Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-09-02
Che Jnoepenoent
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1898.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
From Fridays Daily.

The "Saints" are holding a camp
meeting at Panama.
Ray Kendall is convalescing rapidly
after his recent illness.
Miss Garry Ausborn is confined to
the house with malarial fever.
Mrs. Olive Boiling is quite sick with
typhoid fever at her home near Burr
Oak.
Twelve men are now engaged in re-
moving the machinery at the Bicycle
Works.
Miss Hattie O'Brien, of Chicago, was
the guest of Miss Gertrude Mattingly
last evening.
a contract has been let for the first
gravel road in Brown county, twenty
miles in length.
A. G. Thompson has returned from
Lapaz and will make this city his per-
manent residence.
The First Methodist church of Val
paraiso has adopted resolutions in oppo-
sition to the army canteen.
See the new fall millinery goods
which has recently arrived at Mrs.
Moore's popular millinary store.
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There were 226 teams in the funeral
procession of LonZo Steele who died
recently in the country near North
Liberty.
DIR. J. f. Brooke strained his arm
yesterday while leading a cow. The
arm is much swollen and too painful to
use today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paylor Kendall, who
have been residents of this city, left for
Indianapolis today to make that city
their future home.
The Maple Grove school house has
been so extensively repaired that it is
almost new building. 1t will be fin
ished up in time for the coming term
of school.
Vanderburg county republican con.
vention refused to indorse the Mount
administration. Evansville is sore be-
cause she wasn't made the rendezvous
for volunteers.
Ralph Waldo, book keeper at the
Heinz Sailing Works in Lapaz, was
overcome with the heat last Tuesday
He is lying critically ill at the home OF
DIR. Fuson of that town.
The state board of health has beer
informed that splenic fever has appear
cd among live stock in Knox county
and that hog cholera is also killing
many hogs in that county.
Michigan City Dispatch: The count
at the prison is 81 today. A year age
it was over 900. Only two men hav,
been received this month so far, Will,
80 will b. gwen their freedom.
The dc mocrats of the Eleventh dis
trict at Wabash have nominated Prof
George w. Michael, of Cass county, TO
congress. The prohibItio nists of tn,
same district nominated Charles o. Fen
ton, of Logansport.
The War department has ordere,
that the One Hundred Fifty-seventl
Indiana volunteers be mustered out a
soon the men can be brought to Indian
apolis. Lieutenant Waterman ha
been designated as mastering on
officer.
AT Argos the trustees of the NJ. f
chruch have now definitely settled tn
date of dedication of the new church
and have announced Sunday, Septem
Der 18th as the day and date. An elab
crate dedicatory program is being al
ranged
A large barn belonging to Georg
Groves, a farmer residing near Warsaw
was struck by lightning Tuesda
night and completely destroyed by Gr'
One thousand bushels of wheat wer
destroyed, besides other gram. Los
$4,000 with only $500 insurance.
While bare footed and wslkin
through some tall grass yesterda,
Theo. Sherman was bitten Dy larg
garter snake. The sensation is lik
that produced by q hornets sting an