Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-03-18
MlSCELLANE OUS,

ucClucu u sell 10 JAMES L. OdteS CT
Milwaukee 222 4Os of county land at
S12 per 40. The deal is to be closed
inside of thirty days. 1t is said Mr..
Gates is member of the colonizing
the head.
Dubuque, lar. L. Vibber died sud
denly of heart disease.
Port Collins, Col.-Gray wolves are
doing serious damage to stock.
Burlington. Ia.-Navigation has be-
gun on the upper Mississippi.
st. Louis-It has been announced
that strike which threatens to extend
to every branch of the building trades
will be inaugurated on April 1, when
from 1000 to 1900 members of the
Bricklayers' Union will lay down their
trowels. The trouble is over a cut in
bricklayers' wages.
Observation-Disclosures have been sent
diate installation of ten-inch guns on
the defenses at Dutch island, guarding
the west entrance to Narragansett bay.
Marinette. Wis.-The annual spring
breakup among the camps on the Me-
nominee river and its tributaries has
begun. 1t is the earliest breakup in
years, but full stock has been put in.
Panama-The United States Mica
raguan canal commission concluded its
inspection of the Panama canal and
sailed from Colon.
Cambridge, Nassau agreement
has been reached between Harvard
and the University of Pennsylvania
regarding the date of the foot ball
game next fall. The match is set for
Nov. at Cambridge.
Omaha-Dr. w. o. Rodgers, head
physician of WoOdmen of the World.
is dead He had been i'll but few
days. DR.. Rodgers Identification with
fraternal insurance orders has been
extensive during the last decade.
New York-It is reported that James
G. Blaine, son of the late James g.
Blaine, is engaged to be married to
Miss Kuhne Beverage, who has
Columbia City midas result of
an anti-saloon war now being waged
in this county by the w. C.. T. U. the
town of Churubusco is now without Il
single saloon.
Madison, Wis.-D. S. Comfy, secre
tary of the state board of control for
many years, is dead. Mr.. Comfy was
a number of years ago prominent in
Detroit business circles.
Gouverneur, n. Y.-Mrs. Ellen Du
quette is dead. She was 103 years old.
Hebron, Ind-The semi-annual con-
vention of the Christian churches met
here.
awoke to find his seven-months-old
baby dead in his arms.
Tiffin, O.-Charles Nieber, seventeen
years old, was adjudged insane. Cigar
eft smoking the cause.
Newport, Ore.-Crosby Matthews.
agent of Wells-Fargo & Co., is said to
be $4,000 short in his accounts.
Rockford, Ill.-Grand council Royal
Arcanum of Illinois selected Quincy as
the place of meeting next year.
LaPorte, Ind.-In the School murder
trial, Bertha A. Krull testified hearing
Mcclellan cry out, Spare my life;
don't kill me-"
Clare, Mich.-William II. Hitchcock
and wife left for Fairport. n. Y. to
take possession of s65 600 left by Hitch
cocks grandfather
Valparaiso. Ind.-Don A. Salyer has
resigned as superintendent Of the Val
paraiso Waterworks Company and has
also sued the company in the Circuit
Court for $40, 1000 for back salary.
Washington-Mr. Mendonca, the Bra
lillian minister said that he knew Of
no revolution in Brazil and had re-
ceived no adyices on the subject.
Joliet, Ill.-The Hub Clothing Com
pany, one of the oldest clothing houses
in the city, was closed by the sheriff
on judgments aggregating over $4,000.
Jefferson City, Mo.-Adiutant-Gen-
eral Bell issued general orders forbid
ding officers and men of the Missouri
National Guard engaging in news
paper controversies. He says violation
of the order will meet with military
discipline
Charleston, S. C.-The torpedo boat
Winslow, from Norfolk to Key West,
put in here for coal.