The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-01-15

The man who owns good corn land
is to be envied, because he can find
ready buyer If he wants to sell, and if
he wants to keep it nothiEg pays bet
ter. In many localities the price of
corn land has doubled within the last
few years,
Laporte is one of the few towns 10
the country in which there has been
felt no actual scarcity of anthracite
coal. The local dealers last spring
put in nearly their entire supply of
winter coal before the PENNSYLVANIA
strike began.
If an eight-hour law is passed by
congress, and the times of depression
come when the employers gladly lessen
their output by reducing the number
of hours, the first men to complain
vii, be the workers whose income will
be shortened.
A new assessment bilf will propose
that the assessment of property shall
begin March 1, instead of April 1, and
that the assessors have 10 days in
which to complete their assessments
instead of 60. The bill will he with
special reference to personal property.
Rev. A. III. DeLong's s'candle ser.
mon" at the Methodist church Fri
day evening, attracted large audi
ence, all of whom were pleased AND
instructed. He is an able preacher
and is doing much good. He will
assist the pastor in the revival meet
ings for several days.
Mrs. Maria Engel who died in Bre-
men Friday evening, January 2, was
the widow of Jacob Engel who died
in 1895. She was So years old, had
been a resident of Marshall county As
years and is survived by two sons, one
daughter, 81 grandchildren and 20
great-grand children.
Rev n. p. belong received a let
ter from Rev. Isaac Dale presiding
elder of the South Bend district say
ing that owing to Illness he would not
be able to attend the second quarterly
conference, but that Rev. DR.. Switzer
would be present, Monday evening the
10th of Jan. and preside,
AS a sort of reward, after preventing
his relative from becoming a member
of London stock broking firm, King
Edward has allowed Prince Francis of
Teck $40, 000.a wear until the prince
can obtain some remuneratiye position
more in keeping with his standing as
member of the royal family.
The supreme court of Indiana holds
that a rule of broad education re-
quiring pupils TO go directly home
after school Is valid one. and one
that may be enforced by the principal
of school. He may GO on the streets
or in the stores and public buildings
and compel the children to 60 home.
Several cities in Northern Indiana.
according to the report of State Statis-
tician Johnson, have exceeded their
constitutional limit of Indebtedness
2 percent of the assessed valuation Of
taxable property Among these are
Decatur with a limit of s35, S25, which
owes s95, 900 and Garrett with a limit
of s23.370 but which owes $62, 626.
Mr.. Frank Scott, of Goodland, was
a caller on Rev. belong Saturday.
Mr.. Scott has just returned from the
Philippine Islands where he has been
serving the government as nurse in
the Military Hospital. He will take
a medical course in Northwestern
University and return to the Philip
pine Islands as a medical missionary
The South Bend Tribune prints re-
ports from all the principal towns and
cities in this part of the state, show
ing that the fuel situation is becom-
ing very serious. Scarcely any of
them have bard coal. and soft Goa. is
selling at S. to $3.50 per ton. MANY
factories are being closed, and the
poorer people in manv places are suf-
fering severely.
The county officers will make an
other effort to have a general read
justment of salaries by the present
Legislature. The township trustees
will also ask for more pay, and for
certain changes in the road laws.
There are more than so road laws
now on the statute books, which makes
too much confusion for the average
trustee to straighten out.
Prof. Chase has chimney that had
terre Gotta top built for hard coal.
He burned soft coal and it became
clogged. He tried to pull the top off
with a team of horses but failed. He
then hired man to demolish the top