Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22
Qbe Jnoepenoent
FRIDAY, DECEMBER %, 1899.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
From fridays Daily.
Eugene Rhodes is much better.

Eugene Rhodes is much better
ID. anValkenburg went to Chicago
this morning where he will remain all
winter.
Wallace and Putnam received load
of poultry this morning from near
Rochester.
Mrs. Redmsn, who lived south of
Bremen, died last Monday and was
buried Wednesday.
Marriage licenses Elmer f. Aldrich
and Ella NJ Robinson; Albert Rogers
and Llebie Meikels.
Mrs. G. b. Pierce who has been the
guest of Mrs. George III. Thayer and
Mrs. J. l.. Hawley, returned to Chicago
this morning.
Chairman Hernly, of the republican
central committee, has apportioned del
egates to different counties next year.
The state has 1,6l6.
Mrs. ID. A. Whitaker, resident of
German township, died last Saturday
at the age of SO years, ) months and
days. She was buried Tuesday.
At the Fort Wayne shops of the
Pittsburg. Fort Wayne Il Chicago road
500 box cars has been completed. An
order has been given to turn out $50
pattern and rs refrigerator cars.
Mr.. and Mrs. III. A. Frsze and son
Virgil, of Keokuk, Iowa, passed through
here today on their way to Twin Lake
where they will visit with Edwin
Ssners and family. They have been
visiting in Ohio since last June.
1t begins to look more hopeful for
white Christmas" and the coal man is
smiling. And there is still more snow
promised The storm is quite general
and especially heavy east, all west
bound trains being more or less late on
on account of it.
An item to the effect that III. III. An
derson, of Pennsylvania, is in Plym-
outh looking for his brother, Riley An
derson, appeared in the Independent q
day or two ago. Supt. Kruger tele-
phones this office that Riley Anderson
is at the poor farm.
Geo. Robbins, resident of Tippe-
canoe township, who has several times
been in the insane asylum, has again
become violently insane and was
brought to Plymouth yesterday and
placed in Jail for safe keeping. He will
be returned TO LongcliiIe
The Elkhart Review says: "Steuben
county IS now WithOu. saloon. That
shows what local option can do when
public sentiment is in favor of the
abolition of the saloon. And Steuben
county is not the most benighted and
unprogressing one in the state, as some
people say a community will become
when liquor cannot be had.
A toilet outfit consisting of looking
glass, comb aud brush was on Sunday
placed in every cell occupied by con
Wet at the prison North. Some of the
men had these articles, having either
purchased them or received them from
friends, and these were taken up and
will be kept by the authorities until the
convict owning them is released. Now
all will have uniform outfits and War
den Shideler intends that they shall be
used.
There is talk at Upton of converting
one of the rooms in the basement of
the court house into waiting room for
farmers who may he compelled to re-
main in town a few hours. 1t is pro-
posed to heat the room and make ar
rsngements whereby people from the
country may eat their dinner there
tend to make the farmers friendly to-
ward the town of Upton and it could
be initiated by other towns to advan
tage.
The fair held by the ladies of the
German church at the opera house lasl
evening was, as are all the enterprises
undertaken by those ladies, a huge sue
cess. The number of suppers served
and the number in attendance at thu
musical entertainment were large
There were about go tickets sold fol
the supper and the net resources of thu
evening were about 500. A most in
viting supper was served and after al
had eaten of it a social time was haC
until the program was given. This con
sisted of vocal solo and also a flut,
solo by Prof. Frank, of South Bend, {
vocal solo by Mrs. Bertha McDonslf