The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-05-26

liverymen who let rigs to young men
to take their "best girls" out driving
must provide teams that can be driven
with one hand.
Mrs. Pershing visited her niece,
Mrs. john Green, in South Bend Sat-
arday and Sunday and attended the
wedding of her niece, Miss Ella Brown
to Mr.. Markham.
The Mozart club gave Mrs. M. w.
Simons fine farewell reception at the
Tome of her father. Judge Capron,
Saturday evening and presented her
with a picture which was very fine
work of art.
While Elkhart shows decided loss
on persons of school age as well as
in assessment total during the past
year, there are 107 more dogs in Elk
hart and Concord township, making a
total of 767.
Mrs. NJ. w. Simons, accompanied by
her son, A. C. SimonS, left for Spring
dale, Colorado. Monday where they ex-
pect to make their home. Mr.. NJ.
w. SimonS is engaged in the mining
business there.
The attorney general of Nebraska
has ruled that teachers have no right
to require school children to tell on "
their play and if the youngsters
refuse to tattle on demand they will
be upheld by the courts.
Mrs. B. R. Ladd, of Argos, went to
Benton Harbor. Mich, recently to
visit relatives and was taken very SER
lously i'll. Mrs. Clyde Bowel and
Mrs. Della Price, of Argos, went to
Benton Harbor to see her Monday.
A Chicago restaurant keeper was
arrested for charging seven people s11
for meal. But when he proved that
he had not crumb or pint of liquor
in the house after the party had fin
ished the repast he was discharged.
A very large ovarian tumor was sue
cesSfully removed from Mrs. AL. Por-
ter at Culver Saturday and she was
resting very comfortably today with
good prospects OF complete recovery,
DR. Pfaff of Indianapolis was the sur
geon.
Farmers of Pulaski county report
that they have been swindled out of
several thousand dollars by alleged
fruit tree agents who presented what
TO be contracts. The farm
ers, however, found they had signed
notes.
Rufus B. Coapstiek, the Big Four
agent down at Wabash. got away with
$4,000 and was sentenced to nine
months in Jail and to pay 81 fine.
Pretty good pay for nine months va
cation. Coapstiek knew his business
when he didn't figure in the common
pententiary thief class. He rose to
the occasion and the fine HicetieS of
modern justice.
Mrs. L. w. Tinkham who has been
two months with her sister,
Mrs d. g. Cole, and her father, j. f.
LangenDaugh, returned to her home
at Traverse City, Mich. Monday. Mrs.
Cole accompanied her as far as Fort
Wayne.
There was "HooSier" reunion at
Los Angeles the other night, and over
400 delefiateS attending the General
of the Methodist Episcopal
church we're guests at a reception CIV
en- by the Indiana Association of Los
Angeles.
James f. Hyde, city treasurer, city
deputy collector of Lincoln,
ILL.,, is claimed to be the Oldest mu-
niclpal officer, the oldest bookkeeper
and the busiest nonagenarian In the
United States. He is in his ninety
first year.
All the business houses of Plymouth
DISCRETIONARY afternoon on account of
the funeral Of Mayer Lauer, the old
EST merchant Of Plymouth who had
been in the clothing and gents fur
nishing business in this city forty
three years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph w. Davis, ir.,
Of Bourbon, w. ii. Williams, of Val
paraiso and Hon. Daniel Mcdonald of
ibis city, left Plymouth on the 1888
I'm. trainMonday to attend the meet
ng of the Masonic Grand Lodge at
indianapolis.
Among the distinguished visitors
1t Indiana G.. A. r. encampment at
Winona June IA and l5, will be Gen.
,ral John G. Black commander of the |
). A. R., Mrs. John A. Logan, Cover
,or Durbin and staff. General Wilder
Ind many others.
The residence OF an old couple,
named Poffenberger, was burglarized
1t South Bend Sunday night and both