The Plymouth tribune., 1902-11-06
Mrs. Lizzie Cowell has returned to
her home at Shreve, Ohio, after a
pleasant visit with relatives here.

William Klinger, of South Bend
spent Sunday with his mother in thi
city, who has been seriously i'll TO
several weeks. She is "a years olt
and her recovery is not probable.
Seven sudden deaths at the Marion
Soldiers Home have convinced th,
inmates tqat dive keepers are in tht
habit of drugging their drinks, anC
hundreds of them are signing th,
pledge.
A South Bender is credited will
standing up at the bar and without
moving from his place drinking eigh
quart bottles of beer and six glasses
of whisky and he didn t seem to minC
it a bit.
III. B. Whitlock came down from
South Bend Saturday evening and de
cided to remain here until his vote wa:
in the ballot box. He is not the kinC
of republican that has to be sent fol
on election day.
The Brazil Methodist church was
smeare0 with tar and feathers, Satur.
day night, presumably to spite the
evangelist who has been conducting
services there and who has made some
very radical utteranceS.
A Norfolk, Va, political boss blew
his brains out the other day because
he learned that the people were tired
of his ways. The wonder is that such
sensitive man could ever have be-
come political boss anywhere.
Potato raisers say that there is so
much water in the tuberS this year
that the wise consumer will have his
potatoes kept where there is plenty
of air and put away without bruising.
At the best many are expected to. de-
cay.
Mrs. O. NJ. Barnes who has been
visiting relatives at Argos and in this
vicinity for two weeks, returned to
her home at Oil City, Pa, Monday.
She is niece of William Slayter and
had not seen him since she was lit
tie girl, fifty years ago.
The Tribune has not asSailed the
character of democratic candidate
during the campaign. The Republl-
can newspaper has so many valid rea-
sons to give for supporting the repub-
Iican ticket that it is not compelled to
descend to dirt singing.
There was rush at the county
treaSurer'S Office Saturday morning
and it continued all day. The crowd
on this the last day to pay without
penalty was as large as that of Satur-
day. Hundreds of people put off tax
paying until the last day. =
OF the forty-two states which hol1
elections this year there are eleven con-
corning which there is no clashing of
prophecies. These are the Southern
states, where republican government
does not prevail and where democracy
has everything its own way.
On Monday w. II. O'Brien, chair
man of the democratic state commit
tee sent telegram to all the demo-
cratic workers in Indiana declaring
that the democrats would elect their
state ticket and have majority in
the lower house of the legislature.
At the hour of going to press this
afternoon indications are that Indiana
will give a large republican majority.
Ohio's republican majority is placed
at $4,000. Both parties still claim
New York. 1t is generally conceded
that the republicans will have ma
jority in the next congress.
John Engerman has been unusually
careful for the past two weeks watch
ing the engines in the yards here to
see that none of them got loose and
ran away, but he made mistake of a
notch Sunday night and two engines
interlocked their ''cow catcher" /"
while he was asleep and it took six
hours to get them apart Monday.
A Pennsylvania youth, discarded by
his lady love, has sued her for s3s, the
value set by himself on presents he
had given her. The young woman,
who regards gift as permanent
possession, presents a counter charge
of $137, the value of meals eaten at
her house during the period of court.
ship and while she was making up hel
mind about him.
Henry Protsman whose headquar.
ters have been at Minneapolis, Mime
sofa for the past eight, years, came
down to Chicago Saturday on business
and came to Plymouth to spend Sun.
day with his brother and renew old
acquaintances. He looks younger
than when he left here, and he thinks
Plymouth has improved wonderfully
during the paSt eight wears.