Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-06-01


Drug store were begun yesterday. The
floor is being taken out.
Remember that King and Davis have
the very best screen doors at exception
ally low prices this season. 2dlw
Clarence Allemsn and his sister and
mother and Mrs. Geo. Allemsn, of
Argos, were in town today.
H. F. Cordill will preach at the
Church of God Sunday at 10:3O a. m.
Text: Matt. 9Th chap. 9Th verse.
Mrs. John Miller of South Bend and
May Gordon of Anderson, were guests
yesterday of Mrs. Dsubenspeck.
Mrs. S. L. Shakes is representing the
Rathboue Sisters, of Plymouth, at the
District convention, in Warsaw.
Mrs. G. F. Granger, who has been
visiting her parents near Plymouth,
left this morning for Duluth, Mime
sofa.
Mrs. c. T. Mattingly will be at home
to her friends Saturday afternoon, June
End, from to 6, in honor of her guest,
Miss King.
Lert Confer and wife visited in Plym-
outh yesterday Mr.. Confer returned to
Monticello this morning but his wife
will remain in Plymouth several days.
Mrs. Nj. f. Hume, Mr.. and Mrs. John
w. Parks and Miss Helen Disher
are attending the Bourbon town
ship Sunday. school convention at
Bourbon today.
Samuel Miller, of Rochester, was in
our city today. He was on his way to
Alberta, Canada, where he will stay a
few months and then go on to Wash
ington, L. S. A.
There have been over 1000 cases of
smallpox in Indiana within fourteen
months, and only thirteen deaths have
resulted. This shows that grip is more
than ten times as fatal as the smallpox
we have had.
On all diseases of the eye and ear,
blindness and deafness, consult DR..
Paul, of Chicago, at the home of Mrs.
NJ. Yockey Opposite court house, Wed
desdsy, June 6. Consultation free.
Poor treated free. Wv
Newton county claims to have the
largest number of bridges of any
county in the State There are eight
bridges over the Iroquois river within
distance of nine miles, and there are
exactly 100 in the county.
A base ball game in Bremen yester-
day between kewanna and Bremen re-
suited in victory for the former by q
score of IL to 2. Up to the sixth in
ming the score stood 2 to in favor of
Bremen, but wild throw and several
other errors in this inning helped Ke-
wanna to Z scores.
The base ball game at Bourbon yes
terday resulted in a victory for neither
side. The game was called off at the
end of the seventh inning on account
of rain. The score stood 6 to 6, which
gives evidence of well-fought contest.
Each side strove nobly to uphold the
credit of it's native town. The game
will be played off here next Thursday.
Senator Charles L. Drummond, of
Marshall county, has announced bis
candidacy for the nomination for
attorney general before the democratic
state convention. Senator DrummoDd
was very popular with his colleagues in
the Senate, and has FLOWING that
will no doubt give him much strength
before the convention next week.
Indianapolis Journal.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.. Hume have re-
ceived from Albert a program of the
commencement exercises at Purdue.
They begin Sunday. June 3, with the
bsccalaureate sermon. On Monday is
the banquet to the alumni and gradu-
ates; Tuesday, "Class Day" and Wed
nesdsy morning the commencement
exercises will be held. Albert will be
home soon after commencement for q
| short vacation.
The Lake Erie road becoming q part
of the Lake Shore system has been
quite benefit for the Indianapolis and
Michigan City division of the road, for
it is doing big business in the freight
line. In several instances passenger
engines and crews have been pressed
into the freight service. This arrange
ment has brought to light new disease
diagnosed as "box car paralysis" by
Engineer Haskell. The patient usu-
ally feels very sick when called to 90
out on freight after having been pas
senger man for long time.
The Toner suit which had been hang
ing fire ia the circuit court for several
days on change of venue from Full
ton county, was closed just before noon
Saturday. The suit was brought by
Frank l.. Wagner, administrator of the
estate of Jane Brunk, against Edward
and Alfred ID. Toner, for the collection
of note which the defendants alleged
they had paid. They attempted to
prove that such was the case but were
unable to do so. and judgment for
something over $1,000 was rendered
against them. The lawyers interested
in the case were George Holman, Enoch