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

ital stock is fixed at 5000, 900 and the
stockholders are nearly all well known
capitalists of that city. Two humid
red men will be employed from the
beginning.
Corn has been higher than wheat in
Chicago this week. July corn was
sold for 90 cents d bushel. This is
speculative of course and the price is
not warranted by the condition of the
crops, but farmers will get high
price for corn another year at least.
Fort Wayne undertakers have en-
halmed the leg of man who had an
accident neceSsitating the amputaiion
of the limb. The member will be pre-
served for burial with the rest of the
body, and it can not be said of the
owner that he has lone foot in the
grave"
In Hamilton county, the other day.
a woman filed divorce proceedings
against her husband, and one of her
allegations was that her husband took
a bath every Saturday night, and for
this purpose, used the kitchen and
consequently, hindered her in her
household duties.
At the governors office is being pre-
pared an Arbor Day proclamation, de-
claring Oct. "a, as the day to be OBJ
served by the planting Of trees. a
program is being prepared by State
Forester w. III. Freeman, and will be
published by the state superintendent
of public instruction.
The council and the railroad men
meet again Thursday evening to dis
cuss and if possible agree on the
height of tracks and the kind of rail-
road crossings the city should have.
1t is a meeting of great importance to
the city of Plymouth and the farmers
south and west of the city, and we
hope the council will act wisely.
The crop bulletins show that, how
ever much individuals may have suf-
fered from the sudden heat, the state
as whole has protited nightly by it.
The storms and heavy rains which,
threatened disaster to the crops have
been more than offset by this wealth
er, and If the jewellers in cities COM
plain, the farmers at least rejoice.
The children's day exercises of the
Richland Sunday school held Sunday
night were heartily enjoyed. The
singing was a feature of the program
that merited especial praise. The
Richland people consider their Sunday
school interests as a part of their buSi-
ness, and prepared for their children IS
day right in the busy season of har-
vest.
The meeting of Western Writers
held at Winona lately was notable for
the pauclty of writer's whose names
are known outside the membership of
that association. Very few'mel and
women who have anything more than
a very circumstantial local reputa-
ton were present at the meeting.
The name is more pretentious than
the gathering warrants.
Morgan H. Weir, OF Laporte. is
dead. During the past forty years he
was one of northern Indiana IS
leading lawyers and was very promin-
ent in politics. He was mayor of La
porte served a term in the state SEN
ate and was once the democratic can
didate for congress against Major
Calkins. He had many warm friends
in Plymouth.
The 400" of Newport, the center
of snob fashionable life, made mon
keys of themselves lately by giving a
dinner to Jocko, the mascot monkey
of one of the private vessels in the
harbOr. Their ancestor was dressed
IN evening dress and sat at the table.
He probably made as good appearance
and engaged in as edifying converse
tion as did those who entertained him
SO royalty Elkhart Review.
One of the most singular pieces of
horse thieyery ever known to Lake
county officers was brought to light
at the county seat last Monday night
says the Hammond News. Two
young men and two young women
stole horse and rig over week ago
near Richmond. The quartet rode in
the rig nearly 200 miles during the
week, while every sheriff in the state
was hunting for them. Yet they sue
cessfully eluded pursuit TIL they got
to Crown Point where they tried to
sell the outfit to Matt Boney.