Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
From Mondays Daily.

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A sore throat epidemic is spreading
rapidly in our city
Geo. Ewalt visited at his home in The
country over Sunday.
Andy Snyder Jr., and wife have
moved to South Bend.
A. Q. Vinnedge, of Lapaz, was in the
city today on business.
Anthony Keller Is convelescing after
q short but serious illness.
Ed Brooke is confined with a bad
cold and resultant troubles.
John Vankirk and wife, of South
Bend, have taken their residence again
In Plymouth.
Rev. Aaron Worth spoke to an assem-
bly, at BUR Oak last night. A large
crowd turned out.
Mrs. Barney Lauer has returned from
New York City, where she has spent
the last seven or eight weeks
Bert Holland dropped in from North
Dakota last saturday afternoon and
surprised the entire circle of his relation
and friends.
The Ben Hurs have rented the
Wheeler hall and are fitting it up. They
expect to make it the finest room of Its
kind in the city.
VIM. Lankenau will hereafter be
found behind the counter at Barney
Ocker's, and Ed. Lenfesty has secured
his old place at Wolford's.
F. G. Smith, of Coldwater, Mich. 4, ar.
rived Saturday night and is now visit
ing with his wife and relation at the
residence of X X Brooke.
John Cox has sold his forty acre farm
to Alex. Taggart of Indianapolis. Geo.
Cox will farm it next year in connec-
ton with his other eighty acres.
Columbia City has two men who have
one leg each. They are rights and lefts.
They buy pair of shoes between them
and save considerable money for shoe
leather. The men wear the same sized
SHOE
Some excitement was created yester-
day on the announcement of case of
scarlet fever in the Fletcher family on
east Laporte street. The board of
health were summoned and agreed that
it was not that disease.
The commissioners court was in SEES
sion today. Among other legal trans
actions they granted the following
licenses for saloons: Jacob Carver, at
Bremen, Otta A. Walter, at Bremen,
Abner Q. Vinnedge, at Lapaz.
The price Of hogs has reached the
lowest figure in twenty years and many
farmers are selling off close in order to
save their corn. The price for good
hogs is now below 3 cents per pound
gross, and the prices are still falling.
Nickum, the Logansport inventor,
has secured the dis misssl of the indict-
ment against him for using the mails
for fraudulent purposes, but was
obliged to give $500 bond to appear
before the court on the first day of
May.
Up to the last reports there were still
few republicans of some local prom
Inence who had not yet announced their
candidacy for United States senator.
There is growing feeling that ex-
President Harrison is most likely to be
elected
Wood and coal thieves are abroad.
Several families in the different parts
of the city have complained of rapidly
decreasing wood piles and bins which
have been cleared of anthracite. The
coal cars along the railroad tracks are
also being looted.
A certain blacksmith, of Bremen,
drove over Saturday evening and being
somewhat engrossed with his bottle,
forgot to tie his horse. The result was
that the faithful animal lost no time in
getting back home. When the black
smith at a late, frosty hour looked for
his rig, he looked in vain. He was
compelled to walk to Bremen.
Lansing Masonic Lodge No. 33, Lam
sing, Mich, will celebrate its Semi.cen-
tennial anniversary Thursday evening.
Dec. 8, to which the distinguished Ma
SONS of Michigan have been invited.
ii. G. Thayer, OF this city, has been in
vited to make one of the principal
addresses. Mr.. Thayer leaves Thurs
day morning to be in attendance.
The new bridge is source of graft
fication to those who live in east Plym-
outh. For months they have been COM
PEELED to hobble over contemplate foot.
bridges or at times make circuits eight
or ten blocks out their way in order to
cross the river. Teams, too have been