The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26

day morning Tor GlymOutn 10 VISIT
with elatives.-Warsaw Times.
Miss Arwesta and Master Lowell
Personnel went to Akron, Ind, Mon
day, where they will spend Christmas
with their aunt, Mrs. T. Bower.
Mrs. r. A. Meacham of Marceline,
Mo-, who has been visiting with her
sister, Mrs. Holdridge, went to Chi
cago. Monday, for few days visit
On the 10Th of Dece lber 1879.
snow fell in Plymouth over a foot
deep and remained until april, being
as much as 20 inches deep at times
during the winter.
The Chicago Health Commission
advises people of that city TO keep
out of crowded street cars and to
walk to and from business if they
would escape pneumonia.
A new pontoon bridge opened Sat
urday at the junction of the Ganges
and Juman rivers at Allahabad, In
dia, collapsed under the crowds and
100 were plunged into the water and
many were drowned
According to the report of the De-
partment of Agriculture the total
value of the four farm crops-corn,
spring and winter wheat and oats
for 1907 was $3.404 900, 900. an in
crease of $47s,OOO,OOO over 1906.
The Chicago grand jury has just
Jointly indicted four of the largest
dairy companies of that city and
eleven individuals for conspiring TO
increase the price of milk or rather
its cost to IN people beyond the
necessities OF production.
Bills against all forms of stock
gambling have been prepared and
will be introduced in congress after
the holidays They may not pass,
but many congressman will get some |
OF the money of the boards of trade |
and stock gamblers generally.
The cities OF Indiana northeast of
Plymouth were visited Sunday night |
by what was literally an ice storm, |
which turned into snow before morn
ing. In Plymouth it rained and did |
not freeze. Snow began falling here
before daylight Monday morning and
continued during the day, making ii |
very sloppy and disagreeaDle.
Only thirty-three of the 200 or |
more mineres caught by the explo-
sion in the Darr Mine of the Pitts
burg Coal Company Thursday have
been found by the rescuing parties
and brought TO the surface Nearly
all of the others are presumed TO be
mile or more beyond the point TO
which the rescuers have been able
TO prosecute their search.
Tobacco dealers are unable 10 ex-
plain the sudden activity of spot
ters" who are causing the arrest of
dealers for selling cigarettes at Mum
Gle. Though it is technically against
the law to sell cigarettes, the sale
OF them has been going on for long
time without interference. 1t is de-
clared that the crusade against Gig
arettes has nothing TO do with the
reform movement now on at that
place
Walter Wellman, who mil nd his
political guesses about as often as
any other Washington correspondent,
has been travelling in the country,
and says: The men OF the small
towns know better what is going on
at Washington and in the govern
ment than the men of the large
cities Wellman is correct in this
statement Many farmers are a great
deal better posted than a majority of
congressman.
Controller OF the Currency Ridge
y has made public his report on the
condl ion of all of the national banks
of Indiana on December 3, the date
of the last call The report is the
most convincing evidence that has
yet been adduced as to the absolute
solvency and stability of the national
banks OF Indiana 1t shows that be-
tween November ~, 1906 and De-
cember 3 1907, the total resources of
the Indiana national banks grew from
$ls4, 640,517.5s to ss,943, O31.95.
1t is a mistake to suppose that the
Sabbath is purely religious insti-
tuition and that its enforced observ-
ance is for the benefit of the church.
The Sabbath was ordained before
man had fallen or there was a church
or the need for Redeemer. By di-
vine example the Almighty ordained
lit by resting from the work of crea-
ton on the seventh day and He inn
pressed forever its sacred character
by 'hallowing' it, The Sabbath would
be with us had sin never entered the
world
Wilkenson-Crav Nuntials