Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-11
Gbe Jnoepenoent
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER IL, 1898.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
From Fridays Daily.

Walter Anderson, living four miles
east, Is i'll.
The jury is relieved of duty until
next Friday.
Dick Brakel moved Rev. Grob to
Woodland yesterday.
Mrs. Allie Myers who has been quite
ill is convalesclng slowly.
Marriage license for Nov 4th: VIM.
III. Wash and Edith f. Kelly.
Ex-Sheriff Smith is able to be about
again after serious illness.
The Smoker VS.. Beale case was de-
cided this morning in favor of Smoker.
The Ladies' Aid Society will serve a
Thanksgiving dinner at the NJ. f.
church.
T. j. Winnings returned last night
from a business trip to Sioux City and
other western points.
North Jeff -rson street and Plum
street are being repaired with fresh
gravel in many places.
Mrs. Eunice Edgerton of Grass Creek
is visiting at the home of her brother,
Loyal Burch, in the country.
Who says the Porto Ricans will be
difficult of assimilation? They are al
ready petitioning for an eight-hour
work day.
Jack West, an old soldier from Wis
consin, is in the city the first time for
many years shaking hands with his old
comrades.
Mrs. Ida Reed and little daughter
who have been visiting relation in Mar
shall county, will return to their home
in Kansas shortly.
A physician in Allen county has been
fined 81 and costs for not reporting a
case of diphtheria to the county board
OF health, as required by law.
North Michigan street is veritable
alley in some places. The big mud
holes seem to take the shape of appeal
ing mouths gasping, more gravel, more
gravell
w. w. Roof and wife and daughter
Avis of South Bend, returned home to.
day. They have been the guests of
VIM. Golden snd family eight miles in
the country.
Anthony Schell fell from load of
wood Yesterday and struck his shoulder
with considerable force against the
wheel He was carried home in ser
ions condition but is improving rapidly
Word was received today of the
death of Mrs. Joseph Parker of Ash
ton, Mich. She is the daughter of S. A
Ullery and wife who reside five miles
west of Plymouth.
The fiscal year at the Michigan City
prison ended Monday night at midnight
The annual report among other things
show that the average population for
the year has been 82O, while last year it
was 899. A heavy falling off.
A sensation was created last Thurs
day night at literary meeting held at
the brick schOol-house on the Laporte
road. Two young men engaged in a
fight in which knuckles were brought
E. into use. The meeting was interrupted
The remaining shortage of ex treas
urer w. ii. Holdeman, of Elkhart
county, was paid into the treasury of
that county Thursday night. The
amount paid, which included the short
age and accrued interest, was Sl4 900.
His bondsmen had to foot the bill.
1t was decided at the meeting of the
Northern Synod of the English Luth-
eran church in Three Rivers, Mich, to
hold the next meeting in Logansport
during the last week in October, 1899
The Woman's Missionary society,
which also convened there, will meet
there with the synod.
Acting for Company NJ, Chas. Craw-
ford has turned over S25 to the dOna-
ton fund of the 18th to be used in
purchasing swords for Col. Studebaker
and Lieut.. Col May. The date for
presentation has not been fixed and
will depend partially on the state of
Gel. Studebsker's health.