Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-06
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CiofN NiiC GAAIRlt' ~ liiAC liillliOncs
Miss Alice KiingeI and Miss Maggie
Steckman, who have been spending sew
eral weeks at Petoskey, Michigan, re-
turned home yesterday.
The ladies of Wanatah have organ
lied a cooking school and elected Off
Gers. The finished products are to be
given to the needy poor and to parties
going fishing.
y pair of scales has just been re-
ceived at the pOstOffice which is TO be
used ia weighing the mails. The weigh
ing will begin Oct >, and continue for
thirty five days.
The Northern Indiana Telephone
Co. completed their line 10 Bremen from
Nappanee to Bremen on last Friday
which has been connected with the
Bremen exchange.
The tomato crop is short thousands
of bushels in this state, which produces
the very best grown. Van Camp, the
leading Indiana Gamer, says that this
years crop is the poorest in history To-
matoes Will be dear.
At the city election at Indianapolis,
to be helG Oct. 10, they will experiment
with voting machines. Probably ten
or twelve will be used and on the re-
suit of that test will depend whether or
of ha ka olD Cd
for general use.
Lafayette is going to have free car
nival from October 8 tO ii. The carni
val is the best advertised affair that has
been held in Indiana, not only by spec
ial printing but by the enterprising
LAFAYETTE newspapers who are always
awake to the interests of the city.
The Newton County Enterprise says
that the kankakee river is the lowest
ever known by the oldest inhabitants
and the carp are getting in close quar-
ters and in manv places have taken to
the woods. 1t is believed by many that
/ the river will eventually go entirely dry.
1t is reported that the new gold dig
gings at Cape Nome Beach in Alaska
are likely 10 prove as rich as those III
the klOndike and predictions are made
that there will be rush i'm that direc-
ton next spring from all parts of the
world
A scarcity of lsbOrers is reported in
several parts of Indiana. In some
places from 81 TO So per day has been
paid for cutting corn In the vicinity
of Jacksonville, farmt rs are employ
ing cOnvicts recommended for parole
by the prison board.
The largest insurance policy ever is
sued in Northern Indiana was taken
out recently on the life of Melville w.
Mix, president of the Dodge Mfg. Co,
of Mishawska, the same being for
| 100000. The New York Mutual Life
Insurance Go. captured the risk.
Last evening as William Bryant was
moving his photograph gallery from
LspaZ to this city the wagon pole broke
near the 'front.' pair of wheels and let the
large load to the ground on the Model
corner. He was within two blocks of
his destination but was compelled to
the Windsor House where he will put
up his gallery.
There promises TO be a big hickory
nut crop this fall. 1t has been stated
that this crop fOretells the size of the
wheat crop for the succeeding year. To
corroborate this theory it is pointed out
that there were no hickory nuts last fall
and accordingly the wheat crop this
season was failure. If the nut crop
is any criterion, next years wheat crop
will be whOpper. Now watch it and
see if there is anything in the above
statement.
A book which is said to be the biggest
one That has ever been made was pre-
sented to Admiral Dewey when he
reached New York. Its weight is near.
ly $50 pounds, and when open 1t is five
feet two inches wide. Each page TWEEN.
ty-two by twehty-six inches and it is
eleven inches thick This book is com
posed of clippings cut from every news
paper III the country, each containing
some allusiOD 10 Admiral Dewey and
the war with Spain.
An exchange wants to know if you
ever stopped "to think that an ordinary
pack of cards Is perfect calender i
There are % cards representing the
number of weeks in year; 365 spots
corresponding tot the 800 days in the year
II face cards representing the ~ months
four suits, clubs, spades, hearts anC
diamonds -representlng the four sea
: soDs; Ii cards in each suit REPRESENTING
the IL moons in each year, and the
joker makes up for the extra day in
leap year.