The Plymouth tribune., 1902-07-17

Two weeks of good weather have
enabled farmers to harvest wheat and
hay in good condition. The corn on
lowland is not ia good condition but
that ON dry land looks well.
Hiram A. Work, well known to the
people of Plymouth as an experienced
hotel man, arrived last evening and
will manage the Hotel Kellison until
the new tenant is installed.
The Pennsylvania railroad runs an
excursion to Chicago Saturday. Train
leaves Plymouth at 2:25 p, M, and
tickets are good to return until Mon
day night. Fare for the round trip
S1.oO.
Work has commenced on the foun-
dation of the new electric light build
ing. 1t will be erected almost on the
site of the old building and it is said
that dynamo of 200-horSe-pOwer will
be installed.
Chicago claims population of l, $780,
900. 1t is a great citv, but unfortu-
nately many of its people are very
bad and it is not factor to be proud
of in shaping the government of the
state of Illinois.
Eli NJ. Shirk and family, of Harris
burg, Pa, arrived here yesterday, for
visit of two weeks with the family
of George Shirk, who recently bought
the Dan Fetters farm three miles
north of Plymouth.
A syndicate of Valparaiso and
Illinois capitalists have organized a
stock company to sink several wells
for oil or gas on tract of land north
of Valparaiso. Work will be begin in
the course of two weeks.
J. III. Calkins. engineer on the
Twentieth Century" train on the
Lake Shore, made his last run yester-
day. The speed was too much for his
nerves and he will take slower run,
the change being made at his own
request.
Three ,smaf towns in North Dako-
ia were wiped out by tornado Tues
day night and much damage was done
in many other places in that state and
Minnesota. The towns destroyed are
Borup, Eldorado and Thompson. Sew
eral persons are reported killed.
1t is claimed that bcx of gold and
silver coin weighing more than one
hundred pounds was found secreted in
the home of Jacob SommerS, who died
in Dekalb county recently. Sommers
was an eccentric character, 80 years of
age, who never married and lived
alone.
A big potato crop would be about as
great a blessing to this country as
anything that can be thought of in
connection with mans physical needs.
Potatoes are an important adjunct OF
the workingman'S kitchen. In point
of general use they stand next to
bread, which is called the staff of life.
William Everly has secured the con-
tract for the water mains and other
appliances for the Sophia street sewer.
The council has not yet advertised fol
bids for paving the street but it is ex-
pected that the paving will be done
this season unless the strikes make il
impossible to get the water mains here
in time.
MarcOni, who is On the Italian flag.
ship Alberto Carlo at Cronstadt.
Russia has cabled to his London office
that he has received wireless signals
from the Cornwall station, about l.
lao miles distant, partly overland.
Complete messages were received as
far as Skagen, Denmark, about $50
miles from Cornwall.
J. N. Holem, of Miles, Tennessee. is
visiting relatives in this city. He
went to Tennessee in very poor health
over year ago and is now well and
strong. He is working for a lumber
company and left his wife and two
daughters at shome. He visited his
children in South Bend last week and
will return to Tennessee Monday.
The st. Joseph Valley Oil s. Gas
Co., which has leased many thousand
acres of land in the vicinity ofWakarusa
for experimental purposes and which
last week purchased the machinery of
the discouraged Bremen people, Tues
day began erecting a.derrick on the
farm of Jacob Davidhizer, adjoining
the town of WakaruSa on the west.
Jacob Balsley's barn near Bremen
was struck by lightning Monday after
noon and burned to the ground. 1t
was a fine barn and contained quite a
quantity of hay, some grain and farm
machinery, but we have not been able
to obtain particulars. Two boys were
in the barn when it was struck and