The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-04-10

The Bourbon News says Miss Eta
Price, of the Plymouth schools spent
Sunday in Bourbon. Many of her
last years pupils heard of her coming
and gave her happy greeting at the
depot.
Mr.. Aldo Hildebrand and Miss
Edith Wray, of Atwood, Ray Logan,
Miss Goldie Giller, of Plymouth, and
Mr.. Boggs, of Argos, spent Thursday in
the country with Miss Daisy Tribbey
south of town.
Prof. R. A. Chase, d. Frank Reed,
Misses Edith Hoover, Gladys Hoover,
Emma Crowley and Ruth Thompson
were among those who went to South
Bend from this city to attend the
teachers convention
Mrs. Albert G.. Harmon, of Etna
Green, changed cars here Thursday
on her way to Walnut to attend
the funeral of ]. L. Mccoy, held at 10
O'Clock Friday. Mrs. Mccoy was Mrs.
Harmon s half sister.
In another columns will be found
report of the dinner of the ''seven sis
tiers sisters" served by Mrs. Jemima
Sponsler Mrs. Joseph Collins joined
them today and the combined ages of
the eight ladies is $40 years.
Israel d. Wolfe, formerly city clerk
of Goshen, who was sentenced TO
Michigan City prison a year ago for
one to five years for failure to turn
over 81, 500 of city funds, was Thurs
day paroled, and returned to Goshen.
The morning train north on the
Vapdalia was an hour late on account
of a large number of extra coaches
filled with school teachers Oh
their way to attend the great
teachers convention at South Bend,
last Thursday.
The Right Rev. Bishop Alderding
continues to recover slowly from the
recent operation at st. JoSeph's
Hospital, for appendicitis. The dis
tinguished prelate was able to officiate
at mass at the st. Joseph Hospital
chapel Easter morning. He is in good
spirits and has borne his illness with
great fortitude.
Party workers and enthusiasts for
friends should not forget that good
men are the ones that will bring honor
to the ticket at the coming election.
The councilmen from the various
wards should be the best men in the
ward. The ability to best serve the
city is the deSideratum that should
win the endorsement of the voters of
the ward.
A special from Knox says that fish
ermen will sweep Cedar Lake Tuesday
with monster seine. The best food
fish will be returned to the water,
while buffalo, suckers, dog fish and
others of the Scavenger variety will be
destroyed. The United States fish
commission Will stock the lake liber-
ally with those game and food fishes
best adapted to its waters.
A man required by his wife to do
homework and mind the baby asks a
divorce in Chicago because she would
not allow him even five cents a day.
If the millions of women who have
done homework aud minded the babies |
all their lives without personal al
lowance of one cent day were to get
divorce on that ground there would be
startling dislocation of society.
The rural mail routes are rapidly in
creaSing their business in this county. |
In March 1901 the number of pieces |
of n all handled on route No. /, was
4, 72O: on No. ,, 1922: on No. 3, ALL. |
In March 1902 there were handled on
same routes SIP, 1923 and 4,91S, |
making 1868 more pieces handled in
March 1902 than in the same month |
of 1901. Route No. = made the |
largest, gain l, 4O1 pieces,
1t is announced that in a recent |
meeting of the United States railway |
traffic association it was decided that |
the ''hobo" as railway and general |
nuisance must 90. Therefore the
tramps days are numbered. No longer |
will he ride on freight trains unmo- |
Tested. Detectives are Watching for
him at every point on the railroads.
He Will now either have TO do the dis
tasteful stint of walking or 60 to the
workhouse, which he breads.
The Times of recent Gate quoted |
the Plymouth Tribune as stating that |
petitions were circulating there to re-
tire Superintendent Chase, of the
Plymouth schools, who had been
superintendent there 30 years and has
certainly done very much to place the
schools of that place on a high plane.
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