Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-24
LOCAL BREVITIES.
From Tuesdays Daily.

Chicago, Lewis won on foul over
Yousouf the terrible Turk" Lewis
admitted that he was no match for the
Turk.
Lieut.. Hobson, the hero Of the Merri-
mac, has been raised to the rank of
lieutenant commander in the navy.
He and his brave companions are still
in Spanish prison.
A few of our young men are thinking
seriously of taking in the great state OF
Kansas and gather up a few OF those
three dollar day jobs which there is so
much talk of at this time.
The Plymouth soldiers are still at
Tampa but their stay at this port will
be of short duration. They will leave
for some port in Cuba in few hours
after this appears in print.
The boys who are now in the cold
gold country of Alaska are finding big
nuggets and paying no attention what
ever to the war now being waged be-
LWccu JlllS Cpdiu
1t is gradually becoming apparent
that there are more fighting Spaniards
In Cuba than was at first thought The
trouble down there is not nearly over
and developments of stern character
are expected.
The fact that the most of the post
offices In Indiana have done so much
more business the past year that the
salaries of postmasters have been in
creased is one of the many evidences of
business improvement.
There are many promises of great
celebration here on the Fourth, and as
the several committees on arrangements
progress IN their work the prospect of
the biggest time the old town ever ex
perienced is daily growing brighter.
German Carp is the proper name
for the big fish now being caught in
fellow river from the Michigan street
bridge. Those fish weigh all way from
two to ten pounds. They are pretty TO
look at but not the most palatable for
the modern epicure.
Charles Z. Drummond, u S. Stevens,
Samuel Parker, Adam Wise, e. w.
Metsker, Daniel Mcdonald and Adam
Vinnedge left for Indianapolis this
morning to attend the Democratic
State convention which cOnvenes in
that city tomorrow.
Miss Maud Fish will resign her posi-
ton as clerk in the Plymouth post Office
Thursday, June Both. Miss Fish has
held clerkship in the postoflice for the
past four years, and as an efficient clerk
she has never been excelled. She re-
tires from the office carrying with her
the good will of Postmaster Conger and
his clerks. Maud will be missed.
Archie Wilcox takes her place.
In addition to the four regiments
that have already gone forward, Indi-
ana has been called upon for the 1G1st
regiment, and also two companies
IL,
has been named for colonel of the 161st
by Governor Mount The companies
comprising this regiment have already
been organized and will come from dis
tricts not we'll represented in previous
calls.
There is a class of people who ap-
pear to take great pleasure in circulat
ing false reports about the hardships
endured by the soldiers at Chicka-
manga, Tampa and elsewhere. 1t is
an outrage and a shame. Uncle Sam
is taking the very best possible care of
the boys, as they, themselves, will
gladly testify. Where's the good of
tearing up peoples feelings unnec
essarily?
Sergt. Maj. Feazer, of South Bend,
arrived In the city at noon today from
Tampa, Fla, having IN charge Sergt.
Maj. Ford, of South Bend, Sergt. Gill
lard, of Plymouth, Private Slasser, of
South Bend, and Private Earl Mcbride
of this city. Each of the four men will
enlist twenty six recruits. This will
bring their companies up to the full
number, 10i men. The men will be
taken from Elkhart, South Bend, Knox
and Plymouth.
The work of the dynamite cruiser
"Vesuvius" promises TO open out new
possibility in warfare The part it is
reported to have taken off Santiago has
demonstrated that this singularly dead
ly machine is more than a mere expert
ment, ana there are indications that 1T