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

DIR. A. G. Brown and +. w. Bos-
worth republican candidates for coun-
cilmen in the third ward are repre-.
sentative men.
The first strike of the school teach.
ers. union occurred recently at Car
tersyille. Ill. The teachers struck be-
cause one of their number had been
discharged.
The funeral of Elijah Stansbury lr.
we're held at the residence OF Wash
ington futile Friday afternoon at
D. M. Services were conducted by
Rev. A. III. Zilmer and the remains
were inferred in the Stringer GEN.
etery.
A Portland, Oregon, man has tried
to commit suicide because he can I
saw wood. 1t may be mentioned that
he is worth $500, 900 and has never
been admitted to membership in the
Amalgamated Association Uf Weary
Wanderers.
The Rev. John A. Ely, field agent
for the general eyangelizing board of
the United Brethren church, and who
has held several charges in the ST.
Joseph conference, has resigned to &C
cept the paSJorate OF Presbyterian
church in Pennsylvania.
Isaiah Shower, of Traer. Iowa, a
wealthy bachelor. died in hut Tues
day. He bequeathed 100000 10
charities and churches. He had not
spoken to woman for 40 years on ac-
ecu 1T of being Tilted on his wedding
day. He had diSinherited his rela-
tives.
Wisconsin and upper Michigan had
quite a heavy snowstorm for April
Friday morning. The greatest fall,
according to weather bureau reports,
was five inches at Green Bay. In the
northwest section of the state four
inches is reported, while milwaukee
had two inches.
The auditor will receive bids up to
twelve O'Clock noon, Tuesday, May
3rd, 1904, at which time contracts
will be let for the construction of i've
iron bridges and one concrete arch
over the banner ditch in Bourbon
township, for which, specifications are
on file in the auditors Office.
The funeral of Walter Kimble who
died at his home near Lapaz Thursday
after a long illness, was held at
Paramount church Sunday at two
o'clock in the afternoon. Mr.. Kimble
was "A years old and was one of the
prominent farmers of North township.
He leaves wife and three sons.
Quite a number of democratic can
didateS will not believe everything
that democrats tell them in the fu-
ture. L r. Curtis and Ben, Seybold
are in this list. James w. Maxey and
James A. Gilmore. jr., were no doubt
surprised, while Sol Zehner can't fig
ure out what became of his votes.
A clergyman named Rev. Louis II.
Holden of Waterbury, Conn.,, has been
forced to resign because his parish
toner's did not like to see him in base
ball togs, a padded NIT in his left
hand, a muzzle over his face and a
pneumatic bag of wind on his chest;
in other words he was baseball crank.
Betting on the South Bead MAYOR
ality fight opened at 3 to on E. j.
Fogarty, the democratic candidate,
but the promised support of the dis
satisfied republicans to NJ. J.. Somers
has brought the figures down 10 to s.
As the election draws nearer the fight
is getting warmer and the contest will
be close.
John A. Crawford who had the first
crockery store ever opened in Ply
mouth, was in town Friday for the
first time in twenty years. He was
in business here twenty-four years
ago, and has been at Benton Harbor,
Mich, during the past seventeen
years. Time has whitened his locks a
little, but he does not look old.
The past week of cold wet weather
following prolonged winter, has
thoroughly dissipated all prospects of
early planting in this section. Usual
ly at this date oats have been sown
and much ground prepared for corn,
but as it now stands very little oats
have been seeded and no preparation
whatever has been made for corn.
Snow fell at considerable depth In
Iowa and Maryland Wednesday,, while
in this region there were fair skies and
cool braclng atmosphere. Attention
is called to these facts to show that
we who dwell in this fair valley are
not as bad off as some other parts of
tho rountv a1thouub wo Urun,hIo a