The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-05-23
Elmer Hodge and Miss Ida B. Swi-

hart have been licensed to marry.
Mrs. Henry Zechiel of Culver, spent
the day with Mrs. James w Maxey.
james M. Hume, of Macomb, ILL.,, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. j. w. Siders.
Miss Celia Kleimer, of Garrett, is
visiting relatives and friends in this city.
-Mrs.L, L, Culver of st. Louis, Mo. !,
is the guest at the home of a. NJ. Tanner.
Will Suit and family drove to La
porte Sunday and returned home Tues
day evening.
George w. Baxter left Wednesday
for st. Joe, Mich, where he will visit
his sons fsr week.
Miss Edith Wyland, who has bee
at ii. B. Aliens returned to her home at
, Grovertown yesterday.
Emory Reeves who is studying
medicine in Chicago has arrived home
to remain during the summer.
For new bicycles, tires, sundries and
repair work the best value can be had
by going to Underwood & Son, Gen.
ter Street. wdtf
Solomon Zehner had an attack of
heart failure at the Office of Suits plan
ing mill Wednesday and is reported in
critical condition.
"A number of Starke county people
came here yesteday to attend court, but
the case in which they were interested
was postponed and they returned home.
Following is the list of unclaimed
letters: Henry Glass. John McCaffery, F,
M. Blassingham. Thos. yesterday. Mark
L .Underuer, Gualdine Dale, Edith
Perkins
| -Josephus Baldwin. who died at bis
home at Granger. Ind, Thursday. May
10, was one of the oldest citizens of St.
Joseph county He was born in the
northern part OF New Jersery, near
Newark, Oct. 10, 1912 and was SO years
and months DID,
The new law enacted by the recent
legislature requires but one justice of
the peace on lunasy commission, in
stead OF two, and allows two physicians.
This is sensible. A physician is the
proper person to judge of the sanity of
subject OF inquiry anyhow.
L. B. May, of Mount Cory, Ohio and
Sherman Tuttle OF Fit. Wayne were here
| today looking after the interest of
Cornelius Tuttle OF Donaldson. The old
gentlensn's mind has been 80 weakened
by his long illness that decree of court
was obtained to place his affairs in the
hands OF couservator.
Carl Kruger, Chicago man, has
had his stomache removed and last Fri
day ate dinner with his family for the
frat time since the operation at the
Illinois Medical College a month ago,
He is the third patient known TO med
icai science who has survived such an
operation and fully recovered.
The farmers institute to be held at
Argos, tuesday and Wednesday May %.
The program is a good one L. Little
ton, DR.. Gould. Miss Maude Bryan. A.
W. Dolph, Eva Wickizer, Miss Grace
Alleman, Mrs. Beatty, John NJ. McFarlin
and Rev. j. l.. Austin. of this county
end Cal Husselman of Auburn. are
among those who will lead in the work.
Superintendent r. A. Chase return
e1 home yesterday. His mother died at
HiIlsdale. Mich, last week and he took
the remains to her old home in Connect
icut and they we're inferred by the side
OF her husband who died several years
ago. She was known by many persons
in this city having often visited her son
here. and was very sstimab.e lady.
The wholesale merchants of CIeve-
land and their friends, 43 in all. arrived
in this city Wednesday at o'clock over
the Fort Wayne road. They are on
what they style trade extension iaunt',
they travel in style on special train
and are working for the interest of
Cleveland. Plymouth was glad to have
them here. They expressed themselves
well pleased with our little city. which |
really does as much business as any city
in the state of it's size. They went |
south on the Lake Erie after stop of an
hour in this city.
Statistics show that while at thu be- |
ginning of the twentieth century there |
are eighteen times as many people as
there were one hundred years ago. there |
are tifty-four times as many churches |
and nearly seventy three times az many |
church members. Methodists of all |
kind have grown in the hundred years
from 1884 to 5,9l6, $40; the Baptists of |
all kinds from 100000 to 4.521. 3O5; the |
Presbyterians from 40, 900 to 1854, 900;
the CongregationaIists from 5000 tc
631 1863; the Lutherans from %. 900 to l.
O60, 167. The entire gain of all the
year 1900 was 344S46 The number of