The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-21

Mrs. X. M. Nicoles has returned to
her home at Massillon, Ohio after a
visit OF several days with the family of
A. G. North in this city and with rel
atiyeS at Walkert0n.
| Frogs are scarce this year. The Sc
we're winter weather killed good
many CT them. Prices are high, and
the tendency will be upward. Frog
raising is profitable Investment and
yet few only are engaged 10 it.
The decision of the Supreme Conrt
that books are not second-class matter
is "a tribute to American authorship,
the effect of the decision being to
place them where the authors think
they ought to be-in the first class.
Japan is said to have sent SO, 900, 900
in gold to America in March. This
is gratifying, as possible indication
of things to come, but 1T is a matter
of regret that much of this sum was
spent for swords instead Of plowShareS.
A simple rule for pronouncing Rus
Sian names has come to hand, which
will make the reading of the war news
columns easier for the busy citizen.
1t is merely necessary, in all ordinary
names, to accent the first, third, fifth,
seventh and ninth syllables.
Mrs. Clarence NJ. Slayter went to
Rutland to help her father, Edward
Lavender, celebrate his SIND birthday.
Mr.. Lavender was born in the state
of New York but he is one of the old
settlers of Marshall county and
man well preserved for his age.
w. S. BlatchIey, State geologist,
left Indianapolis Monday on a tour of
the state. He will do what in geolo-
gical parlance is called "feld work. "
making topographic maps, and also
pur ng his search for rare entomo-
gical specimens, which all but sclen-
lists call bugs.
The attendance at the West town.
ship commencement exercises last
Saturday night is reported the largest
in the history of the township. The
program was an excellent one, and the
address of Prof. Banta of Rochester
was plain and practical and was under
stood and appreciated by the entire
audience.
Secretary Fred A. Sims, of the re-
publican state committee, announces
that the Indianapolis Passenger Asso-
citation has offered the rate of one fare
plus twenty-five cents for the round
trip, for the republican state conven-
ton, good going to indianapolis April
18th. Goth, and 9th, and good for
return including the 2Sth.
Despite his opposition and after
years of importantly, Col. 1. c. B.
Suman, the gallant commander of the
ca "Bloody NINTH" succumbed to
the necessities of age and was made
the recipient of s36 per month spec.
ial pension. He is 70 years old and
had waited so long that witnesses were
bard to get and Congressman Crum-
packer acted on his own account for
the venerable soldiers relief.
Johnson, residing in Jasper county,
just across the Porter county line,
about IL years old, Saturday, had
made toy cannon out Of a bicycle
pump cylinder and fired it off heavily
loaded With powder, firmly wadded
with paper, and the force OF the explo-
sion blew the cannon its full length in
the poor boys brain, killing him in
stantly.
Two famous murder cases will come
to trial in Indiana during May. James
Gillespie, Mrs. Bell Seward, Myron
Barbour and Mrs. NJ ron Barbour will
be tried at Rising Sun for the murder
of Elizabeth Gillespie. James Nc
Donald will answer to the charge of
murder in the Schafer case at Bedford.
These cases attracted attention
throughout the United States, and
the result of the trials will be closely