Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-07-27
LOCAL BREVITIES.
From Fridays Daily.

ing train for Chicago.
The Reformed Sunday school pic
niced at Pretty lake today.
Joseph Anderson and family have
moved to Sioux City, Iowa.
A man and boy with bsgpipes did the
business part of town this afternoon.
Mrs. Nellie Pernod left for South
Bend where she will visit for the COM
ing week.
The Argos ball team was defeated
yesterday by the Bourbon team by
score of rs to 3
Remember you will never buy goods
so cheap again as at the Bowel 4 Com
pany sacrifice sale tSd tIw
Mrs. j. Williams, of North Liberty,
who has been visiting here, went to
Burr Oak to-day noon.
Mrs Peter Holloway returned to her
home at Chicago this afternoon, after
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. An
thony Molter.
John Black departed this morning
for Defiance, Ohio, where he will join
his family, and make that city their
home in the future.
John Whitesell and wife are in this
city and they expect their household
goods here by next Monday. They in
tend to make their home in this city in
the future.
The dates for the Indiana stste fair
have been fixed at September Il to %
at Indianapolis. The authorities will
make special effort this year to have a
fair of unusual dimensions
Chas. Williams, gold democrat, and
cashier of the Union State Bank at Nor
TistOwn, has declared for William J
Bryan and the Kansas City platform.
He says that Imperialism is the princi
pal issue.
Mrs. w. Mccormick, whose home is
near Terre Haute, and Miss FIocie
Stuller arrived last evening from South
Bend and were the guests of e. 5.
Cleveland, leaving this morning for
Donaldson
A deal was closed today by which
Clay w. Metsker came into possession
of the double house on Jefferson street
in which be at present lives. &. l..
Alleman, the former owner, received
$4,000 for the property.
Attorney William T. Douthtt, of
Sullivan, gold democratic leader in
western Indiana, Is out for Bryan
and Stevenson and advises other
gold democrats to save the country from
imperialism and Mckinleyism.
Mesdames Hathaway and n. Z.
Bailey arrived last evening from Mil.
ton. Mrs. Hathaway left this morning
for Mishawaks, but Mrs. Bailey will
visit several days with w. f. Bailey
and Benjamin Linkenhelt and wife.
Mrs. j 5. Reeve entertained num-
Der of her lady friends yesterday after
noon at her home on North Michigan
street in honor of Mrs. W. 5. Reeve who
Is visiting here from Chicago. Miss
Nellie Reeve entertained number of
friends this afternoon.
John w. Nussbaum, of South Bend,
for years a distinguished temperance
apostle in Indiana, who succeeded in
driving saloons out of four towns, is
under arrest on federal warrant charg-
ing him with selling liquor in his drug
store without license.
A dispatch received at Laporte Tues
day brought the details of the suicide
of John Johnson. of Laporte, at Brook
Ign Center, Mimi. Johnson first slashed
bis throat with razor and then to
make his attempt successful he swal-
lowed paris green. Dependency is
given as the motive for the deed
Christian Dietrich, of Bremen, is set
ting pace for progressive citizens TO
emulate. Not only has he erected one
of the finest business blocks in Nappa-
nee, but he has put every modern con-
venience in tn, building, bricked his
alley, laid fine cement walks on two
sides of it and is now putting up sub
stsntisl hitching posts. Mr.. Dietrich
is progressive business man and his
example is worthy of emulstion.-Nsp-
panee Advance.
The government report shows the
good condition of the corn crop in Indi-
ana. Last year the Indiana corn crop
was II ,852,594 bushels and this year 1t
will probably reach 100000 With
the increased crop there is an advance
of about II cents bushel over last
years corn prices, so where the farmer
lost s14,OOO,OO0 on wheat. they will gain
S16,OOOOOO or so on corn, net gain to
the farmers of S2,0O0,OO0. The toosier
farmer will fare well on hogs, too, as
the prices now are from 81 20 $40,
while year ago they were from $3.50
to $40.