The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-08

A new steam boiler and ten-horSe
power engine has been put in al
Brightside.
Mrs. Floyd Linkenhelt, of Indian
apolis, is visiting at Benjamin Linken-
belt S in this city.
Jesse Moore and Mr.. and Mrs. Jones
Grant, of Bethel. Moses Richards, of
Argos, John G.. Leonard and Charles
Andrews of this city. went to Elkhart
Fri ay to attend the reunion of the
Ninth Indiana Veterans,
FOR SALE-A choice lot of four
horses, one three, one four, one ten
and one eleven years old. 1925 gets
your choice. 1 also have some fresh
milch cows, and shoats for sale. j. r.
Vinnedge. 50t4
G. A. Wills has gone to Michigan to
superintend the purchase of apples for
the Heinz Pickle company. Mrs. Wills,
who spent the summer with her hus-
band in Plymouth, left for Pittsburg,
Wednesday.
Elijah A. Powers died at his home
in Argos Wednesday morning, Sept.
30, aged 80 years, months and 30
days. Funeral services at the house
Friday afternoon. Interment at the
Jordan cemetery.
Ten of the gentlemen and ladies
who attempted to break into Jail and
lynch prisoner at Danville. ILL.,, a
few weeks ago, are now in the peni-
Tertiary. They succeeded 10 getting
into a prison, but not the one they
desired.
The promise of average crops at
prices which compare favorably with
previous years strengthens confidence
in the future course of business gen.
orally, aid western merchants are
now found to be replenishing their
stock more freely.
j. T. Dewey, who has been visiting
his daughter, Mrs. Funk, has returned
to his home in Iowa. His little grand
son, Donald Funk, accompanied him
home. to remain until MIR. Funk, who
is slowly recovering from an attack of
appendicitis, is convalescent.
The light frosts and succeeding pc
riod of dry weather caused corn to dry
rapidly, and, while some of it is ex-
pected to be chatfy and light. the bulk
of the corn crop is now safe from in
jury by frost. Cutting corn to save
fodder has been pushed vigorously.
With the beginning of school the
question of transferring pupils from
one school corporation to another hobs
up again. AS heretofore it is neceSsa-
ry to have transfers. certificate from
your trustee before entering another
school. These transfers are good for
but one year.
Hon. Philip Eichorn and son Carl
of Port Huron, Mich, are visiting
Fred H. Kuhn and family. Mr.. Kuhn
and Mr.. Eichorn were schoolmates in
the days Of long ago. Mr.. Eichorn
represents Sinclair county, Michigan.
in the legislature and is proprietor of
one of the largest hotels in Port HUI.
ron.
Hamlet and vicinity has an epidem-
ic Of typhoid fever. Five persons are
down with the disease. They are Mrs.
Mary Burson, Rudolph Ferch, Mrs.
Chris Solder, Mrs. VIM. Groshans and
the eight-year-old son of A. w. Child's
and wife. Mr.. Ferch is dangerously
i'll, while the others are all In a seri-
Gus condition.
Purdue University, which has done
much for scientific agriculture and ap-
piled knowledge of all kinds, is to fig
ure in new and valuable role from
this time on. This station will be
made nucleus for the timber inves-
tigatiohs of the Mississippi hardwood
region which Is being projected by the
forestry bureau
DR.. Porter Turner, Of Elkhart, who
has been successful in numerous sur
gical operations, lost his nerve recent
ly when he was to be operated on, and
finally decided that he would wait
until later day. Everything was in
readiness for the operation when the
nurse asked IL it would be necessary
to make large incision, and the doc
Tor, who was partially under the influ.
ence Of chloroform, jumped from the
table and announced that he would
postpone the operation.
Two hundred Thousand persons, at
a conservative guess, saw seven car
loads of fireworks vanish in smoke at
the lake front at Grant park FRIDAY