Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
From SATURDAYS Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Chas. Kimmel is sick with heart
trouble at Rutland.
Fire Chief Kuhn froze his thumb
during the run made by the fire depart
ment Thursday
Lapazs boxing club is still on the
alert. An interesting match was re-
ported last Wednesday night.
The report is out that Miss Grace
Babcock, of Chicago. formerly of this
city, has recently been married.
Ned Mannering, of Lapaz, was struck
down with heart trouble the first of
this week. He is now conyalescent.
Oscar Porter may boast of the first
brood of spring chickens this season
They were ushered into cold world
1t is said the amount of suffering
from cold and hunger in some parts of
Marshall county is almost unbelievable.
The Drummond anti lynching bill
was recommitted yesterday by the State
senate with an amendment that the
sheriff arm the prisoner.
The railroads of the country spent
last year for fences, sign boards, signals
and watch towers, $50, 100000, and for
printing and advertising, SS,5OO,OOO.
The Laporte high school has been
closed owing to the cold weather rem
dering it practically impossible to keep
the temperature at point where
scholars will be comfortable.
The Reed band gave their dance at
the opera house last night with a mod.
crate degree of success The crowd
was not as large as had been expected,
however. Capital music was furnished.
Mrs. Harry Reeves will move to
ST. Joseph, Mich, next week and as
sumo the management of a boarding
house there. Mr.. Reeves will remain
In Plymouth and look after his office
business.
Yellow river presents smooth sur
face for skaters. One may skate from
the iron bridge on Michigan street
either way for a distance of several
miles. In Chicago, Lake Michigan is
frozen as far out as the cribs.
superintendent of Public Instruction
ID. NJ. Geeting reports to the committee
of ways and,means OF the house that
the cost per capita of educating pupils
in the public schools Of Indiana for the
school year of 1878 was S1O.39.
ID. o. Bailey, the Lake Shore electri.
clan at Goshen, got accidently locked
In the block signal tower I thursday and
was nearly frozen by the frisid b.eezes
that blew through the shutters for the
the five hours he was confined there.
Senator Agnew introduced a bill yes
terday which provides that in cities of
less than 80 900 inhabitants the city at.
torneys and city engineers can be re-
moved only for cause. and not at the
option of the council, as the law now is
According to the state statistician's
report in 1893 there were 1884 acres of
wheat in this country and the yield was
1877 ,532 bushels, or an average of Is
bushels to the acre. The number of
acres in corn was 1914 and the Weld
was 1,43l, $3.50 or an average of 40 bushels
to the acre.
Mrs. Alice Merrill, nee Alice Barber,
school teacher some years ago here
and at Bourbon, who has been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. James Deloney, will leave
Monday to visit at Bourbon. She will
return here the last of the week for q
short visit before going to her home al
Spanish River, Ontario.
Grandma Grippe, who lives five miles
north of this city made an interesting
find yesterday. While rumagiDg the
bottom of an old keg she cam, across
some soap which she had manufactured
over twenty seven years ago. 1t was in
good state Of preservation, a. the In