Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-05-13

going on in Camp Mount today, and
the boys are anxious to 90 to the front.
Peter Herzog of Bremen, died at his
home Saturday morning. The funeral
VIII be held under the auspices of the
Grand Army Post of that village, and
VIII take place Tuesday at Up IN. from
the residence of Mrs. Sayler.
Should the Spanish fleet ever meet
the battleships Indiana and Texas in
mldocean, there would be a "hot time"
but 1T would be the last of the poor old
Spanish fleet. In o fair fight the
Indiana would sink every mothers's son
of them.
John q. Shanklin announces that he
VIII be candidate for the United
states senate next year. Mr.. Shanklin
is one of the 5rainiest and most brill
iant democrats IN the state and it quail
fled to serve his alive state with great
distinction IN the upper house of con-
greSs.
Don't mention the Klondike coun-
try, but tell us the latest war news" is
the rule nowadays, whenever anything
is said about the fortune hunters I'D in
Alaska. Save your country first and
dig for money afterwards. a "Klon-
diker' ism. t in it with a volunteer sol
der.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ii. G.. Thayer went 10
indianapolis, today to attend a recep-
tom given by Mrs. Alice w. Pierce, at
the "Dennison,' in honor of her dsugh-
ter and sOn-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Ham
llton, who were recently married in
New \ ork. Mrs. Hamilton was known
here, her former home as Miss Van
valkeDburg.
Michigan City has within her corpor-
ate limits woman who is known and
goes by the name Graveyard Queen
Please keep her away from Plymouth.
We have grave yard, but no queens"
have any control over it. A grave
yard is an unusual place for queens"
to frequent.
There is an apparent neglect of the
exercise of every dav politeness in many
business houses. The Model shoe store
is a true model in this. 1t is the
common talk that no customer ever en-
tered without being kindly requested
to call again. According to rumor they
do call again as the business shows
steady gain.
Sergt. Lee Kendall came up from
India napolis last evening and returned
to Camp Mount this morning. Lee
says that everything is lovely and that
Company NJ. is the smoothest company
in Third regiment. Lee felt indignant
over the report that had been circulated
in Plymouth that be failed to pass the
examination.
An Indiana lawyer has just been dis,
barred from practlcing in the fedora
courts for applying gross epithets to
one OF the judges in a brief. He ex-
presses surprise over the fact that his
language has been resented, as he only
referred to the jugde incidentally as a
'calloused, cool, judicial liar; the tool
of corporations"
A Quartette of sports were out for a
time few nights ago, and if reports
are true they had time. The party
was made up of both sexes and it is
said that a heated controversy took
place, and revolver was resorted TO.
One of the men was shot in the hand.
The wound was dressed by Plymouth
physician, and "hush" is the word
1t seems to be q common opinion that
the war is making light the burdens of
the newspapers all over the country,
and that they are coming money as
result. While this is true no doubt of
the big city dailies, the result is directly
the opposite with the country dsilies.
The war question is so absorbing the
minds of the people that few care to
talk or think of anything else.
The country is alive with patent right
swiDdlers and the farmer will have to
set the dog loose if he wants to escape.
The new schemes for working gullible
people out of their money are wonder
full in design this season. The fact
that these swindlers all live off the fat
of the land can be explained only in the
fact that Providence is good to them in
allowing fool to be born every second.
Rochester Sentinel
The term "kRot' says an exchange)
is of very frequent use In the news
papers these times in indicating the
speed of vessels. The term has refer
ence to what is known as a nautical
and geographical mile and implies a
distance of 2,O25 yards. Our statute
mile represents distance of LOO yards.
So that q "knot" would be equivalent
TO about one and one-sixth miles as we
use the term A vessel making twenty