The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-05-30

The " ork of taking the machinery
from the Novelty. building has COM
menced.
| Our Bourbon correspondent is giving
our readers all the news from Bourbon
every day.
| Mrs, Gillett. mother of Mrs. j, B.
Rowell has been visiting several days at
D. E. Snyder's.
Walter Williams hae returned from
Bradford. Pa. He was employed in the
wood rim works there.
| Mrs. Nilsson returned Wednesday
evening to her home at Warsaw, after a
two days visit in this city with Mrs, j.
r. Losey.
From reports in the Chicago papers
there is trouble In Zion" and Dowie is
not having things as peaceful in his self
created earthly heaven as it is presumed
he llight wish.
The Wisconsin legislature on the
eve of itsladjournment last week enact
ed curious law, which imposes tax of
10 cents ton on all ice gathered in that
state and shipped out of it.
Henry Hockensmith and Sherman
Ellis will have sale of personal prop
erty at the farm 31s miles south of Ply
mouth. Wednesday, June 5. Mr., Hook.
ensmith will spend the summer in Cali.
fornia.
John w. Houghton has letter from
Mrs. Westervelt stating that she made
the trip to Indian Territory safely and
pleasantly. Her stock and household
goods have arrived in good condition
and the outlook is good.
John Thomas Foulkee OF Chicago.
and Miss Ina E. Hawley were married at
Cepar Rapids. Iowa. April ~. Miss
Hawley is the daughter of Mrs. j. T..
Hawley of Plymouth and for three or
four years has been engaged in evangel-
istic work with the American win o O
Salvation army.
Mayor Knisely of Hartford City
pronounced the word franchise as
though spelled fran-cheese and all the
councilman adopted his pronunciation as
the correct one. Now all the city faith
ers are choosing" it in pronunciation and
the newspapers are striving 20 make
them 'cheese" the abominable practice.
The Forthcoming statistical report
of State Statistican b, F. Johnson in
which, he says, he will show by accurate
figures that the county and township re-f
form laws have failed in their purpose of
cheapening the cost of local government.
is awaited with the greatest degree of
interest by friends as we'll as enemies of
those laws.
"A Nebraska man claims to have in
vented a process whereby clods of the
field will burn with all of the gusto of
anthracite coal. Crude petroleum, he
says. mixsd with common earth, gumbo
and sand alone excluded, with the addi-
ton of two other articles, will make q
fuel that will burn better and with
cleaner fire than pine nots.
Another Ohio jury has indicated
the primal right to life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness by bringing in a YER
dict for So, 900 to one of two colored men,
who, with a white woman. were tarred
and feathered and driven out of the town
of West Liberty. o. To the other man
was awarded $1,000, and to the woman,
$1,000. Ohio does herself credit by such
law as this. and more credit by the
action Of her courts that enforce the law.
In an opinion submitted Tuesday
Judge John II, Baker of the United
States court holds that property trans
ferred by bankrupt in fraud of his
creditors cannot be reclaimed by sum-
mary proceedings against the bankrupt
ard that the only remedy in such cases
is action against the alleged fraudulent
trsnsferee or person holding possession
OF the property. The case az that of
John Hoffman of Fl. Wayne. who, be-
fore he was adjudged bankrupt, trans
ferred certain property TO his wife and
other creditors, The trustees in the
bankruptcy case filed petition asking
that the referee compel surrender of
this property.
"A report comes from San Francisco
that the pension attorneys are 30 jealous
that they send out runners to meet the
soldiers returning from the Philippines
on the wharf, The pullers-in of one
firm are said to call out: Come to the
doctor. come to the doctor; he can get
you 81 month more than anyone else'
The military authorities have driven
these runners off the military reserva-
ton and out of the hospitals. but they
lie in wait for the soldier as soon as he
gets beyond the boundary of military
control. Doubtless hundreds of men
will be induced to apply for pensions
who would not otherwise think of it,.
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