The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

good music, speeches, refresh
ments and general good time
at the reception given the people
of Plymouth by the teachers at
the Webster building Mondays
evening.
While the Chicago-Record
Herald is printing letters of July
Fl, telling of encouraging prog
ress making on Wellman's air
ship, Geographic news is publish
ed stating that the trip to the
pole has been abandoned for this
season.
Democratic harmony was SO
thick in Illinois and Ohio Tues
day you could have cut it with
an az At any rate there was
much talk of using that kind of
a tool among the delegates as
sembled in state convention in
both states.
Charley Shaded, the druggist,
has been keeping his silver and
small bills in tin can under his
counter during the day. We'd
nesday evening while the drug
gist was sitting in the door try
ing to keep cool somebody got
away with the can and about $50.
Saturday was the Goth ami
versary of Mr.. H. H. Tyrell. and
a few of his intimate friends in
connection with his family, pre-
pared a fitting surprise for the
occasion: To heighten the even
ing's pleasure number of con-
gratulatory letters from East st.
Louis friends, were read.-Bour-
bon Advance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter ]. Kruger
have issued invitations to the
marriage and reception of their
daughter, Miss Theresa M.
Kruger, who will be united in
marriage with Mr.. Joseph w.
Low at the Catholic church in
Plymouth, Tuesday, September
lis. Mr.. and Mrs. Low will be
at home in Portland, Oregon af-
ter October 1.
Noah. Rensberger's barn be-
tween North Liberty and Walk
erton was struck by lightning
and burned to the ground with
all its contents Tuesday. More
barns have been destroyed by.
lightning this summer in strip
of country ten miles wide and
fifty miles in length extending
east from Walkerton than in the
entire ten years previous.
Directors of the Winona Inter-
urban company. at meeting
held Thursday in trolley car
as it ran over the new line to
Goshen, voted to postpone in
definitely the proposal to run
cars on the Sabbath, and in the
meantime not to operate cars on
that day. The vote was unani-
nous, and not speech was
made against it.
Four girls have been discharg-
ed recently from the Zion City
lace factory for failing to obey a
rule requiring them to pray dur
ing work hours, but to do so on
their own time. 1t has been the
custom to deduct from the paw
of the girls for the time spent in
prayer. Four of their number
sighted the prayer hour and
were dismissed in consequence
Delbert Jacoby dug up a
strange looking stone on his
farm few days ago. 1t is about
three feet long two feet wide and
over a foot thick and almost as
white and soft as chalk. No
stone like it has ever been seen
in this vicinity. Archie Phillips
says it is meteoric stone for
he has slight recollection of
seeing a meteor fall in that vicin-
|ity less than 1000 years ago.
The annual camp of instruc-
ton for the Indiana National
Guard came to close at Fort
Benjamin Harrison, near Indian
apolis, when reveille was sound
ed on Wednesday morning and
the three regiments of Indiana's
soldiers have returned to their
homes. The camp of instruction
this year is said to have been
the most profitable that has ever
been held. Military skirmishes
and sham battles were a feature
of the ten days camp.
This vicinity was visited by a
smallsized hurricane Sunday at
ternoon, doing considerable
damage to the crops and fruit,
especially 10 the apple trees,
which as rule are heavily laden
with the fruit this year. The
corn in the low lands was blown
down, and many trees felled by
the wind and lightning. Arthur
Knoblock's wind mill was felled,
missing the house just few feet
as it fell. Il heavy rain fall &C
comanied the gale.-Bremen En-
quirer.
| One fellow who says he cant
talk without swearing paid out
about weeks wages for indulg-
ing in profanity this week, and
lit would be mighty good thing
lif number of others were treat
ed to the same kind of dose.
Certain fellows without respect
for themselves or anybody else