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

The examination is very strict and
there will be number of the boys sent
back to Plym outh in few days.
The Third Regiment, to which Com
pauy Nj has been assigned has band
of trained musicians. They come from
South Bend.
A letter from Camp Mount states
that for the first meal in camp the bill
of fare consisted of fat meat, bread
without butter, grease or gravy and
smell of coffee, each one being obliged
to cook for himself. Their bed consists
of a large bunch of straw, but they find
it necessary to move around consider
ably to keep warm.
Those who failed to pass the medical
examination at Camp Mount from this
city up to the present time, we note
the following: Rem Vangilder, Will
Reynolds, Lee NJ. Kendall and Harry
KILLER. Rem Vangilder has returned,
the others will likely return this evening.
L re boys feel disappointed, as they
were anxious to go with the company
With the opening of hostilities the
m An who knows more how to conduct
the war than our military men do
promptly come to the front. He may
know all he says he does, but so long as
the government hires competent staff
of men to direct the fighting we favor
giving them an opportunity to earn
their salaries and to get all the glory
they can.
An aged citizen of Amboy, Ind,
willed that be should be buried in a
water-tight coffin of twO-lnch planks in
which there should be sawdust and two
comfortables. He directed that spring
wagon should be used instead of
hearse to take his body to the cemetary,
all of which was done. No other thing
he had done in life had indicated any
eccentric turn of mind.
The members of Elbel's Third Regi-
ment military band of South Bend were
notified that they would not be taken in
to the United States service as priva,es.
Under these circumstances the entire
band will return in body when their
term of enlistment expires in June.
The band went to Indianapolis with Co.
f, of South Bend, commanded by Capt.
George w. Freyermuth.
The prize captured by the Terror
proved quite rich one. The boat cap
tured was the Bolivar. 1t is an insig-
nificant looking sloop, but its captors
found slowed away In the apartments
more than 100000 in Spanish silver.
Its cargo was made up of bananas.
The money was intended for Spanish
soldiers. The captain was so broken
up over his capture that he attempted
to commit suicide.
Supt. Wolfe of the Elektron company
will leave for Fort Wayne Saturday.
No settlement has as yet been made
with the late employees of that factory
and it is likely that many months Will
glide by before any money is paid those
men whose earnings are now tied up in
that institution. Most of the men have
secured work out of town, but that does
not lessen the fact that their wages are
wrongfully withheld.
Post Master Conger received letter
from his son Ray, who is attending the
military school at Vincennes. and the
letter contained a photograph of Ray
in full uniform. Heis manly looking
soldier, but expresses regret that he
has lost his drill master. The Vincennes
cadets were the only cadets accepted by
the governor in the present crisis.
The Vincennes military sent splendid
company of drilled soldiers to Indian
polls.
The marshal of the city of Laporte
informs the bicycle riders that if they
ride upon the sidewalks while the
streets are in good condition they will
be fined, but in the same notice he
admits that the supreme court of
Indiana has decided that if the street
or streets are impossible for bicycle
riders they are permitted to ride on the
side walk at any time or place. Just
who is to be the judge as to the condi-
ton of the street or streets the marshal
does not say, but it is probably himself.
If the marshal of Plymouth would
grant that kind of privilege it is
probable that large number of riders
would be constantly excusing them
selves for riding on the walk with the
plea that the street makes riding un-
comfortable.