Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-08


Mrs. Ira Lower had a severe fall sun
day evening resulting in the breaking
of her collar bone. No serious result is
anticipated.
Mrs. Letter, of Bremen. a sister of G.
;. Price. of this city died at her home
i'll that place last night. The funeral
or home.
The Claypool Times was destroyed
10y fire last Saturday. The editor, Mr..
II. Clymer, was away II the time. only
IA small portion of the material was
saved. Very little insurance.
The Basket factory starts operations
tomorrow, and will make spoke billetS
for export trade until the basket season
opens, which IN March list. and then
they will employ about 100 hands.
Rev. Van Bennett Will preach in the
L. Is. church Thursday afternoon and
evening. Mr.. lIuckins OF national fame
as il singer accompanies him. y col
lection will he taken in the evening.
Miss Oliver Judy, of Rockville, took
her stand on the platform to sing at a
recital at that place recently. Her voice
failed suddenly and she hasn't been
able To speak above u whisper since.
y little Wabash boy with ~tOothache
took u bottle of chloroform to school
and told the little laSsles about him that
it was perfumery. They "doped" their
handkerchiefs with it and soon were
asleep.
a card from Postmaster %.JilSon, who
was called to the bedside OF his mother
at Dixon, Tenn, was received this
morning. lie stated that his mother
was better and that he would probably
start for home last evening.
The members of the newly organized
band are making arrangements 10 give
an entertainment on an elaborate ale
to consist entirely of home talent. The
matter has not been fully developed al
this time. \ more elaborate report
will be given oon
You can't always tell right off how
one of these marriages to reform a MAI
will turn out. For instance, il was
nearly two years after marriage that a
girl who married her husband to re-
form him was arrested for helping him
rob a StOre.-EX.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mann, of Flint
Lake were in Valparaiso trading sat
urday They had their little three weeks
old child with them. When they re-
turned home they found that the little
one was dead. Two heavy wraps was
supposed To be the cause.
News is received from Canon City.
Colo, of the marriage, at that place, of
II. ID. Inner. Mr.. Inner was married
at Denver a few years ago to Loretta
Price, daughter of T.. Price Of this
place, when they removed To Canon
City, where his wife died in Il short
time.
The employees of the Chicago X East
ern Il. H., have not received their pay
for five months. Last Saturday at L.e-
banon they went out on "a strike. sun
day a fire broke out in the yard destroy
ing every caboose or the side track. 1t
is thought to be the work of the
Strik ers.
Goshen TimeS-Under one roof, In
Wabash county, are four generations
of a single family represented. Mrs
Lewis Elliott, eighty years of age, re-
sides on her fine farm in Liberty town
ship. With her are her daughter, Mrs.
Line, and Mrs. Lines daughter, Mrs.
Ilummel and Mrs. IIummel's daugh-
ter.
The public generally is invited to cal
at Ryan X JOseph's store Saturday, Feb.
s, and examine the portrait work to be
delivered to subscribers by the INDIE
PENDENT on that day. We wish also
to call particular attention to the beauty
and low prices of frames that will be
offered with these portraits. The pub
lie is cordially invited.
During the past year Indiana has
manufactured more glass of all kinds
than any other state in the union. This
statement is made upon the best of au-
thOrity. Seven years ago the glass
business of this state amounted to vir-
tually nothing. All other branches of
industry have improved wonderfully i'll
the same period of time, until now, In
diana Is not only recognized as IL of
the first agricultural states, but n of
the foremost manufacturing states as
well.
They say there is a man who resides
near Maben, in this county, who prldes
himself on his economy, and the other
day, when discussing his favorite topic,
he remarked that he had saved several