Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-14


Lagrange county shows the lowest
death rate for July of any county i'll
the state, the rate being only % per
1000 of population, while the general
average is Ii per 1000
Mrs. Master arrived this morning
from Chicago and joined her sister.
Mrs. o. Galloway, and they both left on
the noon train for Logansport where
they " ill visit relatives.
A two weeks-old child of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Welch, who formerly lived
here but are now residents of South
Bend, died yesterday and Will be
brought to this city for burial
The September term of the st. Joseph
circuit court convened yesterday. The
bar docket SHOWS 20 criminal cases, 227
civil cases and 81 claims. Fiity.lhree
of the civil cases are divorce spplica
tiOns.
The state board of agriculture has
sent nut $1,000 letters during the past
week IA residents IN the extreme mort h
ern ana southern portions Of The state
adver Islng the state fair, which opens
Monday.
1t is reported that the Kankakte
river Is a new resort for hay fever pa
tients. Several parties who have been
there and tested the matter say that it
is permanent cure for all sufferers of
the disease.
Mrs. May Lauby and children, who
have been here visiting her mother,
Mrs. A amanda De ME, returned TO her
home at Elkhsrt today noon, Mis-.
Dennie accompanied her as far as
South Bend.
Gus Wolf and wife departed on the
noon train for their new location in
Usage City, Kansas. Gus has been in
business lii his city for number of
years and has many friends, who re-
greet to sec him aud his wife leave
Mary Murdoch, an inmate of the
county asylum, was taken to the insane
hospital at Logansport by Supt. Kruger
and Sheriff Marshall today She was
taken to the county infirmary from
North township about three years ago
Two hundred and fifty elementary
schools aud sixteen high schools were
thrown open to the children of Chicago
last Monday. The enrolment OF
pupils is estimated at between 240,00(
and 100000, very considerable increase
over last year.
Mrs. S. S Unger and daughter, Mrs
Jessie Zehner, drove to this city thi:
morning from Donaldson and Mrs
Unger left on the morning train fol
Fort Wayne, where she will purchase
millinery goods for her store at Donald
son. Mrs. Jessie Zehner has been visit
ing at Donald, on since Monday.
Republicans show signs of thinking
the fight in Indiana this fall will bt
much closer than they believed wher
speeches for the fall campaign wer,
planned. Gov. Mount promised {
week to the national committee, bu
suddenly this engagement was Cancelled
on the ground that he is needed in Ind
| lana.
| The public schools of South Benz
will not open on Sept. II as was ex
pected, but will remain closed unit
Oct. 1. The board of education at {
meeting held Monday afternoon decided
that it would be dangerous to the stu
dents to open before the later date, thu
diphtheris in the city spreading witt
alarming rspidity.
The tail end Of the West India
storm which devastated Galveston
Texas. struck this city last evening anC
was the fiercest gale that has visited
this city for many years in the month
of September. The wind was terrific
and many trees were blown down anC
the ground under apple, pear and peacf
trees was covered with fruit.
Hon. Chas. II. Reeve, of Plymouth
has written to the Indianapolis Sentinel
stating that he has voted for all TIT
democratic presidential nominees since
he became of age, except Greedy in 1877:
and Bryan in 1896. But he says ht
will vote for Bryan this time, if he lives
"because conditions make it necessity
and a duty, and because he is preferable
to Mckinley"
| AS soon as the shirt waist is adopted
by the boy another calamity will fol
low, just as one industry creates an
other. See If it don't. The sequence
will come in the silly changes in th'
spelling Of personal names. We nov
have Mae, Mayme, Edythe. Kathryn
jayne Grsyce and string of similar
nonsensical distortions, and bye anC
bye, with the shirt waists we will have
Jym, Dyck, Harrye, Wyllye, Jae, Byrte
Jaymes, MiQue, Dennyce, Dydrych ant
the rest of them. 1t is bound to come
and there is no help for it. It's in thu
goods and won't wash out.-Ex.