Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-11-08

Rev. ]. L Marquis. of the Grace Pres
byterian church. performed the cere-
mony.
The three year-oid colt Tertimin,
PAGER. was sold at Terre Haute to w.
p. Stein of West Virginia for $1,000.
the highest price ever paid for an In
diana bred colt. He is by Jersey
Wilkes. dam by Abdallah WoodfOrd.
He went in 2:244 as 2-year-old.
This year he has paced mile in POS
and half in 100$4. KNAPP Mccarthy
has arrived at Terre Haute with his
stable and will take charge of the
Edgewood stock farm.
The Pan Handle railroad company,
which is just completing a million
dollar Improvement at Hartford City,
has another immense project under
contemplation in that city The COM
pany will build a belt line to the
American Window Glass companys
No. 8 plant, and abandon the present
switch by which the concern is
reached The proposed line will cross
the farms of Judge ". H. Carroll and
John A. Newbauer and necessitate
some heavy grades and a bridge across
Lick creek, but this VIII cost less TO
build than switch on the lire of the
present one and connecting it with the
elevated track. On the new line are
located the Johnston Glass factory,
Sans Parel glass factory, the National
rolling mill. the Blackford glass fac
nd
other factories are proposed.
A brilliant social event in Evansville
was the marriage of Miss Helen Deck
er to DR.. Charles c. Reakirt at the
home If the brides parents, Rev. G. A.
Nickerson of the Walnut Street Pres
byterian church officiating.
The ingenious women OF Marion are
about to solve the servant girl problem.
The ever-perplexing question has
caused them so much trouble that they
have decided to inaugurate what will
be known as a community club. The
members of the club are the ladies of
Spencer avenue. the ariStOcratic street
of the city. The plan IS a novel one.
A house has been rented that is con-
veniently located; a chef is employed,
and the club is operated on the CO.
operative plan. The cost Of operation
will be equally assessed among the
members and all will take their meals
at the clubhouse.
Myrtle Young of Wheatland is mys-
teriously missing. She left. saying she
RI icif ci- ut
but instead she went to St Louis. She
had considerable money and it is
feared she has been lured away and
met with foul play
The young lady who was arrested
and placed in Jail at Marion because
she was in male attire attempting TO
elope with John Mcmahon. is yet in
Jail. She received her trunk from Ell
wood and is now attired In skirts.
William Meyer, Jr., president of the
Western Baseball association, was
given a preliminary hearing at Fort
Wayne before Justice Tancey on four
charges of embezzling $500 from the
Columbus, Fort Wayne. Dayton and
Marion baseball clubs. He waived eX-
animation and was bound over to the
circuit court under a $4,000 bond,
which he furnished.
Two additional cases OF smallpox
have broken out at Geneva. making
four in all which have developed there.
All the cases have been in one family,
and there is little danger of it spread
ing
John Derby was fined for kissing
Mrs. Cephas Gilman, a young bride,
when he met her on the street in Terrs
Haute. Derby had been one of her
admirers and after the congratulatOry
kiss, he threatened Gilman. for which
he has been put under peace bonds
Wabash railroad officials are trying
to discover the identity of a schoolgirl
OF Wabash who stopped the east
bound express train, No. s. on that
line The girl. in the face of the rap
idly advancing express, deliberately
laid down on the track and refused to
move until the train was brought to a
stand She then scampered away be-
fore the angry engineer could reach
her. The company officials propose to
make an example of the venturesome
Juvenile
After tkirty-one hours the jury coulo
not agree to the innocence or guilt of
Frank Purcell at Washington and was
discharged by Judge Houghton Pur-
cell was charged by his 14-year-old son
with kicking Mrs Purcell to death on
the night of their daughters wedding
because she was crying over having to
give up her daughter Purcell will be
retired at the January term of court.
After being twenty years a wan
derer, George Rowe returned to his
home in Kokomo. He found his two
children grown and married and his
wife with another husband. whom she
married years ago, thinking Rowe was
dead. Mr. Rowe is staying with a
sister After a few days at home. Mr.
Rowe will again go out into the world
and not disturb the present domestic
relations of his wife and husband
No 9
The town of Fairmount and the
Union Traction company are az war
over the failure of the street car COM
pany TO ballast the track on Main
street, Paramount. which is being inn
proved with brick
The supreme court at indianapolis
has decided that Joseph Keith must be