Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-04
LOCAL BREVITIES.
From Tuesdays Daily.


No arrests were made for the depre
dations accomplished in our city last
evening.
John Emenaker arrived from IDdi.
annapolis today noon and is now visiting
his folks in this city
The W. e. T. u. will meet with Miss
Z. A. Stacy next Monday afternoon at
2:30. All are invited. 1d1w
The firm of Underwood & Walls has
been dissolved by mutual consent. Mr..
Underwood and son will continue the
business.
VIM. Truax and family, of Bremen,
passed through our city this morning
on their way to Manchester, Tenn,
where they will locate.
The Curtsinger, Wilson case was de-
cided this morning in favor of the de-
PENDENT. The jury was dismissed I'M
til the latter part of the week.
All things now indicate that Spain
will begin the new year az she never
before began new year. 1t will be
an exclusively "at home" affair.
Argos did not escape the pranks of
the Hallowe 'ener's. This morning a
big mule was found standing in the
elevated band stand on Main street.
Lincoln Giek, who has been confined
with sickness for some time, is again
able to be on his dray. Mrs. Giek, who
has been quite ill, is also some better.
A blind man has been nominated for
congress by Texas populists. Like
some of the local candidates on all the
tickets, he cannot see that there is any
body else in the race.
The young ruffians that threw a
buggy into the river were old enough
to have more sense, but their criminal
tendencies seem to be the strongest
point in their makeup.
The president has RENTED the fine
of James b Wilson, who is serving a
sentence in the state prison for circu
lating obscene matter while editor of
the Indianapolis People.
Laporte may lose the Buck fur
niture factory as there are at present
fourteen offers to the firm to 60 else
where Up to this time, by hard work
only 81, has been subscribed in La
porte
At the next session of the state legis-
lature bill will be presented recon-
mending the appropriation of 100000
toward the erection of new buildings
ID general improvements to the Indi-
ana Schools for Feeble Minded Youth
at Fort Wayne.
Thirty years ago $50 bushels of wheat
constituted a carload, and if any one
loaded in excess of that double rates
were charged and the shippers held re-
spOnsible for any damage which might
result At present shippers are loading
1,400 bushels of wheat and no objection
is made.
A gang of carousers tied a night
watch in the shanty on Main street
next to the Kendall block last night.
The Waterman had just stepped inside
when the intrepid outlaws slipped up
and secured the knob with piece of
rope. Chicago is not the only place
that can boast of anarchists.
The Joint Traffic association, with
its 33 trunk lines, is already at work de-
vising plans to evade the recent de-
cision of the United States supreme
court declaring the association illegal.
The big corporations, trusts and COM
bines against the people would all have
to 60 if the laws against them were
enforced.
At meeting of the preachers yester-
day morning it was decided to hold un
ion services on Thanksgiving day at the
Presbyterian church. Elder Dale of
the M. f. Church will deliver the ser
mon. The Mozart musical club will
furnish the singing. Among the selec
tio1s they expect to render "Mozart's
Twelfth Mass" "Hear My Prayer" and
"Who Was, Is, and Shall Be-
Yesterdays Chicago Chronicle con-
tains a column article by NJ. A. o.
Packard who criticises q prayer offered
by Rev. Frank Crane during the Peace
Jubilee in Chicago. DIR. Frank Crane
makes the prayer an opportunity to
thank God for relieving the admins
tration during the crisis of war from
"demogogue" like VIM. j. Bryan. AL
though gold democrat, Nh. Packard
perceives the injustice of such a libel.
The manner in which Mr.. Crane is
repremanded is not gentle.