Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-11
From MOndaY'a Daily.

The Hoham block Will probably be
remOdeled during the coming month.
Eighty-six tickets were sold for Chi
csgo yesterday, IL for Michigan City
and IS for Culver.
John Ashley and Lew Vending will
leave in few days for Springfield. o.,
where they are offered work.
NJ. A. o. Packard is erecting a new
barn and house on his farm. The foun-
datlons have just been begun.
John Appleman left today for Okla
homa and Texas. He works in the in
terest of a Chicago real estate firm.
Mrs. G. l.. Betters, of Toledo, who
has been visiting her relative, Mrs.
Belle McClearv. has returned home.
South Bend has citizen but % years
old who, nevertheless, at that tender
age, is suffering with delirium tremens.
Miss Hattie Kelley has resigned her
position with the Independent and is
now employed in III. A. Shambaugh's
shoe store.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Franklin and Mr.
and Mrs. Sanford YOckey, of Bremen,
visited the family of John Boss in the
country yesterday.
5. L. McKelvy and family left for
Bass Lake this noon, after visiting in
this city, Miss Gertrude Peterson &C.
companied them home.
The Basket factory is running full
force and will continue to do so until
the end of the fruit season. Their out
put of baskets is enormous.
Misses Minnie and Martha Kempe of
South Bend are visiting the family of
Rev. Weiss of this city. They expect
to remain about two weeks.
Mrs. III. b. Hitchcock and daughter
May, of Pontiac, Mich, are the guests
of Mrs. julia f. Thomson and family,
X. X. Brooke and family and other rel
atives in this city.
1t is limited that the council is about
to resort to energetic measures for the
enforcement of a sidewalk ordinance
passed several months ago, but up to
date almost universally disregarded.
The Church of God will hold a basket
picnic in the Oyermyer grove Aug. l3.
Arrangements have been made with
+. f. Austen, ST Rensselaer,, to do the
preaching. A general invitation has
been issued.
The county house is under obliga-
lions to VIM Holland for a present of
seven large bouquets and basket of
plums. The inmates are delighted and
will not soon cease singing the praises
of the giver.
Sherm Murphy, north Of town, has
succeeded in getting 10 bushels of
wheat To the acre. This is an extra
ordinary yield for the present year.
The average acre in wheat yields from
8 to 10 bushels.
| L1OOiClo II OilOh otoCh
at the Novelty which is to do the work
of several sheet iron stacks now in use.
The new stack will be 6 feet in diam
e'er and about 12O feet high. Its foun-
dation is already laid.
Last Saturday evening John Ritchey
gave party to about fifty of his friends
at his home in the country, northeast of
this city. The usual inexhaustlDle list
of games formed chief source of
amusement. Ice cream and cake were
served.
The Lazy League e-e still camping
on the shores of Twin lake. The Ofii-
GERS of the league are Frank Tanner,
Frank Wilson, Otto Albert and Art
Underwood; ranking respectively, pres
ideDt, vice president, secretary and
treasurer.
A crowd of workmen from the FIT.
Wayne glass factories are spending
their vacation in the quiet vicinity of
Wolf Creek. They have put up their
tents to remain several weeks. Yester-
day, Mac Fryman and wife, of this city
along with others, visited the camp
When the doors of the jail at Marion
were opened to admit physician called
to see sick prisoner, Snyder Wall
awaiting transfer to Cleveland, o.,
darted out and would have escaped, but
he ran mo the arms of the sheriff
wife, who chung to him until assistance
arrived.
A letter from the editor of this
paper states that he and his wife are
now in Pittsburg. One of their pleas
ing experiences was that of attending
the Christian EndeavOr national con-
vention. Before returning, they will
visit New York, Philadelphia, Balti-
more and Washington.
A couple of Goshen girls have been
taught good lesson for their indiscre-
ton in taking up with strangers. John
Seiberts recently located there, and be-
ing good looking soon became general
favorite among the young ladies. In q
few weeks he had made such good pro-
, gress that he was engaged to marry two
, of them and in each instance, the wed
, ding was set for the same day. The