsr What won
der such fear went beyond life into
death itself
And that" said the doctor, ''is one
OF the romantic and delightful expert
enceS of the CAV life of the highway.
man.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-07
COOLEY. Mr., DONG.
New York's Oldest Chinaman Is to BE
Sent Home.


Chinatown will see the last of its
most notable character, says the New
York News. Dong Dot Chu is not only
the oldest resident of Chinatown, but
he has been in New York longer than
any other Monaghan, and. more re-
markable still, he is absolutely without
cousin, and that is the reason that
he is going to be sent back to China by
public subscription. The first time this
thing has ever been known to happen
before, because every Chinaman in the
United States has invariably from one
dozen to gross of cousins, and il would
be an everlasting disgrace on the family
name to have any outsider help any
member of the family In Mr.. Dong's
case Tin China the first name is always
the family name). however, there is
good reason for his being dependent on
the generosity of his countrymen for
the price of return ticket to the celes-
tial land. Dong Dot Chu mas been in
New York city at least forty-five years
so long, in fact, that he has never
been known by any other name among
his own countrymen than that of
Yankee. The story of Yankees life is
more romantic than that of the hero Of
a dime novel. He was born in the viii
lage of San VIE, Kwang Tong (Canton)
province. One day his parents took
him TO Canton City. and while there he
strayed away from them. He tells the
story himself in this way: That while
wandering about the city stranger ap-
preached and by promises of nice
clothes and sweetmeats induced him to
go along. Dong Dot Chu says he thinks
he was about 9 years old then. Whether
he is % or 90 now or not he cannot tell.
When he next remembered anything,
MIR. Dong says, after he met the
stranger. he was on board of a steam
ship. He learned afterward that he
was slave on a plantation in Cuba.
Some time during the civil war in the
United States the owCer of the tobacco
plantation came to New York with his
family. and while here, Mr. Dong says,
he stole away from them. He had
learned to roll cigars while in Cuba,
and he went to work to learn cigar
making He followed this business in
this city afterward until he got too old
to work. For a long time past Dong
Dot Chu has been supported by friends
and sympathizers. He has been sleep
ing under the stairs in the hallway Of
IL Mott street. Lee Yum Ping, mayor
of Chinatown, Lee Fun Sing, Lee Chow
and Harry Lee King, Chinese mer-
chants, have been appointed a commit
tee to collect the 5000 necessary to send
Dong Dot Chu back to China.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-07
a Trunk Covering.

When it is necessary to keep trunk
in ones bedroom, it is a good plan to
have linen, chintz, or denim cover to
put over ii. In a room that is TO be it's
permanent place the covering may be
selected so as to harmonic with the
coloring of the room. If it is for a
trunk that will often be in new place,
some such cover as ecru or brown
linen or a chintZ in Persian pattern
may be used These covers are cut to
fit the top, sides and ends of the trunk,
and should be scanned together on a
machine with strong thread. The
cover should be bound with braid to
contrast with its color. These covers
may be Ornamented with as much or as
little needlewOrk AS one chooses, as the
cover is packed when travelling. The
decorations used should be large all
over conventional designs, done in out
line stitch. Such a cover in old red
denim is embroidered with black and
touches of gold. A green linen, with
an olive cast, is embroidered with
white. Openings are cut in the end to
let the handles through. and these
should be bound with braid. If used
for a seat, thin pad filled with hair
or cotton should be tufted and laid on
the top of the trunk under the cover.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-07
From Fridays Daily.

Mrs. G. a. WEIGH is on the sick list
Jim Thayer left for Chicago last
evening.
j. b. RowelI went to Valparaiso this
morning.
J. w. Lefner of Warsaw, was in the
city yesterday.
w. III. Kingery of Warsaw, was in
town yesterday.
VIM. Van Heizen went to South
Bend yesterday.
+. Mayer is visiting with friends at
Rochester to-day.
Fresh Fish Thursday and Friday each
weekat kuhn's market.
James Matchette, Bourbon's banker
was in the city yesterday.
Ed Hand. of Culver City, was IN
town yesterday on business.
Il. +. Levi, of Chicago visited with
friends in this city yesterday.
George Thayer made flying busl-
ness trip to Chicago yesterday.
l.. +. Vanscoiac was over to Bremen
yesterday on business errand.
Mrs. J. Il. RoweIl is visiting in Chi
cago with relatives for few days.
Mr.. Enoch Poor is putting In a coal
scale at his office. His business is
booming.
Mr.. Cordill and daughter left for "a
few days visit with friends at Macy,
last night.
A. j. Davis, of Chicago, has been the
guest of j. b. Bowel at the Ross House
all this week.
Mrs. Dillon, wife of Sheriff Dillon, of
Rochester, visited with Mrs. Walt Rey.
nolds yesterday.
Mr.. Suit Of the firm of Suit and Rails
back has moved into his new residence
on Plumb street.
The dance given last evening by the
Plymouth Dancing Club was well at
tended. All report pleasant time.
kewanna Herald: j. f. Ellis, the
boss cigar maker of Plymouth, spent
Sunday with his family at this place.
+. Spangle has just received a large
selection of new music including instru-
mental pieces, songs and Christmas
carols.
A writer on foot ball says the game
is not as rough as it seems. The same
was true of the battle of Chickamuga,
in which two-thirds of the men escaped
with out scratch; the killed, wounded
and missing numbering only about 30
OOC.
Mr.. James Gilmore Jr's. house on
South Michigan street has been re-
modelled and everything finished off in
the latest designs. He is also having
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-07
Recording a Vessels Course.

A naval engineer of Hamburg, John
Paul, has invented an apparatus re-
cording graphically the cOuse Of ship
during the entire voyage. Upon a strip
of paper the angles of the rudder in re-
lation to the longitudinal axis of the
ship and the relation OF the magnetic
needle of the compass to the axis OF the
ship are continually recorded. The pa
per is moved along by clockwOrk, while
the recording pencil receives it's motion
by means of electro magnets connected
by wire with the ships compass and
steering engine. The recording instru-
ment. working automatically, may be
shut off so as to be inaccessible to any
but the captain. and such record
would doubtless furnish the most salts
factory evidence of the ships course
during the entire voyage. With the au-
tomato register of revolutions of the
propeller and of knots Travelled, previ-
ously patented by some inventor, the
entire maneuvering of ship during a
given time or an entire trip may be
critically inspected by the ships own
ers or the captain.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-07

Here is a trick played with dominoes:
Spread out set of dominOes upon the
table, being careful to extract one for
your own use. Inform the company
that if they will match the dOminoeS
you have laid down, using every DOM
inc, you will, after leaving the room,
determine the numbers at either side
of the match. You then leave the room
and read the numbers of your stolen
domino. This will almost infallibly
prove to be the end numbers of the
match When the match has been
formed and concealed by handkerchief
you enter the room and announce the
end numbers.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-07

a new Smeade furnac in the house.
The work is being done by Messrs. Gus
Kimmel and George Ripley both of
Chicago.
SEMI-WEEKLY INDEPENDENT and
the Cosmopolitan, the greatest maya
zine in America, only S1.S5 per year.
Ex-county clerk, ID. Snyder formerly
of this city, but now of Burr Oak, was
In our city yesterday, the first time
since giving up his office.
DIR. T. V. Roy has hung out his
single and is ready for business.
While in Valparaiso he was elected
honorary member of the Elkhart Medi-
cal association.
Walter Thompson, of Shelbyville,
while extricating loaded shell from a
gun, met with painful accident. The
shell exploded, filling his face and head
with shot and powder.
Albert Compton, formerly of Bour-
bon, but who has been working at War
saw, was arrested by Sheriff Smith this
morning for larceny, and brought to
this city and placed in Jail until court
cOnvenes.
If you have distant friends in any
part of the United States or Canada
we feel sure that they will appreciate
Christmas present of a years paid up
subscription to the SEMI WEEKLY .IN-
DEPENDED.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-07

tried at Crowfordsville, resulted in
verdict for Sl,40O.
NJ. Funk of Warsaw, was in town this
morning on his way to Argos. where he
will visit with his daughter, Mrs. Chas.
Sarber.
A gentleman of Pierceton, Ind, was
in the city yesterday with three child
rem taking them to the Orphans Home
at Walkerton.
Miss NJ Angie Thayer, who has been
visiting in Lancaster, o., Indianapolis,
Anderson and Martinsville for the past
two months, returned home this week.
The report has been circulated that
ID. W. Comstock, Judge of the Wayne
Circuit court, is candidate for Govern
or. lie denies the rumor, and is at a
loss to know its origin.
Mrs. Pursell, who has been visiting
with her daughter Mrs. f. Hill, for some
time, left this morning for Dilevan,
Wis, where she will spend the winter
with another daughter.
Mr.. NJ \. Ralston has exchanged
his Miner street property for Geo.
Bowel's Argos residence property.
The trade was effected through the
agency of Geo. f. Paul.
The new furnace placed in the
Presbyterian church was tested for
the first time this morning. 1t works
excellently, and no trouble will now be
experienced in heating the church.
Jacob Bergman, of Ft. Sheridan, TO-,
is in the city on ten days furlough
visiting with his parents previous to
moving the Fort to Spokane, Wash.
Mr.. Bergman visited with friends at
Peru, yesterday.
Hon. John W. Parks, of Plymouth
has been elected attorney of Marshall,
county, by the commissioners. Mr..
Parks is the first Republican who has
held this Office for over Twenty-Five
years.
The Ladies association of the Presby-
| terrain church will meet on tomorrow
| friday afternoon with Mrs. w. IL.
Carpenter n full report of work for
November Will be given at four o'clock
which will be interesting to hear.
Yesterday at Alexandria Train No.
l2i, on the l. +. q W. railroad and a
local freight on the Michigan division
of the Big Four cOllided at the crossing
of the lines about 5 o'clock in the
morning. Both trains were wrecked
and the tracks blockaded The l.. f. e
w. engine struck about the middle of
Big Four special, entering two cars and
derailing four more. The l.. +. & w.
engine is badly damaged. a tramp
who was stealing ride was seriously
hurt Neither tram stopped at the
crossing, both engines whistled but both
trains attempted to reach the crossing
first. None of the crew was injured.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-07
In Hard Luck.

A seedy looking man with a whine in
his voice and a threat in his eye stopped
a portly, prosperous looking man at the
corner of Broadway and Thirtieth
street the other night.
Mister" said he. gimme a dime to
get bed. / amt seen either in a
month";
"Run away" said the stout man. III
you'd been honest and told me you
wanted a drink, I'd have given you the
money. Run, quick
Fool that am muttered the seedy
man as he approached jovial appear
ing younger man and asked for 10 cents
for a drink.
"See here" snapped the man ad-
dressed, IF you'd told me you wanted
money to get bed. I'd have given II
to you. don't believe In drink"
The seedy man grOaDed--Exchange.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-07

Last evening City Clerk Holiday
on returning to the Mayors office
found thirteen "hobOs" hugging the
stove. Work was offered the entire
party but they refused unless they got
union prices. They were thrown out
OF the office by the night police and
given ten minutes to get out of town
They got Valparaiso Messenger.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-07
From Thursdays Daily.

Mrs. III. G. Thayer is on the sick list.
Richard Williamson left this morning
for Lafayette.
Miss Maude Bailey returned home
last evening.
Mrs. Frank Nicholay went to Argos
this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. w. Simons, are in
Chicago this week.
Chas. Stahl of Culver City, was in
town this forenoon.
Mr.. New, of Bourbon, was in the city
yesterday on business.
J. X. MawhOrter of Culver City, was
in the city today trading.
J. y. Mier, of Ligonier, called in the
city on business yesterday.
A. Morris, of Maxenkuckee, drove
over this morning on business.
Mrs. James Thayer entertained her
friends this afternoon at o'clock.
Our friend Mcdonald, of The Demo
crat, has surely dipped his pen in gal
this week. "Lay it on McDuff"
The store of f. l.. Todd, at ElwOod,
was entered Tuesday night and the safe
opened and $500 In notes and silver.
The case against the Glover Leaf
railroad brought by George w. Oliver
for damages resulting from having his
hand smashed while coupling cars,
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-07
Discussing the Trolley Question.

When MOntclair. n. j., went to bed
Sunday morning it was after passing
the most exciting evening of its exist
ence. says the New York World. The
whole town turned out to the public
hearing before the town council on the
application of the New Jersey Street
Railway company for franchise. The
main part of the rink, in which the
hearing was held, was filled with quiet
persons, both men and women. Around
the walls were hissers and hooters.
shOuters and stampers, cat callers and
hissers These were divided between
the two factions, the trolleyites and the
anti-trOlleyites. The speeches; made by
influential citizens and by city officials,
were often bitter and not always imper-
sonal. The idea seemed to be that the
trolley is the friend of the poor man
and the enemy of the rich. The quietest
speakers were those who advocated a
delay until the experiment in Washing
ton with the underground conduit sys-
tenn was tried. SO agitated were the
people that Chairman Wilson lost con-
trol completely several times. The noisy
fringeS of the crowd became so excited
that they stamped down part of the
flooring. One hundred people disap-
peared in the hole. There was cOnfus-
ion and excitement, but no one was
hurt.