Marshall County independent., 1899-10-27
LOCAL BREVITIES.
From Tuesdays Daily.


Mr. Flarity and family have returned
from a trip In the west.
John Foley has gone t. Streator, ILL.,,
where he will remain this winter.
Editor Escott, of the Bourbon Mirror,
was in Plymouth this morning on busl-
ness.
Rev Frank Fraley, the minister at
Culver, W as here today transacting bus
iness.
Mrs. Tank, of Wslkerton. arrived
this morning 10 visit her sister, Mrs. A.
c. North.
Mrs. John Boss and daughter Laura
went to Warsaw this morning TO visit
with friends.
Mrs. McCance went to Donaldson
this morning to attend the funeral of
Florence Rust.
A new self winding clock was put in
the Western Union Telegraph office
this afternoon.
Goldie Deacon, the 1O-year-old
daughter of Elmer Deacon is very sick
with typhoid fever.
Arthur Carpenter arrived last night
from his home in Michigan for visit
with friends and relatives.
Mrs. Carter, of st. Louis, who has
been waiting upon her sick mother,
Mrs. Farren, returned to her home last
night.
in. Gryce, of Wyatt, left for his
home this morning. He has been visit
ing in Ohio. and for the past few days
with friends here.
James Cook, John Pomeroy and HO
mer Linkenhelt lett this morning for
F.. Wayne to take the examination for
firemen on the Pennsylvania road
Ora Neidig and wife and sister, who
I've north of Bourbon, were here to-
ds1 on business and visiting with W.
f Bailey and his daughter Mrs. Maud
L:nkenhelt.
Mr.. and Mr.. John Slough left this
morning for Wichita, Kan after visit
ipy for about SIX weeks with DIR. Bow
ers and George Vinall and their fami-
lies and other friends in Plymouth and
ill Ohio.
The state insurance department re-
ports that fourteen fire insurance com
maniac doi1g buSiDoSa in Indiana Maid
in the aggregate for losses entaiIed
and adjusted in six months $50, 1O
more than they received in premiums
for the same period
In a suit for S15.25 subscription
brought by the Logansport Daily Jour
nal against exCOuncilman Tom Reed
Justice Guthrie found for plaintiff
holding that the acceptance of the paper
and the use as shelf covers constituted
an implied promise to pay.
It Is of common repute among law
yers and litigats of other counties, tha
there is no county in the state of Indi
ana, where the judge and court officerl
are more willing TO put themselves Il
extra trouble, to accommodate the pub
lie thsh ia Marshall county.
Wslkerton is good town of fair size
but has the distinction of not having
Jewish resident there in business o
otherwise. 1t may be set down as
very general rule, however, that towI
of any size without Jewish busines
house is nearly dead One."
Rev Buckles, of Rochester, stopped
with W. NJ. Kendall last night on hi
way home from South Bend. Rev
Buckles was at one time pastor of tn
Methodist church here and those of hi
many friends who succeeded in seeing
hin. we're very happy to do so.
I - circuit court convened today TO
the Str day of the October term. Stell
Stone was legally adopted by Benz. Il
Wilkins and Elsie Wilkins and he
name changed to Stella Wilkins
Michael Spieshoffer was given ajudg
nent of S74.4O on note held by hin
bgdlusL w Ill. II. nllly.
According to the latest bulletin is
sued by the government bureau of Ii
Dor there are 140 cities in the Unite
States having population of 10000 o
over. The bureau has been collecting
and compiling a mass of municipa
statistics, and for the purpose of col
rect comparison has broken away iron
tce last census population figures no,
Dine years old, and made estimates O
its own. Massachusetts leads off wit
seven cen cities os 10000 and ovel
Pennsylvania with thirteen, and the
come New York with twelve, Ohio wit
nine, Illinois with Elk and Indiana an
Texas with five each.
Eroun WaAnaaAavss D~nu