Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-26


and family, accompanied by Miss Grace
Wrightsman and Miss Matte Behrens
are picnicing at NIaXenkuckee to-day.
Clearance Corbly has been walking
from his home in South Plymouth to
the hardware store of Ketcham. & Viii
son for one week past, the first time
he has been able to do so for over two
years.
y night blooming cereus at Nalpa-
raise, owned by Joseph Gardner, IS
drawing large crowds nightly. Tues
day night twelve flowers burst fourth
making sight worth going long dis
lance to see.
Benz NanLue was brought before
Justice Len Altman Tuesday, convict
ed of drunkenness and promptly fined
SO and costs. IN default of which he
will spend about thirty-fve days as the
guest of Sheriff Smith.
Capt. Bogardus broke his own and
the worlds record, at the fair grounds
yesterday. He shot OF 100 tossed balls
in , minutes, l3 seconds, breaking 1Ol.
He used carbine rifles and changed as
fast as one was empty.
Morgan Deale of Chicago Is visiting
VIM. Meuller in this city for q few days.
VIM. Conger is building large and
commOdious barn on his farm northwest
of town to take the place of the one
burned some time ago.
The Hebron Leader says: The devil
was cremated at the Salvation Army
tent Monday night Many of his
friends will be sorry to learn of the fact
because he has given them steady en-
ployment even in dull times.
Mr.. Z. J. Winning laid a sample of
scarlet top clover on our desk to-day,
also the seed from the same. For clo-
yer it is the finest we have ever seen,
and if as represented will make revo-
luton in clover raising among our far
merS.
J. NJ. McBeth, state insurance inspec-
tor and prom inent citizen Of Month
cello, was in the city yesterday. While
here he met with a misfortune, losing a
pocketbook containing $50 in money,
two railroad passes and other valuable
papers.
Rochester Republican: Rochester is
not going to stop with new court
house, college building, and mann
mouth shoe factory. We must have
telephone communication with the out
side world, street railway and city
government.
Some miscreants visited Geo. ROsen-
bury's garden last night and helped
themselves to the three largest heads
of cabbage in the patch. Mr.. RoSen-
bury wouldn't object to giving away a
few heads of cabbage for charitable
purpose, but he hates to see man play
hog.
1t is no worse for the farmer to kick
because of not enough rain, or toe
much rain, or for any other valid rea-
son, than for the balance of human
kind to grumble necessarily because
the farmer kicks. Grumblers of this
kind are growing more numerous than
are the farmers who kick.
We wish to thank our good brother
Watson, of Argos, for setting the peo-
pie of that thriving village right re-
garding the fact that the Reflector is
not responsible for what appears in the
INDEPENDENT. In his kindness and
consideration the good brother probably
did not stop to consider that he was
stating as matter of news fact that
was already as plain to his readers as
the nose on mans face. The people
know it, brother, before you told them
a man at Valparaiso yesterday treat
ed the citizens of that place with pc
culiar sight. y man came running
down the Pittsburg track from The
west, and when he arrived at the water
tank, stopped. After standing there /;
few moments he backed up to the Goa
chute. He Informed the car inspector
that he was engine No 9. After coal
ing up, he started east on the run. Thu
occurred about 6 o'clock he ha(
been seen in Chicago about = o'clock.
Since the mysterious disappearance,
of W. Bennett, formerly manager o
the Colorado hotel at Maxenkuckee,t The
proprietors of the house have had it il
charge. They have engaged workmer
and will give the hotel thorough over
hauling, renovating and repairing
throughout, after which they ex
pect to put in gentleman from
Terra Ilaute as manager who is
thorough hotel man of y l standing
and will run the house as first-clas
hotel.