Marshall County Independent, Volume 5, Number 11, Plymouth, Marshall County, 24 February 1899 — Page 1

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Co Vol. 5. PLYMOUTH, MARSHALL COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1899. No. 11.

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and Odd End Sale The remarkably successful business had in the sixty days just passed has left an enormous quantity of Remnants and Odds and Ends in every department. We have placed these articles on a separate table and marked them way down below cost.

Overcoat Sale. Preparatory to taking stock which will be February 1st, we will make exceptionally low prices on every Overcoat in stock.

While the stock there is yet a very good Trial Before J uatice Weber. 'Squire Weber listened to a trial Monday in which Messrs. Fred Thomas and Frank Rerger of Lapaz were accused of baring stolen some robes from the buggy of L. D. Espick which was hitched on our streets Tuesday night. The only witnesses to the act were Mr. Cmdle and Herb Sponsler of Plymouth. They testified that to their certain knowledge as eye-witnesses, f.he defendants took two lap robes from L. D. Espick's buggy and placed the robes in their own. Some of the testimony of f ered was conflicting as to the time of day, the exact position of the two buggies, etc. No conflict could be adduced in the evidence offered by the defendants. The final outcome was that the defendants were discharged. Farmer Bays a Worthless ISrlck. Evansville, Feb. 2G. Joseph Nurrenberger, a farmer living in Union township, this county, about six miles from this city, is reported to have been swin died by gold brick men. Saturday afternoon two strangers called at his home and wanted to sell a gold brick. Nurrenberger took the brick to a jeweler, who said it was worth $1,700. The brick was offered to Nurrenberger tor 9200. He bought it, but when the strangers were gone he discovered that they had not given him the gold brick, but had substituted a bogus one. The men are said to have worked several farmers in Po6ey county ia a similar manner. County Henefits by a Murder. Portland, Ind., Feb. 20. Fred Martin and J. W. Polley, administrators of the estate of Louisa Stoltz, found murdered over a year ago, have paid into the county treasury the sum of 84,691 back taxes owed by the estate on sequestered property. The administrators at the request of the heirs, brought suit to enjoin the collection of the taxes, bat it was decided against them. A "Burning" Shame. One of our exchanges has received the following letter: "Mr. Editor I take my pen in hand 2 let you know that timet is 2 hard for me to take your papur. Hits awl I can dew 2 by ter-

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backer for me and the boize, besides the ole woman hast 2 have her smokio tebacker and hit awl takes money. I will pay you what I owe you next fawl wten I sell my howgs, if they don't die with cholera. N.R: We've got another baby at our house, come a week ago last Thursday night. Kite a gr od peace about it and send 3 or 4 papurs and we will send them off for you." llad No Authority to Marry Couple. Marion, Feb. 20. John O. Austin, prominent real estate dealer and capitalist of Gas City, was tried in the circuit court here today upon the charge of performing a marriage ceremony without being authorized. Late this afternoon the jury returned a verdict of acquittal. Austin's defense was that he was a notary public and thought that qualiiied him to perform a marriage ceremony. The couple married was Walter Alexander and Miss Anna Lewis. New Grave for Chief Pokagon. The body of Chief Simon Pokagon, who died in Michigan, Jan. 27, will be buried in Graceland cemetery, Chicago. Tnrough the efforts of Mrs. II. II. II ay es, 5832 Jefferson avenue, the Graceland Cemetery company has donated the lot, which is near the grave of John Kinzie, the first white resident of Chicago. Chosen Chaplin of the Klks. Rev. K. C. Koscamp, of Kokomo, has been notified by Grand Exalted Ruler Galvin that he has been chosen chaplin of the supreme lodge of Elks, vice Dr. Perry, deceased. Rev. Mr. Roscamp is a member of the Kokomo lodge of Elks. He was until recently pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Kokomo. Prize fighting does not seem brutal after reading an account of the horrible sufferings of the riders in a six-day bicycle race. The marvel of the thing Is that thousands of people find delight and enjoyment in watching the torture of the half crazed participants in the spectacle. If these raun were horses, an outraged public sentiment would put a stop to the practice.

STREET PAVEMENTS.

CREOSOTED BLOCK IN FAVOR. $ino Valuable Information from Prominent Men of Other eitle Unpleasant Experiences In Toledo. The people of Plymouth, especially those who resid9 on 3treet8 which will be paved during the present year, are deeply interested in securing for their streets the best pavement known. Just what that pavement is is at present an important query in the minds of many. The ordinary cedar block probably has few friends. Rrick is greatly in favor. It gives better satisfaction everywhere than any other paving material. PAVEMEMT EXPERIENCE IX TOLEDO, O. Anent street pavement the following from the Toledo, O., Rlade of Feb. 18 will be of more than ordinary interest: "Since the engineer has discovered the ruin cause on asphalt pavements by the recent cold weather, a quiet investigation has been started on other pavements in the city and some very strange discoveries are being made. Numerous new spots have been found in the asphalt pav3monts which leads to the belief that evt.ry asphalt pavement in the city is ruined, with the possible exception of those paved last year. Even the cedar block pavements have not escaped. On one street the founda tion was raised and cracks were noticed all over the pavement. The cracks did not run in a zig-zag manner, following the course of the blocks, but instead split the blocks square in two. On Virginia street, the upheaval of the asphalt has moved the curbing out of line in some 8pots, and the depressions in some places are over six inches deep. "A peculiar fact in connection with this is that none of the brick pavements are harmed, and scarcely any of them show any effects of the cold weather. Even the engineers cannot explain this, and it has been a source of wonder all day at the engineer's office as to what causes the brick paving foundations to remain in condition, when the asphalt is in such bad shape. "A contractor said this morning: Asphalt is all right for this part of the the country so long as the temperature will not go below two degrees below zero. Four degrees below zero, if it continues any length of time, will ruin the best asphalt pavement in the country." AS TO CREOSOTED BLOCK. Indianapolis, while not the only city in the United States that has given attention to creosoted block, has probably used it more than any other American city. Its experience, therefore, is of some value. V. P. Fishback, of the law firm of Fishback & Kappes, says: "Indianapolis has been experimenting with various kinds of street paving. We have now in use here the round cedar block from Georgia, the asphalt so called, the soft red cedar or pine blocks from the Pacific coast: the brick pavement, one macadamized street and several streets which have been laid with the southern pine creosoted. The difficulty with the asphalt pavement is that it is a chemical compound that must be prepared and put down at a certain temperature. It is almost impossible to put safe guards around it that would insure it to be of the best quality. None of our engineers have been able to test it and sole reliance for the genuineness of it is in the honesty of the contractor, which, as far as my observation has gone, is a very poor reliance. None of our asphalt pavements have stood the test during the five or seven years guar antee and the cost of repairing them is getting to be an enormous burden upon the city. "The advantages of brick orblock are that the material can be watched by the assistants in' the engineer's oßice in such a way as to secure a compliance with the specifications. After all the value of the pavementb of whatever sort depends upon strict adherence to the specifications and this, it seems to me, can be secured better with the southern creosoted block pine pavement than any other." IT IS NOT A CRITERION. Charles F. Smith, president of the Indiana Ricycle company, enys: Our block pavement in Indianapolis has not been long enough in use to be very much of a criterion. "We have had a couple of streets laid with cedar block which lasted about 12 years. These were not replaced on account of the decay of the wood, but the round blocks wore off and became very rough and uneven. "The wood streets which we have laid recently have been of soft pine creoso

ted. These are all laid on cross streets with two exceptions. North Illinois street is a main thoroughfare and has been traveled a great deal and is today in as good condition as the day it was liid. Central avenue, another street Mid of .-soft pine about the sine time, without creosote, is standing up very rloorly, in fact, has become very rough in the couple of years' usage. t "In my opinion there is no street made so good as that made of the southern pine. I mean by that, the lung leaf yellow pine. This treated with creosote, I think, is unquestionably the best street. To begin with the pine contains a large quantity of oils and resins which resist the penetration of water. "There is a street in Galveston, Tex., in the business part of the city, laid of yellow pine and I understand it has been in use over 20 years, and when I saw it last sooje three or four years ago, was in perfect condition. "A wood street of course, to be durable, must be laid on a concrete base the same as an asphalt, and I think them much better than an asphalt because they are more readily repaired. When an asphalt street once begins to break and need repairs they go very fast and I have nevar seen one successfully repaired, "I think the best evidences of the desirability of creosoted pine blocks for pavement are found in the European cities, especially in Paris and London. It seems to me that nearly half of London i3 paved with block and it is remarkable how perfectly they are Kept in repair with the great amount of travel there is upon them. "All the wood pavements laid in Indianapolis the past season were of southern yellow pine creosoted. SUPERIOR FOR RESIDENCE STREETS. Frederic M. Ayres, of the importing firm of L. S. Ayres & Co., says: "What I know of creosoted pine pavements has led me to consider them superior to any other for streets devoted to residences. They wear much better than the asphalt or brick pavements. Also, they retlect less heat and less dust is given off by them. "The board of public works passed a resolution this laet summer to lay an asphalt street on Delaware street, upon which street I reside. Fully four-fifths of the residents thereon signed a petition requesting that the 6treet be paved with creosoted block, rather than the asphalt. As yet no action has been taken but we sincerely hope that our petition will be complied with." O. N. Frenzel, vice-president of the Merchants' National bank, says: ' Our street, Illinois north of old Seventh, was one of the first pavements of that kind laid in this city and was finished, I think, some two and a half years ago. We, the residents of that street, all feel that we have one of the best pavements in the city and I doubt very much whether any other class of pavement could be substituted therefor, should the choice of the owners be consulted." Hon. W. II. II. Miller, one of Indianapolis' leading lawyers and attorney general under the administration of President Benjamin Harrison, says: "I believe the creosoted block pave ment well put down is the best we have here. As an evidence of my faith I hope that the authorities of this city will put down this pavement on North Delaware street where I live this year. I like the pavement better than asphalt or brick."

HOARD OF HEALTH ORDEK. Smallpox ia .Spreading ltapidly ami Vaccination 1 ltecommended. The state board of health has issued an order to the effect that smallpox is spreading throughout the world to an extent not equaled since 1893; that the disease now exists in eight counties of Indiana and there are many centers of infection. No county can reasonably expect to remain free from this loathsome disease as vaccination, our only sure protection, has been sadly neglected for a decade or more. Dr. Wilson received the above order Wednesday. Still Chasingthe Delusion. "What is a dollar anyhow!" asked one of our friends the other day. A dollar is what some men promise to pay for their paper, remarks the editor of the Churubutco Truth. It is something a newspaper man enjoys more in anticipation than reality. It is the price of a day's work for some men and a night's drunk for others. It is what the wife frequently, but seldom has. It is the power that makes or unmakes men. It is the hardest thing to get and the easiest to get rid of known to mankind. It is a blessing in a small measure, and a curse in many instances. It is a snare and a delusion, and we are all chasing the delusion.

REFORM RILL PASSES.

Tlie Township Measure Get Through the Iloue. The township reform bill passed the house Tuesday afternoon 53 to 43 and needs only the governors signature to make it a law. The democrats who voted for the bill were Messrs. Clements, Cutty, Mull, Geisel and Titus. All of the other democrats voted against it. Messrs. Strong aDd Murphy of Marion county and Messrs. Baker of Martin, Dilley, Durham, Holcomb, Miller, Reece, Ueser and Schräder were the republicans who votei4 against the bill. The absentees were Corner and Cunningham, democrats; Ross and Willoughby, republicans. The surprises were the votes of Mes6ick and Vogel, republicans, for the bill and Miller, republican, against it. The two first mentioned who come from Evansville, bad been classed as bolters and no one had thought Miller would vote against the bill. At 2:15 o'clock the speaker banded down the bill on third reading. The democrats had held a conference during the noon hour. Mr. Downey presided and stated at the beginning that the purpose was to determine what course the minority should pursue in view of the fact that the republicans had made tie bills caucus measures. Messrs. Cutty, Mull, Geisel and Clements indicated that they would not be bound by caucus action and with this the conference broke up, having accomplished nothing. Raker of Martin, republican, was the first man to vote against the bill. The first man to explain his vote was Mr. Rrown, democrat, who voted "no." He said that inasmuch as the republicans bad not given the democrats a chance to offer amendments and inasmuch as the previous question was being applied he did not feel under obligations to vote for the bill. Mr. Catley. democrat, in explaining his vote, said that unless the townships were filled with "philanthropic millionaires" willing to devote their services for nothing the bill would prove a failure. Mr. Downey, democrat, said that he was in favor of reform, but was only committed "to reform that reforms." Retter reform, he said, would come from a systematic reform of present laws. The fallacy of appointing agents to guard the oflicers of the people was apparent, he declared. Mr. Eichhorn, in explaining his vote, said that on this bill it was important that speeches be of some length. The bill, he said, was drawn by a man who thought he knew all about township business, but was really ignorant of the most common laws governing townships. "Recause," said he, "we are excluded from any and all participation in framing this bill and offering amendments. X can but conclude that our votes are not wanted and I vote no." Mr. James, democrat, 6aid that the bill would not reform. "If you have got bad trustees prosecute them," he said. "I predict that when the next legislature meets there will be a louder demand for the repeal of this bill than there is now for its enactment." Mr. Larr, democrat, said that experience had shown that the more complex a government is the worse government it is. The legislature he said, ought to devote its attention to simplify the system rather than passing laws to make it more complex." Mr. Louttitt, democrat, said that the bill should not be supported because the republicans had enforced the gag rule, "The bill is an Indianapolis scheme," he said, "and I vote no." Mr. May, democrat, who hails from the county of Shelby, said that designing and unworthy men would accept the positions on the township advisory boards. He said he would favor a com plete and systematic revision of the the J present system, but no such reform as proposed. Mr. Murphy, of White, democrat, said that the same system had not worked well in Illinois. Mr. Wyler, democrat, said that believing that the reform bill would not reform he would vote no. Mr. O'Rannon, democrat, said that he believed there are counties where reform is badly needed and he stood as an advocate of reform measures. He had mailed large numbers of township reform bills to his constituents and they had uniformly written back denouncing the bill as creating too many offices. He could stand the effort to cram the bill down the throats of the democrats, he declared, if it only carried with it reform. "You will see the day," he shouted, "when your conscience will smite you for passing such an infamous measure."'

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