The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-06
j. W. Replogle, grand secretary OF

the Maccabees, visited Hon. Adam E
Wise here on his way to Rochester Il
attend the funeral af j. G. Phillip:
who was one of the first grand lodge
deputies of the order in Indiana.
The last census report shows that
in 1900 the number of wage earners
in the United States was 5,3O8, 4Ot
and the amount of wages paid 50. 1922,
333 ,S77 as against 4,251, Glib wage
earners and 81, s9l, 22s, 32l wages paid
in 1890.
An Englishman recently asked an
up-to-date American this question;
"What would your people in the
United States do if we landed an
army of $50, 900 British soldiers on
your shores today" The American
replied calmly: "We'd bury them to-
morrow"
Chicago hospitals haye decided to
exclude tuberculosis patients. When
they have applications from undesir-
able subjects they will sU%raightway
find tuberculosis symptoms, and off
goes the patient to find the best care
he can.
Intelligence from Montana war
rants the belief that the position of
Justice of the supreme court in that
state is about as lucrative as owner
ship of a diamond mine in full opera
tion-and the job only pays So, 600
salary too.
The most valuable song sung in In
diana is the daily cackle of the salts
fed hen. If she and her ally, the
turkey hen, were to stop singing their
monOtonOuS lay, the state Of Indiana
would be from $40, 900, 900 to SIS. 0OO,-
600 poorer every year.
Jacob Miller a young man 20 years
Of age vas accidentally shot while
hunting squirrels nea Bourbon last
Sunday. He stumbled and fell and
fell both barrels Of his gun were dis
charged into bis right side. He died
the next day. October %.
Rev. Mr.. Graves Of the Colorado
Baptist conference declares that the
ten commandments are out of date and
may be broken without mourning any
particular sin. Mr.. Graves evidently
entertains hopes of obtaining a sum-
mer pastorate at Newport, R. L.
Two well dressed strangers with a
wagon and team, and appliance for
taking photographs engaged BOARD Of
Loyal Burch and after remaining one
night and a day left without paying
their board. People of other towns
are warned to look out for them,
Miss Sarah Thompson who had been
visiting relatives in the vicinity of
her old home south of town this sum-
mer, returned to Santiago, California,
Friday. She has a position as nurse in
a hospital in that city and her sister,
Mrs. Martha Miner is a nurse in the
same hospital.
John, the ~19-year-old son of Mat
Wies, living five miles south of Crown
Point. accidentally killed himself on
Tuesday morning by the premature
discharge of a shotgun, the load strik-
ing the left side OF his head above the
ear and tore away his skull and brain,
death being instantaneous.
The auditor will receive bids up to
1.3O p. M, on Friday, Nov. I, 1902.
for the construction and excavation of
the NJ. /. Anglin ditch in Green town.
ship, the same being part open and
tiled ditch, and 1920 feet in length.
Specifications are on file in the audit
or's office for inspection.
The Mexican government has been
sounding some of the large banking
houses in New York with a view to
procuring enough gold to rehabilitate
the Mexican currency system. There
is no immediate intention of placing
Mexico on a gold basis, but Wall street
believes that this is a step in that di-
rectiOn.
The Oldest United States soldier is
declared to be j. j. Overton, of Los
Angeles, CAL, who is now los years
old. He served in the Black Hawk
war, the Mexican wal and the civil
war. Mr.. Overton is a native of
Pennsylvania. He walked three
miles to the last &, A. r. parade at
Los Angeles.
The electric railways, built and pro-
posed, in and through Logansport,
have been an endless source Of trOu-
BILE ito the newspapers of that city
ii not a source Of revenue for
them. One paper or the other
has to whack the City Council or the
railway capitalist every day or they
wouldn't feel good.
Judge Bingham, of Muncie, joined
Senator Beveridge at East Chicago in