Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-31
LOCAL BREVITIES.
From Tuesdays DAILY.

The colony party started for their
new home in Dakota today.
Another supply of those washing ma
chimes. Forbes seed store. 2d2w
Harry Ruge was able to be in his
place of business this morning.
w. w. Ream was among the number
who started for OAK ota this morning.
Joseph Jettern of Salomanis, is work
ing in the Charles Forster harness shop.
Fort Wayne contemplates $4,000
worth of street Improvements this year.
Chas. West left for st. Joseph today
noon where he Will be foreman Of the
Vandalia Docks.
Clsud Bsyman has concluded to join
the U. S. Army if possible. He has
gone to Fl. Wayne with that purpose
in view.
Mr.. and Mrs. David COpley. of Sid
ney, who have been visiting John
Thomas and wife near this city, went
to Gas City this morning.
Christian Young has sold his farm
near InwoOd and purchased another in
Kansas. He and his wife leave for
that state next Thursday. Francis
Feiser will accompany them.
Logansport aud Marion are after
next years Northern Indiana Teachers
Association meeting, and the former
place is agitating the question of build
ing a big assembly hall for its accom-
mediation.
Hon. b. F. Shively, of South b md,
has been invited to 60 to Belleville, ILL.,,
to address the Democratic club in that
city on April Il, Jefferson's birthday.
Belleville is q rockrooted democratic
city that never wavers.
A number of towns in Kansas are 80
hopelessly in debt by the reckless issue
of bonds in boom times that the owners
of buildings in them have decided to
move the whole town off the original
site to adjoining land clear of debt.
James Thayer sold his house today
to l.. VI. VanscOik, who will move it on
to his iOt across the street from Disher's
mill, next to his livery barn. MIR.
Thager will occupy the house east of
his lot until he completes his new resi-
dence.
The supreme court of Indiana has
knocked another old fashioned idea
sky-high by deciding that married
woman may enter into contract with
her husband for wages under certain
conditions, and that such contract Is
legal and must be filled
A surprise was perpetrated upon Ed
gar Stevens last evening by about six
teen of his boy and girl friends who
met at his house. A delightful
supper had been prepared of which
every one psrtook. After supper var
ious amusements were resorted to IN
til the early part of the evening waned.
At about Top. M the company adjourn.
ed.
Parties going to the county auditors
Office to make affidavit and claim to
500 exemption on account of mortgage
Indebtedness should not fail to take
along description of the property
mortgsged and thus save delay. This
exemption is allowed under the new
law passed by the recent legislature,
and Is likely to be taken advantage of
by great many.
The new postal laws which are now
being compiled have recently broad
ened the scope of the clause prohibiting
the transmission of obscene matter.
Heretofore only that class was held to
be obscene which tended to lewdness,
but the new law places everything of q
vulgar or indecent nature in the class
The penantly for sending such mat
ter is very severe.
"The 18th Minnesota regiment will
be reviewed Monday in honor of Brigs-
dier General Reeves, formerly colonel