Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-08-12
Tbe Jnoepenoent
FRIDAY, AUGUST ~, 1898.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
From Fridays Daily.


The Basket factory has filled larger
orders today than ever before.
The bust of Capt. Sigsbee has been
placed in the window at the Gem cigar
store.
Rev. Stangel, of Bourbon, was thrown
from his buggy last week, breaking his
collar bone.
Fred Wachter, of Bourbon, has sold
his long established restaurant business
to H. Spencer.
Home melons are ripening rapidly.
A couple weeks will bring them forth
in fruitful array.
Hon. Charles Drummond will ad-
dress the teachers during the week of
the county institute.
These warm days, the farmers inform
us, are just what we need to bring
forth pickles in abundance.
Stansbury 4 Rhodes have been given
a contract by the wagon works for
painting fifty new wagons.
A dozen or more horses owned by
men in Plymouth, are being trained at
the fair grounds for the fall races.
The house of Fred Bearss, five miles
south of Bourbon, was struck by light
ming. 1t was occupied by Wilson
Thompkins.
Jacob Kyser, who has been very low
with paralysis this week, was taken
with q relapse this afternoon about
three o'clock.
Mrs. Richard Williamson, of this city
received telegram this afternoon stat
ing that her only sister had died in
Newcastle, Pa.
J.Ross McKibler, a travelling man
from Peru, who is stopping at the Ross
house, has been confined several days
with quinsy.
The Misses Bertha and Carrie Cab
bert are quite sick at their home III
Argos. Miss Bertha is confined with
typhoid fever.
The dates of the Starke county fair,
to be held at Knox, have been changed
from Aug. 81, September 1, 2 and to
September Z, 8. 8 and 10.
Peter Stegman received word last
night that his son Joe, of Peru, had
broken his arm. The accident hap
pened while curbing fractions horse.
Elkhart seems to be in good earnest
to rid itself of the tramp nuisance.
They are arrested under the vagrancy
law. On Tuesday night twenty were
arrested, and nearly all ale now pound
ing stone.
Two young men, each in single
carriage engaged In race on Main
street last night. Several accidents
were narrowly averted. Parties who
had close calls in the affair say that the
drivers will be arrested if found out
The young men were strangers.
j. Ii. Boss, of this city, who is now
with the U. s. soldiers regular hospital
corps at San Francisco, writes home
that he has had orders to sail for Ma
nllla during the latter part of this
week. He says that they have had a
smallpox scare in the hospital at San
Francisco.
Francis f. Baker, of Goshen, was
nominated for judge of the supreme
court yesterday at Indianapolis. He
has many friends here who will be glad
to hear of his success in the conven-
ton. Mr.. Baker was the attorney that
had charge of the prosecution in the
Talbot case recently tried in this city.
Yesterday morning the east-bound
passenger on the Fl. Wayne road, due
here at 1898. struck team of horses
at The brick yard crossing, west from
Hobart. The team was killed and the
wagon reduced to kindling wood. ii 4.
Homyer, living near Hebron, who was
driving the horses, was unhurt.
Recent reports from the Klondike in
San Francisco DO not show such dag
zling results as were talked of last
summer. But il there is any disap-
pointment for American enterprise in
that quarter, there will soon be field