Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-19
From Mondays Daily.

The June term of the county commits
sioners begins three weeks from today.
A brakeman on the Pennsylvania road
had a finger taken off between two
bumpers yesterday.
Milt Strawhecker and his sister from
North Dakota arrived today to attend
the funeral of their father.
Up to Saturday 9th inst, 227 persons
have filled petitions in the federal court
of Indiana under the bankrupt law.
Messrs. George Thayer and George
Marble left this morning for New y ork
City in the interest of the Novelty Co.
f. Rotzein and wife have returned
from Chicago where they attended the
funeral of G. f. PoleDsky, Mrs. Rotzein's
father.
The acreage of corn will be greatly
increased this spring is this part of the
state owing to the blowing up of the
ground to wheat.
Mr. and Mrs. ] Ohm Jordan, of Port
land, Oregon, vino are the guest of
frit nds at Argos, visited Marx Freyman
in this city yesterday.
Mrs. Allie Wise of Burr Oak Is suf-
terlng the torture of felon on one of
her fingers. She was in Plymouth to
visit physician today.
Mrs. J. X Lawrence, of Pierceten, is
not expected to live many more days.
Her many friends in this city regret ex-
ceedingly to hear the sad news
LapOrte county has 1924 school chill
dren, of which 6.697 are males and g.
81 females, gain of 1874 over '9S.
There are 80 colored children in the
county.
A big wreck took place yesterday at
Grovertown. Twelve box cars, it is
said, were piled up in various fashions
and distributed about in a chaotic
manner.
Parties in Columbia City recently
shipped 10000 pounds of wool to BOs--
ton. This is believed to be the largest
single shipment of wool ever made from
Northern Indiana.
Two cigar makers had a trough
house" time near the Pittsburg depot
yesterday evening. How the fight
started and how the fight ended is
rather uncertain. No arrests were
made.
The by-corner settlement of Plym-
outh called Oklahoma is greatly agitated
| over their new game of "duck on the
rock" which we are Informed yesterday
occupied the attention of the entire
community.
The three boys who tore down the
plastering in the Model building nave
been detected and brought to justice.
The detectives in the case had nothing
but an amatuer's experience but are
now worthy of the title professional
which they have earned
Among other delegates from the
Maccabee lodge who have gone to
Huntington Will be found G.. Love,
Bert YOckey and wife, Adam Wise,
Mrs. j. E. Marshall, and =. A. White,
the latter representing the Lapaz tent.
F. Il. Hatch, superintendent of the
Michigan division of the Vandalia lines,
which is now owned by the Pennsyl-
vsnia Co., states that the improvements
planned few weeks ago for this di-
vision will be up TO the Pennsylvania
| high standard.
Local cultivators of the succulent
strawberry state that the prospect for
an abundant crop this season is very
promising. Quite a number of vines
were winter killed, but the remaining
plants are healthy and there is no
doubt that the yield will be very large.
AS the boxes grow deeper the home
berry season comes nearer.
Geo Martin had his face and hands
badly burned Saturday afternoon by
the explosion of a gasoline blow pipe in
his shop. The explosion occurred prl-
marily from the breaking of stop
cock. A stream of burning gasoline
was sent with considerable force into
Mr. Martins face. When he with
drew from its path the liquid fire con-
tinued to stream forth and soon the OPP