Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-03-23
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Wood wanted at this office.
Mrs. yesterday is sick and unable to
be about
Michael Jeffirs returned to Chicago
this morning.
License to marry has been granted to
Levi Hoke and Eta III. Now
The jury In the Ely-Nye case returned
verdict of S2l In favor of the plaintiff
this morning.
John Hoham has fully recovered
from his late sickness and is able to be
out on the street again.
Harry Armstrong has moved his tin
shop from the building back of the
Wheeler building to the basement un-
der Albert's restaurant.
Robert McChesDey, jr., of Harris. was
in our city this morning. He says bis
father who has been sick for several
months is somewhat worse.
The losses on the Johnson and Reeve
building were adjusted yesterday by the
insurance company and the work of re-
pairing it was begun this morning.
Mrs. Fouts, who moved to Oklahoma
about q year ago, passed through here
last evening on her return to Bourbon.
She expects to move back to this eec-
ton of the country.
Harry Swindell left last evening for
New York and Philadelphia. He will
be gone few days during which time
he will make arrangements for the
shipping of produce the coming year.
Arthur Wiltfong will leave tonight
for Chicago to accept position with
Msndel Bros. He may return tomor-
row for a short vacation before he goes
to work there and he may begin at
once.
The Lsporte county commissioners
have issued call for a special election
to be held on May 8, to vote on the
proposition to expend $4,000 for the
construction of gravel roads near
Michigan City.
G.. B Furry and wife, formerly of
Peru, have been the guests for the past
few days of Mr.. Furrys brother, ID. j.
Furry, south of this place. They
stopped in Plymouth on their way to
Minneapolis where they are moving.
Under the new currency law the sub
sldiary coins of the country, that is.
coins Of less than one dollar in value,
must be increased from $80,OOO,OOO to
$l0O,O0O,OOO. The minis will be kept
very busy for some time to fulfil this
requirement.
Mrs. o. M. Porter, of South Bend,
and Mrs G. w. Ruffman, of Elkhart,
passed through Plymouth today on
their way home from Argos. They had
been in Argos attending the golden
wedding anniversary OF their father,
James Melser.
A colored gentlemen, Mitchell Ora
ham. was struck by Michigan Central
engine while walking down the track
at Michigan City. When picked up by
some men he denied that the engine
struck him although the bruises on bis
person Indicated the contrary.
There will be q joint lovefesst of
democrats, free silver republicans and
populists at Lebanon April 3rd. Covers
will be laid for 500 Parks Martin, dem.
ocratic state chairman; F. j. Van Vor
HE, chairman of the silver republican
state committee, and A A. Hanna,
chairman of the populist state commit
tee, will attend.
In taking the census each county
will be divided into districts on the
basis of one enumeration to every 1900
inhabitants, so the work, which will be-
gin June LIST. will be completed in
thirty days. On this basis the import.
ant facts can be given to the public
this year instead of being delayed as in
former cases until the people had for
gotten all about the census.