Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-18


rursion to Chicago yesterday numbered
100.
Miss Jennie Smith arrived last night
from Chicago to visit Judge Capron
and family.
Mrs. James Gilmore, Jr., went to
Bremen this morning where she will
visit relatives.
Miss Clara Lock Of Terre Haute, who
has been the guest of Miss Ruth Thorn
con, left for Elkhart this noon.
The right of way on the Vandalia
property north of this city has been
cleared and the rubbish is now being
burned.
Sanford Trippett passed through here
today on It's way from Winona to Terre
Haute and was the guest of friends in
the meanwhile.
Mrs. W. W. Beck, of Logansport,
visited her sister, Mrs. Chss. Wilcox, of
this city, over Sunday. She returned
home this noon.
Robert polensky and two children, of
Chicago, who have been visiting f..
Rotzien and family here, spent the day
at Maxenkuckee.
Miss Hunter is a new resident of
| Plymouth who never before received
notice in print. She came to be the
first child of Elmer Hunter and wife
about three weeks ago.
The first church in Indiana was built
in Vincennes lS9 years ago, by Father
Hermet. 1t was a rude log building
without d floor, lighted by hole in the
roof and heated by building fire in
the center.
The following party will start for
Niagara Falls over the Nickle Plate to-
morrow: Theo. Cressner, wife and son.
Luther Cressner and wife, Mrs. J. c.
Losey, Lo, Losey, Rev. w. w. Ray
mond and wife
At this season the hens generally be-
come unreliable in furnishing their sup
ply of eggs. No great difference has
been noticed in Marshall county, so far
The price of eggs has remained sim
gulally high this year
The Ft Wayne papers issued extras
this morning OF the receipt of a tele'
gram from Paris stating that Dreyfus
chief lawyer had been shot in the back
and killed. The French quarter in FIT
Wayne is greatly excited.
An unknown man was found dead
lying beside the Lake Shore railroad al
Laporte the other morning with spirit
level in his pocket. He was probably
trying to straighten himself up before
he died.-Indianapolis Sun.
I The team of mules employed to draw
the Cheney ice wagon became anxiou,
for little excitement last SATURDAY
and took swift frolic down the street
Some unknown hero headed them off il
time to avert catastrophe.
James Mcdonald went to South Benz
this noon where ne has secured work
His wife and family will follow late
to remain permanently. Mrs. Melon
AIDS loss to the musical element il
Plymouth will be irrepairable.
The new arrangement of walks al
the Washington building will be puz
zling to the scholars on their return t
school next month. Heretofore two
walks reaching diagonslly from eacf
east corner have been used by the
scholars. They are now entirely done
away with.
Cement walks seem to be the rage il
Plymouth since the fine walks in front
of the two school houses have been laid
&. f. Tt an is about to put one IN from,
of his residence in South Plymouth anC
VIM. Kendall is equally bent upor
placing one in front of his residences
on Michigan street.
passed through Plymouth Sunday
morning about o'clock, enroute for st
Louis, Mo-, where they are billed t
show today. 1t is understood that thu
big jump was made in order to shut on
territory from Ringing Bros. who art
also billed for that section of the coun
try.
A BlufftOn Young man sat down thu
other day and wrote two letters, but il
addressing them got them mixed. The
result was that shirt manufacturer in
Chicago got a polite invitation to tn,
Sousa concert, while the girl was made
frantic by receiving the following
"Please send me sample of the stuff
your shirts are made Of"
A positive statement is made that thu
tide of literary appreciation in Plym
outh is exceedingly low. While books
like david Harum" and "WheI
Knighthood was in Flower" sell by tn,
hundred in other towns no larger, her,
the book dealer is hardly warranted il
purchasing a dozen copies of thos,
works lest they remain on his hands.
To be called "cub" by his elders il
any calling does not inspire boy witt
a feeling that there is any dignity II
labor, says the Elkhart Truth. Those
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