The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-06-27

C.E. Toan and H. Z. Buck went to
Chicago Tuesday to meet Ira D, Buck. OF
Peoria.
Mr.. Joseph Chase OF Polk township Is
visiting his daughter, Mrs. B. M. Sey-
bold on Miner st.
Jno. W. Wiltfong and wife ofChicsgo
are visiting friends and relatives in this
city for a few days.
Miss Pearl Neville has returned to her
home at Teegarden after pleasant visit
with Miss Julia Jockey.
Beginning about Aug /. Elder A. h.
Zilmer will preach once month at the
Church of God in Plymouth.
Mrs. Bauman has purchased the lunch
room formerly owned by Mrs. William
Craig near the Pennsylvania depot.
James A.Hanes left Tuesday for Lima
Ohio, where he attended the initiation
of the Knights of Columbia Tuesday
evening.
The creditors of O. r. Porter met here
Tuesday with Bankruptcy Commissioner
Lambert. P. o. Jones was suggested
for trustee.
Elkhart has fi7e cases of smallpox un-
der quarantine. The strictest sanitary
measures are being pursued to prevent
spread of OF the disease.
Mrs. Quick, after three weeks visit
in this city with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. W. T. Leonard. returned Tuesday
to her home at st. Louis, Mo.
Mrs. c. A. Poland OF Colum bus, Ohio
who has been visiting at the home of
Charles Tibbetts and other friends in
this city,le Tuesday for Bourbon.
John s. Ellis, of Muncie. widely known
as the "CorInthiau poet" of Masonry.
was in Plymouth Tuesday enroute to the
meeting of western writers at Winona.
The contract for the brick work of the
bank part of the new Speicher building
was let Monday to Charles Rosen-
berry, The remaining contracts will be
LET within a few days.
MarriedMonday evening at the home Of
the groom in West Plymouth, Otis
Mickels and Miss Ada Marshall The
ceremony was performed by Andy
Molter. justice OF the peace, in the pre-
sence of few intimate friends.
The civil engineer and superintendent
OF bridges of the Lake Erie & Western
Ry. we're in Plymouth Tuesday after
noon and decided to construct new
stone culvert in the place of the pile
bridge at the Schuyler street crossing.
! Grand Chancellor Daniel T.. Storms,
of Lafayette, was at Culver Monday
arranging for an excursion of theKnights
fron Lafayette to Culver next Sunday.
The Sir Knights of this place are invit-
ed and may expect royal time if they
visit the lake Sunday.
Mr.. John NJ Bentley agent P. Ft. w.
i Co. X. r. Co. has been ia and out of
the city for the past ten days settling
the right OF way questions for the road
bed OF the double track between Fort
| Wayne and Chicago. The additional
right through the farm of Senator John
| w. Parks was settled today at 400. We
understand the additional ground along
the lire has been secured and the grade
is being made,
A. p. Boyer, president of the Goshen
Mfg. Co.. makers of ladders and lawn
swings, was here today inspecting sev-
eral prospective sites, on the j. W. Ellis
farm near the Oakland avenue crossing,
on the J. A. Rice farm east of the Elk
hgrt river near the Soudan factory
| which has been bought and will be oc-
cnpied by the Buescher company. Mr.
Boyer asks no bonus. The agent who
showed him the various sites thinks be
will dee e on the Ellis place, He re-
qures EN- acres.-Elkhart Review,
Sc.ne of the property owners on La
porte street between Center and the
railroad are signing petition to the
common council for a forty-foot pave
ment instead OF the thirty-foot plan now
contemplated by the ordinance. The
argument is that the street is essentially
business thoroughfare and the amount
of traffic it carries. together with the re-
quirements of the hotels. express Office
depot ard church for standing teams
demands pavement OF full width, A
majority of the lot owners favor the wide
street.
Luther Paul Houghton, aged % years
died suddenly Monday at 1:30 o'clock
at the farm home of his father. Thomas
Houghton, north OF Culver. The young
man was at Culver during the forenoon
and was apparently we'll. Shortly after
dinner. of which he partook heartily, BIZ
was taken with convusions and died be
fore physician could reach him The
funeral was held Wednesday fore
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