The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14

In his speech at jackson, Mich,
Secretary John Hay called the fifty
fifty years which covers the history of
the republican party the golden age
of the republic. He was not alluding
to the gold standard, either.
The board of commissioners at their
July session granted headStones for
the graves of Leonard NJ. Odine, of
North township and jeremiah Ligget
of Center township, who were union
soldiers during the civil war.
Beer drinking in Germany, it is
claimed, is decreasing, owing to the
efforts of rational temperance advo-
Gates. A formidable organization has
been effected In the German Empire
to lessen the use of intoxicating bev.
erages.
Mrs. Irving Phillips, of Santiago,
California, who has been visiting in
this county several weeks. left for her
home Thursday. This IS her first visit
to this county in fifteen years and her
relatives and hosts of friends were
made happy by her visit.
Mrs. w. II. Van Tilbury and chill
dren who have been visiting at Atwood
several weeks, left for Granville, Illi-
no's, Thursday where Mr.. VanTiIbury
is now engaged, They have shipped
their household goods and will make
their home at Granville.
For the benefit of some of our pop
uliSt friends who seem to have over
looked the proceedings Of their ma
tional convention at Springfield. H.,
Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia was
nominated for president and Thomas
Tibbles of Nebraska, for vice presi-
dent.
Postmaster Ranstead received nice
little present from the pOstOffice de-
partment yesterday notice that he
had been allowed s156 year for clerk
hire. Coming so soon after his recent
raise of salary this looks like "they
certainly are good to him. Bremen
Enquirer.
An old homework demonstration
is being planned by the people of
Marysville. o., for the 1st of August.
The principal speaker will be Senator
Fairbanks, of this state, who was born
on farm near that town, and a great
ovation will be extended the senator
on that accession.
Harry HumrichouSer of Chicago
was here from Thursday until Sunday
visiting j, L. BroSnahan, d. w.
Strauss and other friends. While
here he called a meeting of the Pierce
ton Telephone Co, of which corpora
tion he is PRECEDENT, and business Of
great interest was transacted. Pierce
ton Record.
The Cleveland justice of the peace
who married an Indianapolis couple
after requiring them to sign a con-
tract that they would never apply for
a divorce believes he has a good idea,
no doubt; but why should he think
such a contract will hold If the prom
lse to take each other for better or
worse will not?
Jacob Warner, one of the old set
tiers of West township, died at $50
Thursday morning aged rs years. He
hadbeen for 40 years resident of the
vicinity where he died. ALI his broth
ers and sisters, three of them older
than he, are living, and all his chill
dren and grand children are living
He was an excellent citizen.
The corn crop is distinctively an
American crop, the 1000, 900, 600
bushels or more produced each year
being nearly all consumed in this coun-
try. Only in two years, 1897 and
1899, was there so much as 10 per
cent of the crop exported. This crop
forms the basis OF all our enormous
meat, poultry and stock production.
w, H. Osgood, an assistant biolo-
gist in the DEPARTMENT of Agricult-
ure at Washington, has gone to Alas
ka in the interests Of the Government
to investigate the game conditions
there. Conflicting reports as to the
kind and prevalence of game in the
far north have been made, and Mr..
Osgood expects to settle the matter.
rhe actual conjuctions of the stars
and planets, upon which lot of hifa.
lutin long range weather forecasts are
made, it should be remembered, took
place long before the knowledge of
such conductive weather breeding
conditions reached our earth. 1t
would seem as though this fact ought
to show the fallacy of such weather
prophecies.
Plunging down a steep embank-
ment, distance of IS feet, with a