Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-03-25

oTei IN prison where be belongs. 1t is
/ penitentiary offense to make a false tax
return.
Nobody but a coward will write an
anonymous letter. We were Informed
today by reputable citizen that letters
had been written TO parties in this city
where IN the life of the recipient was
threatened This is carrying matters
of this kind to such an extent that the
writer will find himself in a sea of trou-
bic ere he knows it
General Cassius NJ Clay has at last
given up all hope OF bringing hack to
him his glrl-wife, and in an open letter
announces his purpose to select from a
large correspondence twenty proposals
OF marriage for special consideration
/ tie says that he prefers a companion
who Is more than 40 years o: age, bot
] all ages are allowed.
Any boy or girl who secures three
new subscribers for the Daily Independ
ent collecting 10 cents each in advance
for one month subscription will be Civ
en- two photographs of himself or her
self, made by ROtzien or Webster.
An additional photograph will be given
| tor each additional subscriber. This is
without doubt the greatest premium
offer ever made by Plymouth paper.
If
y Denver man has discovered plan
to get hog back into pen via the
aperture through which it passed out.
| His recipe In substance is: Get the hogs
nose at the hole in the pen, then pass
around behind the hog carefully, get
/ hold of It's tail and pull back as hard as
you can. The animal will think you
want to prevent Il from going in and
makes leap TO its old place.
! \ number Of business men and prop
eTty holders expressed themselves today
IN favor of street paving. 1t is evident
that this matter will come before the
council this spring and while no one
can tell how the members would vote
on the question it is an indication that
some time In the far future Plymouth
VIII show some fine paved streets. 1t
may be long time but "the re III come a
time some day.
The Perm sentinel says: "When we
first went TO school We read our lessons
III the first reader something like this:
"See the cow Is the COW nice? Yes. the
cow can run. Can the cow run as fast
as the horse? No, she can not run as
fast as the hOiSe But the latest up TO
date style ofreading it by the kid is as
follows: "Get onto de COW. Hain't sne
Oeaut? Sure, she's a cOrker. Can she get
move on herself? You bet she can get
like de boss Nit, she amt in 1t wild de
hoss,''
An Independent reporter dropped in
on George kleInschmidt,th the wellknown
merchant tailor this afternoon and
found him busy. He has one of the
neatest shops in the city. The report
circulated that he was gong out of
mouth to stay and Will be glad to greet
all his old customers and all new ones
that call on him. lie is turning out some
nice suits, which are strictly up TO date
and are models of beauty Mr.. Klein
schmidt has been IN business seven years
in Plymouth, and the class of work
that he turns out is proof that he knows
how TO please his customers.
The Elkhsrt county defaulting
treasurer has been convicted but is given
easy terms to serve the penalty The
jury returned verdict Saturday fore
noon, and read: we, the jury, find the
defendant guilty under the second count
CT the indictment and assess his punish
ment at from one TO five years In the
penitentiary, and that he is 30 years old.
The prisoner was then taken TO jail
where he can have an opportunity to
receive his family and without coming
in contract with all of those who are in
cells below. a motion for a new trial
will be heard next week. After the
prisoner was assigned to his apartments
iii jail he was visited 10y the jury who
expressed their sympathy for Mr. Holde-
man. National L mon: Warsaw.
Advancing years have one insepara-
bic accompaniment, painful if we like
to make it so, or soft ana sad. as an
ordinance of nature "a thing which has
to be, and must be so accepted. Each
season takes away with it more ana
more of the friends whom we have
known and loved, cutting one by one
the strings which attach us to our pres
ent lives, ard tightening the reluctance
with which we reckon our own time
approaching. Any one at all that we
have personally known has friendly
aspect when we hear that he is dead.
Even if he has done us an Ill turn, he
cannot do it again We forget the in