Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-08-09

The l. L. ;. I. l.. Will give social
Friday evening, Aug. Is. Look out for
particulars in another issue.
Auditor Porter and wife, Matte Beh-
rens and Bessie Reeves spent Monday
evening at Lake Maxenkuckee.
w. w. Hill Il Son had the contract
for furnishing all the bakery goods for
the circus and all the stands today,
j. ID. Motor left this morning with
twenty-five prospective purchasers, for
LaGrange, Troup county, Georgia.
The five months old child OF NJ. ID.
Smalley died about noon to-day. Fu-
neral services will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Mrs. Martha Long was relieved of a
pOcketbOOk containing sevIn dollars by
a pick pocket this morning on Michigan
street.
Mrs. III. Unger was expected home
from Ada, Ohio, yesterday where she
has been visiting for the past four
weeks.
James Anderson the popular young
hotel clerk came down from Elkhart
last evening to help out at the Ross
House to-day.
DIR. Linkenhelt was called to Walker
ton yesterday to see one of Walfen-
barger's spotted horses, which is laid
up with lOckjaw,
Minnie Wulberlich Assistant Post
Master at Columbia City accompanied
by her brother are guests of James
Thayer and family.
ii. F. Cordill' leaves Thursday for a
visit with his aged father in Minnesota.
His son ALI. will take charge of the
shop during his absence.
The cries of fakirs and street vendors
have resounded on every hand today.
Plymouth has been treated to an eX-
quisitely discordant chorus.
Trustee 5. II. Joseph had a settle
ment with the commissioner yesterday,
and is now ready to turn over the books
to his successor, Henry CRUDE
1t was the Twin Lakes base bah team
assisted by some of the Plymouth play
ers who played ball at Lake Of the
Woods last Sunday. The same teams
will play at Maxenkuckee Sunday.
and snake handler, was on the streets
yesterday and today. Ed is known in
nearly every city in the United States
as the Indiana Snake Boy" and is quite
genius, doing many sleight of hand
acts, and is an adept at ventliloquism.
The special city marshals doing duty
to-day are: Ed. BentZ, Jas. Swearing
en-, Chas. Lewis, Jno. cullen, Ira Lower,
Chas. WorthingtOn, Frank CLANCY, Ii.
Kelley. Frank Gillisple, Dane Crippen,
NJ. Stout, VIM. McDuffy, Irwin Reisch,
Julius Case.
The lemonade fiend is out in all his
glory and the popcorn stand man wax
eth fat on the nickels of the eager
crowd. Barnum's circus is in town, the
small boy !; in high glee and the multi
tude is filled with rejoicing. Our cOun-
try cousins are all in town with their
sisters, their cousins and their aunts,
and all are bent on seeing the greatest
show on earth. The pickpocket is not
unknown in the crowd. He plies his
trade as deity here as anywhere, and
good many people have seen their peck
eft books for the last time The crowd
in town is the largest ever congregated
here and it is all on account of the circus
Excitement prevailed for few min
utes at about o'clock this afternoon in
the vicinity of Peter Ulrich's saloon,
where John Maley and stranger en-
gagged in a brief but fierce encounter.
The fight began in the saloon. 1t was
stopped, however, and the combatants
ordered out, when they adjourned to
landing in the rear and fell upon each
other again with renewed energy. 1t
was a smuggling match and both men
were getting considerable punishment,
when Chief Myers appeared upon the
scene and arrested them. They were
lodged in the county Jail.
Ic0NTINUFD ON EIGHTH PAGF.l