The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-13


Mrs. Sherman Orr went to Engle-
wood Thursday TO visit her son,
Charles Orr.
c. A. Melin, travelling passenger
agent for the Nickel Plate, was in
Plymouth Thursday.
Mrs. Chadwick and Mrs. Burkett
of Culver, transacted business in
Plymouth Thursday.
The Misses Harness, Mrs. Denant
and Miss Fancher of Hamlet visited
in Plymouth Thursday.
Rev. S. E. Klopfenstein of Culver,
pastor of the Reformed church, has
resigned ON account OF i'll health
Edgar Dickinson, who has been
dangerously i'll after an operation for
appendicitis is now able to be up.
Miss Cora Miller has returned to
Chicago after avisit with the family
of Fred Shoemaker and other friends
here.
Hazel, daughter of Christian and
Florence Deer of Argos, died of ty-
phoid fever, Dec. 3, aged thirteen
years.
Do not forget Prof Moulton's
great astronomical lecture at the
Washington school auditorium to.
morrow night.
Thomas Behman. a laborer. was
Crushed to death by an ore crushing
machine at Fort Wayne His body
was rolled fiat.
Mrs c. A. Hartman has sold her
cottage and lunch room at Pretty
Lake to Oscar Tribbey and is now
visiting in Chicago
The rainfall for the last two weeks
has been excessive. An immense
quantity of water fell Wednesday
and Wednesday. night. -
F. M. McCrory is home again. He
was taken quite sick after reaching
Chicago and abandoned his trip to
Texas for the present = 5000
The heavy rain accompanied by
thunder and lightning Thursday
morning was followed by cold
wave, but the cold was not excessive
for this season of the year
siMr. and Mrs. c. P. Jackman are
now located at Wenatachee. Wash,
they write that fruit is plenty but i'm
proved lands are high in price. Mon
roe Jackman is teaching school.
Both the Lake Shore and Lake
Erie & Western railroads use the
same passenger depot at Laporte.
1t is the old Lake Shore depot, in
place of which new one to cost
$4,000 is talked of for next year.
Mrs. William E. Gray will leave
for Chelsea and Jackson, Mich, Fri
day to visit until after Christmas
with her. children there. She is II
years OF age. Her children pay her
railway fare both ways for visit
every year.
David Fash. a young farmer living
with his parents in Elkhart county,
met a horrible death last Tuesday
morning when he was drawn head
foremost into a. corn shredder. The
body was decapnated and partly
torn to pieces. I'LL
William Resiar, who was badly
burned at the canning factory two
months ago is now able to be out
again. Miss Cole whose injuries were
so serious that her recovery seemed
doubtful for many weeks, is now i'm
proving slowly.
John Cooper, who for the last so
years has been one of the leading
educators of Indiana, died at the Inn
at Winona. Mr. Cooper, who was in
his eightieth year, had been, an inval-
id for some time, his illness assum-
ing a serious form about week ago.
A wife, two sons and a daughter sur
vive. him. -. -
Elnora Mcneil of Jackson, Ohio,
who had been twice confined in an
insane asylum and discharged, be
came suddenly insane while riding on
a street car Sunday, shot and fatally
wounded two men, tried to shoot two
others. and was finally shot and killed
by man whom he was attempting
to shoot.
The small army of Indiana postal
employees will be greatly interested in
the annual report of Postmaster Gen
eral Cortelyou, which was given out
for publication Saturday. The post
master general in convincing man
ner pleads for. increases in salaries
all along the fine and especially for
rural carriers.
The Chinese in America are going
to establish a bank with a number OF
branches. one of which will be locat-
ed in indianapolis If the same rules
are applied to IT'S operation that are
aphed 10 it's operation in China it
will be safe institution, for it is
said there has not been bank fail
ure in China for more than hundred
years. M w
The 1907 interurban map of In
dana. to be. issued within week or
two by, the American Engineering
company will show 1859 miles of
electric railway in operation in the
state, 746l miles under construction
and $40 miles, projected The pro-
jected mileage does not include that
of the proposed Chicago-New York
Air line.