Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-03-18

to notify a police officer before he dis
covered that it was only a rag baby.
His friends smoked good cigars that
day
l.. VI. Richardson, Of Wabash, was
circulating with friends in Plymouth
today.
Perkins d. Fisher wants to see all his
Old Plymouth friends at the opera house
tonight.
The Democratic city committee Will
meet to night and set the time Of
holding the city convention.
Charlie Holloway from Mentone, Is in
the city visiting his sisters, Almeta and
Mallnda Holloway, of South Plymouth.
A letter from Monroe Walters states
that he is in the best of health, and still
thinks there is no place like California
Leutgert the con victed murderer Of
OF his wife is now in the peniten:iary at
Joliet. lie is in the harness and saddle
shops, and he Will have plenty of time
to mediate on the IndiScIetiOnS and
fool breaks that he made while he was
breathing the free air Of freedom.
LeutgeTt has little to commend him
Money is power, but as rule justice
prevails. "As ye sow so shall We reap
If Chinaman dies while being tried
for murder, the very fact of his dying
| is taken as evidence of his guilt. He
has departed. but somebody must suf-
| fer, and his eldest son, if be mas one,
is sent to prison for year. If he has
no son, then his father or brother gets
logging. It's all In the family, and
justice must be administered.
Thomas Sickafoose was fined So
at \ orth Manchester for destroying d
saloon remOnstrance at Laketon. Sick
afoose pretended he wanted to sign it
and when handed to him threw it into
the fire. 1t was the last day for filing
papers and John Richard rode horse
back all night, secured signatures and
| the saloon will be defeated.
A smooth talking female sWinder has
been working" the ladies of Warsaw in
such way that she realized quite a
sum of money. Her scheme is to es
| tablish "ageDts" and collect the fee 50,
in advance. Ae rule she perSuadeS a
number of women to act as agents in
the same town, and then takes her de-
parture and that is the last heard OF
/ er.
Gen. WeYler is a strong concentrator
He believed IN concentration md re-
concentration. Just what was meant
! by recommendation he never clearly eX-
planned but we claim il meant death.
The Spanish government should load
Weyler into cannon aud shoot him
against a stone wall. His Satanic
majesty has awaited MS coming for a
long time. He has a JOB for him of
pumping thunder for two cents clap.
| This job will last TO all eternity and
two days after and with every peal of
thcnder he will hear the yell of the
thousands of innocent people he MUIR
dered in Cuba.
Here is schoolbOy's definition of
eternity: "When our ships all come In
when the sea gives up her dead; when
Father Time hangs up his scythe; when
the heavens are rolled up like scroll
when Gabriel blows the rams horns;
when the solar system collapases; when
we find the lost Charlie Ross and the
man WHO struck Billy Paterson; when
Johnny gets his gun; when society be-
comes pure, and "af;er the ball is over,
then will be eternity"
warning to Whitley county farm
ers is always timely so mere is one: "a
man representing himself as piano
agent approaches the farmer and asks
permission to place piano in the house
agreeing TO give the daughter of the
farmer music lessons for the privilege
vi D6lUU dltOWeu u ldhe OlucI nuFlls
there. As he gets better acquainted
with the farmer he agrees that if he
sells three pianos he may keep the one
In his house The agreement, of course
is drawn up in writing, and the piano
agent departs. In few days another
agent appears at the farmers house
with note signed by the farmer which
he demands payment on at once.
/ DIR. j Nj Driver and his wife have
returned from Illinois to Marion and
have carded the Marion papers concern
ing the sensational charges recently
published rejecting upon the formers
conduct In her card Mrs. Driver says
"As |, aud alone, am in possession
of the facts, and all the facts, occasion
ing the gossip growing out of a certain
anonymous communication, and after
careful, thorough and complete investi-