Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-07-15


The Elektron cycle employees are
pretty sore over the fact that the sale
of that plant did not take place today.
The boys want their money and they
want it bad, but they say now that 1t
will be many moons before they get it.
An exchange says: "Under the new
revenue law every saloon man must
put a one. cent stamp on every pint
bottle of wine sold and a two-cent
stamp on every quart bottle sold.
Many of them do not seem to under
stand this
Thirty-three carrier pigeons were re-
leased from their cage this morning by
Al Pike, Adams express agent for this
city. The birds were shipped here
from South Bend. They rose grace
fully to On altitude of 200 feet and then
headed southeast.
A good gun is of little value in war
with a poor gunner behind it. An in
ferior gun with good man behind it is
far more valuable. But the Americans
have both good guns and good gunners
And that accounts for much that has
happened during the present war.
Camara is emulating the example of
that old king who marched his men up
the hill and then marched them down
again. He sailed his fleet through the
Suez canal, then sailed it back again.
He is probably coming back to take his
medicine, and have the ordeal over
with.
The rush for stamps at the internal
revenue office at Indianapolis still con-
tinues. Maj. Glover, the deputy col
lector, says that he still lacks fifty cent
and one-dollar stamps and half-cent
stamps for insurance companies. He
received supply of five-cent prOprie-
tary stamps yesterday.
The Independent considers it duty
to inform the public tlat J. Swindell
has parted with his mustache and
beard, else they mistake him for his
own nephew or some other younger re
lation. The publisher of this paper
owns up that the mstamorphOsis is suf
ficiently perfect to delude anybody.
Wheat is all cut, hay harvest is on,
and oats will be ready the first of next
week. Binder experts were in demand
last week, and if you happened to see a
man driving at furious pace, regard
less of heat and dust ten to one it was
one of these bound to some place where
an irate farmer was tearing up the
ground because his binder would not
work
Hyperion lodge X. of p. installed
their officers last night, u. G. Schllt
acting in the capacity of installing Of
ficer. The following Knights were pro-
noted: G. NJ Slater, G. c.; John Mich
oles, V. c.; j. d. Mccoy, Prelate; Louis
n. Altman, NJ of w. The lodge is in
healthy and prosperous condition
with membership of one hundred and
thirty.one.
press companies have agreed to raise
the rates five cents on each package If
they are compelled to pay the revenue
tax. Should they do this it would
simply mean that they would not only
compel their patrons to pay the war tax
but also four cents above present rates.
The report certainly can not be true;
but if it is, there will be a greater de.
mand than ever for Legislation to pro-
hibit such corporations from taking adj
vantage of the people.
1t appears very evident that Spanish
pride has at last given place to an inter-
val of common sense and Spain is about
to sue for peace. Nobody has any
great love for Spain, and yet in her
hour of humiliation there are few
Americans who would desire our coun-
try to be harsh in the terms we exact.
OF course, Spanish rule must end IN this
hemisphere and not foot Of captured
territory should be retroceded to Spain,
but beyond these points the United
States can afford to be generous
1t is proud boast of Americans that
our soldiers and seamen are not only
brave and daring but that they are also
humane and chivalrous. don't swear
but shoot" said the gallant Col. Wood,
of the trough riders" to his men at
Sevilla. "Don't cheer, the poor fellows
are dying" cried Capt. Phillips to the
sailors of the battleship Texas as the
Vizcaya sank under the fire of the
American guns at Santiago. The
sentiment expressed in these utterances
animates the American Army and navy,
and nowhere can nobler or better fight
ing men be found.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Mrs. Anna Grubb has been granted a
widows pension of $S per month.