The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-09-10

Rev. y. IL. Pdlmer ana vile WenI
to Warsaw Monday to attend the dis
trict convention of theC Christian church
which met there for session of two
days.
Mrs. Arthur Underwood, of South
Bend, and Mrs. DIR. Tabe How, of
Lakevilie, are visiting their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Leonard, this
week.
c. F. Pontious for manv years a
resident of this city. but now citi-
zen of South Bend, was shaking hands
with friends on the streets of Plym-
outh Monday.
Pat Grove is now believed to be the
man who terrcrized the guard and
held car for three companions to
board it at the time of the car barn
robbery in Chicago.
j. Matchett & Co., Bourbon, Ind,
have some nice farms for sale reason
able prices and easy terms. These
farms are located in the best part Of
Marshall county. Call or write.
At LaPorte Friday horse driven
by woman In the half-mile roadster
race won over five competitors. The
horse was Tucker, and the fair driver
was Mrs. Cora Pontifex. of LaPorte.
Flaak Wolfe, of this city, went to
Fort Wayne Monday. He has been en-
ployed as principal of the New Haven
schools in Allen county. He was prin-
cipal of the Walnut schools last year.
Mrs. f. G. Armantrout and little
daughter have gone to their old home
at Seymour, ILL.,, for visit of several
days. Mr.. and Mrs. Armantrout re-
side on the SimonS farm east of this
city.
San Miguel, the oldest town in Mex
leo and the spot where Cortez landed
and established headquarters, is swept
away by a hurricane, which devastated
the Yucatan coast, destroying many
lives.
DIR. Martin reports the smallpox
cases at Argos, and Miss Loudon, at
Maxinkuckee, all doing well. A strict
quarantine has been maintained and
there seems to be little danger Of any
new cases.
Pity John ID. Rockefeller. Some
tbirty-tive thousand barrels of his oil
went up in smoke down at Montpelier
Saturday before he had a chance to
soak the people with it at SO much
per soak,
Bishop Joyce announced Sunday
that the South Bend conference would
close Monday evening and the appoint
mentS would be announced about 10
O'Clock. The reading of appointments
is the last thing on the program.
Carl Kloepfer received telegram
Saturday that he had been appointed
teacher of German and Latin. in the
schools of Springfield, Mo-, which open
Tuesday Sept. s. He and his wife
left for Springfield Saturday evening.
The ceremonies Saturday at the
dedication of the Chinese building
site at st. Louis we're quite elaborate.
Mr.. Wong, attended by his suite in
court regalia, lent some gay colors to
the occasion, while Nine. Wong made
her first public appearance and raised
the royal standard of China to the top
of the staff.
A Sunday school teacher told her
class about the cruelty involved in
docking horses. "Can any little girl
tell me, +" she said, ''of any appropriate
verse of Scripture referring to such
treatment?'. There was pause and
then small girl arose and said SOL
emily, "What GOD hath joined to-
gether, let no man put asunder.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor is believed
to own the most costly ring in Amer
lea. 1t was made in Paris and has
three large emeralds surrounded by
diamonds. The entire ring is incrust-
ed with tiny diamonds and the emer-
aids are declared to be as nearly per-
feet as any ever seen in Amsterdam.
A flawless emerald is the rareSt of
gems. The ring is valued at $40, 900
by experts.
The South Bend Times says: ga
sporting man of this city made the
declaration the other day that of all
the gambling devices in existence the
slot machine is the most pernicious.
1t leurs boys into the gambling habit,
he said, and has absolutely nothing
that makes its federation defensible.
This is pretty strong talk, considering
the source from which IL emanateS. -
James J. Cochran, an old citizen of
Green township and Argos, died Sat-