The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-12-31

The usual before-Christmas talk
about a shortage of turkeys was fol-
lowed by the usual slump in price
when 1t came to a show down. II
isn't wise to scare people away from
what they can do without.
Ed. P. Rodgers spent Christmas
with his brother Nelson Rodgers d
Niles, Mica. Nelson is in poor healti
he was thrown from his bicycle las
summer and one of bis legs was badl,
hurt and is not entirely well yet.
John o. Carter, of Chicago, came u
Plymouth to visit his father, Elder
Carter. John o. Carter was once
foreman of the IndiaDian III Warsaw
and has been for many years employed
10 the best printing Offices of Chicago.
Walter White arrived from Dixon,
ILL.,, Thursday evening for a visit of
two weeks with his mother and other
relatives here. Walter learned Inc
'.art preservative" in this Office ano
has been for several years one of the
foremost printers. of Dixon.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. z. Hanes went to
Philadelphia to attend the funeral of
Thomas ]. Farnan who was killed in
the B. and o. wreck at ConnellSville
Pa. Mr.. Farnan was the general
yard master for the Riverside Iron
Works at Brentwood, West Virginia.
1t appears that the reason for the
recent closing down of the h. & O..
shops at Garrett by which 300 men
were thrown out of work. was to fore
Stall threatened strike. 1t had the
desired effect, and the men have re-
sumed work under the old conditions
Christmas was made inexpressibly
sad for the relatives'of the sixty eight
persons who were killed in the fright
full accident that occurred on the
Baltimore & Ohio road Wednesday
night. Such occurrences fairly make
one shudder. They are simply ap-
palling.
An elevator is being built at La
Crosse. Laporte county. 1t will ha, e
a capacity of $4,000 bushels Of shelled
corn. The elevator will be reached by
five different railways Monon,
Pere Marquette. Chicago & Eastern
Illinois, the Panhandle and the new
Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville.
There will be no more Sunday flu
nerals in Shelbyville The ministers,
liverymen and undertakers of that
city have signed an agreement not to
conduct any more funerals ON Sunday
for the reason that it interferes with
the regular church of the former and
with the ordinary business of the
liverymen.
Harry Swindell and family of Kala-
mazoO, Mich spent Christmas with
relatives in Plymouth. Harry looks
we'll and is doing well in the egg and
poultry business in Michigan. While
he was MT bora in Plymouth be came
here when boy. began his Successful
business career here and Plymouth is
proud of him.
The B. & o. has commenced to in
stall system Of telephones on tele-
graph wires for use at the important
stations. Thus far the South Chicago,
Wolf Lake yards and Garrett stations
have been thus equipped. They are
not designed to replace the telegraph
in the operation Of trains. but they
will aid in many ways in facilitating
the work.
A New Jersey fox, kept in captivity
for future use In hunt, committed
suicide by hanging from his tether
and thus cheated huntsmen and
hounds The fo:. did not object to
death, but he was no true sport, so he
objected to being tortured to death.
A twenty mile run with a tragedy at
the finish is fun for the huntSmen and
the hounds, but the fox probably
fails tn see the iOy of If.