Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-08

costs IN Justice Corbius court yesterday
evening for assau. iug Stella Kemp.
Mr.. TruaX is very warm citizen and
the case was appealed TO the circuit
court.
| A good answer TO SPANS inquiry as
to why the United States is buyIng war
ships would include a statement that
it is because it has the price. The DOnS
might then understand why they have
poor success in the market.
The Rochester oil well proved "A fail
ure. The drill was sent down SO feet
deeper yesterday, and ;heonly discovery
made was new kind of water. The
derrick will be taken to Huntington
and the hope of ever finding oil IN
| Fulton county has been abandoned
A Michigan man recently sent the
| following letter to the superintendent
OF schools; Dear Sir, my boy Johnnie
came home TO-DAY with his head broke
open by bigger boy. | whishtyou would
look into it. My boy comes to school to
earn brains and not to have them knock
ed out.
Hon John ". Baugher of Walkerton
called at this office today and renewed
| his subscription TO the DAILY for one
year. lie has recently completed his
new residence and now occupies it. He
reports every thing in WalkertOn all
right and says that he is prospecting in
the lumber business.
There is one popularity among men.
Ii they run for an office and get down
ed it only takes a few days for the
sore spot TO heal and then they line up
for the ticket. Americans are manly
fellows and they realize that there are
Others" besides themselves. With this
tip" look out for party vote on May 3.
Candidates for offices are perambuI-
atlng the county in g0Odly numbers.
them or not. Such course will enable
them to better understand the situation,
and you will feel better over it yourself
after it all is settled In the meantime
let all candidates treat one another kind
ly and fairly.
Below will be found the vote received
by each candidate for marshall and city
treasurer. For marshall; Simon Meyers
1853; Ira Lower, %; Joe Bennett, -; J. II
Baxter, I. For treasurer: Washington
Kelley, 81; Charles Wilcox, 80.
AT Powers last evening big audi
ence greeted Mr.. ID. F. Goddard in his
well-knOwn representations of "Nichol-
as Nickleby," "Oliver Twist" Break
ing the News to Mothers" The young
gentleman has no rival in his line. Hope
to welcome him in cur city III the
future.
Grand Rapids Democrat
At the close of the republican con
vention last night Sheriff Marshall was
complimented by that vast body of
tried and true republicans. The con-
ventiOn without a dissenting vote nom
mated Mr.. Marshall for councilman of
the4th ward. He accepted the unlocked
for favor in neat speech. His oppo-
nent will likely be Jim Maxey
A Whitehall, Kentucky, telegram
says: Since the publication in an East
ern journal that General Cassius Mar
cellus Clay proposed to secure divorce
from his child wife, but that he still felt
the need of spouse to share his mag
niicent home, he has received hundreds
OF offers from women VINO are willing
to marry him, though he has but life
interest In his estate and so month
pension Thirty-One letters came Wed
nesday this being only a small mail.
Some of them were from widows and
some from middle. aged women, and
young girls. a few inclosed their photo
graphs and nearly all were anxious to
visit Whitehall at once. ALI were will
ing to marry him as soon as he could
get divorce