Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-02-08

days visit wiki her sister, Mrs. Charlie:
Bushmsn, whose child has been very
sick for several days.
A bill has been introduced in the leg
islsture aimed at the Justices of the
peace. An effort will be made to de-
prive them Of the rights to perform
marriage ceremonies.
The northern part of Laporte county
IL being overrun with wolves, which sre
destroying many sheep and Saturday
the swamps were raided by hunters and
81 effort was made to kill off the pack
Many people were very much alarmed
this morning at seeing a yellow flag on
! the school buildings and thought it wes
scarlet fever flag, but it proved to be
signal for small children TO stay at
home.
Jerome Berry, trustee of Center
township, Stark county, died last Sun
day of typhoid fever. Two mem bers
of his family had just been buried and
two more are seriously sick with the
same disease.
In the light of recent revelations in
the mismsnagement of ssylums and
ssnitariums, there appears to obtain q
theory that If the patient is not hope
lessly insane when admitted he must be
made so by abuse.
The Gem cigar store was flooded
with water last night and when opened
this morning it was about q foot deep.
The faucet being left open in the
opera house was tie cause, the water
running through the floor into the cigar
store. About 500 damage was done.
The enumeration of the voters in the
several townships in Marshall county
will be taken this spring. Blanks for this
purpose have already been sent to the
county auditors of the state. The
work will be don, by the township trus-
tees, and they must be ready to report
before the first of July.
President BIGGER, of the Mishaw aka
Rubber company, whom the rubber
trust is trying to force into the CON-
bine, says that his company will not
attempt to meet the Is per cent. cut
recently made by the trust, and 1t will
rely on the support of the masses in its
determination to remain independent.
A very good suggestion appears in
last weeks Democrat. A subscriber
suggests that on cold and stormy days
gentlemen should not remove their
hats at burial services at the cemetery.
Also that ministers in charge suggests
that gentlemen should not stand bare
headed In the cemetery and thereby let
the custom fall into dsuse.
The senate celebrated the first day of
February by passing Bsrlow's anti
lynching bill, 90 to IL. 1t is the bill
drawn by Attorney General Taylor and
provides that the sheriff's office is va
Gated if prisoner is taken from his
jail and lynched. He can only be rein
stated by the governor, after a hearing
which shows that he was absolutely
blameless.
A brakeman on train No. 66, which
passed through this city last night
about IL o'clock, was knocked from his
train as it passed over the river bridge.
He was standing upon high car and
his head struck the top of the bridge.
He fell to the ground, but luckily no
bones were broken, but he was badly
bruised. He was taken on in the ca
boose of his train. We were unable to
learn his name
L. z. Newly of Knightstown, ex.
state senator, is busy lobbying against
Senator Guthrie's bill TO do away with
the live stock sanitary commission and
put the appointment Of state veteri-
marian in the hands of the governor.
The bill provides that the state veteri-
marian may do at less cost all that the
commission now has power to do.
This week it came up on third reading.
An attack of it by two republican SEN
ators induced Senator Guthrie to allow
1t to go over to next week as q special
order. Meantime the lobby is hard at
work against it and big fight is ex-
pected.
The divorce laws of this state are to
be overhauled. joint resolution has-
ing been introduced in the Legislature
for that purpose by Senator Lindley.
The commission will consist of five
persons, whose duty it shall be for the
next two years to consider laws per-
tanning to marriage and divorce and
to formulate recommendations to cur
tail crime and poverty and promote
public health. The commission con.
templated by the resolution is to be
appointed by the governor and to con-
sist of "two physicians, one man learned
IN the law and two women who have
been married and are mothers"
Obituary.
Elizabeth Wiveiy, nee Graham, was |
horn in tho kiDUdom Of Wuortarnharu /