Marshall County independent., 1900-08-24

IuTutu tO MIsHdWdkd tOudy noon dlttr
attending the funeral of his father,
Andrew Snyder.
Wm. Funk, Il travelling man, who
was formerly in the shoe business with
James Thayer, was on our streets yes
terday and today
Mrs. A. f. Kinsey and daughter,
Elma, were the guests today of DIR. A.
c. Hume and family on their way home
at DowagIac, Mich.
Mrs. Dora Laurent, who was called
here by the death of her sister, Miss
Martha Sapp, returned to her home at
Decatur this afternoon.
Mrs. Covert. who has been visiting
relatives IN this county for the past
month, returned to her home at To-
peka, Kansas. tIis afternoon.
Mrs. Wellman and daughter, who
have BEEN visiting at the home of Jacob
Rhodes, returned to their homes at
Grand Rapids, Mich, this morning.
The condition of Hon. John W. Kern s
health is not good, and he has gone to
Mackinsc for rest until the campaign
opens. Mr.. Kern is not rugged man.
Wm. BOswOrth and Mrs. SilverthOrn
who have been visiting at the home of
Mr.. knoblock, who resides on South
fnr oH to oil tod
The Bourbon papers state that Miss
Grace Erwin is dangerously Ill. She
has host of young friends in this city,
who will be sorry to hear of her sick
ness.
In kOsciusko county two brothers
are running for the Office of county
commissioner in the northern district,
one on the democratic and one on the
republican ticket.
Erwin Fisher. VIM. Franklin, Wm.
Walters and Frank koontz, members
of the X. of T. lodge at Bremen, drove
over last evening to see III. ii. Miller,
who is critically ill.,
If fortune disregard thy claim
Don't hang thy head in fear and shame
But marry the girl you love best
Rocky Mountain Tea will do the rest.
Ask your druggist.
Miss Barr, of Brightside, and Mrs. y
b. AspInsll took four young girls from
the training school here to TT. Wayne
this morning where they will be placed
in a feeble minded institution.
j. y. Cummins, formerly owner of
the egg packing property recently Oper-
sted by Mr. BeldOn, died at his home in
Coldwater, Michigan, last night. He
was brother of Mrs. David How.
John W. Parks and family left last
evening and W. +. Bailey went this
morning to Milier's grove, near Huff
mans lake, in kosciusko county, where
they will attend the annual Parks fam
lily reunion.
Aaron Nymyer and wife, an aged
couple living nesr Goshen, were at
tackled by three masked men last night,
who after binding them, succeeded by
threats in getti2g all their money, $50.
P0th will die.
Coliis Z. Huntington died, worth
something like S1O0,OGO,OOO AS he
could take none of it with him, the fact
that he was able TO amass this vast
amount doesn't signify much to the
late railroad magnste, now.
The attorneys for Clyde Jones, at
Peru, are preparing transcript for an
appeal which will be taken in few
days to the supreme court. Jones has
been taken to Jeffersonville and is serv-
ing out his time under the indetermin-
ate sentence law
Wabash merchants have decided to
abandon the trading stamp scheme,
and the war between the green aud the
red stamps, which has ragged there for
the last year, will end October lst. The
business men say they have found the
stamp plan most expensive way of
advertising
Fulton county has an even dozen of
insane people who are being held until
they can be admitted to Long Cliff, at
LOgansport. Six of them are in the
county jail, three at the poor house and
three at their homes. A new addition
will soon be completed at Long Cliff,
and this will afford temporary relief.
At Kalamazoo yesterday Tom Black
was held to the circuit court under
bonds of $4,000 on charge of robbing
the Richland bank. Detective Starke.
of the MICHIGAN Central road, claims
Black is the man who shot him at
Furnesville, this county, about two
years ago while removing stolen goods
from barn.
Mortgage exemption for year 1900:
Townshlps-Union, S3l,S45; Center,
SOL $50; Green, S3i, ,lO5; Bourbon, s51.-
$50; Tippecanoe, S34,7l5; German, $780,
9O5; North, S26, 10; Polk, $50, ,565; West,
S32,O6o; Walnut, S42,2S5. Towns
Plymouth, S42,535; Bourbon, S49OO:
Bremen, 800; Argos, S6,615; Culver,
S3,il5. Total, S424, 4,330.
The Indianapolis Press hopes Com
mander Shaw's prediction that the date
OF Memorial day will be changed by
the National G.. A. II. from Nav 20 10