Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-11-15

by the wagon load. The unpreceden-
ted drought in that section has caused
other lakes to recede to an unusual eX-
tent.
1t appears that the man Yocum, who
ran away with $500 of the Widow
Bishops money near WalkertOn, had
not as yet married the woman, though
the day had been set for that event
The man has been arrested on the
charge of forgery at Flndlay, Ohio. His
timely arrest possibly saved her from
marrying him. aud also saved 20 her
the widows pension she gets. Nap
panee News.
Here is testimonial for ceaseless adj
yertising from the Albion New Ira
JudiciouS aud continuous advertising
pays. jnudicious, careless and hap
hazard advertising does not pay.
Staadecker and Alderman have used
two and three columns of space since
Sept. .. in each paper, and they say
that they have had - per cent. more
business during that period of time
than the same period during any other
year that they have been here"
There is girl living at Flora a
small station on the Panhandle south
of ElwoOd, who never misses a pas.
senger train during the daytime and
watches intently for some one to get
off. Her story is a sad one. About
four years ago her lover who was
railroad man was killed. She went
insane from the shock and from that
day to this she has met every train in
the hope of seeing her lover return II
her and firmly believes that he will do
so. She may be seen standing on the
platform awaiting the arrived Of the
train i'll all kinds of weather and when
the passengers alight she pears at each
one intently as if to make sure that
her sweetheart has not forgotten her.
The dancing club organized last even
ing at the opera house and elected the
following officers: James Thayer, pres
ident; Bert Harris, secretary; and Geo.
WOlford, Treasurer; afterwards a COM
mlttee on bylaws was appointed who
are Ed Kuhn, Geo. Wolford and Bert
Harris. The dance last evening was a
success ana wi be held every two
weeks, meeting at 500 o'clock and
closing at IL 30.
An Atchison (kan.) man went to
sleep the other night aud dreamed
that he was in city entirely governed
by new women. 1t was scrupulously
clean. and, While wandering around,
ne saw three men arrested for splitting
on the paYements. \ garbage barrel
at the rear of each lot was hand painted
and tied with blue ribbon. Mail boxes
were decorated with drawn work throws
and fire plugs had cushioned seats on
top Of them. Sweet peas were cliYbing
over the electric light poles, and a
hand-painted cuspidor occupied a
prominent place on every corner
There was no business, not team
being allowed TO pass up and down
the Main streets for fear of making
dust. The town was deserted, save
for the policemen, who marched up
and down to see that no one with
dusty shoes stepped in the town.
From Saturdays Daily.
L. c. Martindale went to Argos this
morning
Hiram 5. Biggs, of Warsaw, was in
town yesterday.
c. i. Stevenson, of South Beni, was
in town Friday.
iden :. Romig, OF south Bend was
III the city to-day.
Isaac Drown drove over from Argos
yesterday on business.
Abe Brubaker called in the city yes
terday evening on friends.
a. G.. Gods, Of Warsaw, was in this
city yesterday on business.
Tyner Nanvactor, of Elkhart, is in
the city to-day on business.
Chas. Baylor returned to Lapor-e this
morning after few days visit with
relatives in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Speyer, OF Lex
ington, Ky, are visiting with the falni
lies OF VI. Lauer an son.
The printing material used by the |
Columbia City Mail, now defunct, was
sold the other day for $500.
Deputy Sheriff Black left this morn
ing with III. alling t.
Cliff asylum at Logansport.
Orr Byrd and Chas. Medbourn, of |
Culver City, are visiting in the city to-
day with Walter Williams.
NJ. w. Bissell left this morning for
Lima, Ind, where he has accepted
position as fireman for the l.. f. W. X. |
IL.