Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-07-29
From SATURDAYS Daily.

Every time a man invents a good
thing some other man comes along and
makes fortune out of it.
4 number of Marshall county farm
ers report that the wheat yield per acre
rms from % to so bushels.
Word comes from John w. Parks
and wife that they are enjoying life in
the great city of London, England.
The Klondike grocery has been re-
Gently fitted up with electric lights, re-
papered and reprinted, and is now one
of the neatest in the city.
Four tramps got hol of quantity
of wood alcohol at Elkhart. Three of
them were found dead in highway
near town yesterday afternoon. The
other member may pull through.
If generous soaking rain would
come it would be welcomed with un-
bounded enthusiasm by every body.
Corn can not stand the drouth much
longer. 1t is already greatly injured.
Ed Mcintyre will leave shortly for
Niagara falls and Toronto, Canada
During his absence he will attend the
supreme high court of the Foresters,
which convenes at Toronto early in
August.
Adam Wise and family returned
from Big lake last evening where they
had been in camp for the past two
weeks. Their little son Lochran is
quite sick which was the cause Of their
early return.
Lieutenant Charles Slade, of Goshen,
died at Tampa, Fla, July 2lst, and the
remains will reach Goshen this even
ing. The funeral will occur Sunday
afternoon. He will be buried with
military hOnOrs.
Some wsg has figured out the diff
ference between Uncle Sam and a
rooster and an old maid. He says
Uncle Sam says Doodle do,
the rooster says cOck-adOodle do, and
the old maid says ny-dude'lldo.
The Enquirer Office received pleas
ant call from Attorney c. b. Tibbetts
Thursday. He brought his family over
from Plymouth to spend the day with
Mrs. Bert Terrell, who is very sick
Mrs. Terrell is a sister of Mr.. Tibbetts
bremen Enquirer.
Simon Pokagon, the last chief of the
Pokagon band of Pottwatomies is near
ing the end of his long life at his re-
treat in Lee, Mich. POkagon, father
of Simon, at one time owned the site
where Chicago now stands. He sold
the land to the government for ten
cents an acre.
The man who knows everything is a
serious menace to any community
Just think what would happen If he
should conclude to quit talking or if he
should happen to die. A regular hiatus
would be the result and old-time chaos
would follow. The know-it-sll fellow
the fellow who knows how to ruI
everything, including the newspaper
should be guarded with jealous care
from all harm. He is too valuable tt
be left unprotected from the storms
and frosts of an unkind world Munci,
Herald.
Sylvester Scovel, a newspaper CORES
pendent of very yellow propensitiel
who is now with the army at Santiago
, will get all the notoriety he sought
and great deal more, out of his act o.
ruffianism in striking Msjor-Genera
Shafter. He had previously made him
self offensive by disregarding the or
ders governing correspondents in TIT
field, and sought to avenge a fanciet
slight in manner that might, were thu
strict rules of war adhered to, be pun
, ished by death. The chances are tina
} he will be returned to this country il
) irons and be permitted to take up {
( long and laborious residence at DIR!
: Tortugas.