The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-28

missed in honor of Washington's
birthday.
Mercury registered four above zero
when Washington's birthday was
ushered in
Mrs. Julia NJ. Work, of Brightside,
went to Chicago Friday for visit OF
a few days.
Edward Rogers the painter and pa
per hanger, has moved from this city
to Fairmount, Ind.
John Lawrence and Fred Kreigh-
baum have gone to Kane county, Ill,
to work on farm.
Mrs. l.. Smith, who resides near
Donaldson, went to Argos Friday for
visit of few days.
The gas company's construction
men are here arranging for the loca-
ton and construction of the gas
plant.
Dan Mcdonald voted against the
blind tiger" bill and is now oppos-
ing the high license bill to the utmost
of his ability
Mrs. Graham Rose and daughter,
Mary, came from Bourbon Friday af-
ternoon for visit of a few days with
Mrs. Jacob Fultz and family.
Attorney c. w. Paul, who is at
present in Mentone, has decided to
locate in Bourbon. practicing law
and attending to legal business.
Chairman Tawney of the house
committee on appropriations says
only al increase in revenue can pre-
vent a treasury deficit of 100000, 900.
Mr.. and Mrs. Iba Truck drove to
Nappanee Friday afternoon to visit
relatives, and Mr.. Truck expected to
attend the great horse sale at Nap
panee Saturday.
Feb. 18th, was the 18th birthday of
Thomas B. Lee of Bourbon and fifty
friends and neighbors dropped in to
help him celebrate. Mr.. Lee is still
an active business man
The time for filing mortgage ex-
emptions begins March 1st and con-
tinues until May 1st People desir-
ing to take advantage of the law can
secure blanks in the county auditors
Office. Under the law 500 is allow
ed.
An Oakland, Cal, Chinaman raised
an IS check to $4,000, cashed it and
sailed away for China. 1t would not
be necessary to waste any time in
trying to convince him that there are
advantages in our system of civiliza-
ton.
Representative Brolley's bill to per-
nit baseball with paid admissions on
Sunday afternoons was advanced to
engrossment by the House. An eff
fort to kill it was voted down over
whelmingly, and so were amend
ments.
I. E. Houghton, formerly OF Ply
mouth, has finished arrangements to
establish a hrst-class music store in
Bourbon. He has leased the room va
Gated by Fuller & Jones and will be
ready for business about March 1st.
Bourbon Advance.
Mrs. Sam Tremberly and daughter
of Columbia City, are visiting Mrs
]. w Thayer and Writ Wunderlich
and family in this city Mrs. Trem-
oerly was for several years a resident
of Plymouth when she was Miss
Winnie Wunderlich
The new county inhrmary at South
Bend was formally accepted by the
commissioners Thursday. 1t is re-
garded as one of the finest in the
state and it represents an outlay of
100000 1t is northwest, two and
one half miles from the city limits
Miss Lucy McFarlin, who teaches
in the Webster school in this city,
went to Argos Friday to visit her
grandmother, Mrs Jacob Warner and
attend the Washington exercises of
the Argos schools Friday evening
She taught in the Argos schools last
year.
The members of the city council
met at the Office of Mayor Logan
Thursday evening and Mr.. Snoeberg-
er presented another proposition for
electric lights. 1t is reported that
this proposition will be presented to
the people for adoption or rejection
Just how it will be presented has not
been decided
Representative Wells, of Allen, is
working hard in the interest of his
bill to make railroad companies pay
$1,000 license for selling liquor on
their trains. The committee having
it in charge is not very friendly to
the bill and the representative from
Allen will try to have it transferred
to the house committee on morals,
where he thinks it will have a better
show.
A maximum of eight hours contin-
nous work for telegraphers, except
in times of wreck or accident, is es-
tablished by bill that has been in
troduced by Representative Esch-
bach in the house The author of the
measure thinks that the overworking
of teleeraphers having to do with the
operation of trains is responsible in
part for the numerous disastrous
wrecks that have occurred recently.