The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-13

ship, spent Tuesday in this city at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Justin
Myers
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Baxter have
gone to South Bend, for a couple of
days visit with their two sons, John
and Edward.
The Washington Herald thinks
Taft's boom is waning and predicts
the nomination of Hughes on the
fourth ballot.
Mrs. S. Hickman Of Culver, who
das been the guest of her sitser, Mrs.
Kate Edwards, went 10 Bremen for a
few days visit Tuesday.
Mrs. L. d. Vandell has returned -
Seattle, Wash, after spending q few
lays =. Culver and placing hi On
IN the military academy.
The Indianapolis Stars report OF
the wheat crop shows hat the con-
dition is good in the Genital and
southern part of the state.
Only one-ffth of the delegates to
:he Republican state convention to
e held at Indianapolis, April / and
,. have yet been chosen.
Mr.. II. Vance superintendent of
tie Monarch Iron Works, IS SPEND
ing a few days at South Bend. Co
shen and Elkhart on business.
Everybody was glad to see ,he ice
sof;ening on the sidewalks Monday
and Tuesday. They have never been
n worse condition in this city.
The Winona I%nterurban will be ex-
ended west parallelling the Pennsyl-
vania railway and will probably
reach Plymouth within fourteen
months.
Anderson Beagles is sable TO be out
agan after being confined TO his
home thirteen weeks and losing IS
pounds of flesh. He went to Laporte
Tuesday.
John c. Wingate, state tax com-
missioner declares that the man who
permits his taxes to go delinquent
5 keeping the state and county funds
and : a d~efaulter.
Thomas ]. Winnings was down town
Tuesday for the first time in eleven
weeks. While his rheumatism has
been very bad, his health otherwise,
seems better than usual.
VIII Suit is moving his groceries
this week into the room in the Ma
;ional bank block south OF Tanners
drug store. McCrory's grocery store
will occupy the o vacated by Suit.
Ii Fairbanks cannot be nominated
Tor president one half of the lndi-
ana delegates are for Taft as second
choice. Cannon is said to be the sec
ond choice of twelve of the delegates
from this state:
As the law of Indiana now stands
ne legal holidays are Lincoln's birth
lay, W%ashington's birthday, Memoir
al Day, Fourth OF July. Labor Day,
Thanksgiving Dav Christmas and
any election day.
Unanimously, under the suspension
of the rules, the House has voted to
raise from SIS to $12 the minimum
pension TO be given to the widows of
veterans of the Mexican, Indian, Civ
il and Spanish wars.
Ex-Congressman jerks, father Of
Mrs. B. +. Shively, of South Bend
ded at his home at Brookville Pa,
Monday, aged ~ years. He is sur
vived by his widow. Mrs. Shively
is their only child.
w. H. Snyder, proprietor of the
Grass Creek saloon, was shot and
fatally injured Saturday night by
Alfred Hizer. Both men were drunk
at the time of the shooting. The
quarrel occurred in the saloon.
The death OF John Tilley. who was
i01 years old, removes the Oldest
citizen and the Oldest pioneer of
Green county. He settled in what s
now Greene county in 1892, entering
the land that remained in his posses
Son ill death.
The report OF the Yellow River
ditch commission was filed Tuesday
afternoon. 1t recommends the CON
struction OF the ditch, but the NV
er will not be dredged in Plymouth
or the course of the channel changed
north Of the l.. +. & w. railway.
The annual pension bill as favor
ably reported TO the House carries
a total appropriation of $50, s69, 900.
As a method of economy it proposes
to consolidate all the branch agencies
III certain cities into the central bu-
reau at Washington. This policy is
opposed by the G. A. r.
The Central Trades and Labor
council of Kokomo, has arranged to
subject to the closest scrutiny pos
sible the record in private life OF
every man regardless of party, who
seeks nomination for public office in
Howard county. Clean men, he
council announces. are the only ines
that organized labor in Kokomo will
support.
Ferdinand Clayton a pioneer resi-
dent of Elkhart, aged SO years, dis
appeared from his home last Thurs
day night and no clue to his where
abouts could be obtained until his
body was found Monday afternoon in
a cistern adjoining his residence. He
had been respondent for sometime
and evidently jumped into the els