Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-04-20

Sylvester Jordan, of Mentone, John
and VIM. Il. Roweil, of Donaldson,
Wilson II. Hutchings, of Argos, and
Jeremiah Reynolds, Nelson Bailey, l..
Tanner and y. j. Sherwood, of Plym-
outh.
Mrs D. 5. Thornberry and Miss Had
die Wolford were appointed last eve
ming at the meeting of the MoZarts to
60 as delegates 10 the meeting of the
state federation of musical and literary
clubs which is to be held in Lafayette.
The total eclipse of the sun May 18th
will be visible throughout large section
of The southern portion of the United
States Its path will cross the states of
Louisiana, Mississippi Alabama,
Georgia, South Carolina and North Car
DINA.
That st. Louis girl who committed
suicide because her mother would not
promise her an Easter bonnet should
have remembered that from all repre-
sensations Easter bonnets are not q
part of the costume of the Celestial
whence.
The Marshall county Independent
will be sent to any address until after
election for only 80 cents. This is a
special advertising proposition to in
troduce the paper. Send postoffice
order and paper will be mailed you re-
gulsrly upon receipt of same.
A number of friends gathered at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Conlin, Mon
day evening to remind them of their
second marriage anniversary, Several
useful presents were received with a
deep sense of gratitude by the happy
couple. A fine time is reported by all.
Eugene WEIGH, of this city, who
represents the Goodyear Tire 4 Rubber
company, received orders Saturday to
go to Detroit. He left on the after
noon train and got back home Monday,
closing $4,000 deal for his company
in the meantime. Mr.. Welch sells to
the large factories exclusively.
A New York justice of the peace
sentenced five boys to be spanked for
fifteen minutes in the presence of the
court one day last week. The parents
administered the punishment and His
Honor saw that it was properly done.
The boys had been hauled into court
for throwing stones at passenger trains.
1t is said that Kendallville lady sat
up until o'clock the other night wait
ing for her husband to come. At last
weary and worn out with waiting she
went to her bed to retire and found the
missing man fast asleep. Instead of
going out he had gone to his room. She
was so mad she would't speak to him
for week.
Governor Mount in the presence of
state officers and others in the state
service, planted May elm tree in the
capitol lawn Saturday. In the tree
which stands at the east side of the
capitol, just opposite the windows of
the governors private office, will be
grated piece of the "cld constitu-
tional elm" at Corydon, under which
the constitution of the state of Indi-
ana was drafted. The governor dis
played his farm knowledge in the plant
ing and did the work himself.
The device for operating bicycle on
railroad track. enabling the rider to
make mile a minute or thereabouts,
is wonderful invention, and. doubt
less, has trilled the imagination of every
bicyclist who has ever heard of it, The
only trouble with it is that the railroads
will not allow it on their railroad tracks.
j. .. Robertson, of Dawson, MIMI, put
question to the railroad commissioners,
and they have answered that the use of
such device upon the tracks of the
railroad companies is not only unlaw-
but exceedingly dangerous.