The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-08-14

wife with the washing last week, fell
from the porch and broke one of his
arms. When your wife wants you to
help her wash just show her this item.
Jacob Hickman, of German town
ship was ninety years old last Thurs
day and the occasion was celebrated by
a great FIRMLY reunion at which about
$50 relatives representing five genera
tions were present.
Milton White and Mrs. Samuel
Waner, both residing in the same
neighbOrhood, west of Lapaz, are at
the point of death. Mr.. White has
bright'S disease and Mrs. Waner is
suffering from a cancer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Fravert came
down from Nappanee Friday to visit
over Sunday in this city and vicinity.
Sam reports business good in Nappa-
nee and he is well pleased with his new
location. He is in the hardware trade.
Lawrence L. Letherman, the well
known post office Inspector who has
been in Porto Rico the past year ar
rived at his home in Valparaiso, We'd
nesday evening. He is one of the gov
ernments best officials and is well
known in Plymouth.
The Bourbon News Mirror avs John
Caldwell and wife started for Kincaid,
Kan, Tuesday to visit the former S
father and brothers. Mr.. Caldwell IS
father is Sc years of age. While away
they will also visit in Colorado and
Oklahoma, being gone about month.
at the auction sales of Berkshire
hogs at Beloit, Wisconsin Wednesday,
at the farm of A. j. Lovejoy, the
world s record for average price was
made, being $40, 756 for thirty head.
The highest price was $500 for boar.
Buyers were present from all over the
Northwest.
Gen. Lew Wallace, of Charlottesville
contemplates trip to Alaska, and
expects to start about Aug. 10. He
will take a Kankakee river guide and
has invited several friends to accom-
pany him as his guests. They propose
to buy an outfit at Seattle and pene-
trate the Alaskan wilds.
The Baltimore and Ohio railway
mas decided to employ no more women
stenographers in its operating de-
partment. 1t is the policy of the COM
pany Ito select subordinates with a
view to their promotion to higher pO-
sitions, and women are not at the
present time thought of as possible
railroad officials.
Not long ago in Jasper county,
when an examination for teachers
license was being held, one of the ques-
tions was: "Name three ex-presidents
of the United States who were famous
generals of the civil war;" One OF
the young ladies wrote: "Grover
Cleveland, Abraham Lincoln and
James G. Blaine"
r. E. Freese arrived from Toronto,
Canada, Monday evening, and was the
guest Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
NJ. Freese until Thursday, when he
left for Chicago, and trip through
the northwest and the Pacific states
which will probably require year to
complete. He travels for Cincinnati
carriage company.
A scientist says that "if the earth
was fiattened the sea would be two
miles deep all over the world" After
due meditation Kansas editor gives
out the following: "If any man is
caught fattening out the earth shoot
him on the spot, and don't be too
blamed particular what spot. There's
a whole lot of us in Kansas that can't
swim.
Argos defeated Plymouth by a
score of four to nothing in the ball
game Thursday. Spectators say it
was a good game and the score shows
that much. Another picked up team
was beaten at Bourbon the same day.
Plymouth has so many good ball
players that the can improviSe half
dozen teams in half hour at any
time,
Coronation day in England, SatUr-
day, was uShered in with a roar of
guns that aroused all sleepers within
the confines of old London town. At
4:3O a. M, just at sunrise, the guns in
the Tower of London and Hyde Park
doomed SaluteS in honor of the day
and announced to the people that the
day for the browning of their King
had come. Many persons, however,
did not require notification, for they
were on the streets all night.
While Ira Zumbaugh who resides
near Sligo was waiting to unload his
wheat for the threShing machine