The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19

Mrs H. +. Hawkins is the guest
of friends at Culver for few days
w. NJ. Nichols is sick at his home
near the Brownlee bridge in this city
this week
Mr. and Mrs John Westling of In
wood, spent Tuesday with relatives
in this city.
Frank Hendricks OF Logansport,
spent Monday night and Tuesday
forenoon in Plymouth
Mrs James Keyser was called TO
Bryan, Ohio Tuesday, on account of
the illness of her brother, B. w. Glib
son.
Mine explosions are becoming very
frequent That of Monday morning
in Alabama, entombed about sixty
miners.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Miller and
daughter Lille Beyler, went to Bre-
men Tuesday. to attend the thinner
family reunion.
Postmaster General Meyer has or
dered that all letters addressed to
Santa Claus be turned over TO chart
table societies.
Charles Flanagan who sold his in
terest in the Grand Hotel TO Andy
Bowel, left for Spokane, Wash,
Tuesday morning.
Miss Mabel Plate has returned TO
her home in Dowagiac, Mich, after
visiting for a few days with her Sis
ter Mrs Nancy Ferguson.
Mrs. John Freeman and Miss Hat
tie, have gone to South Bend for
few days visit with the formers
mother, Mrs. Mary Galloway.
Mrs. William H. Bollman and
daughter, Eva, left for Texas Tues
day morning to spend the holidays
with Mrs. Bollman's son and daugh-
ter.
A few years ago the people were
crying for protection from the cor
porations Now the corporations are
| begging for protection from the peo-
pie.
John Blain is seriously Ill from
an attack of lung fever and was not
able 10 attend the funeral services OF
his wife at the Episcopal church
Tuesday.
Tuesday, December II, was the
hundredth anniversary of John G..
Whittier, the Quaker poet who died
in 1892 He was in many respects the
greatest poet America has produced.
Miss Helen Gould presented bibles
| TO a number of the sailors who sailed
for the Pacific on the battle ships
Monday On the fy-leaf of each was
verse of scripture and her signat-
ure
1t IS reported that the late finan-
cial stringency has caused no decline
in Santa Claus stock" 1t is expect
ed that rhe holiday business this year
will fully equal, if not eclipse, that OF
last year.
In the line of sixteen battle ships
now steaming toward the ocean there
! is not ship old enough to have
taken part in the battles of Manila
and Santiago. All are new and OF
modern design.
The funeral of Mrs. John Blain al
the Episcopal church was very large
ly attended She was the second
woman confirmed after the church
was organized here and she and her
husband were the first couple married
in the old church.
Section number 1877 insurance de-
partment of the K of p lodge, held
its annual election OF officers Friday
evening and the following were
chosen: President, Oliver C. Soice;
Vice president, VIM. F. Young; Sec
rotary, F. H. Kleber
Anent the information given out BY
immigration officials as to the unus-
ually large number of foreigners re-
turning to their native lands during
the autumn months, reports show
that for the year ending with last
. June, 1,2s5,349 immigrants were ad-
mtted to America SO doubtless
there are few here yet.
So far all efforts of the Kosciuskc
county authorities to apprehend the
safe blowers who cracked the crib in
Milford Wednesday night, have beer
without result. although it is init
mated from semi-official sources that
local Talent is suspected
| Peter Stegman has been in Ply
mouth fifty years He arrived here
| Dec Is 1857 from Germany and was
married in Laporte, in 1861, and rear
ed an intelligent and excellent family
and has hosts of friends who hope
he may hive among lis many more
years.
Representative Holiday has REIN
reduced his bill for reorganization
of the United States court district
in Indiana The bill provides that
the district judge shall hold court al
Evansville, New Albany, Terre
Haute, Fit Wayne, South Bend and
Hammond The bill is identical with
that presented at the last session
when it failed to receive considera-
ton because the district judge and
clerk of the court at Indianapolis op-
posed it.