Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-05-06

the funeral.
e.. l.. Morris treated the town {.
buttermilk today Fred Botset man
aged the distribution. The sign, "W ak,
up and take your buttermilk" wa
hoisted on the wagon.
A California thief sold his plurde
for Sl4 and with the money paid al
honest debt. AS soon as the moral O.
this incident has been studied out i
Will be duly announced.
Mrs. J f. Wood of Parsons Kansas
arrived here last night to spend tn,
summer with her sisters, Mrs. w W
Sponsler, Mrs Julius Born of this city
and Mrs. Fore of Bremen.
The other day a coroner's jury re
turned verdict that "the decedanI
came to his death by being stsuck by &
railroad train in the hands of re
ceiver." That must bea deadly weapon
Now that the election is over and
things settled for another four years, lei
the council and the people get down tC
the work of continued public improve
ment. There is opportunity for much
to be done in Plymouth yet this season
The orders of the Eastern Stars held
very interesting and pleasant session
last night. The reports OF the officers
who attended the Grand Chapter at
Indianapolis made their reports, which
were very gratifying to the members,
The war with Spain is having a splen-
did effect on the study of geography in
the public schools. We venture the as
sertion that Their are many scholars
who have better knowledge of the
Philippine islands, than they ever would
have g item save for this war.
Hermon Cast, son of Peter Cast, of
this city, but who has been attending
school at the orphans home at Knights
town, writes his father that he has en-
listed and is now one of Uncle Sans
boys. Herman is a fine young man and
will make good soldier.
The Argos staff daughters of Rebecca
will be in Plymouth Friday night, and
initiate number of ladies and gentle
men into the Rebeka lodge in this city
recently instituted by American lodge,
No. 81 L. .. o. F. The members of
the order are expecting splendid time.
A new proposed army wrinkle is to
attach to each regiment noncOmba
tant to &c known as recorder, whose
duty shall be to write each day record
of regimental events. The idea comes
from a state historian who knows the
difficulty experienced in later years in
writing the history of 1000 men.
If the war correspondents will kindly
make up their minds one way or the
other concerning that cable, whether it
has been cut or not, great load will be
lifted from the minds of thinking
readers. If 1T has been cut it is clear
that a whole lot of this news is just
simply bounding through the air.
Miss Lolita Suseland entertained
about thirty five of her young friends
at her home on South Michigan street
last night. The young people report a
very pleasant time. 1t was the 18th an
niversary of Miss Lotta's birth, and her
friends made the occasion one long to
be remembered. Light refreshments
were served.
This has been chilly day for num-
Der of Plymouth people, but it is hoped
that the sunshine which will be here to-
morrow will warm them up, and the
election of yesterday will be forgotten,
so far as any personal feelings over the
result of the contest may be. Some one
had to be defeated, and had it been the
other fellow he would have felt sore.
Columbia City is to have novel en-
tertainment which the Commercial of
that city is just now advertising quite
vigorously. The RathbOne Sisters are
to have baby show. The committee
to decide the merits of the little beauties
will be Mrs. Dan Mcdonald of Ply
mouth, Mrs. James Barnes of Auburn,
and Messrs Lane and Monihan of Fort
Wayne, and Mrs. J. E. Sutton of Lo-
gansport.
A large attendance at the May festi-
val at the M. +. church next Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday evenings is
assured A half hour of varied and at
tractive music each evening, and an
grafton completes the program. Speak
ers who are able to please and profit have
been secured. The admission is only
scots, for the three evenings or 25cts,
each evening, for those who do not take
season tickets.
A young man in Michigan-just for
a joke silver plated some cents and
passed them as dimes on an unsuspect-