Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-16
LOCAL BREVITIES.
From Fridays Daily.

Mrs. Washburn, of South Plymouth,
is reported quite sick.
Mrs John Lenhart is confined with a
serious form of la grippe.
The /. l.. Il NJ. railroad was sold yes.
terday by its bondholders.
Peter Dodd lett this morning for an
extended visit In Michigan.
Marriage license for Dec. Stb, 1898
John o. Myers ami Ella Rensberger.
Mrs. w. ". Ream conducted ser
vices for the W. II. G az Burr Oak to.
day.
H. q. Thay recently delivered one
of his addresses 10 a Columbia City
audience.
A company with $4,000 capital stock
will bore for oil at Etna Green, Kosci-
usko county.
Bishop White of he Episcopal church
was i'll the city this morning on his way
To TT. Wayne.
The sportive youths say that the
skating is supurb on the small PONDS
above the dam.
J. d. kutz went TO Fl. Wayne this
morning. lie has been placing in new
furnace at the Ross house.
The L. T.. IL ". workmen have Just
finished laying a substantial crossing at
the juncture of their road with .Jeffer-
son street IN this city.
Richard Sees two children, Carl anG
Fay, have undergone serious spells of
sickness recently The little girl suf-
fered with catarrhal fever
j. j. Mccormick, of Tasting, Neb.,
stopped in our city last evening on his
way to Argos where he will visit his
brother VIM. Mccormick.
Richard McMillen, a former resident
of Marshall county, is visiting his old
friends in this city He has lived in
Kansas for number of years.
A Lsporte thief stole blanket from
farmers horse and then wrapped it
around pig in the rear of the far
mer'S vehicle and made off with both
j. w. McCrory went to Valparaiso
this morning where he had Oeen called
on account of the illness of his son
William. The latter has been attend
Ing school there.
May Powell, fifteen year-old daughter
of Frank Powell, of Marion, whose lie
has been unhappy because of disagree
ment of parents, committed suicide by
swallowing rat poison.
Charles S. Spitz, expert, employed by
the city council of Nashville, has COM
pleted an examination of the books of
James K. Mattox, city treasurer, find
ING a deficit of S4557.89.
1t is said that Michigan deer hunters
have had poor luck this year, and yet
1000 of the animals were killed in the
upper peninsula alone. This, however,
is 1000 less than last years record.
a telegram to DIR. Borton this morn
ing gave the glad tidings of son hav-
ing been born to his daughter, Mrs r.,
Z. Beebee, at Evanston, III, at 200
last evening. Both mother and child
are doing well.
Tie performance at the opera house
last night was up to the standard of
Joseph Murphy's acting A large
house was pleasing feature of the
evening from the managers standpoint
of view. Applause was frequent
Rabbits are more plentiful than they
have been for several years, but far
mers have gro Sn so stringent In hold
ing to the rules of trespass that the
hunter, unless he has secured permits
sion from the proper source, is placed
in constant jeopardy.
Rev. Frank Miller's sermons at the
Presbyterian church are creating a stir.
Last night he spoke upon the text "Ac-
quaint tb.aelf with the l. ,rd and be at
peace lis efforts have not been with
out ref t. One convert was gained
Thursday evening and six were gsiaed
on the evening previous.
The dramatization of "When Knight
hood Was in Flower" which il being