Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-07-01
From Thursdays Daily.

All business houses in Plymouth
should be represented in the industrial
parade the Fourth of July.
Agricultural dealers are about the
busiest class of people there is to be
found in the city at this time.
Hog cholera is raging in certain por-
tions of the state Gov. Mounts agent
has not wiped out The disease yet.
The funeral of John Weber took
place today at 2 clock from the Evan
gelical church. Rev Grob OBLIGATED
Liberty Cross was fined 50 80 in
Justice Reeves court this morning for
provoking James DelOney last evening.
A bright little girl came to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Lauer yester.
day, and as result Barney" is feeling
exceedingly happy
General Miles is talking about the
good fighting condition the volunteers
will be in by autumn. BY that time
most of them will be tired waiting.
John w. Hauck, of Tippecanoe, has
sold his stock of dry goods to William
tifer, of Sidney, Ind. Mr.. Fifer will
likely move his stock of goods to
Sidney.
All the banks in Plymouth will be
closed on the Fourth of July. They,
the presidents, cashiers and cerks)
want to take part and help to celebrate
the glorious Fourth
For short time last night on La
porte street, the indications were that
blood would be shed, but mutual friends
talked the combatants into good humor.
1t don't pay to fight.
Last night was an ideal one down at
Pretty lake. Sleep was almost out of
the question in the city, but those who
spent the night down at the lake say
that it was cool and balmy.
The appearance of night policeman
Cullen on the streets this morning at s
o'clock led many people to believe that
something out of the ordinary had hap
pened last night, which proved to be a
| fact.
David Harrington, Of Tippecanoe,
was in the city today as delegate
from Tippecanoe township to the Judi
cial convention to nominate prose
cutting attorney for the 4lst Judicial
district.
A shot was heard on Laporte street
last night about 9 o'clock and Just
where it came from no one seems to
know. Perpaps it was only small re-
minder of what will be heard next
Monday night.
| Heavy crops clover and timothy hay
are being secured in very good condi-
ton. Meadows are in very good con-
dItion, and in some localities, great
crops are being harvested. The cherry
crop is abundant; much other tree fruit
is falling off, but still fair crop is ex-
pected. Berries are ripening and very
abundant.
This is the time for general clean
up and the city should be put in good
sanitary condition for the two sickly
months of July and August. There is
an ordinance which requires every
property owner to cut the weeds and
place his property in condition free
| from all nOXious weeds and substances
which breed infectious diseases.
1t seems that those Cubans know
how to store away good American
grub. Reports are to the effect that
the Cuban soldiers who are working in
conjunction with the American forces
eat like harvest hands and never seem
to get enough. One of the things this
country intended to do originally was to
feed the starving Cubans. 1t is now
seen that that alone is big undertaking
to say nothing of the fight for the privi
lege of doing it.
Oliver Soice, cashier of the State
bank, on Monday last received two five
dollar bills on "The Plymouth Bank"
They were dated January LIST, 1857.
The Plymouth bank went "up the
flume" in 1857. These two bills have a