Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-30


calf and little chicken. Hubert
says that he has three old cats and is
unwilling to part with any of them.
Mr. and Mrs. David Snyder are home
after several weeks at Hot Springs, Ar
kansas. they report most enjoyable
vacation.
II. A. Downs went to Terre Haute.
His wife has been visiting there for
some time and word was sent to him
that she had been taken sick.
Mrs. Jerry Blsin with her little son,
Oliver Kline Blain, has gone to Van
Vert, Ohio, to visit her mother who is
suffering from q fractured hip.
Miss Bertha Hosemer left for her
home in Logansport today to spend q
week with her parents. She was &C
compsnied by Miss Gertrude Soice,
Mr.. Henry T. Shirk and Miss Nellie
NJ. Broadhurst, both of LspaZ, were
married by Rev. w. L. Mckenzie at the
Methodist parsonage yesterday evening.
Mrs. G. w. worthington, of argos,
changed cars here for South Bend to-
day. She bas been called there by the
illness of the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
V. Z. Neff.
The timber supply of Georgia has
been estimated by lumbermen of that
state as sufficient to last only nine years
at the present rate of saving, 100000
feet daily.
Ronald Thomson came home from
Bloomington today where he is stuyding
law at the University of Indiana. He
will spend a vacation of about two
weeks at home.
The Welbourn-Gsrn Islander case is
about concluded. Mr.. Kellison spok"
for some time this afternoon making
the closing plea after which the case
went to the jury.
Delbert Mcdonald, of Kansas City,
Mo-, arrived in Plymouth this morning
after an absence of sixteen years. He
| is the son of Thomas Mcdonald living
four miles south of town.
Mrs. Ed Mcdonald, of McCokety,
Iowa, is very sick at the home OF
Daniel Myers in North township. When
living in Marshall county, Mrs. Nc.
Donald resided on the Cox farm.
aside Tracked" dropped in upon us
last night and to a mesgerly filled house
performed very ordinary farce com.
edy. 1t was not of the highest order
but produced much amusement at var.
Ious times
The st. Joseph county commissioners
granted the petition for the construc
ton of the big bitches in st. Joseph
Laporte and Starke counties to drain
the KsDkskee river. An appeal will be
taken to the supreme court.
The pupils of the public schools are
to be given a vacation next week. The
Northern Indiana Teachers association
| holds its annual meeting next week al
Logsnsport and several of the teachers
from here expect to attend.
Leading citizens in Kentucky have
started movement to call a state con.
vention for the purpose of doing some
/ thing in the interest of law and order
and to retrieve the lost reputation oil
the state. The details of the plan have
not been made public, so it is not known
just what the movement is to be.
The Syracuse Register claims thai
the largest apple tree in Northern Indi
ana stands on Albert fuckers farm
near that place. The tree is of the Van
deveer pipin variety and is still in G
healthy growing condition. 1t meas
ures 108 inches in diameter. Accord
ing to the best information obtainablt
the tree is about 60 years old.
A high wind is pretty sure to revea
the fact that there is good deal OF
loose paper allowed to accumulate wheT
the first gust of strong wind carries il
along the streets. 1t would be gooC
plan to keep all paper in boxes anC
burn it at regular intervals or have tn,
fellows who gather up such stuff tt
come and get it. A lot of paper drift
ing about the streets is to Say the less
very unsightly.