The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-12

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day.
Mrs. Frank Boss mas returned to
Bremen after spending a few days
n this city.
Erwin Re;sch who is employed at
Argos, spent Sunday with his family
in this city.
Mrs. Charles Shadley has -eturned
% Inwood, after spending a few
days in this CITY.
Mrs. S. B. Simons of Pierceton,
was the guest of Plymouth friends
today, enroute to Argos.
Henry SteinDach has returned to
Bourbon after visiting with relatives
in this city for a few days.
According to old settlers high wal
er marks the river was 4 inches high
err than it has been for thirty years.
Miss tt eresa McHugh OF Milwau-
kee Wis, is visiting her parents Mr..
and Mrs. James McHugh in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Shafer who have
been visiting with friends in this city,
returned to their homes in South
Bend Monday.
Monroe Steiner and c. ID. Kyser
went to Donaldson Monday to attend
the sale OF Thomas Farrell, 3 miles
northwest OF that place.
Mrs. John Moore and Mrs. .Alva
Bnitton have returned to their homes
IN Kewanna, after spending a few
days with friends in this city.
Joab Mosslander returned TO his
home in Dowagiac, Mich, Monday,
after visiting with his father joseph
Mosslander, for a few days.
Mrs. Charles Goddard has returned
to her home in South Bend after Wis
ting for a few days with the family
of Charles Bryan in this city.
The liquor men won in the second
ward at Valparaiso by a majority oil
one. The commissioners struck nine
names from the remonstrance.
From all over Indiana comes the
statement that many candidates Tor
nominations refuse to wear all the
collars the bosses wish TO put around
their necks.
W.. f. Klakely, chief OF the Indi-
ana department of inspection, has an
nounced thai he will begin at once
a thorough inspection of the school
buildings of the state.
/ The senate bill granting an in
crease Of 40 per cent in pay TO enlist.
| ed men and OF smaller percentage t.
| officers and varying in rank, passed
| ,he senate Friday.
The human eyes, it is said, can
| distinguish 100000 different hues o,
c%olors, and can appreciate and diff,
| ferentiate 90 shades of each hue. Ir
other words, the eye is capable o
1000, 900 color impressions.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Switzer of Tip
ton, Ind, who have been attending
the formers mother Mrs. Calvin
Switzer ait lnwood, returned TO thei0
home Saturday. Mrs. Switzer suffer
ed a stroke of paralysis and is slowl,
recovering.
The floods have done immens.
damage in northern Indiana and il
1 southern Michigan. Hundreds of fam
lies in Elkhart, South Bend, Nile
and other river critics were compelled
to vacate their homes. Seven bridge
were washed Out in one township o
Laporte county.
The Pennsylvania Railroad coqn
pany has placed orders for $4,000 ton
of steel rails. 1t is stated that thes'
rails Will be rolled under entire
rails will be rolled under entirel
new specifications, in view of the in
creaslng severity OF road service an
the recognized necessity for devel
oping an improved steel rail.
Sydnor II. Hoglan arrived from
North Dakota Saturday evening. II
had been there since July. He say
the last words ne heard when he LEI
there we're: at has been the nices
winter we have had for ten years,
and the first thing he heard in Ply
mouth was: "The river is highe
than 1t ever was before"
Mrs. Jacob Shirley has returned t.
her home in Ithaca, after spending
la few days with friends in this city
Between midnight and 2 o'clocl
Sunday morning the Elks Temple a
Warsaw, was burglarized, the THE
or thieves escaping with $500 in cas-
and some other property. There i
no clew to the identity Of the rob
bers, who gained entrance through
rear window after climbing a tele
phone pole.
Sheriff Grice. Chief of Police An
kenbruck and Contractor Hegemar
of Fort Wayne. passed through tn
city Monday forenoon with three pris
oners, enroIte to Michigan City. Tw,
OF the prisoners were convicted O
forgery, the other of embezzlemen
and their sentences were for tw,
years each. During their ~1ayover o
two hours here the prisoners wer
domiciled at the jail while the officer
called on Fort Wayne friends at tn
Borton institute.