Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-06-14
LOCAL BREVITIES.


near Warsaw, Tuesday morning, an
nouncing the serious illness of his
mother Mr.. EVERY and wife left the
same morning for the bedside of his
mother For number of years she has
been a constant sufferer from a chronic
trouble, and at the advanced age, II
years, is liable to terminate fatal.
Near Francesyille, in January, 1898, a
Monon engine exploded and among the
injured was farmer near by. whose
name is James Lynch. y suit for dam
ages followed and came to trial this
week at Knox. The jury wrestled with
the case about II hours and then
awarded Lynch 5000 OF the Monon
routes cash. Nalpo star.
Thursday afternoon as Henry stein,
was coming from home in his buggy,
the horse become unmanageable and
started to run away. When it struck
Michigan street he tried to turn il
toward the water works. But the horse
turned to the south, crashing into an
electric light pole smashing the buggy.
When the buggy struck it threw Mr..
Stein violently on to the side walk,
bruising him quite badly.
The La Pearl circus is giving uniyers-
al satisfaction wherever 1t appears this
season. Especial stress is laid upon the
Marine band by all our exchanges, from
the locations where this show has given
dates. There is no doubt that this is
one of the best shows on the road this
season. AS it was in our city last year,
and this season is better equipped than
when here. there is not the slightest
doubt they will receive cordial vel
come.
The following from the Goshen Dem
ocrat. sounds very 'fshy." but our read
ers can take it and digest it. 1T is said
that there are in Kansas twenty-eight
well-built towns without single inhab-
liant Saratoga, that state, has $4,000
opera house, large brick hotel,
$4,000 school house and a number of
fine business houses, and yet there is
not single person to claim that city as
his home. At Fargo a herder and his
family constitute the sole population of
what was once an incorporated city.
How much more of the city's wealth
would ii have taken to lay water main
from the large flowing well near the old
mill to the water works reservoir. than
was voted as an increase of salary to the
city fathers? The city is in need of a
larger supply of water, and an immedl
ate move is desired, and necessary. 1t
is truly mystery that this enormous
supply of water has gone to waste, when
little effort, with judicious eXpendi-
ture of money, would give plymouth. "a
sufficient supply of water for all pur-
poses.
Salem, Ind. according to the Nalpar
also Star has formed suicide club.
Within the past four weeks the follow
ing record is given. The ex-sheriff
ended his life with heavy dose of
morphine shoemaker killed himself.
y lady made an almost successful at
tempt to end her life, and two or three
others made feeble passes at self de-
structiOn. One day last week young
man aged 81 years, shot and killed him
self and an ex-town marshall also took
morphine with suicidal intent and will
die.
Attorney Kellison took advantage of
a dire calamity that happened to a
witness in the assault case before Es-
quire Reeves court, Wednesday. At
this time his opponent in the case had
on the matter before the court. At this
juncture poor unfortunate fell to the
floor in fit, and Mr.. Kellison called the
attention of the court to the abSurdity
of the quotation, when the effect was
followed by such fatal results. We did
not learn whether this occurrence had
the desired effect upon the jury or not.
How many of our readers have seri-
ously considered the actual amount of
corn there is on a good sized ear of corn
and stopped to figure the number of
hills it would plant, etc. We have come
in possession of figures gained and will
enumerate them. An ear of corn raised
by Early MasterdOm, ten inches in
length, and bore traces of twenty-five
rows of corn. This ear Of corn weighed
seventeen ounces, averaged ffty-One
grains to the row, which gives a total
of 1872 kernels. If this amount would
be planted with three grains to the hill,
it would give us 374 hills.
The annual convention of the Ep-
worth League of the South Bend dis
trict, was held at Walkerton Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday of last week.
An interesting session was held. The
counties represented were: ST. Joseph,
Starke, Marshall, Fulton, White and