Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-29
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FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1898.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
From Fridays Daily.

Bremen is making an effort for new
city hall.
1t was very sorry day for Spain
when she blew up the Maine.
The warm sunshine has brought out
the trancient umbrella members.
Trustee Biggs of Bourbon township
transacted business in Plymouth to-
day.
The governor has ordered the flag
unfurled from the state capitol until
Cuba is free.
Spain is going to defend her honor.
Few people believe she has any such
thing to defend.
Washington Tuttle. who had the
misfortune to break his arm yesterday,
is getting along nicely.
A big battle ship has on board an
electric light plan. capable of lighting
town of 5000 inhabitants.
The war fever has been just about
right in Plymouth today, to give the
boys the proper enthusiasm.
For sale or trade,-Ono solid comfort
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Address, Victor WEIGH. Rutland, Ind.
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Two women left Plymouth last night,
it is thought for good. The officers of
the law hope that they will remain
away.
April is said to be great month for
marriages, but up to the present time
Plymouth hasn't shown an increase
over March.
The man who will steal flowers is a
very small specimen of anatomy, yet
the little town of Bourbon is afflicted
with just such creature.
buffalo Bill' of "wild west" fame
has organized a regiment of soldiers
!. Composed of "cow boys" and will 60
to Cuba TO fight the Spaniards.
Pay attention as to who fires the first
gun. His name will be cherished by
future generations. The man who
says "fre" will be an American.
Times have changed since the Span
iSh buccaneers rOamed the seas and
seized helpless ships and ports. Spanish
mediaevalism on the ocean will have a
short run.
A stamp tax on bank checks will be
decidedly productive. One bank in
New York pays $1,000 checks daily,
which at one cent each would yield the
government $50, or $4,000 a year
from one bank.
A gentleman in Plymouth received a
telegram from Indianapolis today, no.
tifying him to hold himself in readiness
to report for duty. The gentleman al.
luded to is one of the best drilled mill.
tary men in the city.
A woman claiming to be a mission
airy agent is working the northern part
of Indiana for help to build home for
the widows and orphans of Palestine
She drives an iron gray horse and begs
for cash or chickens.
Spain has issued her official declara.
tion that enemy's goods in neutral bot
toms, save cumberland under enemy's
flag are safe from seizure and that
blockades to be binding must be effec
tive. In substance these are the prin-
ciples laid down in the agreement OF
Paris, in 1856, excepting the agreement
also included the abolition of privateer-
ing. For the present Spain says she
will not commission privateers, but will
organize what she calls ian auxiliary
navyV for her merchant marine. Our
government gave the same assurances
last week, together with the statement
that no privateers would be commits
stoned. The naval war will, therefore
be conducted on fairly civilized basis.
The KloDdike fever does not rage in
Plymouth. Last fall number of able
bodied citizens promised that they
would start for the Yukon in the spring
Spring is here and so are the able body
citizens. They seem to have thought
better of it. There is as much gold in
the Yukon country as there ever was