The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-05-28
Mr.. and Mrs.. Monroe Ream, of In
dianapolis are here for q visit Of q

Writing from Winona Lake, Albert
Hurae says one of their school boys.
Carl Cunningham. was drowned while
in bathing. The body was recovered
the same evening.
The Lake Erie will run excursions
to both Michigan City and Indianapo-
lis next Sunday. Excursions will be
run to indianapolis every Sunday I'M
til further notice anG to Michigan
City every two weeks.
Weather conditions continue just
as they have for a week and the only
place in this latitude within 500 miles
of here that has not had plenty of
rain is patch about five miles square
with Plymouth in the center of it.
A new law in New York is based of
the principle that automobiles are
made for reasonable use, not for reck-
less scorching. One provision is that
automobiles must be stopped at the
request of riders or drivers of horses.
On account of a fear of microbes
George Francis Train has refused to
shake hands with any one for thirty
years, and yet he is down with small
pox. Train is now convinced that
breathing is dangerous, but he will
hardly boycott the habit.
Harry Hoy is here from South Bend
for visit of ten days. He is just
able to be out after an illness
of four months and will try
what Plymouth air, magnetic water
and old associations can do to help
him on the road to health.
John V. Cushman, who got his an
kle broken year ago, is in town for
visit of a few days. He spent the
past ten months with his son, Jesse,
at Toledo, o. He is looking well,
but still limps little. He is kept
busy shaking hands with old friends.
The old-time tiddlers of Kentucky
have issued a challenge to the old-time
fiddlers of Indiana to fiddling match
to be played in Louisville Aug. II, in
order to settle the championship and
other boaStful excellencieS that they
are won't to cling to on both SIDES of
the state line.
That animals having contact with
human beings convey disease to them
is not disputed. That many animals
are subject to diseases which affiict
humanity is equally certain. This
truth is one of the many which scien-
tific observation of lower animal life
has established.
If the township trustees would 60
into caucus next Monday and calmly
discuss the qualifications of all county
educators who would be willing to &C
cept the Office of county superintend-
ent and then unanimously elect the
best man regardless of party, they
would do the proper thing for the
schools of the county.
Almost everybody in Plymouth re-
collects George Young, the red headed
fruit seller, whose voice could be heard
from Fuller's wagon for several blocks
in all directions as he travelled over
town. George disappeared from Ply
mouth four years ago, and Tuesday
his wife was granted divorce and is
now Mrs. Stephen Smith.
The Chicago Daily Bulletin, soon to
be issued by women In the interest of
"Woman, Truth and Justice" will
have but two men on its staff. They
will be employed at the "copy desk"
and their chief occupation will be the
elimination of dashes from the man.
uscript Of the female contributors and
the insertion of commas and periods.
Incidentally, it may be remarked,
they will earn their salaries.
Mrs. Peter Richard left last Tues
day for Newton, Kas., to visit her
mother, Mrs. Susan Lolomaugh. and
other relatives there. Mrs. Lolo-
maugh is "a years old and In declin-
ing health. She is the widow OF
Jacob Lolomaugh and was one Of the
earliest settlers Of Marshall county,
and was for many years resident Of
Green township. She is sister Of
John g. and Joseph Bowles.
A company composed of Elkhart
and Eastern capitalists applied last
night for franchise to operate a
heating and power plant for South
Bend. The South Bend Heat and
Power company obtained franchise
for the same purpose sometime ago,
but the Elkhart company says it can
fix rates much lower. 1t begins to
look like the price of heat and light
will be reduced to reasonable figure
in few years.
There are soIae utilities that do not
call for comnetition. Ga lonc as the