Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-02-15

? this evening. The invitations given GU
: were neat and to the point, and designat
ed IN BETTING language their mission. II
r is expected that the recipients be pres
emit, and as far as enjoying delightful
, evening chat is an assured fact.
At Valpo the prosecuting attorney is
| after those fellows who have their horses
tied to hitching racks during the cold
weather and at unseemly hours. One
man last week was fined $40 and costs
This move in that city has tendency
to create the proper respect for dumb
animals.
W. +. Peterson and his daughter
Gertrude, will sing a duet at the Sun
day school convention at the Presby.
terrain church next Monday evening.
Miss Gertrude although only thirteen
years Of age is considered a very fine
vocalist.
Frank Nicholay has reftted his bar
Dor shop in quick order. He has now
one of the best appointed shops, neatly
carpeted, and all the necessary fixtures
for comfort and promptness of work
His old friends and new ones as we'll are
desired to give him call.
The Lake Shore road has issued an
order that 1t will not take for transport
alton corpses of persons that have died
of contagious diseases, nor to take for
shipment the body of any persons less
than twenty years of age where the
physicians certificate is for heart fail
ure only.
An exchange says women who work
over gasoline stoves should know that
an ounce of alum in the rinsing water
Will render anything rinsed in it almost
unintlamable. If the apron and dresses
are rinsed in alum water and then ironed
. as usual the danger of their catching
fire while at work over the stove is much
lessened.
. We have received this week copy of
the regular session of the fifty-ninth
general assembly of Indiana, giving in
details the senate calander Of all bills
and joint resolutions that are pending
before that body. We are under obi
cations to r. B. Oglesbee, principal Sec
rotary of the senate, for this favor.
J. X. Houghton and Harry Corbin
have been to Indianapolis this week
laying in new supply of law books.
While their loss through the fire was
considerable the boys show their pluck
and courage by once more preparing to
tackle the stern realities of life. We
predict for them unbounded success.
w. j. Rankins, the newly elected
county treasurer, accompanied by his
wife, departed Thursday afternoon via.
the Vandalia line for an extended trip
taking in such points as st. Louis, Los
Angeles and San Francisco, Cal. They
will remain several week, returning
home by the way of Salt Lake City,
Utah.
A "pink tea party was given by Mrs.
Geo. w. Marble, one day last week to a
number of their little daughter Georg-
les friends. The event took place at
the Marble residence and was in honor
of the fifth birthday of Miss George.
The time was spent very pleasantly, the
program consisting of recitatlons, songs,
music, dancing and laughter.
This month will be marked by the
second triennial session of the National
Council of Women, which opens in
Washington on the 18th, continuing two
weeks. The council embraces eighteen
separate organizations and represents a
constituency of more than 100000. The
convention will be fraught with interest
to every woman in the United States.
The longest distance a letter can be
carried within the limits of the United
States, is from Key West, Fla, to Ona-
laska, an island situated west of Alaska
territory, a distance of 6,721 miles, and
all for two cents. 1t is said there is a
man in Kendall county so economical
that he went to Key West and sent a
letter to Onalaska, in order to get his
moneys worth.
The dedication of the new United
Brethren in Christ church will take
place Feb. "a, 1895. Bishop j. Weaver
ID. d., of Dayton, Ohio, will conduct the
dedicatory services. The preaching
service will begin at 1920 o'clock. The
services will be of unusual interest.
The general public is cordially invited
to come and help the worthy enterprise
with their presence and otherwise.
The Walkerton Independent informs
its readers that John Baugher is con-
templating moving his saw mill to that
place, and that he is figuring on the adj
visibility of purchasing a large track of
timber near there. OF course we do not
know whether this will nrOya true but