Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-07-29
Gbe Jnoepenoent
FRIDAY, July 90, 1898.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
From Fridays Daily.

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of Denver, Col, are the guests of MIR.
and Mrs. J. G.. ID. Bender, of this city.
For sale or trade-One solid comfort
gang pIow, one tornado feed CUTTER
Address. Victor WEIGH. Rutland, Ind.
Orlando Young. while working IN
well on the south side yesterday had
the misfortune to fall from windlass.
He was injured but not seriously.
Jerry Kreltzer was taken before Just
ice Ed Corbin today, charged with pro-
woke by Albert Weber. He plead
guilty and fined SO 30, going to Jail to
serve it out.
The Pennsylvania railroad has come
to the conclusion that train newsboys
are a nuisance, and has issued orders
not to permit them on through trains
hereafter.
Jim Houghton has been transferred
from the Wilson-Morris packing house
to their branch house at st. Joseph,
Mo. This is a promotion for Mr.
Houghton.
1t is said that extensive improve
ments, which will cost the city thous-
ands of dollars, are now going on In
Peru. Peru is a handsome and enter
prising city.
Mrs. Hayes and family moved to St.
Joe, Mich, today. Mrs. Hayes has a
large family. She is splendid woman
and her many friends In Plymouth
hope that she will prosper in her new
home.
Found-A good coat in the road
north of the Shoemaker bridge, i've
miles south of Plymouth. Owner can
have same by calling on VIM. Sluyter,
on the Maxinkuckee road, and paying
for this notice. ltd&w
At the Michigan City penitentiary
the war news is furnished the convlcts
each day. At supper time a full and
complete resume of the days news is
read and the prisoners not only take a
deep interest in it but loudly cheer
wher our army or navy wins fight.
Mrs. Elmer Humphry, wife of the
genial clerk at Heinigers store in this
city, died yesterday at her home in
Pierceton. Mrs. Humphry had been
sick for some time. Fred Botsett
Charlie Humphrys and Mrs. ID. E.
Moore left for PiercetOn today to at
tend the funeral.
DIR. Tanner, the noted faster, who
was for time resident of Elkhart
was in Laporte recently selling patent
preparation. He is talking of making
another fast, in which he will try and
abstain from food for period of &C
days, and he may attempt to stretch
the feat into 80 days.
John thinner, one of the up-tO-date
farmers, says that unless heavy rain
fall comes quick the corn crop IN Mar
shall county will be almost complete
failure. He thinks corn should bs
worked after harvest as it adds moist
ure and in the absence of rain viii
greatly help the growing corn.
The soldiers and sailors monument
Is to be made center of attraction
during the week of the Knights o.
Pythias biennial encampment at Indi-
spolis, Aug. % to q. Beautiful as 1t is
1t is to be made far more beautiful dur
ing the encampment. 1t is to be illum
mated and decorated by electricity at {
cost of 1000 night.
A gentleman by the name of Kerr
whose home is in North Judson
started for the Klondike about eigh
months ago in search of gold. He ha
returned home several hundred dollar
poorer than when he started for tina
country. He made thorough investi
cation and pronounces nine-tenths o
those big gold finds, frauds.
Soldiers at the Marion soldiers hom'
will get to vote this fall. Major Steel
has rsilroaded q bill through congress
turning the home over to the state o
Indiana, thus making the veterans resi-