Marshall County Independent, Volume 4, Number 16, Plymouth, Marshall County, 1 April 1898 — Page 1

Countylndependent Vol. 4 PLYMOUTH, MARSHALL COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY APHIL 1 1898. No. i;

Marshall

II LEITER FROM RUSKS.

FRANK THOMAS WRITES AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM SKAGUAY On til w t. t'ic k Slter Fella tnf .an - and ol the EKWragta cn'l'"" This Sr-rin--Maaj rtoviag TV'cd Dam son. sk.i av Alaska Mm;. 13 wS Dear larents: 1 just received three letters from you dated Feb. 20. 23 and J7. I received them ail in one mail the same day. The) eaiBt 00 i,'ieen V eat!ie. Well I wrote ;; some time ago jasi before 1 went over to Lake Bennett, l went over on the White I 'ass trail auU come out orer the ivea trail acfoaa the . famous Chileool Past wad shsop camp. 1 g"? back to lyea ia just three daya from the time I left I kaguay. It was v y stormy over there but not rold. The thermometei stood jus. 30 above zero when I whs at Bennett Well 1 found my u o ods all right ofer at camp. My partner a had moved on to Dennett ami left my goods m the cabin where we had stored them last t all when we got stuck where we lost the last two ot our horses. The horse skin roof 1 wrote you about last ! fall is all i ight and proves to be a good i roof and I think it quite a modern in vention. When I got back to Skaguay1 I followed my previous intention of j taking more goods over the summit so I 1 bought nearly a ton of goods consist ing of flour, bacon, beans, rice sugar, ! fruit etc and hired them hauled up to i the ford for 2l cents per pound. This Il nearly to the summit, about, a mile and is very cheap for that distance. I saw that the trail was going to break up below here before I could get them over myself and so it b is, the river road ia almost impa&sable to gal over now and in a few more das will have to he abandoned. Now 1 have my goods up where it has not thawed a bit yet and sledding will be good from there to Dennett for a month yet and 1 Will have plenty ot time to move them from there on by hand 1 think myself very lucky to get them up there when I did as the price tor freighting has raise 1 to 6 centl since then and as soon as the river breaks the freighting will be any price My in' mtioa is to go on down the nver unless I see something hatter here in which I can Mil my goods at the lakes at a profit. The t el ol moving gawds from here is going to be greatly j enhanced as soou as the snow goes off. ; If J go ou down and don? sell out bare 1 will leave my property in Jim'l care j and then If I dont like it on the Klon dike or at Dawson 1 could sell my out lit at a good ligure and come back up the lakes and river to kaguay. ProvJ sions will be very high and scarce early in tlii cnriTia 'I'rmv will I... vurv ki-uri't, I i J - ' i ; i . ..... ' . - and we that start, irom the lakes with the first break up will get in lully a monthjbefore the tirst boat can get up from St. Michaels. I will go up to the camp in a day or two aud pitch camp an 1 start to sledding my goods on over. The sledding is line from there on and as the wind is from the south everybod) uses a sail to help them along. I will have to pay duty on my goods at the summit as the custom house is estah lished there now. They say they are reasonable and fair on outtits. Now as to my selling out here 1 am not in a bit of a hurry for I consider the future of this town bright. 1 have now been over both trails and 1 know to a certainty that Skaguay has no causa to be jealous of Dyea. They have a trail over there over wbich it will be next to impossf le toput arailroad over, When the snow is on they can get over fairly well, liy going up the Dyea river on the ice to sheep camp when the ice goes out, which it will in a few days, they will have nothing to fall back on hut t tie old summer trail where we have the wagon road over the White l'ass whieh is intended for a railroad bed As soon as the spring rush is over the only thing I am afraid of is the Stessen route and 1 know but little about that except that it is a long overland route and up a very rapid mountain stream where nothing but smell boats can navigate aud in the time is entirely impassable. The Canadian capital may take hold of it and build a railroad to Lake Testis, from Telegraph that would solve the problem of the over land part of the route if the Boewdoes not. interfere too much. They say snow falls and drifts to a depth of 75 feet in places on that route. I took in Dyea and sheep camp pretty well when i came to see how they com pare 1 with this place. They had no com par sen to this place in point of location to

sav nothing of the advantage we have of the abundant whaive room where' roor large steamers csn unload ut one lime Westell own our Shnup sheet property where we have two sharks 00 the one half of the lot 13x16 and one lox 12 feet, e have them both rented I and get 0 a month out of them. That is I he way rent are in Skaguay. This

is ,i Brnnd o i e c-nf nroiierfv riftar the rn ter of business and 1 count is as good as gold. I also own 50x30 oo the cor-j er of Broad way and Moore avenue with another man. We bought it six weeks ago, we think it has doubled its value Jim and 1 Still own two corner lots located on Kunnelki street. 1 built. cabins no both of them and we live in one. The one we live In is i-Jxii and the other is 14x20 and i1, itory high halt pitch shingle roof, is ouilt ot smail logs of uniform size, looks line and is a dandy. They are starting to put in a water works plant.. They ate darning the creek up the mountain to make a btg rasevoir and lay mains down the ide ol the mountain and will have un limit d pressure. This is the creek 1 wrote you aboes. last fall. The enterprise is a good one and will ie done very cheap as it. require! no machinery at all there is a fortune In it. Yon , . . . . . . Rpoke about epidemic here .There have been a few people dii d here bur no epidemic; the death rate has been fa-1 tnarkaolv low eonahlerine he number , i. ihPWwhwhvirit iinreuw wa ly been about twei Ij deaths from natur al causes since 1 came aud there are perhaps eight or ieo thousand people in and around th: p. ace. The steamer Whitau from Praneit-co us burntd here in the harbor a week ago, no lives were lost bot lue cargo vas ad de stroyed. Iler bull and ai ichinery lays j on the beach now i 'tiers are reports of rich si' ikt on Big Salmon river. Men say ti cdpses the Klondike This Pints me as 1 am going that way; it is not so far as Dawson by more than onehaii. it the report is true we who go early Can undoubtedly get a hold Now dont be uneasy about me as 1 am

well equipped, grub enough to last me and girlhood Were Spent. Ilergrand2 years In esse I should stay and dont I parents, devout, (Sod fearing people, sell any, 1 will move my goods to .tin living at the advanced ae ol sii

Bennett and then come back to Skagitay and wait for the lakes to open when 1 will be read) to go down. Well good lop; will write you when 1 can. Your loving son, I'iiank L. Thomas. Demi H I Dillou. Prot I ?j D. J. Dillon, who claimed to possess hypnotic powers, and who held the boards ill the opera house lor the j.Li.-t three nights, tin- skipped the town leaving several unpaid bills which he G tntracted for during his stay in Flymouth. Am (me t fie number we miahl mention the Independent and Efeoing Newa. Landlord tioweii suspected that he was going to jump the town, called the professor ( ?) into his private oliice and told him he must pay up. lie took an Inventors of his eas i and it was found that the professor I ?) lack ed the full amount. The only thing be could do was to nut un his watch, and the same is now in possession of Mr. Bo well. J 1 is exhibitions were not very well patroni.ed daring his stay in tb city, and as no one took any stock in his '-tricks of trade" he did not prosper tinancially. Jusl where he will land is difficult to Conjecture, but as spring is here, we think he would have no trouble In securing work on a farm, which he could probably learn under Hie direc i ni der thu riimn. tion or supervision ot some good tiller ot the soil. on hi No. in Dakota A colony of eighty-live deluded farm

eis departed ironi Mil ford Junction lor , . . . , j v. " lv . 1 leave all on earth to join my Lord in North Dakota this morning. lhesei.. , . , , . , , ... 'that beautilu! home, and there await

j r- i , ' 1 1-, IUI lllu III OOL J ' I L , VIII 1 51 I". I 11 111 a year or two much poorer than when th-y went away. North Dakota is no place for a while in m to make his home Crops ars uncertain and the climate is abominable. People are deluded into moving to the Dakotas by the railway corporations ami land agents, it was never intended that man should live whre trees will not grow, Goshen Democrat. ii uw is i tela, It is reported that Schoof, Mamleville Mae Lewis and Blanch Cogte were in Otis Saturday, having a jollification after their approved style. They left their Saturday night for Michigan City where it is presumed they held one of their protracted meetings. D is quite clear that the reformation which was promised has been deferred to a date lixed for the Lord knows when. j Daporte Argus. School was recently ' acquitted oi the charge of murdering j McClellan in a saloon in Daporte. It was thought that he had reformed, but the above does not bear out the state Iment.

CITY DADS IN SESSION

Pe1ttiM PfVMated ;ml the I sua! Bilta A I lawd. Chss. Miles petitioned for side walk ; 00 North Walnut street and the same j . , . .. . ... I wot (rameu ami roe walk orneredlo be built. Ltreet commissioner made his report and the sanir was tiled. J.D McLaren presented a petition to the council lor a branch sewer on Jefferson street to Yello w river, lie l erred to proper committee. Mrs. Thomas Shakes petitioned council lorun dr;in in alley in the rear ol her property to Center street, lieterred In proper committee . Tka nllnaiiu . .. i ,1 , I i.ic iKiu-nuifj lMiia ncuiiHTfil paui. M. c. Wali W. 11. Mess ' .. M. Tanner John Stephens I'd 00

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W. Kelley H)1 c.o. earick W. I'.. Leonard Letei Krayer .lohn Flaherity J. B. Butlet Simon Meyers M. W . Simons ( '1 riU?h K. n u glee bee j)Hn üar:js Amasa Johnson James Drink ie'zinger i. L. Iiickinson 90 00 John Cullen Win. Kendall... Wm Walters R. Keynolda. W. K.tSregg . OHITI IKV Mrs. Flora Hall ' !.ee 1 Mtanuck was btrn Nov, 22. ItKJH, ar I'alastine Ind. she Hai mother dying wtille f'lo as wa cominonlv celled was only two years of age, her grand parent 8, Mr. and Mrs. .1 II. Dunnuck. of Mentone. Ind., leeeived with open arms the motherless in faul and well supplied the fostering 1 ,ve denied her by the early removal ol Iter mothei Here ner aays ot infancy I tears, guarded well the yont hi til charge j i ommitted to their care. At the age of ; nine years she was again taken back i t o the home pf her father who. had in the meantime removed to Warsaw Here Flo. always his nride. matured Into womanhood nf I er smgl.- life The last two years were spent with her uncle, W m. Lverlv, of Plymouth. Ind. At an early age she gave her heart to ; tiod and lived directed by IDs guidance and precepts. Thus she followed the even tenor of her life until the close of I her mortal career. Her last moments were indeed happy. Der pun- soul purifted an(1 tortnied by Buffering and the j ,Ml riU of the church was wafted on I tbe w,u&s o1 Bntel to that Vernal I nonle whe sorrow and pain are un ! known',ul' 'A- lsuT- at Toledo, Ohio, she was united in holy wedlock to Jerome U. Ball, of Plymouth. Ind To the latter city the devoted husband brought

, !S ,OTU,I Wlte' an(J nere theV baveinjaii. .,l8t as 80on as his term ex j i,1Ci' remained until death, echoing the , pires he will be turned over to the Pink j T üod, called her away, He had j ertons, who have tirst claim on him. I preyared a beautiful and comfortable j :ary has done time in the Stillwater pen ho,ne tor tneir (teupancy. This h( me, herniary in Minnesota. A photograph j Ktly appreciated by them, was their 0f cary will be sent to Mr.Soice in a few ld()1 and the dearly departed one ar- j jayg, ne was considered a 'ladies man" i dent,v to remain to enjoy the aiui iad a number of strings to his bow j blss'gs hovering over this domain, but

put D is lnlitiite wisdom, deemed it ! best to remove her to a better one. Her untimelv death occurred on the 24th of March, after less than a week's illness, she died reconciled to the will of the Supreme Judge, saying: 'Tf He ul Will I a'tl nronuru'l unil willinnr tn the coming of my loved ones. The funeral services were held at St. Michael's church, Clytuouth. Ind, by Kev. Ii. A. Moench, Saturday, March -0. The remains were then removed to Warsaw and lay m state, in her father's home, until the following day. All that was mortal of beloved Flo was then conveyed to Oak wood cemetery and laid to rest beside her brother who, about live years ago, preceded her in death. e iimvu i ii- BWaaOlrta. Lady compositors in Kansas do not ! always show proper respect for the ! editor, judging from the following advertisment which recently appeared in the Bobinson (Kan.) Index: "Wanted at this place, a young lady who can set ! type without trying to run the editor, We know we are not pretty and some- : times go around with our suspenders ! down, and our shoes off if our corns i hurts us, but that is our own affair. We ' don't propose to be hee-hawed at by any ! man, woman or child. This is a snap for some quiet, considerate girl, who aini afraid of home made socks and red whiskers."

l.ilv Kenniun. n last .Sunday there was a reunion of the family of William Zehner at the! parents' home in North Plymouth. It I

was the third gathering in the history ; OI U,e lami,v orst being sixteen ypdrs 3' anü lM coo This , reunion il: llwru. I fnua .! I " """" from the tact that the family circle had ; Iw.l.n lll-ilL'un thrnimL .).... i I. l I

daughter and sister had gone to Um '5üy Iiau a "ne awning placed in spirit world, and there was a vacant Posltlon on h,s 8tore lodaycliair. The day and date were in view I "Nam the ticket" has been a com of the fact that Wednesday of this mon remark heard on the streets today.

week one of the daughters with her j husband and children expects to leave i fo- North Dakota as their future home. There were present six children and twelve grand children, the only one f 1000. UUV dlstailPe heinor a Jaurrhtar . e - Airs u. A. I arpenter, ot Ashley. Ind After a royal . linner, loud and tender the future, all joined in singing "God be With you until w meet again," be lore speaking the parting word. ; to Niagara Sana i r. Some interest has aiready ben manifested in the popular lady contest. Ke member that vou get one vote for each penny paid in on subscription. If you an-indebted si pay 1 h is and $1.30 in advance and you will be allowed 230 votes. So far the vote Stand as follows: I -IIa Cor m lean, of Bremen. Jennie Davis, of Ratland, .Mary Hand, Mary Stayton, of Argos, May Brugb, Blanch Art.. Sarah Lisenhour. of Inwood. Nettie Crawford, arah Kirkley, ol I.inkville. 'ora Lemler, of Bourbon, Serena Peppioger, i ora (label. i.o 300 ISO 318 130 1 ISO 130 21 x ) 100 I I ISO These contestants should see to it that (heir friends cast their votes for them The list of contestants will be laree so it is hkelv. if four, ft v or afy frUnH. f a candidate should five her thair votes. - that she will be the winner in the contest Every new subscriber paying for one vear in adrance will be allowed ::oo votes. Hustle for new subscribers and your vote will grow rapidly, s n loot It Cary. O.G. Soles received a letter from the j Chief ol the secret service at Richmond j giving full particulars as to the manner j in which Forger Cary did his work The following letter was found in Mr. t arv's valise after his arrest. Plymouth lud, March 'Jth, R M Cary Dear Sir: Kaeloeed please tlnd cert died check for sis. 75 bailance due you on my account . Trusting that you may have a good trip I am Truly Yours. H. K. Buck. Accompanying this letter, which Cary used was a certified check, and also a statement showing the kind of goods I I C Ik a k . purcnaseu iiom Mr. j.uck by l ary, and j the amounts paid, and back salary due j him. He was convicted on four countB : and got four months on each, sixteen llu i rats? when This morning Councilman ' DilTendarfer arose he found upon his j porch a peculiarly constructed "bomb." It consisted of a cigar box tilled with coal dust in which was placed a nnm ber of 38 caliber cartridges, a couple of two ounce phials tilled with some kind of liquid each plural being supplied with a fuse. A row of matches was so arranged that in lifting the bd they would come in contact with sand I paper attached to one box. This would I ignite the matches which in turn would ! lire the fuse and a terrilic exDlosion would naturally City Commercial. follow. Columbia For North Dakot. The following Marshall County people said good by to their many friends yesterday afternoon, and boarded the train on the Pittsburg and turned their ! faces toward the "setting sun' their j destination being North Dakota. Chas. , (i . LYhert, W. Miller. Win. Hampton, j Lewis Fogel, Phillip Hess, Lewis Drei j belbis, Isaac Dreibelbis, John Dreibelb Uj, F. J Hoi ley, John Wickey, Clark Thompson, Chas Woods and wife, John cox. i:. u.Cox Citizen' Meetiuu A citizens' meeting will be held in I fn , b, k T , . . Wedne8 j d a-eveuin(. April U IWS everybody I invited.

ADDITIONAL LOCALS. ,r6 I). Lillybridge is visiting Iritn(l8 in Knox Mrs. Chas Wilhelm is visitiug friends

in Kokomo this week. F.F. Appleman is transactin2 busiess in Warsaw. Walter Foy has rt.,rno,i tn hi. h,0 in i vJ'" Mrs. A M. Harris, of South Bend, is visiting her parents n outh street. Sixteen inch dry wood for sale. Phone 22. C. I.. Morris. ti Piiat class timothy hay for sale, also hOU8e tO rOOt M. W. Simons. tt Traveling men say that business is better today than it was one month ago. Miss F.lla Wilcox will have her display of spring millinery next Tuesday and thereafter tt The streets of l'iy mouth are all right now- but how long will they be in this condition ? We are agents for some of the best ö cent cigars In the city. Fall in at The Clipper and try one. if "Hirds will come home to roost" said a politician this morning, and you will see the fur fly tonight. It is now Supt. Krayer. May your shadow never grow less. Pete, is our prayer. There will be a quarterly meeting at the M. L. church in Tyner Saturday: evening and Sunday. Mrs. Pureed returned to her home in Kenosha. W is., alter a pleasant visit with her daughter, Mrs. 1'red Hill. F r Sale A high grade cello with in 'ruction book and music rack All for 810. Address, Box BUS Plymouth,! Ind. tf Itemember and so- the disnlav of nrinsr milliner of Rlla IVilM rvtl i j j mmmmm ivv. mm i Tuesday at room 10. second iloor. Cor bin block. tf llememuer that Mrs. Moore will have her spring millinery opening ou April 6, 7 and 8. Vou are invited to see her alegant display. 2dlw March behaved r?a! nice and left us like a little lar b. April has long been regarded as a model month, and yon can now look for lovely weather. The respectable appearing thief goes about jingling the money of the tax payers in his pockets and denying i everything. tiet ready to attend the republican J m convention tonight in the opera, I The contest for some of the oilices ' promises to be quite lively, j Himer Humphrey, who has been ' clerking in the "bargain store", left for ! his home in Princeton this evening. Mr. Humphrey has been sick for several days and goes home to recuperate. I There are several line drivinff teams in Plymouth at this time The liverymen propose to have as good turnouts as can be found in the country. Mrs A.J. Metsker of Delphi lud. arrived in the city today and is the guest of her son. C. W . Metsker aud I family ou Jefferson street. James Deloney placed an elegant porcelain sign on the big plate glass windows of the Pbeenil cigar store today. Remember that Mrs. Moore will have hei spring millinery opening on April 8, 7, and 8. You are invited to see her elegant display. Sdlw Spelling contests are now becoming a "fad" in the churches. The words ar taken from the new testament and the interest takeu in church circles in those contests is said to surpass the "box social . " Special display of Faster millinery from April 1st to ith at L. E. Dial's who will take great pleasure in showing you the finest and largest assortment of up to date millinery ever brought to Marshall county. 4t I desire to announce to the public that I have arranged for my spring and summer opening on April 1st and 2nd. A fine line of goods to select, from. Fvery thing in spring milinery and the very latest designs. Vou are Invited to come and lUBpect them. Mrs. C. A. Francisco. fdlw Like the negro evangelist who heard tie Lord iy -go plow" thought be said 'go preach, " Fditor Oglcsbee has mistaken the call of his party and will endeavor to usurp the mayoralty Domination, He is convinced that Amasa Johnson won't run well, so as dictator of the organization, has decided to have himself nominated, rather than have the party strength tested without a genuine popular m an at the head oi the ticket.

To be a legal voter at the coming city election, the voter must have become a resident of this township on or betöre the 4th day of March and must become a resident of the precinct in which he votes, or betöre the :?rd day of April. Mrs. Moore desires to call the attention of the ladies of Plymouth and vicinity to the fact that she has some of the most st)lish millinery this season that has ever been brought to Plymouth, and respectfully invites all to call and inspect before buying elsewhere Her opening will occur April b 7 and v 2d l a A soap canvasser struck the city to day. If she sees you. you'll buy soap Don't argue the matter, but invest. It's sure ti sad that way, so it will be as well to save both time and breath. This has been a hustling day for t tie republican caudidatts, and they lett no stones unturned to forward their intei ests. The balloting for the nomination of marshal promises to be spirited tonight There have been numerous guesses made on the streets today as to the probable winner, but is is likely that the old ticket will win out We understand that Amasa Johnson, of Plymouth, who was named as execu tor by the late Lewis Ueshlar of his estate will not serve and there may be a contest over the anti-nuptial contract made by the deceased ami his widow. -Valparaiso livening Messenger. Mrs Meura desires to call the attention of the Ladies of Plymouth and vicinity to the fact that she has some of the most stylish millinery this sea son that has ever been brought to Plymouth, and respectfully invites all to call and inspect before buying elsewhere. Her opening will occure April '., T and S. -Jrthv The Sunday school at Twin Lakes

was organized Sunday and the following officers were elected: Joseph White, superintendent; John Cook, ass't . super intendent ; Nora Thompson, secretary; Mrs. Milton Cook, organist; Mary Marsh ass't Organist; Karl Wise and Lola Dill librarians. Three more cases srere tiled against the Plektron Cycle Works today. The claims tiled today for labor against that company approximates something over Söoo. Judgement was rendered for trie full amount in each case. It is conceded by the Pepublicans f the Second ward that Dr. Horton is tinman to nominate for councilman for that ward. Dr. Horton is a progressive citizen and would make a strong candidate. Mr. D Francis (ioddard appeared a the Academy ot Music last evening to a crowded house, everyone appreciating the good cause for which he is work ng, and all were very well pleased with his clever impersonation. Kalamazoo Telegraph. Dr. Driver wa not given a charge by the North Indiana conference. The committee acquiled him of the charges preferred but he admitted that he had been indiscrete, and the conference I ad no use for indiscrete preachers, so he will go west where the people are not so particular about small matters At Hamblin's Theatre. D. Fran.' I ioddard in his impersonations was a I feature of the evenir,g, judging from I the applause Irom the large audience. Dattle CreeK Moon. Imitation is the ineereat flatters. In the case of the imitation - Healer " Schleier who worked the good people ol Kichmond to a beautiful tin iah last week it would se -m that imitation was but the application along practical lu es of the principal that people like to be bombugged. The people who had i he hacks of then necks it-it by this 1111 poster "healer" probably felt none the vonw tad enjoyed )ust as noch the blissful sweets of ignorance as il the -real thing" chlater had been manipulating t heir nerve centers. The most ot people rather enjoy being fooled, 10 fact. Det them aloue. Senator mason has declined the offer ot Dr. George Powell of LaCroass W isconsin, to take his place and accept the challenge sent him by a Spanish editor, as well as a similar offer from Minneapolis. Senator Mason says he has accepted the challenge and adds: "I have chosen submarine mines for the weap oos iii this duel The Spaioard is to be launched over my mine as long as the Maine was launched over the one m Havana harbor and if 1 can't, blow him up in t he same length of time, then 1 agiee to stt over his mine and let him have a chance. 11 this fellow accepts ; these conditions I think 1 will rid the world of at least one pamard, and may get a chance at a few more."