Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-17


cOmpanied by his wife and son, are in
the city visiting the formers father Mr..
Daniel Mote. Mrs. Mote will return to
Chicago in few days to receive treat
ment i'll one of the hospitals in that
city.
Charlie Corbin received a letter today
from his brother Harry lie says the
members of Company NJ are all right
and that they have been sleeping on
board of ship for the past week. Their
destination is Cuba, but just when
they will reach that country no one
knows
There can't be much profit in raising
strawberries at five cents a quart
The profit must be very small after
the cost of the box, the picking. the
labor Of setting them out and cult.
waiting the plants, to say nothing of
the trouble of peddling them from
house to house.
The street fakir visited Plymouth
again Saturday night and reaped a
small hesrvest of daddy dollars" He
evidently thinks Plymouth is a good
field for operations, as this was his sec
ond visit within week. II is reported
that one of our county commissioners
made purchase
After the death of John M. Pie
mister, of Acton, near Plymouth, a
white dove perched on the house top
just over the body. And after he was
buried the same dove was seen perched
on cross, the floral offering of Miss
Ethel Stuart, of Indianapolis. The in
cident is widely discussed Valparaiso
Messenger.
The small man who sneeks around
to find out something against his
neighbor should first see that his own
door yard is clean. A few paltry dol.
lars made topay by questionable meth
DDS Will only burn the hands of the
fellow who got the dollars. Don't let
a brick house drop on you to make
you take the hint.
John Campbell, the jeweler, quietly
folded his cases Thursday, and departed
for Plymouth, where he will take the
place of that celebrated jeweler, Baylor,
who retires from business in that city
John is an expert workman and his
many friends In this section will do well
to call upon him while in Plymouth.
Culver City Herald.
A bill has been introduced in the
house of representatives and will pro-
badly pass, authorizing volunteers in
the field to vote in congressional cleo
lions and IN this state it Is suggested
that provision should be made for their
voting in the state election, but the
indianapolis Journal calls attention to
the fact that under our present consti-
tuition that could only be done by their
coming home. Congress can provide
for soldiers voting in congressional
OlOOOiOb' oue OhiJ IuC olulC Cou CUullOl
state elections.
"Politics make strange bed fellows
is an old maxim, and we are of the
opinion that politics make bad "bed
fellows" from what has taken place in
Plymouth today. When two old
patriarchs of the republican faith meet
in political conflict and call each other
names and threaten to parayze each
other becuse one of those war horses
favored Mccormick and the other
Royse, it is high time to call halt
Those two good men almost came to
blows today, and the end is not yet
The final engagement will be fought at
Rochester June %.
The commencement exercises at Cul-
yer military academy closed at noon
Wednesday, bringing to most success
full termination another year in the
schools history The largest crowds
ever seen on the grounds were in at
tendance On Tuesday the immense
new rising hall of the academy was
formally opened with an address by
John l.. Grif1iths of Indianapolis, after
which the cadet calvarymen, mounted
on the famous black horses which were
used as the bOdyblack horses of Presi
dent Mckinley at his inauguration, gave
an exhibition of rough riding that sur.
passed anything ever seen by the visi-
tors. The drills of the infantry and
artillery companies were equally at
tractive and reflected great credit on
commandant. In the oratorical con
test Cadet w. Il. Baird, of Lexington,
KY, was the victor, winning the gold
badge for Oratory.
Boy Injured