The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-18
& LOCAL NEWS 3

Herbert BRYAN is on the sick list.
Circuit court convenes next Monday.
Mrs. Ezra Barnhill is improving
slowly.
DR., Burkett has returned from his
hunting trip in northwestern Tennes-
see.
Mrs. VIM. Grimes, of Denver, Ind,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ed
Saline.
Mrs. Benjamin Switzer is lying at
the point of death at her home north
west of this city.
Mrs. Amsley, has returned to her
home after a visit of a few days with
Mrs. j. d. McLaren.
Miss Sallie McIlvaine and Mrs. Belle
Miller. of Benton county, have pur-
chased DR.. Knott's farm.
The marriage of Mr.. John Engman
Hoag and Miss Frances Stack will be
SOlemized during the holidays.
Mrs. Mortinnore and Miss Grace
DemoSs, of Bourbon. visited over Sun
day with Mrs. John Langfeldt.
Mrs. Carder and Mrs. E'eller. of
Bourbon. visited over Sunday with
Mrs. Ray Bennett and Mrs. Ashley.
DIR. Borton and Mrs. Aspinall have
returned from a visit of a week at
Cleveland and other points in Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mccain, of CHI
cago, are visiting Mrs. McCann's par
cuts, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fertig in
this city.
Mrs. W. H. Martin has returned to
her home at Anderson after a visit of
two weeks in this city with her sister,
Mrs. Charles Harris.
Mrs. Jonathan Pickerl is seriously
i'll at her home in Argos. She has
been confined to her room for ten
weeks with rheumatism.
Adam Wise, grand treasurer of the
MaccabeeS of Indiana, is a delegate to
the congress of fraternal associations
which meets at Indianapolis this week.
friedrich Shafer, one of the old resi-
dents of Walnut township, died Thurs
day evening and was buried Saturday.
His age was 20 years. 9 months and l
day.
Teegarden is still alive and wide
awake on the question of a cement
factory 70 be built there in the spring
and give employment to $50 to 300
men.
The Logansport Journal says that
in spite of denials there seem to be in
dications of the reported consolidation
of the McCulloch and Boyd electric
line interests.
Venezuelan situation is regarded in
Washington as grave. Test expected
over matter of blockade when Ameri-
can vessel now en- route with cargo
and passengers reaches La Guaira.
The new eight cent postage stamp
will bear the likeness Of Martha WASH
ington. This is the first time in the
history of the United States the like
ness of a woman has been used to en-
belish a postage stamp.
The trustees of the town of Roam
have granted a e franchise of the
streets of that town to the Wabash
Rochester electric railway.
1t is announced on the authority of
n OF the closest friends of Major
George w. Steele, congressman from
the 18th district. where be has served
for almost 20 years, that he will retire
from active political life.
Prominent business men in all the
cities of the west doubt the correct
ness of Hills statement tI1at business
prosperity has reached its summit.
They do not expect any decline in
business during the coming year.
A letter from NJ. w. Simons TO Le-
ander Southworth, written slnday.
said Albertus was resting well and his
s4coyery seems assured. 1t was very
serious case OF appendicitis and it will
be about three weeks before ne can be
removed from the hospital.