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

Josiah Jockey has sold his property
in Bremen and will move to Chanute.
Kansas.
The Bremen Enquirer's weather
prophet says the backbone of winter is
now broken.
Mrs. Morgan. mother of Mrs. j.. A.
Jockey has gone to Chicago for visit
of few days.
Miss Arvilla Wine. Of Bremen. has
taken position in the central telephone
Office at Lafayette.
George T. Childs of McGraw, N. Y,
cousin of Mrs. George H. Thayer. is
visiting in the city.
"A Washington special announces
the appointment of j. A. Jockey as
postmaster at Plymouth.
Mrs. M. s. Denaut returned to her
home at Walkerton Friday after visiting
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. James Nc
Donald.
-Mlss Clara Northam, who has been
visiting at the home of H. II. Bonham.
returned to her home at Walkerton
Friday.
MRS. A. j. Carey is here fron La
fountaine, Ind, for a visit of ten days
with her father. s. 5, Staley. and other
reistives,
For new bicycles. tires. sundries and
repair work the best value can be had
by going to Underwood & Son. Cen.
ter Street. wdtf
Albert VanGilder had his thumb
badly sawed by rip saw and Mr.. Carl
had his leg badly cut by an ak at the
basket factory Thursday morning.
Mrs. Craig and Mrs. Mcfarland ar
rived Thursday noon from Wesf Cairo
Ohio, to visit their sister Mrs. Wade.
their niece. Mrs. G. Firestone, and other
relatives.
Mrs. Gillet who has been visiting at
at the home of David Snyder departed
Thursday for her home at Goshen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Snyder accompanied her
as far as South Bend,
Senator Chaunecy Depew has pre-
scented to his son house and lot 10 New
York with $4,000 mortgage on the
property, just to see how the young
man will go about paying it off.
Mayer Altman & Sons Dough. 3lS
fieeces of wool from VIM. Scofield Friday
morning. They bought $500 pounds at
Culver Thursday. Other dealers here
are buying large guam titles and it will be
seen that if any of the surrounding
towns get ahead OF Plymouth in the pur-
chase OF wool they will have to hustle,
The May crop bulletin of the Indi-
ana Bureau of Statistics, basing its re-
port on 100 per cent. as an average crop.
shows the crop of wheat this year to be
"a 6 per cent. in the State. and other
crops as follows: Oats. ia per cent. !;
timothy. D.; clover. 1877; rye. S6.5; bar
ley, a; apples, 74.S; cherries, 81. s; pears.
76.S; plums. 76.S and peaches $50.
Elmer Doty, of Milford, was in
town Thursday and drew his pay for the
arch which he recently completed over
the new channel of Yellow river made
by the dredge just south of the B. & O..
station in Bremen. 1t is the largest
'niggerhead" arch in the world. and
makes complete roadway and bridge
at about half the cost of an iron bridge,
The cost of the arcl was little less
than $1,000.
John Guttschaal. died at his home
eight miles east of Plymouth, We'd
desday evening. aged 70 years. He was
good citizen and had resided on the
farm where he died for more than forty
years. His wife died about four years
ago. He leaves family OF married sons
and daughters aud numerous grand
children. The funeral was held at
10 o'clock Saturday with interment at
the German Baptist church.
"A recent examination of the records
of nearly 400 cadets at West Point for
the past ten years shows that outside
the sons of army officers. of which there
are 60. 148 were sons of farmers, l15 sons
OF merchants. 100 sops of lawyers,37 sona
OF manufactures, 30 cons OF mechanics.
20 sons of insurance agents. l9 sons. of
real estate agents, IA sons OF cisrgymen,
13 sons OF editors, bankers and book-
keepers. 10 of druggists. of drummers.
8 OF school teachers, aud 6 of dentists.
The county commissioners were in
Bremen Wednesday to inspect the new
stone arch over Yellow River on North
Center street. which they accepted from
Doty Bros. the contractors. The arch
is built Of niggerhead stone and is one Of
the best jobs of mason work to be found
in northern Indiana. The arch cost
$1,000, and will likely last for the next
thousand years. 1t is valuable improve