Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-05-13

on strike.
The Plymouth band will give their
first street concert Friday night, May
10Th. 1t is true that some of the mem
bers of this Dand have left town. and
while the band regrets very much to
lose the services of those good boys, the
Plymouth band stills lives, and you
will hear some good music from this
band in the very near future.
1t is said that ships are all ready 20
take the army of invasion across to
Cuba and that enough will be sent,
both of regulars and volunteers, to drive
the Spanish forces out or make them
surrender. The war in Cuba will be
vigorous, short and decisive. 1t cannot
possibly asst long if the plans of the
| president and cabinet are carried out.
Don't be surprised if you hear of a
couple weddings in Plymouth in the
very near future. OF course weddings
are every day occurance in Marshall
county, but there are times when the
announcement that so and so are going
to "hitch for life" puts a certain class OF
individuals on the quivl. This is the
case in the coming weddings alluded to-.
Mr.. Bryan spoke periodically at Pea
body, Kansas, when he urged his friends
to cast aside politics until the war with
Spain shall have been fought and won.
His advice 10 stand by the government
and to uphold the hands OF the presi-
dent was heartily applauded by the au-
dience that had assembled to listen to
his words of eloquence and patriotism.
The young ladies and gentlemen who
constitute the graduating class of the
high school, are leaving nothing undone
to keep up the standard of the Ply
mouth schools. The class that grad
yates this year will be an honor to their
parents and teachers who have Iabored
to make the coming commencement
one of the best ever witnessed in Ply
mouth.
Remember that the dry goods, cloth
ing and shoe stores close at 1870 p. m.
Make your purchases before that hour.
Clerks are human and have some rights,
and those rights have been recognized
by their employers. Ten hours is a
days work. In ancient times eight
hours were considered a days work,
eight hours for rest, and eight hours for
recreation See.
The soda water season is here and the
Peoples Drug Store is operating Its
fountain day and night. AS in the past
they have the very best ice cream, az
solutely unsdultersted, and the most
popular new drinks. While in town
don't fail to see the complete stock of
fishing tackle, baseball goods, ham
mocks and croquet sets in this popular
store. The prices are all right. 2w
Two years ago the bicycle business
in this country was something wonder
full to contemplate. Today it Is an ad
mitted fact that this particular business
has fallen fully 80 per cent Two years
ago there were ten factories to where
now there is one The small fry fac
tories have gone out of business and
only the iitest survive. AT one time
Plymouth had one of the best bicycle
factories in the country, but now it has
ho
Another war cloud has made its ap-
pearance in the blue canopy of the
United States. Those battle scared
veterans, Hon. Robert Fitzsimmons and
the Hon. James COrbett, are again be-
coming hostile and have issued an ulti-
matum. Fitz not only volunteers to
give Corbett battle for the heavy
weight championship but stands ready
also to put Kid Mccoy, the Indiana lad
out of the business as middle weight.
Should either of these great conflicts
come to pass it must be before the last
day of September.
The "scorcher" is once more in the
field. The scOrcher is man who wears
yellow or green striped sweater, a
green cap with red bill and resembles
nothing so much in shape when seated
on bike as a Kansas grasshopper. He
has very little gray matter-he generally
runs all to hair and legs. Notwithstand-
ing the laws which should hold him i'm
check he persists in running down in
offensive pedestrians, and accidents are
now the order of the day. The scorcher
is an imposition who if caught should
be made to suffer the full penalty the
law will allow.
Any old soldier will tell you that
army service is something that cannot
be understood until experienced. Young
men about town unused to hard labor
and who feed at the table of their par
ents three times day-in short, who
wear good clothes and fare sumpt-