Marshall County Independent, Volume 1, Number 41, Plymouth, Marshall County, 1 August 1895 — Page 1

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Hairglh) cm epe Vol. I. PLYMOUTH, MARSHALL COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1895. No. 41.

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We can induce our Goods ! Many men can draw them cashed !

That's Capital. We may sign a check for $10,000 and no

banker will cash Others will sell Goods make sales !

We adhere to small profits and quick sales !D

Many persons prefer

We could say a lot more of the Big Bargain

Store, but won t ! O'BLENIS IS A PAVORITE. Committed to Jail in Default of Bonds JJut is Not Locked Up. It is a fact which has excited considerable comment that ILC.O'Blenis who has, in default of $800 bonds, been committed to jail on a serious criminal charge, is not in jail. OTilenis is the people's prisoner, committed by the people to a place specially provided, by the people, at much expense for tlfe safe keeping of those who, for the preservation of law and to the end that justice may be don?, must be detained and safely kept. If R. C. O'Blenis has passed his word to Sheriff Smith to remain a prisoner without the restraint usually put upon prisoners he may do it but, aside from the fact of his increased chances of escape should he change his mind, which is not impossible, the law does not contemplate that prisoners shall be so in name only, or that they may attend Sunday sports or walk the public streets in apparent freedom, neither does it contemplaie that one prisoner shall enjoy greater liberties than another. All is well that ends well and while it is presumable that Sheriff Smith feels a certainty that O'Hlenis will not betray his trust the sheriff's option to extend such courtesies to prisoners is not only questionable but the example is bad and the object of the law by which prisoners are committed is in a measure defeated. It is true that O'Blenis assumes to be confident that he will be acquitted but if the case of the prosecution should develop so strongly against him as to make conviction almost certain he might conclude it a good idea to walk away, and, regardless of whatever consideration he might otherwise, as a prisoner, be entitled to for any reason the ground for such consideration would disappear the instant he could give bonds and refused to do so. He claims that the matter of giving bonds is optional with himself. If that is 'true and he does not wish to remain a prisoner he should give bonds and so gain his freedom as the law requires. MAKING A BIG IMPROVEMENT. Joine IKirabIe ( hangest lU ing Mnl by Hall tV: ('aral)in. Within a few days this enterprising firm will commence remodeling and renovating the large store room occupied by them, on a scale that, when fin ished, will leave nothing more to be desired in the way of neatness and convenience for dispatch in taking care of their already large and growing business. Beginning in the basement a thorough cleaning will take place, followed by re painting and papering. This room will be occupied with a full line of earj ets, matting, oil cloth, curtains, etc., when completed. On the ground floor the walls dividing the three rooms now occupied, will be removed, small iron pillars at an equally divided distance apart replacing them, thus throwing the three rooms into one. New shelving and fixtures throughout will replace the old ones and a large circle counter will occupy the center of the room. A handsome newoilhe with cashier's desk will occupy one corner. The stair way h-ading from Michigan street to the second floor will Le taken out. an I replaced by one in the rear. Three large windows will he cut in the east wall to furnish additional light and the whole store will be re-painted and papered. When these improvements are completed it will make one of tho finest and most convenient stores in the city. The firm are to be congratulated on this spirit of progressiveness, and no doubt will find it a paying investment.

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That's Genius. customers to buy our That's Allman. large checks and get it ! That's Hard. under cost so as to That's Ruin. That's Allman s. to buy at Allmans ! That's Kindness. That's Modesty. The Barnum and Bailey Show. The great Barnum and Uailey show will be located on the Fair ('rounds for its exhibitions in 1 My mouth next Wednesday. That it has lost none of its old time prestige and superiority to all tented shows is proven by the following testimony of the Detroit and Toledo papers, both of which cities it visited a short time ago, just before it entered upon the tour of Canada which it completes today. "All in all," said the Detroit News, "from beginning to end, the Barnum and Bailey Show proved its title to the name it has copyrighted, and it outclasses any of the shows that call themselves 'competitors' from the very start.' The Detroit Evening Journal said: ''There can be no doubt in the mind of any person who witnessed the grand spectacle ot the parade this morning, or its excellent performance this afternoon that it is honestly entitled to the name it bears. When a comparison is attempted between this show and the smaller concerns that claim to be competitors, the vastness of the Barnum and Bailey institution is only more clearly demonstrated. It is but fair to Mr. Bailey to say that his enterprise and business sagacity have enabled him to bring together this season by far the most extensive and interesting enter tainmentever seen in Detroit." The Detroit Tribune devoted a column and a half to the big show, and remarked that "This circus keeps pace with the times and that is one reason why the present features of the Barnum Bailey Show may be talked about at length without the charge of threshing over old straw." The Detroit Free Press said: "Of the circus performance itself only one criticism can be made; there is such an overwhelming abundance of it that no one pair of eyes can take in all the strange and interesting sights, nor one pair of ears catch all the unwonted, exciting and confusing sounds. Magnitude is its key note." Of the menagerie the Free Press said: "Such a fine collection of animals has never been seen in Detroit, and the Ethnological congress, with its exhibitions of strange dances and oriental ceremonials, is in itself a splendid attraction." The Toledo Bee said of the great Bar-num-Bailey Show: "Facts are facts, ard it cannot be controverted that the Bar num and Bailey organization is by far larger, more comprehensive and better as an amusement enterprise than any competitor that shows under canvass." The Toledo News said: "All Toledo saw the biggest of big shows yesterday. The Barnum and Bailey show kept all its promises faithfully, and gave much more man advertised in every way. All this testimony is directly to the point, as it is given in regard to the great show which will exhibit here exactly as it was shown in Detroit and Toledo. Left For Parts Unknown. For some time past there have been rumors floating about, of malpractice on the part of Dr. E. 1). Snyder of Burr Oak, which finally culminated a few days since in a warrant being sworn out for his arrest on that charge. The warrant was placed in the hands of an otlicer and he went there to serve it on the doctor but did not find him, he having come to Plymouth that day. On returning ho found out that an officer had been thereafter him, and immediately set to work, packing his goods and taking his family, departed on Friday night when friends and neighbors were all asleep, no one knows where, and as yet nothing has been heard of them.

KO SEWER OR PAVEMENT.

Such are the Probabilities After East Nights Meeting of Our City Dads. From Tuesday's Daily, Mayor Swindell called the adjourned meeting of the common council to order last night at about 8 o'clock. The first business transacted was the reading of a petition signed by business men on the west side of Michigan street, asking that the street be cleared and sidewalks ordered layed in front of the Corbin and Kuhn blocks. It was moved and seconded that the petition be received and placed on file. Carried. A pet it it ion was also read from several Michigan street property holders who at first did not favor paving but now stating that they had no objections to the work being done. It was moved and seconded that this petition also be received and placed on file. Carried. The next important business taken up was the allowance of the bill of the electric light plant of 8212.4 for lights, and one of Frank Hale, Vandalia agent for 152.41 freight on castiugs. Alderman Bailey moved and it was seconded, that the bills be allowed. Carried. Under the head cf reports of committee on sewer and drainage, it was reported that the contractors had completed the Jefferson street and Yellow Biver sewer, and that the civil engineer had prepared a statement of the entire cost of the same as follows: The contract price was $1725 32 Extra work authorized by com. 40 US Total $ 1700 30 Less credit due city for material furnished a &3 04 Less credit due city for grading 12 00 S 95 00 Total balance due contractors 81671 20 The committee recommended that a charge of 75 cents each be made for replacing cross walks which had been removed. Alderman Beynolds moved and it was seconded by Alderman Hughes that no charges be made for replacing cross waiks. Carried. Alderman Tibbett moved and seconded by Alderman Maxey,that the report of the committee be received and placed on file and concurred in. Alderman O'Keefe moved, seconded by Tibbett. that the contractors be paid the price of their contract and the clerk be instructed to draw warrnat for the same. Carried. The committee on ordinances report ed an ordinance recommending that ordinances 122 and 125 allowing Messrs. Corbin, Kuhn, Martindale, Swindell and Miss Simons, to obstruct the streets for building purposes be repealed. Moved by Alderman Tibbett, seconded by Alderman Maxey, that the ordinance be adopted on first reading. Carried. Alderman O'Keefe voting no. Moved and seconded that the ordinance be passed. Carried. Moved by Alderman Tibbett, and seconded that the council proceed to consider the bids on paving Michigan and Laporte streets. Carried. The bid of South Bend Improvement and Construction Co. being the lowest it was taken under consideration. JJMovedby'Aldermar; Tibbet and seconded by Alderman Daily, that South Bend Improvement and Construction Co's bid for paving be accepted. Mo tion was defeated, Aldermen Cretzinger, O'Keefe and lleynolds voting no. Moved by Alderman Daily, seconded by Alderman Tibbett that further consideration of paving bids be postponed. Carried. Moved by Alderman Daily and sec onded by Alderman Reynolds that consideration of bids for letting sewer contract be postponed. Carried. Moved and seconded to adjourn, ear ned. Robberies at Marmont, Tuesday's Daly. Meagre particulars have been received today of robberies at tho Lakeside and Colonade Hotels last night, evidently the work of the same parties as the two robberies occured only a short time apart. Dan Walters, the proprietor of the Lakeside, was awakened by hearing some one in his room, jumped out of bed and the fellow ran, grabbing Mr. Wallers son's pants as he went. lie must have been disappointed when ho came to examine them for the pockets contained nothing of any value. Mr. Walters and his son slept together and on retiring Mr. Walters laid his pants as he supposed on a chair, but they slipped off falling partially underneath. In tho pocket was $72.00. He then hung his coat and vest, in the pocket of which was 812.00, on tho back of the same

chair and picking up an extra bed cover threw it also on the chair to get it out of the way. This was all done thoughtlessly, but no doubt was what saved his money, for the burglar passed right by the chair and grabbed his son's pants, which contained no money at all. From there they went to the Colonade where they secured 812.00 from Mr. Wills, the agent of the Heinz Pickling Works, and 83.00 from a Mr. Valandenham, of Indianapolis. They were evidently after the proprietor who, it is generally known, usually carries quite a sum of money on his person, the room they entered first being the one usually occupied by him, but had been given up to Mr. Valandenham so that he might be next to his old

mother. There is, as yet, no, clew, but indica tions would point to some one pretty well acquainted with the places. Religion and Liberty. The essence of religion is liberty. Yet it must be admited that with most of the churches which are supposed to be the proper exponents of religion there is but little of the spirit of liberty. Toleration is a very different thing from liberty. The object of church services of any kind, and of the efforts of preachers, religious teachers and chunh organizations is the saving of souls as it is popularly designated, or in other words, to make men better. But there is so much denomination alisin and concurrent selfishness of opinion that souls are not saved. If a man is in the Catholic church in Kamkatscha or Oreenland, Constantinople or Chicago, he is admitted to the church everywhere. But in the various de nominations of the Protesent church they busy themselves quarreling about the so-called fallacies and heterodox beliefs as they are persistent in de nouncing the damnable heresies of the Catcholic church. Mr. Ilolyman, who is a Metnodist, firmly believes and os tentatiously declares that his neighbor" Mr. Easy man, is only not orthodox, but an infidel because he is a Univeisalisf , and thinks everybody will be saved. The spirit of the times of the Inqu isition still prevails much more than casual observers are wont to think. Tho man who looks upon his neighbor distrustfully or fiercely, because of a difference of religious conviction is as much of a persecutor at heart as the wicked Jesuit priest, who stood gleefully by to see a Protestant stretched on the rack in the time of the Inquisition. Of course there are no racks or boiling oil and the stake is out of fash ion. Dut there is a denominational rancor and bitterness which renders null much of the earnest zeal for good. The pilgrim fathers are said to have brought to this land a church without a bishop and a state without a king. We demand freedom in politics. The state and the nation in strict conformity with this view, ordains absolute liberty and equality. This liberty applies to one's religious views as well as to his politics. The American doctrine is freedom in politics, freedom of all the faculties of all men, and freedom of the mind and soul and perfect religious liberty. W. CT. U. Social. In the name of "God, home and native land," a social will be given by the Womens Christian Temperance Union, Tuesday evening, August Cth, upon the lovely lawn lately purchased by J. Cilraore on South Michigan street. Supper will be served from 5:30 to 8:30 for 15c. Music by orchestra and songs by Y's. Appropriate speeches will be given on "The day we celebrate," viz the birth of our dear Mother Wallace. The pub lie is cordially invited. By Order Com. Niagara Kall Kxcursion. An Excursion to Niagara Falls and return will be run over the 1. 1. & I. 11. Ft. on Tuesday, August 20th, 18UÖ, by special train leaving Streator 1:45 p. m. Kankakee 4 p. m., and arriving at Niagara Falls about noon the next day. The round trip rate from all I. I. & 1. stations will be $7.50. Sleeping car rate $3.00 per berth. For full information as to return limit of tickets, stop overs and time of trains, apply to any 1. 1. & I. agent or the undersigned. S. S Wim i:mi:ai, (J. P.A. Kankakee, 111. There is Big Money in Chickens. Jf you have the young Cockerels eaponized at tho proper time, which is when they will weigh 1 1-2 to 2 pounds. They will get from 3 to 8 pounds heavier on the same feed, and bring from 30 to 100 per cent, more in price pef pound. W. W. Beam, of Durr Oak, an expert caponizer of many years' experience, will do your work Fiti:i: of ciiauok. Send him a card and he will call on you and explain to you in detail. Preference, J. Swindell & Dro., Plymouth, Ind.

I G1SI1L II DOM. A Grewsome Tale of Weird and Uncanny Manifestations Comes From Big Lake. A most remarkable tale has reached us from across the country in which a ghost that should have been at rest for twenty years or more is the chief object of attention. it is said that twenty years ago, or thereabouts, Cottlieb Hastings, of Big Lake, committed suicide by hanging. What led to this act of seit destruction we do not know, but old residents of that vicinity remember the circumstance well and vouch for its truth Haslingers house stands yet, except for the wearing inlluences of time, much as it

did when he, as Mr. Dennis, the hangman, would have said, '-worked himself off", but no echoes are awakened in the empty rooms by human footsteps. It is peopled with ghosts. It seems that Haslingers ghost will not down and as a commanding spirit it has surrounded itself with a legion of other shadowy and impalpable forms whose nightly revels have made the living tremble with fear and mysterious dread. Lights can be seen Hashing about the old house from half a mile away. Bloody ropes are drawn back and forth across the roof of the house by invisible hands in such a manner as to produce most unearthly and heart rending sounds, dory heads and ghostly faces play hide and seek about the nooks and corners of the old place. Gaunt ligures in white Mowing robes march with stately, measured tread around the house, or sometimes assemble 'round a pile of human bones and sing a chant so wierd and awful that those who have heard it have lied in frenzied terror. Skeletons dance and llit about the place. Screams are heard sometimes which are said to invariably merge into deep, heart-rending wails like unto those of spirits that are lost. These wails finally die away into oppressive stillness which is sometimes broken by sharp, piercing cries of despair accompanied by groans of agony and cries of supplication. Vll these things have impressed those in the vicinity of the haunted house not a little. The supernatural manifestations are said to be growing in frequency and it is feared the neighborhood may soon be rendered uninhabitable by these ghostly visitations. Henry Stein, of this city, owns the property adjoining the place of the haunted house. The Harvey Horr Debate Yesterday ended one of the greatest debates of modern times. Whether the contest has made many converts to the two sides represented, or not, one fact has been demonstrated, and that is that each of the debaters handled his side in an able manner. The friends of both contestants assert that their favorite had the best of the argument. JJut there is in our mind not the slightest doubt that W. II. Harvey scored the most points in the contest. Mr. Horr, while a brilliant orator, failed to produce the effect his admirers thought he would. In the most of his answers when a pointed question would be asked by his opponent, the tendency to treat the matter more as a joke and evading a square answer was demonstrated several times when in a close corner. In the debate on the crime of 1873, Mr. Harvey, notwithstanding the efforts of his opponent to evade the facts, drove him to the wall. While we are willing to admit that Mr. Horr represented his side of the question in a logical manner, yet the proofs of his position were not forth coming. The newspapers that have desperately endeavored to poison the minds of the people by their burlesquing have failed utterly, and the good seed sown in this debate will germinate into a rich harvest. Cheap Mirrors. V new application of cellulose has been found in the manufacture of unbreakable mirrors. Cotton stuffs, treated with nitric acid and camphor givesplendid smooth surfaces, which can be easly silvered over and then covered with a very thin layer of transparent cellulose. It is said that excellent and very durable'mirrors are obtained i n this way and it is promised that we shall thus soon have cheap curved mirrors of astronomical instruments. If so, they will be useful in condensing the rays of the sun and in serving many other purpoes. sauuj'ni 4upi -.cpmis; oScopif) UI0.1J p0AI0,)0J SEAY Ipltptt JO jcpads c in piAiuj H!AV odnoj) oi ix ''uosuos uuuoo oqi JOiunx oqj in spjcoq poq Aqt:qojd jjiav oj 'pu qiioiuAj" IT uavo siq jo XuBdiuoo u SutziueSjo si 'suoijTunqiuoo ?.iod ju.mq qjiAV somi) jo jaqumti u uipt pojisTA st?q oqAV 'ouitsj id.iisiniu jo oq pespo 4iAnur

ANENT THE STREET PAVING.

Paving and Sewer Bills Knocked Out Before the Common Council. The paving bill before the Common Council is defeated. Sewers areknreked out. A few dollars are saved, for what? They would have been well invested in these proposed improvements. Cvneral improvement cannot be achieved without enhancing the value of individual property interests. Improvements of this kind are the means that are given property owners of adding to the values of their holding?. There is no doubt that t!:e street paving and sewer improvement would, when dne, have added at once double their cost to property values along the streets where such improvements were proposed It is the liberal policy in these matters that is sure to win. There is nothing like liberality and push to show the good faith of citizens in their city and to inspire faith in others. Without the?e qualities being manifested there is no use to invite ambition and energy and capital from outside for they will not come. Every municipal or private dollar invested in reasonable improvement is an interest bearing dollar. Such dollars are not invested in vain. The- are like bread cast upon the waters. They will return in multiplied numbers. With this pavement and sewer improvement done it is doubtful if those whose money had been used to do it would si4I its benefits for five times its cost. If this matter can be re-considered it should be done at once to the lasting benefit of all concerned. A Description of Culver Academy. Editou I x d i: r k x d k x t: Thinking that perhaps a description of Culver Military Academy would be acceptable to your newsy little sheet, I send you the following: Culver Military Academy, so named after its generous founder, Mr. II. II. Culver, of St. Louis, is situated m a beautiful park of three hundred acres, at the extreme north end of Lake Maxenkuckee. The park contains a fine course for cavalry practice, half-mile and quarter-mile tracks for bicycle and sprinting races, lawn-tennis courts,. baseball and football grounds, six flowing artesan wells, and an abundance of large shade trees. It is in consequence an ideal spot for a military Academy.. The new Academy and dormitory buildings, now nearing completion, will be one of the finest structures of the kind in the world. It is to be entirely tire-proof, constructed of stone, brick and steel, finished in hard wood, heated by steam, and lighted by electricity It will have hot and cold water baths, lavatories, and all modem toilet conveniences, such as are found in a first class hotel. The Academy is established on a system that combines military instruct ion with thorough academic training. The superintendent, professors, and cadets constitute a military corps, with military government and discipline. A high standard of scholarship is required of all, and to this end the military system has been found to be most conducive. Northern Indiana may well feel proud of Culver Military Academy. A. X. The Indians Masacre. It is wonderful how a report will grow until its proportions are unrecognizable by the originator. It is thus with the late report regarding the reported masacre at Jackson Hole. The Becord of yesterday puts it about right when it says. "It is painful and sickening to rellect that while United States troops are scurrying to the protection of the white settlers at Jackson's Hole there was no arm of authority anywhere raised to protect the wretched little group of Indians who, in their ignorant obedience to instinctive traits, trampled upon some of the settlers laws. If the government is not to rebuke cruelty to a dying and helpless race, deep will bo the shame and ineffaceable the stain." A great deal of nonsense has been said regarding the depredations committed by the Indians of late year?, and in more than one instant have the facts in the case been similar to those reported from Jackson Hole. There are in the western country a class of men to be met, who under certain circumstances are to bo dreaded more than the poor Indian. It will be observed too, that the ones who raise the loudest cry regarding Indian outrages, are those who will profit in some way by the extermination of the Ued men. Some gentleman who had overestima ted the honesty of his fellow men left a box containing numerous things in tho gentleman's waiting room at the Pitts burg depot on Friday afternoon. Ho was considerably disappointed when ho called around for it Saturday evening to find it had taken legs and walked off.