The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-21

Rev. /. S. Cieaver has gone to Nap
panee to preach the funeral of Mrs
Benjamin Yearin an old friend and
acquaintance of his. Rev. Mr.. Pres
nall will preach at the u. B. church
in the evening.
Grandma Bennett one of the Oldest
ladies in the city and the Oldest mem
Der of the M. E. church in Plymouth,
has been confined to her home for
years, but is still alive and cheerful.
She has a home with. the family of
her nephew, Joseph Bennett who
have been very good and kind to
her
Leslie R. Bell of Syracuse, N. Y,
| is here with his wife and children,
visiting the family of his father-in-
law, John w. Wiltfong. Mr. Bell
was a teacher in Plymouth schools
several years ago, but for the past
six years has been in the mercantile
business at Manlius, a suberb of Sy-
racuse.
Ground for the new administration
building at Moores Hill College was
broken Thursday, when Governor
Hanly, holding the handles of pillow.
turned strip of sod on the site of
the foundation. The ceremony was
witnessed by the alumni, the faculty,
the students and large number OF
visitors.
Editor A. NJ Styer, of Pierceton,
who was killed while attempting to
board moving railway train at War
saw, last Tuesday, leaves his family
in comfortable circumstances. His
estate is valued at $4,000. He was
80 years old and came to Pierceton
eight months ago from Castleton,
South Dakota
Mrs. Nettie Miller came from Ty-
ner Saturday to visit here few days
and attend the wedding of Miss Ethel
Wickizer, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
u. NJ Wickizer and Mr.. Andrew Cur
tbs, at the home of the brides parents
south of this city, Sunday She will
go from here to Nappanee to visit
her daughter.
A young lady at North Judson was
being criticised for marrying man
we'll up in middle age instead OF a
youth. MY observations have BEEN"
said the young woman, that it is
better to be hitched up with an old
horse that knows how to pull the
load than with colt that can't do
anything but prance and kick and
want to run away"
Mrs. Emma Dickson and Mrs. ].
E. Houghton went to Warsaw to visit
over Sunday with John Brooke and
family. Mrs. Dickson has been visit
ing in this county two or three
weeks She is the last living member
of the well known Houghton family
and makes her home with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Jasper N. Hess, in Dayton,
Ohio.
The Bremen school board has let
the contract for the heating and
plumbing of their new school building
to an Elkhart firm, the price being
$3.50. The painting contract was
awarded to Berner & Co., the brick
contractors. at ss64 This brings the
total cost to date to $4,000 even.
Other items yet to be added will
bring the cost to very near if not
quite $4,000.
The ladies of Herzog w r. c.
entertained some twenty-five mem
bers of the Miles Tibbetts corps, of
Plymouth Wednesday. Dinner was
served in the Wright block, and in
the afternoon the ritualistic work
was exempli6ed by the local corps
The ladies fully sustained their wide
reputation for hospitality and the
visitors were charmed with the en-
rtainment.-Bremen Enquirer.
Ed W. Fitzpatrick, Republican can
didate for clerk of the supreme court,
has received letter from friend in
Bavaria which throws some light up
on government ownership of rail-
roads in actual practice. He writes:
III have seen thousands of women
working on the government railroads
Of Europe for less than "a cents a
day, and every common laborer re-
ceives less than $40 month. Freight
rates. are much higher, and the ser
vice does not compare with ours.
Telephones and telegraphs owned by
the government aye rotten and there
| is graft on every hand"