Marshall County Independent, Volume 1, Number 6, Plymouth, Marshall County, 23 November 1894 — Page 4

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Enteral at the Plymouth Tost Office as secondclass matter. A.K.ZIMMEUMAN.EDITOK axi Proprietor. J. I. ASTLEY, - - Bcsixes Maxaokr. Sl'HSCKIPTIOX PKIC E. One Year Six Month " A JEW POINTED QUESTIONS. Some things for the voter to observe and make a note of for the next twcrt years: 1. Your financial standing at present and observe if it improves. 2. Those in the winning party see if yon have gained anything more than the satisfaction of defeating the other and those in the defeated party, if you are any worse off, except the ill humor of defeat. 3. ee if the promises and predictions of the two dominant parties are fulfilled and if so, how and where. 4. Is money and trade any more active? 5. Observe the conditions of the past as you can remember, and compare with the coming two years. . In making the above observations, see if the present financial crises would not have occurred under a republican the same as it has a democratic administration. 7. Observe the amount of crime and poverty, and see if the large per cent of it traces to the liquor traflic. S. Observe that at the coming campaign, the old tariff question will be aired as usual with the same old arguments, and other questions will receive but a passing notice. The above is furnished by a prohibitionist. Ed. Burr Oak. Frank Overmyer shipped a car load of fine sheep Friday. Chas. Long visited with friends near Eagle Lake Sunday. Henry Friend and wife visited with relatives in Ilibbard Sunday. A number of our young folks attended church at Ilibbard Sunday evening. Mrs. E. 1). Snyder has returned home from a two week's visit in Chicago. Al Scott who was kicked by a horse two weeks ago, is able to be at work again. Mr. Wm. Yanderville and Amos Friend made a business trip to G rovertown Saturday. Mrs. Amos Friend visited over Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. Samuel Aley, of Knox. Mrs. Tom Garver was calletT to Ft. AVayne Friday, on account of the illness of her mother, Mrs. IJaughman. A number of young folks gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Julius demons Saturday to celebrate the , birthday anniversary of their daughter Itena. "Frank." Hibbard Search Light. Literary Friday night. J. W. Wilson took in the county capitol, Tuesday. Chas. Lawson made a business trip to Plymouth, Tuesday. F. Mosher, of Marmont, made a call on our citizens last Monday. Rev. Kennedy preached at the Ilibbard tabernacle last Sunday night. Mr. McGowan and family moved to the Wiley farm, south of the city last Friday. Mr. I). M. Urewer, of South Dend, paid his best respects to his girl in Ilibbard Tuesday. Jonas Yories, of the Ilibbard brick and tile work, made the county capitol a call last Thursday. Mr. J. Thompson, living near Ilibbard, left Tuesday for his future home at North Manchester. Mr. Edward IJrothers, of Lakeville, was the guest of his cousin, Mrs. J. P. Brinkman, last Thursday. F. Groves was called to Lafayette, last Saturday to attend the funeral of his sister who died suddenly. Miss Jennie Moore, of Lakeville, was the guest of Mrs. J. 1. Urinkman, 2i:j Pullman ave., last Wednesday. A. I. Davis, our commission merchant is contemplating trading for a business house at Winnamac, Ind. Dr. Loring, of Uurr Oak, was circulating among the boys at the union depot, last Tuesday.on his way to Plymouth. Mrs. Mary McClure, of Marmont, was called to this city suddenly last Saturday, -her son being very low with fever. .M the last round did not end so well as was expected Peter getting pretty warm made another pays at Billy when Billy knocked off bis blow and succeeded in landing Fete, in the other end of the corn crib this ended the light. Time lo minutes and 10 seconds. Ilibbard sports missed a grand treat last Tuesday in the way of a prize fight which took place upon the farm of l'eter Listenberger near Ilibbard. The fighters were in the best of condition ond fought in the corn crib on Mr. Listenberger's property. Walnut. Hill cornberry rules. The fight only lasting 20 minutes, was a hotly

contested one and some heavy blows were exchanged, 1st round Peter landed a 1)00 pounder on Billy's head, to whic'i Hilly made a pass when Peter ducked and as Billy rose landed another similar blow upon the other side of Billy's head. 2nd round, a pass Billy ducked ran to the other end of crib, Peter seeming to have every thing in his favor now tried to administer the knock-out blow and succeeded in dislodging one of Billy's horns, Billy claimed a foul. J. P. Brinkman, car inspector and A. 1). Whitman, operator for the Yandalia and Nickel Plate railroads, had a thrilling encounter with two robbers in the

freight yards last Tuesday night. The operator at Plymouth calling up operator Whitman on the wire told him two fellows had stolen an overcoat from the depot and had caught a south bound freight train on the Yan. At this Mr. Whitman went for the car inspector and after securing an old revolver that had nothing in it, an iron instrument used in sealing freight cars, they proceeded to a box car standing on Yandalia side track. Mr. Brinkman jump ed into the car with drawn revolver demanding them to throw up their hands, seeing that they were fully covered they obeyed the command of the two brave heroes. After securing the overcoat and a big bundle, which co ntained a rug one table cloth and a fine robe, not having any place to put the rogues and not being officers they could not hold them, but the stolen goods can be had upon identification at the Union depot. The two toughs left on a north bound train on the Yandalia about 4:30" Wednesday morning. J. P. Brinkman, the hero, now walks the streets with a huge billy captured from the robbers sticking down his boot-l? and we would caution the bandits to stay clear of him while he has this man-killer. Shohtik. Ilion. Isaac B nodes has been installed mayor of tlje town. The farmers are now busily engaged cribbing their corn. Chas. N. Furgeson will soon move on the farm of 1). 1. Spencer. John B. Hardesty, who for some time has been quite sick, is improving rapidly. Jerry Hartman is erecting a new saw mill. Jerry is in earnest and knows what business is. Chas. M. Walker, of this place is securing subscription for the Independent. It is gaining quite a reputation in this section. Next Sunday Kev. French, of Mentone, will organize a Sunday School at this place. All our people should take an interest in the worthy move, and take an active part. The sporting club, of this place, is contemplating a live fox hunt here Saturday, December 8. The same day they will hold a sale of thoroughbred foxhounds. A great time is expected. The Shaffer, Gross and Dillman trial was set for a hearing at Wabash, Ind., Wednesday last. It is said a number of the boys declined to attend as witnesses before the witness fees and milage were forthcoming. Our township schools are in a nourishing condition, and marked by steady progress. The efficiency of our teachers, is well known by those who are in favor of progression. The old blueback spelling book is no more. FOX II UNTER. Twin Lakes. Winter school has commenced. Corn buskers wanted everywhere. Miss Edna Hall smiled on our school this week. Mr. M. M. Stra whacker caught a large fox last Wednestlay. Bill White has 5'J3 heads of cabbage hurried. Who can beat it V Miss Lottie Holm is working for her brother-in-law, Amos York. Wert, son of S. S. Beldon, of Mentone, is visiting with his parents here. The talk of organizing the literary society is agitated. Let it come. Mrs. Isaac Myers has returned from an extended visit with friends and relatives in Ohio. Mrs. Ben Hahn and son Forest, have returned from a visit Ayith friends and relatives in Ohio. There was to have been a lawsuit at Beldons store last Thursday night, but Billie didn't show up. Mr. Mann, the teacher of the Stuck school, is boarding at Morris Agler's at present. Mr. Mann is a stranger here, but we hope hewill have good success in his undertaking. Anyone that read the last week's items written by the Hibbard itemizer can plainly see that the llibbardites are very badly heart-broken because the Twin Lake "Mud Hens'' so easily defeated their crooked foot ball club. They are so nearly heart-broken that they cannot, content themselves at anything. Their items last week, they think, will make people believe that the "Mud Hens" are nothing but a few back wood pumpkin buskers and dum heads at that. But my dear brotherly itemizer you might as well savo your paper and ink for the "Mud hens" are too well known for any article of the llibbardites to have the least effect upon them. "CYCLONE."

POOR EIDER DUCKS.

Th Cruel Way In Which Bape1a Hont ra Bob Them. "Elder-down . comfortables and sofa pi'lowi are very nice things to have In one s houso," said a gentleman, "but I never see ne that I do.i t feel like a thief The poor eider ducks live by the thousands on the b'eak shores of Norway and Iceland, and I uild their nests of dry m s eathered from ihe barren rocks, lining then with 'he down plucked from their own fa thful breasts. The fo nale is a plain brown bird, but the raa'e is velvet black, with a glistening green head. Both pa sew the downy cream colored breast which makes them so valuable in the eys of their robiers. A fem3'e will I luck her breast t re-line her despoiled nest, until her own stook of down is e.hau ted, when, with plaintive cries, she will mmmon her mate to give what she can no longer bupply herself. It is not allowabU by law to strip the nests of the down until after the brooding season is past. Were this law strictly obeyed tha yle'd would bo immen o, as the nests are so thick on the barren, rocky islands lying near the coast that one can ha dly walk along with ut treading on them. In many places the rapacious natives not only stiip the down from ths nest but steal the eggs as well, until the poor, discouraged mother bird abandons the spot, reeking a more lonely location where she can rear her young in peaco. NIAGARA FALLS. An American Scientist Says It Is Thres Thousand Years Old. Prof. J. W. Spsnca-, the geologist, male Niagara Fails out a pretty old attraction before the Brooklyn gathering of scientific men recontly. Ho .-aid EUicott, in ITi'O, supposed the falls to be 55,000 years old, and Lyell, in 183, estimated their age at 38.000 yearj. Pro . Spencer said they had been under accura'e observation about fifty years, and that the recession at pro 3ent was nearly a foot a year. Tho length of the gorge divided by the rat3 of recession of tha falls would mako them about '.',0 .0 years old. Originally the falls were a little s'.roam draining into tb.3 Erie 1 asin and falling 200 feet over the Irow cf tha Niagara escarpment. This stream wa3 not over a quarter the si :c of the present river which tumbles into the go: ge. This river l sto i about 11,000 years, when the height of the falls was increased to 400 feet, draining all tho upper great lake . There were three series of ci cades, which finally merged into one, much larger than that of the present time, and this lasted about 17,C00cars. The falls in their present fo.m. Prof. Spencer thought, had lasted about 3,0.0 years. Tho land about the outlet of Lake Erie is rising and will finally cut off tho fal's, when tho lake will be tu.-ned into the Mississippi River, draining from Chicago, when may thus D3 swept away, and will at any rat j bo close t a great river. Uhis everf would not take place for 8,000 years. Not the Kind of Men "Wanted. Speaking the other day of te way so many Europeans regarded American citizenship a3 a.cheaT mans of escaping military duty at homo instead of a solemn obligation to be se ious'y assumed, ai ex-diplonaatist remarked that the la4o Minister Washbura used to reseat this view whenever it wa3 presented to him. At tho first note of war with Germany, when the perils of the conscription overshadowed them, there were even titled personages of some pretensions to dignity among tho crowd who flocked to the American legation in Paris. One cf the-e, a viscount said: "Mr. Minister, I believe I shall take a run over to your country thii summer. And, by the by, what preliminaries are required there for ratuTalization?' Mr. Was'iburn drew himself up havghtily, and, looking the stranger in the eye, ßaid in his sternest tone; "Sir, wo value the i rivilege of American citizenship too highly to confer it knowingly, with or without preliminaries, upon a full-grown man who runs away from a gun!" New York Evening Post. "Bicycle Stamps." Tho "bicycle stamp, " which was brought into existence in San Franci es by tho recent railroad ttrike, is likely to be much prized by stamp collectors. For more than a fortnight San Franc'8Co was practically cut off from all railroal comm inication, and a bicycle mail service was gotten up by tho agent of a bicyc e manufacturer between that cit r and Fresno, a distance of about i0 miles. It continued for four days, when t' e blockade was raised. Stamps and stamped envelopes were hastily designed and several hundred printed, tho stamps bei: g sold at 25 cents apiece and the envoi' pes at 30 cents. Of tho 380 letters carried, 315 were stamped and forty wero sent in stamped eivelopes. L'sed specimens are already ccm randing a nigh premium in San Francis o, tho papers of that city say, a? hih as $;" boing paid for tho stamps, while the used envelopes are expected to bring from $5 to $10 each. Destruction of Western Lumber. A Western lumber expert declares that almost the wholo forest aroa of the country is now in tho roi ossioa of raoa who are ruthlossly desp dling it of tree "I have been appalled," ho said to a writer for a Now York paper, "by tho havoc that has laid n illions of acres bare by ax and fiord and Harros, changing the reserve troi u o spots of tho pooplo into un ightly wilderness es." The fews,uiro miles of 'foresl reserved by tho 1 ederal Govornm?nt and tho Statoi hero and there ho rogards as mere droits in tho bjckot. Tho lumber kings of tho Northwest, ho declare havo an enormous power and can destroy thousands of acres of lumber lan 1 in a perfoct'y irresponsible wa , not having to render an account to anyone. An Honorable ('1 Ag For eighty years the "conscience fund" has figure J in tho statements of of tho Trca-ury Department. Its origin was due to tho fact that away back in the bo inning on tho present century somo u iknown person began to feel tho fcharp thrusts ofjhis conscience. In scmo way ho had defrauded tho Government, and could find relief only by returning tho money to tho treasury. Since thci tho fund 'has boon accumulating in largo and small sums, until at tho present time It aggregates nearly two hundred and seventy thousand dollars. Po-rittancos aro rocivod nearly every week, and frequently two or threo timo3 a week.

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