The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-05-14


Messrs. Thayer, Young and Worth
ingt0n transacted business in Chicago
Friday.
Bourbon will observe Decoration
day on Sunday. May 81, instead of
Saturday, May 80.
Mrs. A. P. Kyle, of FIT. Wayne, is
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. B. Kyle, in this city.
Mrs. John Cullen went to Month
cello last Friday to visit her mother,
who is reported very sick.
Mrs. Thomas Simons of Argos,
changed cars here Friday on her way
to BOURBON to visit relatives.
A congress of mothers will-be held
next week In Detroit. That ought to
settle the race suicide question.
Frank Bates, of Bourbon township,
last Saturday sold 80 hogs of his own
raising. They brought him 81, O62.12.
Chinese are fiocking to Chicago to
take advantage of the laundry strike,
and have advanced the rates of wash
ing.
Harry Ssindell came down from
Kalamazoo on business Thursday
ming. He is doing well and reports
his family we'll.
Mrs. George Lindsay is reported
seriously i'll at the home OF hey sister
in Ligonier. Her daughter, drs. NJ.
L. Helpman, is with her.
The city council, of Warsaw, has
contracted for two miles of paved
streets. One mile will be paved with
brick, the other with asphalt
Elijah Stansbury bought fine new
rubber tired buggy Thursday and he
and hls daughter, Mrs. Robbins drove
to Mentone Friday to visit relatives.
1t is stated upon trustworthy
authority that Ben Wallace, the Cir
Gus man, is i'll Of chronic disease
that may cause bis death at any time.
South Bend has 1885 school chill
dren, a gain of 935 over last years
enumeration. Laporte shows a gain
Of 900, Elkhart Sc and Goshen over
1902.
Arthur Wayne Rittenhouse and
Miss Bessie Gerard will be married at
the home Of the brides parents in
Bourbon at O'Clock p. M, Thursday.
May IA.
The Bourbon News-Mirror is now
printed on power press. The News
Mirror is an excellent paper and we
are glad to note this evidence of its
prosperity.
Cards are out announcing the mar
rage Of Mr.. Gerard Burton Harris
and Miss Mary Elma Parks, at the
home of the bride in Bourbon, Thurs
day. May IA.
Nine ladies came up from Kewanna
Friday to visit Mrs. ]. E. Ellis. Mrs.
Ellis resided in Kewanna several years
ago and is often visited by crowd Of
ladies from that place.
/, The Rev. Eli Seathman, of Packer
ton, one of the oldest ministers of the
United Brethren church In northern
Indiana, is dead. He retired from
the ministry seven years ago.
Mrs. Firestone and Mrs. Wiltfong
went to South Bend to meet Mrs.
Ethel Bell, who arrived from her home
at Syracuse, N. Y, Friday for a visit
of few weeks with relatives in this
city and vicinity.
Monticello and Kentland both
changed ends politically at Mondays
election, from what they were at the
previous election. This time Kent
land went republican and Monticello
went democratic.
Menn0nites propose to remove the
Elkhart institute from that city to
Goshen if a cash donation of $40, 900
is contributed. The institute is the
official college of the Mennonites of
the middle west and Canada.
A large crowd attended the band
concert Thursday evening and every
body was pleased to know that Plym-
outh has one OF the best bands it ever
had and can now have better music
than we ever got from other
towns.
The snow fall curing the past win
ter was as follows: December 8
SHOWS, depth 10 inches; January 4
SHOWS, depth Is inches: February I
SHOWS, depth III inches; March 2
SHOWS, depth 3 inches; April snow.
depth inch. Total 10 SHOWS. depth
551 inches. During the winter we
had 80 days Of sleighing. We had
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