Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-17


organized Columbian lodge at InwoOd
last night with a membership of p
members
NJ. A. Elsenhour of Inwood has re-
moved to New Paris, Ind. He was in
town today and arranged for the indie
pendent TO follow him.
Last Thursday Nathan Spencer and
Anna Gum were united at the home of
the bride in Bourbon. Rev, {. y. Spit
Ter performed the ceremony.
Herman Lowe, special examiner of
pensions, was here today to take the af-
fidavit of Joel Moore in a case now
pending in favor of w. o. williams.
Mrs. Bert Retz has bsen elected
clerk of the Woodmen Circle in the
place of Mrs. Charles Hameral. The
attention of the order is directed to this
change
Judge Tuley, of Chicago, holds that
there is no authority for placing an in
ternal revenue stamp on city licenses
1t interferes with the sovereignty of the
state to tax its own business.
Miss Mate Confer, well known
teacher of this county, is reported to be
on the road TO recovery after a six
months illness DIR. Paffenberger of
LapaZ gives her friends great hopes.
a new law is in force that requires
township trustees to receive quarterly
all fees collected by Justices of the
Peace taxed and collected for the quar-
ter, and they shall go into the general
township fund.
There are "a counties in Indiana
where there are less than four months
of school held annually The new state
law requiring at least 12O days of
school in each township has caused
lively hustle to raise necessary funds.
a most delightful time was spent
Friday afternoon at the elegant home
of Mrs. Shakes by the auxiliary of the
RathbOne sisters. Officers were elected:
Mrs. Shakes, president; Mrs. DUR, vice.
president; Mrs. Davis, treasurer; Mrs
Love, secretary.
The Pittsburgh r. Il. physician was
called to the depot at IL p. IN. yesterday
TO attend a severe sprain which a fire.
man on midnight through freight had
received by falling from the engine cab.
The injury was confined to his hip but
did not prove serious enough to detain
him in the city.
The Calico social held at the Zehner
residence last night was entirely sue
cessful. About seventy were present
and Joined in the passtime for the eve
ming, that of sewing carpet rags. Sup
per was served and considerable profit
was derived therefrom which will be
turned into the Golfers of the Reformed
church.
Valparaiso Messenger: Austin Bid
we'll, one of the men who became ia
nous through the Bank of England
forgerles in 1863, dice at Butte, Mon
tana, Tuesday. Bidwell was quite well
known here, as he paid this city a visit
shortly after returning to this country,
being guest of his cousin, Broncho
j Ohm Sullivan.
The Westvil!e Laporte county, cream
cry was sold last week to Herman
Krezel for less than 1900, and cost
over $4,000. This is the experience of
about seven creameries out of ten, but
smooth takers come around regularly
and build new creameries at the ex-
pense of farming communities and
leave them with the bag to hold, so to
speak.
If you have dog on which the tax
has not bee 4 paid the matter should be
looked after at once. The penalty is
SO and costs and the justices have is
sued several "dog warrants" within the
past couple of days. Ii is the duty of
the township trustees to lodge the in
formation, and they are pretty general
ly looking after the prosecution of de
linquents.
The next senate of the United States
will be republican by about 20 majority
according to present estimates, al
though there are six states yet to elect
senators in place of those whose term
expired last Saturday. Eight new re-
publicans and two new democrats have
been chosen who will take their seats
in the upper house at the next session,