Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-03
LOCAL BREVITIES.
From Tuesdays Daily.

There will be an international Sun
day. school convention next April In
Atlanta
w. H. Carpenter was able to be IN
his store today for the first time for sew
eral weeks
Del Hunt is one of the unIucky vic
Tins of the cold. Yesterday morning
he froze his ears.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Elliott and his lit
tie daughter Julia left this morning
for Mankato, Mimi.
Cheney Bros. have finished packing
ice for this season. The last cubic foot
of storage room was filled in today.
DR.. Wilson attended the annual med
icsl meeting of the st. Joseph county
physicians held in South Bend today.
ID. w. Dickinson left this morning
for st. Paul, Mimi, where he will make
sojourn and transact business before
returning.
Geo. Fogle, Chas. Fogle, Mrs. Dora
Hanson and Bert Bowel went to South
Bend today noon and will attend the
Zenda club dance in that city.
The management of the Winona as
sembly announces that a military
school has been located at that place
and will be in operation next fall.
Last evening about $50 the big en-
gihe at the Novelty works broke in one
of its vital parts. Most of the factory
hands were dismissed from work for
the rest of the day.
One of the attractive features of the
farmers institute is the music to be
furnished by the Mozart club. Indica-
lions point to better institute this
year than ever before.
The postoffice has just received en-
velopes g amped with the handsome red
International two cent stamp, it being
adopted as means to secure uniform
ity all over the civilized world.
President Mckinley has consented to
be present on the occasion of the laying
of the corner stone of the new Chicago
postofiice on Chicago Day, October 9Th
next. 1t is probable that several mem
bers of the cabinet will accompany him
to Chicago.
Homer Allen of Laporte, man of
great wealth, acquired principally in
western mining, died Saturday night
Allen was never married and during
he last three years he distributed 1913,
0CO among his nephews, nieces, and
grand-nieces.
The Wiseman bridge which is under
construction will be completed this
week. 1t IS handsom- iron structure
crossing Yellow river at point three
miles southwest of this city. The old
wooden bridge was torn down before
the piers were set for the new one.
Goshen Democrat. at the st. Joseph
County Farmers Institute Judge Hub
bard, of South Bend. delivered a very
interesting lecture On "The Relation of
the Farmer to His Hired Man" This
was just such a talk as every farmer
who hires and every young man who
works out ought to hear. These law
talks before our institutes are becoming
quite popular and it is likely that the
demand for them will increase in the
future.
A local connoisseur finds fault with
the subject matter of history treated in
our public schools. He boldly asserts
that the pupil sh )uld be acquainted
with the history of his own city, his
county, the state and the United States.
Should the thorough study of city
county and state history seem too much
for the limited time of study, then the
United States history and perhaps that
of the state should be dealt with in a
light manner; i. g. like ancient and
medieval history is now, when studied
as prelude to American history
The contest of Cregor vs. Stoner for
q seat in the Legislature has been the
means of bringing to light numerous
methods by which the Australian ballot
law may be defeated in it's purpose by
INSCRIPTIONS and designing wire pull
ers. 1t is difficult matter to determine
from the evidence which party commit.
ted the greater number of frauds or re-
sorted to the more dishonorsble meth
DDS. However with honorable men on
the election board and vigilsnt sheriffi