The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-05-22
Jacob E. Myers and wife, of Union

Jacob E. Myers and wife, of Union
township; attended the G.. A. R. en-
campment and the dedication of the
soldiers monument.A Mr.. Myers was
a good soldier and is one of Marshall
dounty's best and most prosperous
farmers.
There were sixty veterans of the
Mexican war in line at the G.. A. r.
encampmeut at indianapolis. All of
of them were over 70 years old, but
spectators declare they could still cas-
lily whip an equal number of the Young
est and best Mexican soldiers.
Plymouth IS company of the Indiana
National Guards was next to the largest
encamped at indianapolis. Captain
Kendall and all the officers and men of
the company are complimented for
their military bearing, discipline and
drill during the encampment and the
dedication of the monument.
During the first quarter of the fical
year the state of Indiana maintained
an average daily population of 1925
in the various charitable institutions,
at an expense, including repairs to
buildings, of s457, 1902. This is a
large sum, but it is 80, 600 less than
was expended during the same period
last year.
The Elkhart G.. A. r. veterans
have long wished TO have Past De-
partment Commander Jas. S. Dodge
deliver the Memorial Day address to
them, but some other city each year
secured him first. This year he will
deliver the address at Elkhart, how
ever, though he cancelled an engage
ment at Montpelier to do so.
Mrs. Ben Thompson was in Bour-
bon, last week. the guest of her rela-
tives, the Richeys. Mr.. Thompson
and wife now live in Plymouth, hav-
ing moved there from Ft. Wayne on
account of Mr.. Thompson, who is an
engineer, being engaged on that por-
ton of the Pennsylvania road on the
work Bourbon Mirror.
Luther Helpman and family have
been here the last few days the guests
of the formers parents, Martin Help
man and wife. The former is 'pros-
pecting," a thing we take and hope
to mean he intends to locate with us.
Just before leaving, Mr.. Helpman'S
son secured nice position with the
Continental bank and will remain
there. Bourbon News Mirror.
Mrs. Priscilla Wallace, of Marion,
has asked the court to annul divorce
which she was granted from her for
mer husband, now dead The record
shows that the divorce was granted
in 1886, but Mrs. Wallace says she
never filed an application, never APP
peared in court and did not know it
had been granted. She and her hus-
band lived together until his death in
1894.
A citizen of Grovertown, who had
succeeded in getting together $40 in
cash decided to get drunk Thursday.
When he got SO full that he could not
walk he got some friends to help him
on the train coming to Plymouth.
A few hours after his arrival here he
was in Jail where he remained over
night and after paying his fine, had
money enough left TO take him back
home.
The Lafayette Morning Journal,
the oldest Democratic newspaper in
the state and the only morning paper
in the Tenth congressional district,
will become Republican. w. Bent
Wilson has transferred the paper to
the Burt-Terry-Wilso company, or
gained Thursday with capital stock
of SIS, 900. This gives Lafayette
three Republican papers and no Dem
Ocratic.
Reuben Haley and his son, Samuel,
left Plymouth last Saturday for Ear-
risburgh, Pa. They expect tC visit in
that vicinity several weeks in the
neighbOrhood where Reuben Haley
was born, 81 years ago. He came to
Marshall county and settled on a
farm south of Culver, 81 years ago
and has resided there ever since. He
has spent but two days at his old home
in all that time.
An indianapolis judge warns mar
ried women who are out after ten
O'Clock at night without their hus-
bands, and whose martial woes are
aired in his court that they will find
him hard judge. He believes it is
woman IS duty to be at home early.
His theory is all right, but it ought to
be double-acting, and apply to the
husband as well, when he is not kept
away by duty.
Joe Myers, Kokomo manufacturer,