The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-05-23

Bend. The next state convention will
be held at Evansville.
Mrs. Vining, we'll known in this city
several years ago as Miss Lou Russell,
has returned to her home in Wisconsin
after pleasant visit with relatives and
friends In this county
Postmaster Lyle. of Valparaiso.
passed through here on his way home
from the encampment. He was recon-
mended for reappointment by Congress
man Crumpacker who recommended
him four years ago.
-Mesdames Tryon. Monzoil, Meese,
Byers, Finar and Neizer, all of Monroe
vile. visited Mrs. j. G. Corbaley on
their way home from Logansport. They
were acquaintance and friends when
Mrs. Corbaley resided in Monroeville.
Two games of ball were played at
Rochester Saturday, the Rochester team
winning both. They first crossed bats
with Valparaiso defeating them by a
score of to O, then Culver came before
them and went down by score of to
2.
Mrs. Clifford Atkins, Of Laporte, has
a table cloth that belonged to Mrs. Mar
tin Van Buren,, wife of the tenth presi-
dent of the United States. 1t is of snow
white linen, and shows little wear. Mrs
Van Buren, gave it to Mrs. Ward, moth,
er of Mrs. Atkins.
The women of Wanatah, Laporte
county, will band together TO drive out
two disreputsble characters of both
sexes. The persons under the ban will
be served with notices to move and more
summary treatment is threatened if
there is failure to comply.
Have you paid your dog tax? If
lot, get move on the clasp OF your
money purse and do so without delay.
The township assessors will soon make
their reports to the county assessor and
all those who have failed to pay for the
pleasure of supporting dog will run the
risk of getting into court.
President Mckinley never spoke a
truer word than in his speech at San
Antonio, Tex. when he said" Is march
ed through the line of over five thousand
school children and heard them sing
My country, tits of Thee, Sweet land Of
Liberty" / knew the future of the Re-
public was safe forever.
The base ball season opened in
Goshen Tue sday with a game between
the Goshen and Bremen teams. The
phenomenal batting of Bert Inks gave
Goshen the victory by score of IL to 10,
The finish was an exciting one and the
enthusiasm of the i've hundred specta-
tors present was at the highest pitch
throughout the contest.
There are 7742 school children in
this county according to the enumera-
ton recently completed. This is $50
less than last year. The enumerators
certainly missed some of the girls and
boys. Perhaps they were counted in
Laporte county which always reports
more school children than any other
county CT the same population.
Strikes and rumors of prospective
strikes ill the columns of the daily press
nowadays. The many fortunes made 10
the great money centers and elsewhere
have their effect on the masses. They
seem to think that when spectators
make stacks OF monep in comparative
ly short time, they ought to get little
more for their labor than they have been
| accustomed to receiving,
The frat annual reunion of the deaf
mutes will be held at Rochester on Jure
8, and large attendance is expected.
Religious services will be held the day
following under the direction of Rev
Hasenthal, of Chicago. the only deaf.
mute Methodist minister In the United
States. The hymn, Nearer. My God,
| to Thee" will be rendered in the sign
language. The meeting will be novel
one
The wife OF DR.. B. F. Overmyer, OF
Letters Ford. committed suicide Wed
nesday morning by taking two ounces oil
csrbolic acid. She was lady of fine
form and features and of more thar
ordinary attachments. She had an ele-
CANT home and her social position wat
the very best. She was about 46 years
old, and had not been we'll for two OF
three years. Her mind is supposed tt
have been affected.
"A revolution in the carpet industr,
will be effected by a new invention fol
manufacturing Persian. Smyrna anc
Turkish piled" and ''tufted" carpets
While it takes the Oriental weaver da,
to produce about one square yard of car
pet, this new double" loom turns GU
carpets of similar kind. equal. 1t is de
Glazed. to the best hsnd-made Orienta
productions, at the rate of thirty-6v'
square yards day and upward, withou