The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-10-16


hills. went to Etna Green to visit
this week.
The dairy products of Wisconsin
now rival in value all the animals sold
each being worth about s27, 900. O0t
per annum. Little more than half of
the state is in farms. The average
area of a far-l is III acres.
Ninety-six tickets were sold at the
Vandalia, station for the Logans
port excursion Sunday. The city wa:
wide open and drunkenness and dis
order reigned supreme is the report
the excursionists brought back.
Reports from the agricultural de-
partment at Washington show that
the apple crop of this year is up tC
the average of the past seven years in
the United States. The crop in Ohio
Indiana and Kansas is below the av.
erage.
The United States consumes now
eight times as much sugar per capita
as in the first quarter of the last cen.
tury, four times as much as the aver.
age per capita during the decade end
ing with 1850 and twice as much as in
any year prior to 1870.
The family of John Kuhn were all
at home Sunday DR.. John F. Kuhn
of Washington City, was home for a
visit of few days and Adolph and Ed
E. and wife came home to spend Sum-
day. 1t is John F'S first visit to
Plymouth In three years.
An engineer on through freight in
someway lost consciousness between
Donaldson and Plymouth Sunday
afternoon and fell from his engine
just as he was coming into Plymouth.
He was badly cut and bruised but his
injuries are not considered dangerous
Quite number Of our citizens have
bought pianos from the manufacturers
exhibit on Laporte street within the
past ten days, and we noticed that a
very nice one was taken to the home
of Oliver Rosenbury, which he present
ed to his daughter Hazel this morn
ing.
DR.. John F. Kuhn arrived from
Washington Friday evening to visit
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs John Kuhn,
and other relatives In this city until
Thursday evening. He has good
position in a hospital at Washington
and could only get furlough for a
week.
At Hammond last Friday evening
Frank Edwards and John Chickey.
aged 10 and 20 years respectively,
and both Chicago boys. were sem
fenced to fourteen years in the state
reformatory, heavily fined and dis
franchlsed for holding up a Fl. Wayne
section gang last August.
Mrs. Maude Houghton was called
to Laporte Saturday evening by the
serious condition of her mother-in.law
Mrs. Thomas K. Houghton, whose
serious injuries from falling down
stairs have been given our readers.
Mrs. Houghton was alive this after.
noon, but physicians have abandoned
all hope Of her recovery.
The remains of Patrick Kelly, who
died at Fort Wayne Saturday morn
ing, were brought to this city
this afternoon and inferred in the
Catholic cemetery. Deceased was for
many years section foreman at Don.
aldson and was well known in the
west part of the county. He leaves
a widow and three sons.
A series of meetings began at the
Wesleyan Methodist church Tuesday
evening with bible reading on 'In-
dividual Responsibility" conducted
by the pastor E. E. Myers. The
evangelist S. A Now will be here in a
few days. There will be another bible
reading this evening at 1870. Bring
your bibles. All are welcome.
Twenty passenger firemen and as
many freight iremen are to be pro-
noted within the coming four or five
weeks on the Pennsylvania, the for
mer to engineers and the latter to the
passenger service. With this end In
view the passenger tiremen affected
haye been transferred to freight runs
to work until they receive their pro-
motions.
A lone democratic orator out in
Missouri talked for two hours to an
amused audience on the subject Of
free silver and when reprimanded by
one Of the leaders he testify replied
that he had as much right to be
Casibianca as the rest Of the party
and furthermore his issue was just as
modern and as much alive as any of
the rest in use this campaign.
1t only took Mr.. MetSker few
minutes last Saturday to find out that