The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01
A fine flow of oil has been struck

Ter are visiting MIS-. sherman Iuttie
at Fort Wayne this week.
Mrs. Manse of North Liberty has
returned home after a visit of a few
days with her daughter, Mrs. Dan
Voreis.
Mrs. Fred H. Kuhn. daughter Irene,
and sons Fred and Gust, are taking
In the great exposition at ST. Louis
this week.
Turner has sold his meat market to
Melvin Wilburn of West township,
who will continue the business at the
old stand.
William A. Hite and wife of Fort
Wayne are visiting at Matt Keyser's.
Mr.. Hite is now a telegrapher for the
Nickel Plate.
Louis Mcdonald, manager of the
Columbian School of Music In Chic
ago is visiting for Il few days at his
old Plymouth home.
1t is reported that Senator Allison,
of Iowa, has been assigned as one of
the speakers for Plymouth sometime
during the campaign.
A sprightly cousin of Grover Cleve-
land has won a foot race after reach
ing the age of 80, but if he lived to be
1872 he couldn't run like Grover did
once.
After all the butchers strike has
made mighty little difference to In
diana. We get just as big soup
bone for dime now as we did be-
fore the strike.
William P. Baldwin. founder of Po-
kagon, Mich, died Sunday. He claim
ed to be the dest auctioneer, having
cried his first sale on Harris prairie,
northwest of Elkhart, in 1887.
Speaker Cannon, Of the house of
representatives. will deliver politi-
cal address in South Bend on Thurs
day, Sept. Is. He will be accompan-
led by Congressman James Watson.
who will also speak.
A Howard county man and his wife
are in the divorce courts because she
insisted on having house party for
lady opera singers while he wanted to
entertain a bunch of Italian counts
with group of dancing bears.
jacob Hendricks died Tuesday noon
at the home of his daughter Mrs. Ida
Berg, at Inwood. His age was II
years months and 16 days. Funeral
services will be held at the Inwood
church at 2:30 p. m. Thursday.
General Milo S. Hascall died in Chi
cago Tuesday. He was at one time
the leading citizen of Elkhart county
aid was known by hundreds of Mar
shall county citizens. He was man
of more than average ability and char
acter.
An important arrest is expected in
the Schafer murder case in few days.
A detective believes that be has EVIL
dence to show that the murder was
deliberately planned and that promi-
nent citizen of Bedford hired man to
murder the school teacher.
Alfred Thurston, snake, frog and
glass eater out of a job, appeared in
the bar room of the New York House
in Niagara Falls Tuesday. He took a
huge rattlesnake out of a box and
placed its head in bis mouth. The
snake bit him on the tongue and the
man died seven hours later.
James Jordan, brother of Samuel
Jordan, arrived from ST. Louis, Fri
day afternoon, for a visit at his old
home. He was a member of the gal
liant old 73d Indiana in the war for
the union, but has resided near Purdy,
Missouri, for more than thirty years.
This is his second visit to his old home
since leaving here.
Adam K. Rowe, who resides near
Lapaz, has sold his farm and will have
a public sale Sept. Is. Mr.. Rowe was
wounded in the battle of Missionary
Ridge and finds himself no longer able
to do much farm work. He has
bought five acres with good improve
ments adjoining Lapaz and will still
reside In his old neighborhood.
There are many people who express
the belief that Mrs. Krauss, of Hart
ford City, accused of poisoning her
step-daughter, will either confess, OF
that she will never 60 to prison if
convicted. They believe that she
will finally break down, or else she
will take her own life before the pris.
on doors close upon her, provided she
lis found guilty Of poisoning Crystal.
Sid Conger of the state board Of ag.
riculture says the poultry show at the
state fair next month will take on the
air of a circus, as part of 1t will have