Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-03
LOCAL BREVITIES.
From Tuesdays Daily.


A good soldier is man that never
kicks.
The express charges on the goods
and provisions sent to the boys at
Tampa, Florida, were paid by subscrip-
ton Today.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lemler, and Mrs.
Philip Steinman, of Bourbon township
were the guests of Rev. Grob and fam
lily Sunday.
This war has not been going on very
long, yet Admiral Simpsons ships
alone have taken 446 Spanish prison
ers. There is no telling how many
Dewey has captured.
The Rochester "Reds" defeated the
Kokomo team yesterday by a score of
% to 3. With all Kokomo's boosted
valor and work as ball players they fell
by the wayside when they met Roches
ter.
The Klondike has become q back
number. OF course there are several
thousand gold seekers on their way to
that country, but the present war with
Spain has almost caused the klOndike
to be forgotten.
These forty siege guns which Ger
many and France passed through their
custom houses for Spain as Kitchen
furniture" will come mighty handy
when Uncle Sam begins housekeeping
in bis Spanish colonies.
Judge Hess delivered the memorial
address at Etna Green yesterday. 1t
was one of the biggest days that little
town has experienced for many years.
The address of Judge Hess is highly
spoken of by those who heard it.
Naval experts of ali nations are
passing opinion on Cervera's strategic
feat in going into Santiago bay. Theo-
ries amount to but little. The facts
will be known in a very short time and
then an intelligent diagnosis of the case
can be given.
After her journey of $4,000 miles on
the ocean to get at the scene of conflict
it is said the battleship Oregon is to be
given the place of honor in the bonn
bardment of Havana, and will fire the
first shot into MorrO's doomed castle.
May it be an effective one.
If the Santiago harbor can be blocked
by sinking few old sloops loaded with
iron ore or stones, there is not much
doubt but that Ii the course of few
weeks the entire Spanish fleet can be
captured without disabling ship, and
it is not unlikely that such a result will
follow
w. ii. Love received telegram late
yesterday afternoon from Laporte an
nouncing the sudden death of his
brother-i law, James w. Hewitt. Mr..
and Mrs. Love left on the evening
train for that city. Mr.. Hewitt was
well known in Plymouth and was q
very prominent Odd Fellow.
There is class Of young boys who
persist on riding their wheels on the
sidewalk. This is a violation Of the
law, and unless 1t is stopped some one
will have to pay fine for his foolish
ness. Sophia street seems to be their
headquarters and it must be stopped,
so say the citizens on that street.
The presumption is that as soon as
the Spanish fleets are so disposed of
that they cannot interfere with the dis.
embarking, that a hundred thousand
men will be thrown into Cuba. We
are anxious for the day if for no other
reason than to stop the bombsstic
ebullitions that pass from the mouth of
the blow hard Bancol
Some very bad boys having nothing
else to do, destroyed the flags in front
of Artist Rotzien's residence, and also
the residence of Agent Hanes. They
did their work last night, and the flags
were torn into pieces. "Old Glory" is
a sacred emblem and we are sorry to
hear that any American boy would
trample the stars and stripes under his
feet. Shamei
Among the many old soldiers who
were in line yesterday and took part In
decorating the graves of the dead he
roes who sleep In Oak Hill cemetery,
was A. S. Brown of LaPsz. Mr.. Brown
was member of the 9th Indiana regi-
ment. He was severely wounded at the
battle of Vernica, Alabama, and he
still has the watch he had in his pocket
on that memorable day, and he owes
his life to that highly priced time piece.