The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-08-28

The state liquor league has decided
not TO hold a state convention this
year, but instead the executive board
will meet in January during the ses-
sion of the legislature. The purpose
of this is to keep an eye on liquor
legislation.
Potatoes are selling at wholesale at
20 cents bushel in indianapolis, and
the retail price is 30 cents. At this
time last wear the retail price was 80
cents a peck. According to the Bryan
theory money must be very scarce at
indianapolis.
Plans have been made for a new
union depot just west of the present
Pennsylvania station. The tracks
will be re-arranged and a new system
of water works put in. This will
give Plymouth as good railroad facil-
tiles as any city Of its size in Indiana.
Felt Flocenz' er, residing northeast of
town lost very fine yearling colt last
Saturday. A barbed wire fence
separated the pastures of two farms
and the colt kicked at a horse on the
other side of the fence, got its legs
tangled in the wire and was so badly
mangled that it had to be killed.
A stock train with load of 700
tons and hauled by engine 1857, COW
cred the AS miles between Chicago
and Fort Wayne, on the Pittsburg
road. in five hours Sunday after
noon, including one hours stop at
Hamlet to pick up another car and to
await the passing of passenger train.
A dispatch to the South Bend Times
from North Judson says: j. Don
GOrrell, the editor of the North Jud-
son News, is dying at his home there
from neuralgia, superlnduced by ma
larial poison. Mr.. Gorrell is secretary
Of the board of education and cOrre-
spending secretary of the Commercial
club.
R: c. Kloepfer'S family have moved
back to town from their cottage at
Pretty Lake. Mr.. r. c. Kloepfer
will leave for New York in few days
to purchase goods and Mr.. and Mrs
Carl Kloepfer will leave Sunday for
PendletOn. Oregon. where Carl has a
position as professor. of languages and
mathematics.
W. I'll. Freeman, secretary of the
state board of forestry, is in this
county this week, and he and Senator
Parks are looking up the forestry
question and the timber best adapted
to this locality. He will be glad to
give any information that he can to
parties interested in planting trees or
growing timber.
There are two births to every death
in the United States, according to the
census report. A baby is born in this
country every twelve seconds. Every
twenty-three seconds death occurs,
every twenty-four seconds marriage,
and every minute of the twenty-fOur
hours Of the day five cradles are sup
piled with occupants.
Mrs. Martha Coffee and daughter,
OF Merrillvllle, Ind; Mrs. Merton, Of
Valparaiso, and Mrs. Jonas Wood
ward, of Iowa, aunts and cousins of
Mrs. John F. Appleman. stopped here
with Mrs. Appleman, and with her
went to Argos to attend the reunion
Of the Mcclure family at the residence
of L. w. Mcclure Wednesday.
There was enough truth in the
statements of preacher at Winona
Lake to set people thinking, at least.
He said: "The way to get rid of
gamblers. drunkardS and dudes is not
to raise them, and that anarchy is
not born in Haymarlet Square, but
in the houses in which boys are not
taught to obey their pal ents.
While cutting hay on VIM. Cook S
land, west of Walkerton last week,
Charles James, tenant of w. w.
Chapman, drove his team into an old
we'll which was hidden from view by
the tall grass. The horses both went
down into the we'll and one chOked to
death in few minutes, while the
other got its head into the water and
drowned before help could be obtained.
One million dollars of bonds were
chopped up in the Office of the state
treasurer on Tuesday at 10 O'Clock.
A few men who are not connected
with the state finance board were in
vited to witness the destruction of