The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-04
Savings deposits in Chicago bank.

Savings deposits in Chicago banks
now exceed 500. 407, 900, the increase
10 this class of deposits last year be-
ing upward of s22, 900, 900. Strikes
do not appear to interfere with the
boarding of cash in the "little steel
banks" whose contents are later de-
posted in various institutions, and
sankers say Chicago is just beginning
to learn to save.
A child emptied can of gasoline in
the well at Charlie Luderman's place
near Quincy. Mich, and after various
methods had been tried to free the
water of gasoline Luderman decided
to ignite it. He thrust a match in
the we'll and landed about twenty feet
away. Fortunately he was not seri-
ously hurt by the eypleslon-and the
we'll was purified.
Among other questions propounded
a young lady applicant for school by
Trustee Lentz, of Milford. the other
day was the following: what is
your position upon whipping chill
dren?" and her reply was: my
usual position is or chair. with the
child held firmly across my knees,
face downward" 1t is needless to
say she got the school.
William Kirby and John Stafford,
of Inwood, got into a fight Wednes-
day night, and Kirby used a knife
cutting Stafford in the back and in
flicting pretty bad wound. Marshal
CLANCY and Sheriff Bondurant went
TO Inwood in answer to telephone
message, brought Kirby to Plymouth
and placed him in Jail. Kirby is said
to reckless dangerous fellow.
The grand jury IN Berrien county,
Mich, has been the means of securing
an enforcement of the Sunday laws at
Benton Harbor and ST. Joseph to the
extent of closing all the saloons and
the SaloonistS to get sweet revenge
insist that the laws shall be enforced
regarding restaurants. hocels, livery
stables, street cars and all other kinds
of business that have been wont to
disregard the Sabbath.
The coal operators are complaining
that the miners are at their old tricks
of taking holidays, and that some
times mining is practically at stand
still. In celebration of Ascension day
they took three days, and in one of
the largest mines only twenty-five
cars of coal were mined in the three
days, whereas the quantity should
have been more than three times that
every day but one, the real holiday.
Miss Mary McKague died at Chi
cago Thursday, May 81. after long
illness caused br typhoid fever. She
was born in Plymouth and resided
here until about year ago. She was
about 80 years old and was lady who
had the respect and esteem of all
who knew her. We do not believe
she ever had an enemy. The remains
were brought to this city at 1O:0S a.
m. Friday and short funeral services
were held at the Catholic church.
The remains were inferred in the
Catholic cemetery.
The Tippecanoe correspondent OF
the Argos Reflector says: ''A certain
paper published in our county pro-
cured goodly number of subscribers
here during the month of March. on
the representation of the solicitor that
they were in touch with the u IS.
free seed distribution and promised a
hundred packages. different varieties
of seed, free, to the subscribers. Our
people, as others, are looking for the
best of 1t, hence they were taken in.
Several Informed us that they paid
their money for the seeds and not the
paper, but as yet the seeds have not
arrived"