The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-11-05
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rensschler and

schiller, all of Miner street, spent Sum
day at the home Of Fred Gottschal,
about ten miles east of Plymouth.
DIR. Wiley says that badness is
proof of civilization, and that woman
who has long hair is still savage.
This suggests the question whether
DIR. Wiley would rather marry bald
headed woman or savage.
Rev. John Appleman, superinten-
dent Of the Mexico Orphans home
came up Saturday for visit of few
days. Miss Emeline Markley. of West
township went to Mexico with him to
take positi IN in the home.
Mrs. o. A. Carpenter of Fon- Du-
Lac, Wisconsin, who has been visit
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Zehner 10 this city during the pas
ten days, went to Monterey Monday to
visit her brother, Sylvester Zehner.
John Weninger has set his mail box
post up against the fence. He says he
has to move it SO often that he can
not afford to put it in the ground.
Other men northwest of town are
talking of putting their mail boxes on
wheels.
Alta meeting of the members of the
German Evangelical church of this
city Sunday, it was decided to extend
a call to Rev. +. w. Adomeit, of
Cleveland, Ohio, to fill the vacancy
caused by the Rev. G. E. Weiss going
to Petoskey, Mich.
William Zehner fell between two
heavy boards about two weeks ago and
bruised and lacerated one of bis limbs
ve.y badly below the knee. Blood
poisoning set in and for few days
his condition was serious. He is better
now, but is not yet able to walk.
Mrs. Lizzie Howard who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
David L. Gibson, during the past six
weeks, returned to her home at Pueb-
10, Colorado, Tuesday. Mr.. Gibson,
who has been seriously i'll. is consid-
erably improved IN the past two weeks.
The pail bearers at the funeral of
Gabriel S. DrolliDger, of Laporte
county, who met instant death in the
wreck of the Purdue special train,
were Laporte county students at Pur-
due. The flower bearers were also
Purdue students. The caSket was
buried in flowers.
Jonas Miller informs us that three
boys Earnest Shirley, Emerson HaineS
and Samuel Taber attacked another
boy named Willis Huffer, near the
gravel pit Tuesday and, gave him a
terrible beating. "Pink" Thomas,
the road supervisor rescued him after
he was badly hurt.
Clayton Reslar, of this city, mes
senger of the Adams Express Co., now
making his home in Chicago, fell
from a second story window OF his
residence about Two weeks ago and
Sprained both his limbs SO badly that
he has not been able to walk until this
week and it will be sometime before
he is able to work.
J. Nj. Gibson left at aur Office. Mon
day an ear of corn twelve inches long,
containing Is rows and Weighing
pound and a half. 1t was raised on
the ground where the first crop of
wheat was raised in this county sixty
eight Years ago. The plat contains
six acres and Mr.. Gibson got $50 bu-
shells, husked with a husker.
We boast of our great railroads and
how indispensable they are IN trans
porting products to market. But it
should be remembered that before the
railroad comes into play all the pro-
duce has to be hauled over wagon
roads. These, therefore, are the in
dispensable things, and no agricultu-
raj section can be at its best unless
supplied with first-class roads for the
common hauling.
The indianapolis railway horror is
but another reminder of how much
depends upon accuracy in modern
railroading. One or two men hold the
kew 10 many a travellers life and to
the railways welfare as we'll. That
they should be clear headed and &C
curate, modern railroading has con-
clusively shown liz long list of APP
palling catastropllies that could be
traced to single inaccuracies.
Two cars of dynamite exploded in
the Pennsylvania yards at Crestline
Sunday night. Buildings were shat
tered by the conclusion, two men were
killed and $50 cars destroyed. Where
the explosion occurred hole thirty
feet in diameter and fifteen feet deep