Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-16

In Chicago they wear badge repre-
septing q hangman's moose, grim
warning to franchise sharks and Doodle
aldermen. But the franchise sharks
and Doodle aldermen continue to wear
diamonds.
The chairmen Of the prohibition and
populist state committees have agreed
to unite the two parties IN one organi-
cation to be called reform party, the
chief issue to be The initiative and
referendum.
The Indianapolis News says that there
is no longer any doubt that there will
be strong effort to repeal the Nichol
son law and enact in it's place the Kraft
law, which was prepared by the brewers
of the state.
Upton has organized "fiddlers' con
test with cash prizes and all that sort
of thing, for the holidays. And still
sociologists go blndly cropping about in
vain endesvor to discover why crime is
on the increase In the world
Rev. Frank Miller who has been con
Quoting services at the Presby terrain
church ofilclsted at the last meeting OF
his series in Plymouth yesterday eve
ming. During his stay he has added
twenty new members to the church.
The Grant county grand jury has lust
adjourned after returning sixty three in
dictments. But not one against the
county commissioners who allowed
themselves $l1 per day and "put in
three hundred and seventy days In the
yesr.
The city council of South Bend II
preparing to advertise for bids at once
for next years street paving. IL II
thought there will be IL or Ii contracts
In 1893 It is estimated that S250OO0 wa,
spent In that city for street improve
men..
Mrs. Elizabeth Scott Of Starke coun-
ty, who lives near the Marshall county
line, has lost her mind entirely. Hel
sad misfortune IL result Of constantly
brooding over the death Of her cor
Samuel who was killed by q train sew
ersl months ago.
A man named Burns representing
himself to be an agent for the Toledo
o., Blade duped people of New Car
Isle. st. Joe county, out Of some $50
which was secured by soliciting sub
scriptions TO that paper. He also lef,
without paying his board bill.
The commissioners were in session TO
day and closed the business for this
term of court. The David Reddick
ditch petition was overruled. Most OF
''''ions, including the one asking
th"s t"s OO~->, q ota be oprned. were
carried over until the March rerm.
Only few days ago the fact wat
chronicled that an Elkhart woman was
10 critical condition from blood poison
ing, due u cat bit. Mrs. John Rob
rig, the Goshen caterer, Is now In SER
ious condition from the bite OF a pet cat
and Mabel Schneider, Of Huntington
may lose her arm or even her life from
the came cause. All the cats were pets
Representative Hedgcock, OF Clinton
and Upton counties, has bill prepared
to abolish free lunches In saloons. The
act will define what lunch is, and will
prohibit saloon men from serving any
thing OF that kind to their customers
The bill will be introduced at The re
quest Of restaurant men and the saloon
keepers themselves. Thus will q deadly
blow be struck TO another Of our liber.
ties.
The following item will be- startling
to some who have never taken though,
az 10 how hundreds OF citizens manage
to pay their grocery and dry goods bills
During the past year the Novelty Mfg
Co. has paid out for labor alone the
sum OF $1,000. That amount has been
q benefit to Plymouth exclusively. The
surrounding country derives q benefit
from large sales Of timber and In vari.
Gus other ways.
In his message, which Governor
Mount has completed, he will devote
some space to the importance of study.
ing the science of agriculture. The
governor will urge that the laws he
made uniform as to the salaries of
members of the boards of control OF
the state institutions and he will favor
the enactment of primary election
law. He will send to the legislature the
reports Of the state institutions and
will urge the legislature not to make
any new offices, but to try to reduce the
cost of government. The governor
will also insist that provision be made
for the criminal insane.
From Thursdays Daily.
Jacob Hsag visited in Bourbon today.
Frank Gardiner of Elkhart is in the