The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-03
The Bourbon band arrived too late
Thursday evening to give general sat-
isfaction. The music was good.

summer, the street commissioner uses
the water and the hose of the fire de-
partmsut to wash off the streets and
he cleans them nicely.
An editor relates the following:
"When first he came to see her, he
showed a timid heart; and even when
the light was low they sat this
far apart, but as their love
grew warmer, they learned its joys
and bliss and sat upcloselikethis."
Some timid liar has sent out this
little gem. Read it: Seventeen
year.Old locuStS are SO thick some
miles southwest of New Carlisle, they
literally hide the rails of the fences
on which they perch, and their sing
ing can be heard five miles,.
Property owners in Laporte and
Starke counties, along the Kankakee
river. are behind project to straight
en- part oil the river. The course pro-
posed to be straighten is 40 miles. BY
digging large waterway it will
be but II miles and 100, 900 acres of
swamp land will be reclaimed.
The large barn on the farm of Dan
iel Leeper, two miles east of town,
was struck by lightning Wednesday
morning, and burned to the ground
with its contents. The barn was one
of the largest in the neighborhood,
its dimensions being 60x96 feet.
There was no observation-disclosures En-
quirer.
The Nappanee News of June %,
contains an excellent portrait, bio
graphical and business sketch of Sam
uel w. Craige one of the most success
full business men of Nappanee. Mr..
Craige is the son of George w. Craige
of Plymouth and brother of Nathan
Craige now employed in Leonard's
furniture store.
No single fire has ever occurred in
Indiana that destroyed as much
property as that destroyed by the
storm of "Wednesday land, unfortunate
ly, much the grearest part of the
losses are not covered by insurance.
That of growing crops Will fall severe
ly on individual owners, though it will
not affect markets.
Indiana has produced many noted
citizens. and some queer people,
Adam Maxwell, of Allen county, is
entitled to head the list of the latter
class. He loaned a neighbor 5000,
but when the latter came to pay in
terest he was given rebate of So 81
for that portion of the year represent:
ed by the So Sundays.
The decision of the state supreme
court that when man is prosecuted
for assault and battery the burden of
proof rests upon the state to show it
was not in Self-defenSe and was un-
provoked upSets some lower opinions
but is clearly based on common sense.
Every person charged with the viola
tion of law is presumably innocent
until proven guilty.
The men who claim THAI the ex-
ceSSive drainage of marsh lands and
inland ponds is responsible for the
drouthS in this part of the country,
haven't been heard from during the
present month. They will perhaps
come out later on and claim that the
law, providing for the cleaning of
bitches, was nOb enforced during the
month of June.
A little tot in this town had to be
punished by her mamma for making
faces at her. The mother spanked
her real hard, as she thought, and the
little girl made faces again. The next
time she spanked much harder and
then stopped to let it soak in, and
asked if she would make any more
faces. No." Sobbed the little one,
shut I'd like to-
A year ago while at play Kate, I
year-old daughter OF Deputy Warden
Barnard, of Michigan City, swallowed
a gold pin of considerable size. The
little girl experienced no bad effects
until recently she was troubled with a
hacking cough which continued to in
crease in severity until Monday when
she coughed up the long lost pin.
The pastors of Laporte will inaug-
urate decided innovation beginning
the first Sunday in July and continu-
ing for at least three Sabbath eve
nings. The clergymen who direct
the spiritual deStinieS of the PreSby-
terrain, Baptist, Christian and Metho-
dist churches will unite in holding
open air meetings. The special object
will be to reach people who seldom
darken church entrances.
One of the amusing things of the
show business is to be found in the
cleverneSs of the manager who left