The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-06-13

day morning.
"A. j. Emerton left last week for
Central Wisconsin in the interest OF the
Clizbe factory.
Miss Emma Kreighbaum of Twin
Lakes left Thursday morning for Elkhart
where she has employment.
-Drs. Reynolds. Asphalt. Borton and
Stevens performed an operation on
George Weigle Friday for appen-
dicitus.
The public schools of Elkhart coun-
ty will have no graduating exercises on
account of the prevalence of smallpox.
in that county.
The county commissioners was at
Bremen last week inspecting bridge,
and arranging for the construction of
three more bridges in German towns hip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell have returned
to their home at Ottawa, Kan
sas, after six weeks visit in this city at
the home of W. W. Sponsler and other
relatives.
Mrs. Joseph Swiudell left Thursday
for Warsaw to attend the Caldwell
Oldfather nuptlals which was held
that evening. Miss Caldwell is cousin
of Mrs. Swinjell.
Miss L. E. Stout. formerly of this
city, is worthy matron of the Eastern
Star at Moberly, Mo-, and We see by the
Moberly Democrat that she has been en-
PERTAINING some of the chief officers OF
the order in Missouri.
There is unquestionabIy consider
able unfairness in the rules governing
base ball. For instance; an umpire can
steal the whole game, whereas, player
mover has opportunity to steal more than
base. There should be some way to
sort of equalize matters.
Judge Capron Thursday decided the
Laporte water works case in favor of
the city, The supplemental water works
cost $4,000 and heavy property owners
brought suit claiming that the city had
exceeded the constitutional limit of in
debtedness. The losers will carry the
case TO the supreme court.
The profit of the government on
coming copper is considerable. Cent
coins consist of five per cent of tin and
zinc and ninety-fve per cent, OF copper,
They cost the government about forty
two cents pound, and there are 14S in
a pound. so that the treasury makes just
81 ,O6 on each pound coined.
New Carlisle Gazette. The veneer
able Joseph Hush. now an inmate at
the county farm. and who claims to have
been born May 10, 1895, in New Jersey,
and to have voted for President Madison
girded up his loins today and started on
a 14-mile tramp to New Carlisle, near
which place be had resided about three
score years.
The Indianapolis News says Miss
Edith Beck of Indianapolis, holds first
place among the Indianapolis fishing
colony. Last Monday, on Lake Maxim
kuckee. she hooked and successfully
landed. unaided, bass weighing seven
pounds. The fish measured 241s inches.
The oldest inhabitants agree that this
wa the largest bass ever caught in the
lake. -
The Pennsylvania house OF repre-.
sentatives passed bill to prohibit the
sale to women of beer or other liquors to
be carried from saloon in bottle or
other receptacle. The DILL was styled
anti-"growler" Legislation, and the author
of the measure declared his purpose to
be to put stop to drunkenness among
women and children.
Maggie Matthewson sends US two
Comarche. Indian Territory papers. A
perusal of them gives US the impressed
that Comanche is lively town for a
fellow that loves excitement of the sbor-
der" type, and also indicates that while
there is much fine land in the reserva-
ton that will soon be opened to settle
ment. claims will not be obtained with
out considerable difficulty and some
danger,
"A New York woman has welcomed
back her husband after desertion on
his part of tweaty-nine years. The
chances are that most women in that
length of time would have forgotten all
about having had such a husband,
while it is safe to cay that there are
some who would be willing to try the ex-
pertinent if their present husbands
would only get out of the way for few
years.
Rooms E. F. @. and H, of the pub
lie schools gave q good entertainment
Thursday evening. The principal scene
was fairy grotto where the fairy queen
was sleeping watched by her attendants.
There the flowers of good children are
turned to gold and the mother of Karl