Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-09-16

mann at Chicago, Gid Blain to Ann
Arbor, Mich, Charles Wiltfong TO the
school for Physiciads and Surgeons at
Chicago, Misses Mable Jacoby and
Ruth Thompson to Terre Haute.
VIM. McDuffee has completed the
stone foundation for the big bank barn
which f. NJ. Setenright expects to
erect in Lapaz. 1t is one of the best
specimens of masonry in North town
ship.
Rich Brown distinguished himself
yesterday by taking second money at
the Knox races. Red Star, whom the
odds were against, came out IN the
lead. Gold Standard and Buster were
in the same race.
A two-year old child surprised Its
father one night this week by walking
into his place of business. 1t had run
away from the house and walked near
ly mile in the dark depending solely
upon itself for guidance.
When compsy NJ left Plymouth they
nailed two flags on the l.. f. Il w. de-
pot. Both flags remain intact. Today
noon they waved the soldier boys well
come return, having survived the period
of war as well as the boys themselves.
The members of the Bremen Cornet
band will soon appear in handsome new
uniforms. The boys ordered them
about ten days ago from an eastern
firm. They are being made to order.
and are expected to arrive most any
day.
Some one has counted SO vacant
houses in Plymouth. That is not an
infallible sign of bad times. In Chica-
go, in one locality on State street, 60
vacant business rooms may be counted.
Plymouth has no vacant business
rooms.
Catholics and Protestants almost
came to blows at Logansport Wednes-
day over the right of occupancy of
store room in which to give dinner, a
circus having attracted a crowd to
town. The courts may settle the diff
6culty.
The saw mill of Gean Perkins, four
miles north of Bremen, caught fire sew
eral days ago and came near being con-
sumed. George Felty, who discovered
the blaze made fast run and soon had
a stream of water playing on the fire
from hose.
While W. J. Baymen was riding a
mustang pony about mile east Of
Plymouth, he stirred up large flock of
cartridges. Almost without warning
the pony leaped into the air and threw
him headlong upon the ground. He
escaped all injuries except few bruises
but is at loss to know how it hap
pened.
The wabash Plain Dealer is authority
for the statement that the bonds of the
Big Four road, secured by mortgage on
the c. w. & Nj. division are selling on
the New Y DIRK stock exchange at nine
ty. There are 100000 of these secur-
tiles outstanding and they bear four
per cent interest. At the present quota
tions they are good investment.
Secretary Hurry, of the state board
of health, has been notified that death
from Aslatlc cholera had occurred
Thursday at Orland, Stuben county
The local physicians who attended the
case say there can be no doubt about
the symptoms all being those of genuine
Asistic cholera. The patient was taken
| ill Wednesday and died Thursday
Under the direction of the county board
of health the body was buried i'm
mediately and quarantine was estab
| lished.
The Northern Indiana and Southern
Michigan soldiers and sailors reunion
will be held at Nappanee, Ind, We'd
nesday, Sept. 21st, 1898. There will be
a campfire in the evening. at the last
annual meeting of the Northern Indi-
ana and Southern Michigan soldiers
and sailors association at Bremen il
was decided to hold the 1898 meeting
at Nappanee. Accordingly arrange
ments are perfected for the above date
and the gates of Nappanee are opened
to the soldiers and sailors and their
| friends.