Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-08-24

ever been undertaken by the party In the
history Of the state. The claim 10 made
that the party Will cast $4,000 votes.
Mrs. Ed. Witwer returned to her
home at Misha waka today noon after
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
Schesrer. Her brother, John, accom-
panied her home to visit until school
commences.
Mrs. Carter and Thomas Gibson and
family arrived this morning from
Hanna and are the guests of j. NJ.
Cummins and wife. They came here
to attend the Gibson family reunion,
which will take place on Aug % at the
home of David Gibson, who resides
southeast of this city.
Four years ago large bulldog be-
longing to James Tierney, of Bay City,
Mich, swallowed four silver dollars
which had been tossed to him to catch
in bis mouth. Saturday the dog died
and q postmortem examination was
made and the money recovered. The
coins had finally lodged in the animals
digestive organs and caused death.
Henry b. Metcslf, prohibition nomi-
nee for vice-president, has written q
letter of acceptance in which be says:
because the liquor power, more efiic-
iently organized than any political
party. stands solidly arrsyed against
every worthy reform, declaredly seeking
only it's own perpetuity, every true re-
former should demand its overthrow"
VIM. Clark and Washington Heckert
have sold their bread route to VIM.
Jump and John Hewitt, who took
possession Monday. Messrs. Jump and
Hewitt were formerly employees of the
Novelty works and they have many
friends who wish them success in their
new enterprise. The reason that Mr..
Clark sold out was on account of his
health.
1t is not generally known that Samuel
AlsOhuler, the democratic nominee for
governor of Illinois, is of Jewish par
entage. This fsct in q measure &C.
counts for the attempt to organize Nc
Kinley- Alschuler clubs in some parts of
Illinois. A msJority Of the Jews of
that state are republicans. They iu-
tend to vote for Mckinley and yet
many of them would like to see
Alschuler made governor.
The population of the area now COM
prising Greater New York, in 1890, may
be assumed to have been approximately
2,492,591. As the population for Greater
New York in 1900 is 3,437, 202, there has
been an approximate increase during
the decade Of 944,6ll, or 1880 per cent.
New York is now second only to Lon
don. The latter has 1921 ,430, while
Paris had only 2,447, 957 in 1890 and has
not grown very much since.
At q recent editorial convention q
minister arose and offered tho follow
walton, take his paper anu p.y .o.--
promptly; to save him from bankruptcy,
advertise in bis paper literally; to save
him from despair, send him every item
Of news you can get hold of; to save
him from profanity, write your CORE
spondence plainly; to save him from
mistakes, bury him, as dead people
never make mistaKes"
A change of time was made Monday
in the Pittsburg locals. The west
bound train leaves TT. Wayne at 5
o'clock and will do no switching until
they reach Plymouth and will then do all
shifting as far west es Valparaiso. The
east bound train will leave Valparaiso
and do no switching until they reach
Inwood and will then do all such work
to Ft. Wayne. This makes the run
longer and each town will have the
sidetrscks change but once day.
Says an exchange: Somebody says
that onions eaten just before retiring
are great help to digestion. We tried
it and about o'clock dreamed that q
fiery-red dragon with Q pes-green tail
and eyes as big ss soup plates was carv-
ing US up with q meat saw and sword.
We finally swoke to find our good wife
tanning US with bed Stat and trying
to get the baby out of the coal scuttle,
where we Put it to keep the fiery dragon
from getting it. Away Onionsl Give
US prunesl
Jupiter Pluvins entertained Q large
audience last night with his electrical
display and desfening thunderbolts.
From twelve till one o'clock the canopy
of heavens ebon vault was ablaze with
streaks of lurid lightning, and there
were but few households In the city in
which a night-robe parade did not take
place. Flashes Of lightning and pesls Of
thunder followed one another In rapid
succession, and at times the thunder
followed the lightning so quickly that
fellow scarcely knew whether he had
been electrocuted or not. Gene Mar
shall informed the reporter that it was
one of the most beautiful electrical