Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-10-11
From Wednesdays Daily.

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Miss Cora A. Silvey went to Ft
Wayne on the morning train.
j. +. Hsrtle and wife left this morn
ing for Bluffton, where they will visit
| friends.
Thirty years ago occurred the Chi
cago fire. The date of the great copfls
grafton was Oct. 9, 1871.
Mrs. Smith, who is staying with her
daughter, Mrs. III. A. Armstrong, went
to Rochester this morning.
Miss Ervs Wilmer went to Bremen
this morning where she will attend the
Bremen fair and visit friends.
After a delay of several weeks work
was resumed on Laporte street and
men are now busy laying brick.
Mrs. West, after pleasant visit with
relatives in this city, returned today
noon to her home at LogaDsport.
Adam l.. Lechlltner and Miss Dolie
| f. Keyser were united in marriage by
Otto Weber, Justice of the peace.
Mrs. Pesch returned this morning
from her visit at the Pan American OK,
position and other points in the east.
Mrs. Vernon changed cars here today
for her home at Logsnsport from Bre
men, where she was visiting relatives.
The county commissioners adjourned
late yesterday afternoon and full re.
port of their proceedings will be given
morrow.
Mrs. Hugh Shaffer and children, who
live about three miles east of here
went to South Bend today noon, where
they will visit relatives.
Adam Vinnedge has taken up the
| wooden sidewalk in front of his pro-
perty on Lsporte street and will soon
place cement walk In it's place.
A Warsaw clothing dealer is sdver.
Using the quality of his pantsloons by
hanging l0S-pound keg of nails to
one leg and attaching the other leg to
the ceiling.
The sextennial enumeration of voters
of the state was completed Monday
1t shows a total of 6u 1916 voters in the
state, an increase since the enumera
ton in 1895 of 1924.
No portrait of man ever appears on
| Uncle Sans coins and no portrait Of q
woman on his postage stamps end this
leads discriminating exchange to re.
mark that this is the reason we lick the
stamp and squeeze the coins.
The following mbers of the East
ern Star went to South Bend today
noon, where they will attend q banquet
given by that order: Mr.. and Mrs
Daniel Mcdonald, III. G. Thayer, Mrs
Il. Nj. Tanner, Mrs. kaszer, Mrs. II. II
Bonham and Mrs. Theodore Cressner.
| Frank JsnKe, who lives near The
Washington school house was visited
by burglars Monday night. They
placed a ladder to the window in the
up stairs and gained entrance, but were
frightened away by Frank before they
were able to ramsack the house much
The fare to Buffalo for the Pan.
American exposition has touched the
lowest point. Coach excursion tickets
sold Tuesdays Thursdays and Satur-
days via Pennsylvania lines cost only
one-hslf Of the one way regular fare
and are good returning six days. See
ticket agent, j. +. Hsnes, Plymouth
Ind, about it.
10 the Valparaiso superior court q
few days ago Judge John ]. Knicker-
booker, being sued for a 81 800 liquor
bill, filed an answer in which he alleged
that he is q hsbitusl drunkard and that
the publican had no right to sell him
| liquor. Judge knickerbocker has &C.
cupied prominent position both So
cially and at the bar.
Cornell's "Humpty Dumpty" troupe
left on the morning train for South
Bend, where they play tonight. The
company was greeted by q large audi
eDce last evening, which seemed to
thoroughly enjoy the entertainment
and was highly spoken of by every
body. The stage was too smsll for q
large portion of the fine scenery which
the show carries with it.
The base ball season Is over. Pitts.
burg carried off the penant in the
National league and the Chicago White
Sox were the winners in the American
association The attendance at the
National league games, according to
the published figures, exceeded that of
the American, but more American
clubs claim to have had q profitable
season than league clubs.
Probably no man in Indiana has
bigger corn crop than Benjamin +.
Wallace, the Snowman of Peru. Clay
Wood, who manages Mr.. Wsllace's
farms, has just completed shocking this
years crop. He had forty assistants
and they worked for four weeks. All
told, the men shocked $3.50 shocks, ten