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Mr Uli j Se (LI?e3n&epenfcent Friday Atrjjl 8 iv,.'-v MARKET REPORT. Hotter Nc Egg Ite Chickens -c to o Laru Potatoes R5e to R8 Flour percwt "J.lu t 2.80 Cars meal LOO Hogs per hd LOO Cattle i 25 Wheat Rye 38c Corn 85c Oats lv. Clover seeti '.' I Timothy seed 3.U0 M did seed IÄ) Timothy hay per ton 5.00 to 7.00 Clover hay per ton Marsh hay per ton LOO to ü.O I Straw per load 20 Furnished by Ed. S. llojarth & C i. From Monday's Daily. The assessors are new at work. Kd GUlard is horn fr vm Sooth Bead Chicago will hold an election torn orrow The war cloud still continue! to gi W darker. Frank Or spent Sunday with friends in Boebester. The churches in Plymouth were well attended yesterday. Henry Siliik went to South Bend today on business. John Taber and sister si tent Sunday with friends in Chicago. Miss Trumbul! has returned from a Tis:t with relatives in Ohio. Fmanual Price went to oath Bend today to work at his trade. Archie Young of St doe Mich., is visiting his mother in this city. Messrs. Kloepfer ana Dibble returned from Chicago this morning. M. T. Lyons, of South Fend, was in the city today on business. Last week we had too mach rain. Now we have too much duet. liarry Miller is home from Casopolis, Mich., for a few days' visit. Frank McKinney spent Sunday in 1'lyrnouth the guest of friends. Mrs. C. C. Buck, of Laporte is visiting Mrs. II. E. Bock of this city. The blind trio of singers drew a big crowd last night at the I . I. church. Mrs. M. F. Smith formerly of this city is now a resident of South Bend. Henry Hail is now on the road to heahh again. He it ableto walk some There was a hot time around the opera house box ollice Saturday night. Sixteen inch dry wood for sale. Phone 22. C. F. Morris. ti The Knights of I'ythias will have work tonijjnt aod a good attendance is required. Porter and Rockhill brought out their new street sprinkler this morning and laid the dust Dick Brokel has one of the Quest drays in the city. It is brand new ai I up to date. Dr. McCaihster, of South Bend, Bbot a horse thief who had stolen the doctor's horse and buggy. Weather Kam tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy and colder. Rain m south portion. EL G. Thayer will deliver his lecture on "Faul" in the Fresbyterian church at Laporte, April 17. It is predicted by some people, thai the Elektron cycle works will start up again in very near future. Mrs. J, Raydei of Clarke Ind., la visitiug her daughter Mrs. Killings on West Washington street, this city. Why is it that a butcher will not ea' mince pie. This was demonstrated Una morning to our entire aatistaction. The Molter band drilled at the rail grounds under the directions of Mr. Steinbaugh. They are making line progress. Mr. and Mrs. Frances Feggett are the happy parents of a little boy and girl, who arrived at their home Saturday morning.

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r? h m uv 10 iriuui ... W illiam s'iock. who was formerly foreman in tins ollice, but who has been ; in Ohio for the past six months, is in the city today, T-ie strt-et sprinkler proved a god end to Michigaa and La Porte sirett today. T ere lias been ft strong wind all day and only the work ol the sprinkler kept .! go. uls m many stores from being covered with dust. "The When" grocery is receiving a thorough renovating. The ceiling and walls have been repapered and the wood work painted, it adds greatly to its former ..imi'HIV.Ml-H Long and I i i - - . l eaver did I he work. It isn't just the proper caper for reputable attorneys to volunteer llu-ir 1 serrices to help a well known deao beat out Of trouble. The "Lt-al" only smiles j ami calls them friends, anil then laughs again. Muianey. the man charged with the murdei of Policeman Cbristensen al uth Bend, bas a fair chai.ee of being a free man again. The jury m his i'üm disagreed Saturday at LaPorte. Mesdimea P. s. Alieman and J. C. I Jtison drove orer to Wolf Creek this j morning to see Mrs. Benjamin Zehner, ; nee Elizabeth Bom, who is reported to be very ill since Tuesday last. Will Finkenau and Claude Fish, clerks at the Novelty works, have had a slight attack of war fever, and they ! are likely to .Fun Uncle Sam's forces at I any time to assist in annihilating the t brutal Spaniards. The Indiana militia ara In such per tect military condition that the bojS can report to the adjutant general a' Indianapolis in ten hours alter the governor says the word Indiana will snow up when the time cornea f oi action. George Shaw and his friend Lot Loseyv of Plymouth, went to Wabash Lst evening, returning this morning. While in that city they were the respective gusets of Miss Kuth Fnglish and Mi.-s Miriam Hill. They attended a party last night. Warsaw Daily Times. That "dead beat" impersonator, Dr. I C odd ai d who undertook, aud did beat, a number of business men in Fl) mouth iiad money enough to hire a livery rig and take a young lady buggy riding i Sunday evening, tiirls, don't allow your selves caught in such company again. Henry Aukerman left today for Milwaukee, Wis., where he goes to work in a bicycle factory. Milwaukee has given work to a number of the old : lektron cycle factory boys of this city We are glad to know that the : have secured work up there. The cycle factory bos were expecting a settlement of their accounts today. Many of them are held here a waiting to have their claims adjusted. They could secure work eisewheie, but the want, a settlement with the company Int. According to a recent report a man In Arkansas City, Kan, who had the de lirium tremens, thought that each toe on his foot was a snake that was trying to bite him. The doctors had to lie his hands to keep him from cutting oil his tors on the supposition that they were snakes. Some men are for counsel, others for war. One of the latt er is Commander I . vans of the United States navy. The most pituresque war remark m the pre sent crisis is attributed to him. He declared that if he once got a chance at the Spaniards there would not be any thing but bpaaiafa spoken in the infernal regions for many months. Will Whit el, of Donaldson, came over to Plymouth Sunday la visit frietnls and tied up his team a the rack, but when he went to look alter them his team had disappeared. He found City Marshal Meyers this morning who told him that they were found near Mr. Switzer's residence, four miles north of town. Some reckless fellow, likely drove the team off. airs. Mattie o, Com mack of Marion 1 nd., will deliver a lecture tonight at 7 30 p. m. in the U. B, church, "Along the educational line of scientific Ten perence." Mrs. Commaek comes to us highly recommended as a lecturer. A Cordial invitation is extended to the public, especially to the teachers of the public schools

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Kd Can pbeil who formerly clerked tor Fred S loemaker has secured a position in Chicago and rill move his family to ha city. The 1 mi lie bar business at the Nov eity works i- picking op considerably and they sre turning out quite a nam oer at the (.resent time. The next two by four actor that strike Plymouth and tries to gull the peo h- and beat the own, rill tie called upon to pay all tails in advance. The Laities Aid Society of the M. F. el arch will m'et Tuesday afternoon at the Parsonage. There will be an election of officers and a good attendance is desired. The Cycle boys were disappointed today because of the non-arrival of Mr. Mcl na!d, the owner of the F.lek troti plant in this eity. They confidently expected him here today. Marshal .4'ers levied on seven machines in the KlektrOQ cycle works this morning in favot of Faul Ketcher and aforti Selbsman. The amount of the two claims aggregate near $400, Bremen has an MOwl Club.' They had a time ver Ther.- a few nights ago. Will Le mard and Edwin Mayer of this city are members. Fach member has to sing a ear g, but H ill is no good single handed, so he ''doubled up" with Edwin i-u they sang that old familiar song entitled: 4 1 want you my honor, yes I do. The "Concordia" club met yesterday and had a very pleasant session. Sever al Of the n em )ers made speeches on the probable out come in case the Fnited States and Spain should engage in war. John Borkhold entertained the club with a nice talk on the subject. This club meets every Sunday afternoon. Miss Felle Ferry is running for mayor of JeffersonTille, Ind.. on the republican ticket and on a purely feminine platform. Her platform is "A kiss for a vote." She is going to kiss every man, young or old, handsome or agly,

' who votes f( r her. As there are about . ,(;!! voters her task may be readily conceited. More than this there are some amoong them Who have asserted their intention to ?Oie early and often, j One feature of the campaign upon' which Miss Berry did not figure is that a large percentage of th voters are negroes. To bar them from the oscula tory privilege would alienate their votes and endanger her election. The Confederate Soldiers' Hoine at Atlanta, Ca., is advertised for sale because there is no money forthcoming for its support. a

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From Tuesday's Dally. Weather Fair and continues colder tonight atid Wednesdav. John 1 1 . Baxter, will likely work in south Fend this summer. Miss I. aura Klinghammer, is visiting her lister, Miss Letta in South Fend. F. J, Fall has returned to Chicago to renew his studies. Mrs Kate Hosack is visiting her patents at Edgertoo. ( )hio. Ralph Mattingly has returned to his Studies at Albkm, Mich. Georg Nichols of Valparaiso, is in rhe city today 00 business. Cal O'Blennis of Argos, was in the city today on busiuess. The lree silver club will give another dance in the near future. Ed Campbell is In Hammond where he has ec.ired a position. There are many side walks in Flyin outh that need repairing. Attorney Dowdell went to Plymouth this morning to spend the day. The Altar Guild will meet next Mon day even, at 8.48 with Miss Sibiila Koch Superintendent Wolfe, of the Flektron cycle works, is in Fort Wayne this week. There has been some funny talk in Plymouth today about some former citize ns. The Knights of Fythias held a very pleasant and profitable session lasi night F. II. Kuhn, chief of the lire depart ment has .lew nozzles which he will test shortly. It is reported that F. 1ft. Axe, formerly of this city, is now on his way to the Klondike. There are plenty of Americans who would be pleased to see Weyler's hide on their back fence. The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E Church met at the parsonage this after noon. Officers were elected and other important business transacted. The time is now at hand for Plymouth to organize a company of soldiers and be ready tor the "fray . " Two "new coons" were in Plymouth early this morning. The boys say that the sirl was really pretty. The new side walk on Fast Laporte street is completed. It is all right and a much needed imprnvt ment. Mrs. Finery Diefenbaugh, went to Fly mouth this morning lor a short visit. Valparaiso Daily star. There are too many good people leaving Plymouth this summer, seeking employment m other cities.

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J. F. Appleman is in South Dakota this week. .John thinks South Dakota a garden snot, but he has no love for North Dakota, The man who wants to bleed for his country is a patriot, but the man who wants to bleed his country is a very different sort of individual. Fred Miller through his attorney plead guilty to provoke in Justice Corbins court this morning. One dollar and costs was the penalty. Mrs. Ed S. Hogarth and her friend, Mrs. Gaymond, urho is visiting her are suffering with dreadful colds something like the old time "epizootic"

There are several candidates in Ply. mouth for street commissioners, but they are keeping quiet They will be! heard from after the city election. M C Walls was billed to take the first degree in the Knights of I'ythias last night but he took sick in the afternoon and was unable to undergo the ordeal. Warsaw can furnish more ntlice seekers to the square foot than any city of its size in the state. There are seventeen candidates for the different otlicesto be voted for at the city election. And now they are talking of the ar nitration of the Maine horror. As If the murder of 20O American sailors could be arbitrated. This country wants no indemnity. It wants vengeance for the outrage. Four weeks from today and the mat ter will be settled as to which party will rule Plymouth for the next four years. Both parties claim a majorty in the city, and nothing but votes can decide the matter. The local politician grows more in evidence each day and he may be seen collecting in smail groups on almost every street corner. The contest promises to be the warmest this spring that many seasons have witnessed. Quarterly meeting will he held at Mount Olive church. April 16th. and 17th. Fev. P. M. Uussey of Fairmount will preside. Walnut drove Sunday evening at 7 90P.1I . and at Tippecanoe Monday evening at 7;0. Quarterly conference K2.30 P. M. Usual quarterly meeting services on Sunday. The lady clerks in the poatOfBce ' would like to know the color of the: man's hair that paid the organ grinder j 25 cents to make music in front of the ollice today for four hours. If they Find out his uame he will be blacklisted m all the young lady clubs in the city. And he would deserve the rebuke.

Mr. and Mrs J.J. Vangundy, of the New Windsor House, entertained the "Flind Trio Singers" Sunday evening. A uiagniiicent supper was served iu their honor. Alter refreshing themselves they were invited into the parlor, and the guests of the hotel were splendidly entertained for one hour by those sweet singers. W. P. Fibhback, one of the best Posted men in the country says that if ex presideut Harrison was in the white house, the insult to the American Hag would have been avenged ere this Some people say that irover C leveland would not have taken the insults that McK in ley has. There has been a case on trial in circuit court winch if what the attorneys sav is true, the real amount at issue Is lif ty cents. The costs to the county now amount to near one hundred and fifty dollars, aud the other costs to something over one hundred dollars. The jury will likely bring a verdict this afternoon and the winner will be a loser. is Plymouth going to have a base ball club this season ? Our neighboring towns have taken steps in that line and why not Plymouth ? Fast season Flymoutli had a rattiing club which allorded considerable passtime for the people of our town. We hope to htar of steps being laken to organize the old KMaroonsnfor the season of Dr. Francis (ioddard, the imperson ater told an Independent reporter that he was providing for three or lour women and that he found the gait was too fast lor his income. He said that he had been in trouble before and that he could cry and laugh at the same time. It was evident that the young man was onto his job. Fred H. Kuhn has purchased a smoke protector to be worn over the face. It seems to just till a long felt want. No matter how thick the smoke may be in a room a tireman can remain

in it for one hour without any trouble whatever. Mr. Kuhn tested it yesterday and it worked to perfection. The city ought to purchase several of them for the lire laddis. The other night a guest sta Charleston (W. Va.) hotel ordered a Spanish omelette for his supper. The waiter took the order, but soon came back and told the guest he would have to take his eggs some other way, as the patriotic cooks had refused to make any more Spainish omelettes until Spain apologizes to the United States. The guest heartiy indor ed the cook's po sition and changed his order. The proprietor will not be outdoue In patriotism by his cooks, and will take the Spanish omelette off bis bill of fare.