The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-07-30


and James Wilson, of Union township,
have gone to indianapolis to erect
number of buildings which Mr.. b.
gardus has contracted to build.
William Botscb, WHO married Miss
Meta Ruge in this city, died at his
home in Washington. ID. c., Tuesday
morning of consumption. His wife
died of the same disease few years
ago. He leaves one child, daughter
Mrs. Olive Spangler and her two
children left for Denver, Colorado,
Thursday after a visit Of six weeks
with relatives in this county. Her
father, Mr.. John Ringer, who came
here with her will remain a week
longer.
Solomon Mayer, of Spokane, Mr..
and Mrs. M. ]. Speyer and family, Of
New York and Mrs. Nathan Kramer
and daughter, Corrinne, of Chicago,
are visiting their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sigmund Mayer and other rela-
tives here.
Twelve oil wells sunk and only one
of them dry is the record to date of
the operations in Liberty township,
Porter county. The company now at
work in that field proposes to drive at
least fifty wells, and land in the vicin-
ity has gone up to $50 an acre.
The pastors of the city, with their
families, spent Friday in delightful
manner at Pretty Lake. There were
% IN the crowd. An excellent dinner
and supper was served by the ladies.
When not fishing or eating the time
was taken up in playing games.
Still another score for Indiana. A
contractor from Columbus, this state,
has beaten all the records i'm the
building line by erecting complete
the mammoth agricultural building
on the worlds exposition grounds at
St. Louis in about SO days. time.
Out In Kansas City the coal dealers
have decided to advance the price of
coal 81 a ton because of an increased
cost of cents per ton in mining.
This is another benevolent move on
the part of the operators to let the
public help the hard-wc-ked miners.
An expert examination has been or
dered of the books of all Elkbart coun-
ty officers, dating back to the going
into effect of the law requiring all fees
to be paid into the county treasury.
The investigation is to determine
what disputed feesare due the county.
A Marshall county lass is reported
to have endeavored to stimulate in
dustry among her fathers harvest
hands by Offering to give three kisses
and q hug to the one who shocked the
most wheat. That ought to be enough
to shock the wheat, and everything
else around the place.
John. Ringer, OF Denver, Color
ado, has been here for the past six
weeks visiting his brothers. sisters
and other relatives. after an absence
of fourteen years. He says Colorado is
just like all other countries, some men
make money and others lose. Mr..
Ringer has evidently done well.
\ Mrs. Chauncey Place died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert
Clark, in Teegarden Tuesday, July. 81,
of consumption, aged 81 years. She is
survived by a husband and two chill
dren. The burial took place at the
Morris cemetery Thursday. Rev.
Hardy, of South Bend, officiated.
The Bourbon News says Chas. Frib-
ley sowed to wheat last fall Al acres
Of ground that he had in pickles that
season, and when he threshed the
wheat last week he got I55 bushels and
five pounds from the AZ acres, which
is little over "a bushels to the acre.
Who said pickle raising was hard on
ground?
The largest tree in Oregon was felled
recently, to be sent as a curiosity to
the Worlds Fair. 1t is the Aberdeen
spruce and stood nearly 800 feet high,
40 feet around and lis feet from the
ground to the first limb. Its age is
calculated at 40 years, being a good
sized tree when Columbus discovered
the land that was afterward named
America.
D. G. Cole OF this city finished
threshing his wheat on his farm near
North Liberty. He had over thirteen
hundred bushels and has sold it and
got the money in bank. He has $50
acres Of corn that at present promises
large yield; this along with his four
acres of onions will probably enable
him to buy coal to keep him and his
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