Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
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dence of Joe White in the country. An
effort will be made to have every mem
Der OF The company present. 1t will be
safe to venture that il Will be one of
the most successful affairs ever con-
Quoted
Charles Rogers, an extensive peach
grower, of Plainwell Mich, started to
cut down his orchard after the cold snap
last winter, but after he had cut down
400 trees he was called away from home,
and when he returned the trees he had
left standing were In bloom, and now
are loaded with fruit. His thoughts re-
garding those 400 trees may be i'm
agined.
The South Bend Times says a local
dentist recently had cleaning up of
his place and sent his old carpets, etc,
to Chicago firm that subjected them
to process, which caused the remit
/ lance to him OF Sl7 as his share for the
old gold, ETC., discovered by the process
resorted to. Old carpets in dentists
offices are more valuable than the new.
Only little gold or amalgam falls at a
time, but it soon counts into money
The election in Noble township, in
which Wabash is situated, and Waltz
township, same county, on the PROPOSE
ton to vote $4,000 in the former and
$4,000 in the latter to the kOkomo,
Wabash Il Northern electric line was
defeated Tuesday in Noble township
by only lob votes in total of 1000 and
| by lo0 votes ia Waltz. The company is
composed of Wabash and Kokomo
business men, and the defeat kills the
project
NJ. u. Mcdaniel, of Fort Recovery,
Ohio, has purchased the West hardware
store in this city. The stock is being
invOiced at present. Mr.. Mcdaniel will
soon move his family here and become
a permanent resident. He is sure TO
find a warm welcome among our bust
ness men. MIR. West, the retiring mer-
chant, will return to Gas City. During
his stay of about year in our city he
has made many friends. Success to
him i'm any new undertaking.
A down east editor has drawn up
some new game laws which he wants
adopted. The following is a summary:
Book agents may be exterminated from
October l to September 1; spring poets,
March to February L. umbrella Dor
rover from August to November
and February to May | while every
man who accepts a newspaper two
years, and upon being presented with a
bill say:"l never ordered it, may be
dispatched on the spot without reserve
or relief.
a canvass of Frankforts population
shows that city to contain IL, lOS people.
The mostremarkable fact IN connection
with this enumeration is that the first
canvass showed los empty houses in the
city, and when few weeks afterward a
second canvass was made there were
but eight. 1t is claimed that nearly all
of the houses which were reported
vacant at the first canvass were oc-
cupied by families coming from other
places, so that there has been an in.
crease of several hundred in the popu-
latiOn in few weeks.
John Hughes, of Nappanee, secured
the contract for the Armey ditch which
was let at Warsaw yesterday. This
ditch will be one of the biggest ever de-
signed for the purpose of drainage in
Marshall and Kosciusko counties. The
greater part of it will be in our county.
Mr.. IIuges agrees to dig it at S.04.9S
per cubic yard. AS about 4S0,943 cubic
yards must be excavated, the cost will
be something near $4,000 The length
of the ditch will be about $500 feet.
According to the terms of the contract,
it must be completed one year from to-
day.