Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-30
Gbe Jnoepenoent
FRIDAY, JUNE 80, 1899.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
From fridays Daily.

Buckwheat at Forbes. II"
OIL is cheaper than machinery. All
grades and prices at Forbes. ttw
Frank Boyce, of Walnut township,
has lost two torses within a fortnight.
c. W. Boyd and wife of Salt Lake
City, are visiting Dr. Borton and family
W. Fl. Hegemsn, of Keokuk, Iowa,
has been visiting with Harry Oyler, of
Argos.
Mrs. George Ackres and son Joe re-
turned to their home in Middletown
this morning.
Er,s Gorham, of BerriaD Springs
Mich, father of Mrs. Spangle and Mrs.
Botset Is visiting here.
Miss Lillian Maxey will leave tOmor-
row for EIkhart to be gone four weeks
where she will teach summer school
Thos. Neville returned to his home IN
Marion. Ind, today. He has been at
tending St. Michers acacemy this year
The small boys have been perfectly
happy today. Quite number OF them
know exactly how to unload a show
from the cars.
Mrs. Kate Herzog and children are
guests of G. j. Eich today on their way
from South Bend to their home ID
Delphos, Ohio.
Cd. Hughes, of Argos, has sold out
his barber shop to Fred Upton, of Men
tone. Mr.. Hughes has run the shop
for nineteen years.
Machine oil for 20 cents a gal. A
good machine oil for 80 cents gal. a
better machine oil for 40 cents a gal
aft Forbes Seed Store. tfw
DR.. Brown has rented rooms in the
Kendall block where he will be pleased
to greet his friends and practice In the
future. Remember on the second
floor Kendall block. tfw
A crowd of young ladies picniced IN
the grove just west of town today. Ii
was given in honor of Miss Edna Mic
oles of Wslkerton.
Two more Michigan Cityites are in
the tolls for disobeying the fish law
One caught an Cndersized bass and the
other fghed in creek.
County Superintendent j. f. Myer. OF
Carroll county, was yesterday elected
president of the state organization OF
county superintendent.
Miss Letitia Hicks, of the Deaconess
Home, Chicago, gave an interesting
talk to a good congregation on the
works of that home last evening at the
NJ. E. church.
V. 2. Kirk is giving the village Of
Bourbon a write up in the columns OF
the Mirror this week. He devotei
considerable space 10 biographies snG
business puffs of the various merchants
VIM. b. Streeter, state agent Board o.
State Charities, of Indianapolis, visited
the Childrep's home today and report'
everything in first class order. He wen
to South Bend this morning taking will
him little Carrie Hartman, where sh'
will be put in a good home.
While Oliver Matthews and w.
Bailey were driving on the South Sid
last evening, the buggy cushion wa
found 10 be on fire. Both men wer
badly frightened and fell cut on eithe
side of the buggy, but were not hurt
This result was caused by anothe
cigarette.
The Churubusco Truth says: Il
South Whitley man whipped his null
so severely that his fellow citizens ha'
him arrested and fined $50. This mad
him so mad that when he went home b.
licked his wife. He was re-arrested an,
fined SO. But then a mule is worth con
siderable money in South Whitley.
Indiana is reported by the inteIns
tiOnal association as one Of the best Oh
ganized states in Sunday school wor
in America. The report issued in Apr
credits Indiana with fifty-six "banne
counties" which is more than twice a
many as any other state has and equal
25 per cent of all the "banner counties
in the whole country.
This morning as Mrs. Putnam an
her son Alvah were driving into Plyn
outh the horse became frightened an
ran away. The buggy was tipped owe
near the Franklin house and both Mr.
Putnam and the boy thrown out. Fac
one had deep cash cut in their fore
heads. The shaft of the buggy wa
broken, and che horse was hurt but nc
seriously.
While returning from Argos Tuesda
evening of last week, DIR. Ed. Parke
of Maxinkuckee, encountered four me
just west of town, who seized the hors
and attempted to rob the driver, but b