Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-05-20
From Wednesdays Daily.


the state Militia. The amount was
So, 94S. 16.
The ground in front of the Methodist
church was sodded today and now pre-
sents neat appearance.
Every "hard tack" now used by the
soldiers has the words Remember the
Maine" stamped on one side.
Judge Capron will meet the attorneys
at the court room Thursday to set the
cases for the coming term of court.
No wonder that the Washington ad-
visory board has gone to hide itself.
That Spanish fleet is several thousand
miles west of Csdlz.
John Appleman left this morning for
South Dakota. He was accompanied
by three gentlemen from Warsaw who
intend to purchase land in that state.
A flower fancier said this morning
that it was dangerous TO house
plants to set them out before May 18th.
Nine times in ten the frost will catch
them.
Col Sharpe, chief of the commissary
department, does not believe the Chick
amauga troops can be equipped and
put into service from within six to eight
weeks.
The violators of the fish law still con-
tinue to haunt Pretty lake every night
Some of them will have big fine to pay
if they persist in using the spear.
Everything pertaining to the move
ments of Sampson and Schley are kept
a secret. Just when they will have a
fight with the Spanish can not even be
guessed at.
A monster petition has gone to the
war department from the women of
Concord, n. H., asking that married
men shall not be enlisted. The men
have not been heard from.
Carl Reynolds left this morning for
Chicago to purchase more horses for bis
livery stable. Carl said he would stay
in Chicago until he got the kind of
horses that would suit him.
Harold Wilson writes The Indepen-
dent from Bangor, South Dakota, that
he is pleased with his new home. The
weather there is fine and the farmers
are busy planting their corn.
1t is reported the boys up in the
Klondike country have not yet heard
that war was declared between the
United States and Spain. They are
after nuggets up there and not bullets.
AL Clough, who was recently wounded
in the arm while out hunting, sub
mitted to the ex-ray test few days ago
by John Hay. The photograph shows
distinctly the location of every shot, to
the number of Is or 20.
It is gratifying to note the enthusiastic
greetings received by Indiana troops all
along the line on their way to Ch,cka-
manga. The whole country is ablaze
with patriotism and good feeling for
the men who are going to the front.
The daughters of Rebekah began
their annual meeting at Indianapolis,
Monday with 700 delegates in at
tendence. The secretary's report shows
the order has a membership in the
state of 1886, an increase of 1922 in
the past year.
The screen Stockings went down to
Rochester yesterday and allowed the
Rochester Reds" to get seven runs to
their six. The game was holly con-
tested but the Rochester team was on
home grounds, and that is enough. A
return game will be played In the near
future.
In rescuing the Spanish guns from
the bottom of Manila bay, Dewey is no
doubt moved by sympathy for Krupp
and hopes to show the old gun maker
that the disaster in the bay was not the
fault of the guns, but the men behind
the guns.
The Studebaker Bros Manufactur-
ing company of South Bend has COM
pleted the government orders for
wagons which it has been filling and
the final shipment was made Saturday
afternoon to Chickamauga. The con-
segment consisted of 500 wagons and
occupied special train of 26 cars
The train was gaily decorated with
bunting and United States and Cuban
flags.
secretary Gage at Washington, re-
ceived from an old soldier in Alexan--
dria, Ind, letter containing twenty
dollar bank note, with the request that
it be placed with the fund to help free
Cuba. The writer, who did not give
his name, stated that he was an old