The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-10

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week to attend the funeral of his
step mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Mann.
She was the sister of Thomas Lee.
People seem to be coming to the
conclusion that when cattle and hogs
are sold by the farmers for or s
cents pound something else than the
alleged beef trust is responsible for
dear meats.
c. E. Bofinger and wife, of Chicago,
spent the Fourth with Mr.. and Mrs.
R. c. Kloepfer. Mr.. Boinger return
ed last evening and Mrs. Bofinger is
spending week at Kloepfer's cottage
at Pretty Lake.
The ice man and the keeper of the
summer resort, the soda fountain pro-
prletor and the STRAW hat merchant
hail the rising of the thermometer and
the sunshine. They see prosperity
coming down the pike.
Nelson Rodgers has sold his house
and lot and his paper route, has sew
cred his connection with the Plym-
outh Independent Democrat and ex-
poets to work for the Conkey printing
company at Hammond.
Five days of fair weather have been
a great boon to farmers of this coun-
tv and thousand of acres of wheat is
cut and shocked in good condition,
and thousands of tons Of clover hay
have been safely housed.
George Protsman returned from
Convoy. Ohio, on Monday. He re-
ports immense crops of corn, oats, bar
ley and grass in that section of coun-
try, and says farmers could not have
better prospects than they have now.
Lightning struck tree near the
residence of William Rcrer on the
Michigan road south of town Monday
afternoon. Four sheep were killed
and Mr. Rorer was knocked down by
the shock but was not seriou ly in
jured.
The proprietorS of one of the largest
circuses in this country announce that
all their employees are abstainers from
the use of liquor, and that in the fu-
Jure none but that kind of men will
be employed. This is certainly an adj
vanced step.
Miss Coral Stewart, of South Bend.
passed through here on her way to
Fort Wayne to visit her brother,
George Stewart, who has been suffer
ing from telegraphers' paralysis for
over three months, without any gen.
eral improvement.
An electrical storm struck portion
of the city of ChicagoMonday and did
immense damage. More rain fell in
less than eight minutes than ever fell
in Chicago in SO short time before,
and the lightning and wind wrought
havoc and ruin to many buildings and
trees.
The weather has been contrary to
all established rules this year. 1t was
as cold as October when the sun
reached its furthest point north, and
the worst hail storm ever seen in this
section, was followed by very hot
weather which seems to have come to
stay all summer.
While the press has presented an
endless number of illustrations of the
Mount Pelee disaster, the illustra-
lions in the July cosmopolitan, print
ed on fine paper with the most care
full art, give clearer idea Of just
what that disaster means than any
thing hitherto presented.
A man and woman are travelling
about the country working a new
swindle. They buy a one dollar pos
tai or express order and send it to
themselves at the next point. Later
they reach the point, secure the order,
and after "raising" the figures get it
cashed by business men.
Perry Haag whose home is near
Tyner, was Frustrated by sun stroke
while shocking wheat On the farm of
William Koch, near Pretty Lake, this
forenoon. DIR. Stephens was called
and found it a pretty serious case, but
he thinks the young man will be
around again in few days.
A number of headstones for union
soldiers were ordered sometime since.
and arrived this week, when one of
them was found to bear the name of
Jacob Kaufman. The matter has
been pretty thoroughly discussed, and
it seems to be the general opinion
that the maidstone ought not to be
wasted, SO we'll have to plant the
genial marshal.-Bremen Enquirer.
Mrs. Peter Gibson was coming into
town to church Sunday morning,