The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-18


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Mrs. George Spaulding, whose hus-
band died a few months ago, is now
making her home with her daughter,
Mrs. Garrett +. farrell, at Marion,
Ind. She is one of the first settlers of
Marshall county.
The county commissioners have
bought a full blood polled Durham
bull to place with their herd of cattle
tile county farm. The animal was
purchased from the fine herd of j. E.
Myers, near Rutland.
Fort Wayne Sentinel: Walter CreSS,
the Pittsburg fireman, whose skull
was fractured by being struck by a
mail crane while he was leaning out
of the cab window at Donaldson a
few days ago, is getting along nicely.
At Hammond Ind, Saturday Henry
Bates, a carpenter. fell from the roof
of a tive-story opera house to the par
and escaped with a single frac-
ture of the arm. He was able to walk
Monday. His escape is the marvel of
the town.
Christmas day should be atime of
rejoicing for every child, not
because it typities any especial event
the custom of the age to be a time for
of presents and general mer-
Herman Hoppe, grandson of Mrs.
Isaiah Thomas, who died last week,
has gone to Linn county, Iowa, to
make his home with his aunt for the
present. Mrs. Thomas willed him her
house and lot and all her personal
property in South Plymouth
With the announcement that Mr..
Rockefeller has given away a lot of
money for educational purposes the
price of oil has been advanced3 81 cents
a barrel. Thus far this year the
Standard Oil Company has paid 45 per
cent dividends To its few shareholders.
William G. Geake, of Fort Wayne,
has been officially appointed second as
sistant attorney general by G. w.
Miller, the newly elected attorney gen.
eral. w. c. B. Harrison, of Goshen.
has received his official appointment
notice as travelling deputy attorney
general.
The Elkhart Review in commenting
on the murder of John NJ. Koonsman
in South Bend says: Public respect
for law, by young and old, is more eff
fective in keeping the lawless elements
and in curling lawlessness than
a regiment Of police or an army of
Twelve hundred women in the
States and Canada have
written Governor Bailey, the bachelor
elect of Kansas, proposing
marriage. but the governor has declin-
ed all offers and says the family of his
private secretary will occupy the ex
ecutive mansion.
The bank robbing business has re-
ceived a serious setback in Texas by
the killing of n and the seriously
wOunding of another robber out of a
possible three chances. But then
these captains of industry must expect
to lose something by bad claims as
we'll as other investors.
A London correspondent says that
local wits compare the war between
Great Britrin and Germany on one
side and Venezuela on the other to a
fight between two whales and a wild
cat. AS two of the combatantS are
sea powers and the other a land power,
how are they going to get at each
George w. Hill of North township,
has gone to Oklahoma to spend the
and will remain there perma-
if he likes the country. Mr..
Hill is getting old but he is we'll posted
On public affairs. He was for many
years one of the acknowledged green
back and populiSt leaders of Marshall
Yale students are protesting against
the tipping system. which prevails in
the environments of that institution,
IS 1t does almost everywhere else. II
the Yale students succeed in abolish
it, they will deserve more credit
than all the rowing crews and foot
ball teams that ever represented the
university.
The Chicago Tribune yesterday con-
tanned photographs of Police Inspector
Campbell and Officer Stuernagel, Of
that city, smashing slot machines in a
room adjoining the police station, with
IN axe. That is the real remedy for
the ~rascally business of fleeing men
and boys and giving them the first les
son in gambling.