Marshall County Independent, Volume 7, Number 9, Plymouth, Marshall County, 8 February 1901 — Page 1

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DAVIS' RESOLUTION.

THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER OF HOUSE INTIMATES SERIOUS CONDUCT. Uurilcn of the .1 eftr rnoii i il le lri-..n Will ll:teto F:u Many (har.; Whi Ii lit Will lir I imllr to Anttr .ilul. lorUv !! i urf to lit Outlet). Indianapolis, Feb. 5. Representative Cyrus F. lMvis, the leader of the minority in the house, wcke up the natives yesterday afternoon when he offered the following resolution: "Whereas, a joint committee of the Benatear.il house of representatives of the general assembly has been appointed to investigate the affairs of the Indiana reformatory, at .Jeflereonville, Ind.; and "Whereas, No definite and specific charges have been officially placed hefore eaid committee for investigation, and "Whereas, The indulgence of general and indefinite accusations is both unfair to the institution investigated and its officers and cannot be conducive to eliciting definite information - Therefore, lie it resolved by the house of representatives of the state of Indiana, that said committee be and is hereby requested to investigate and repoit concerning the following specific ami definite propositions: "1. Whether all tbe property belonging to the Indiana state prison south was inventoried and transferred to the said Indiana reformatory, as provided by law; and if not, vhat disposition, if any, was made of any article or articles not so inventoried and transferred. "2. Whether it be true" that in the years IS'JÖ and lb& SHOO of -the fund known as the guaroY dining-hall fund was expended ostensibly for the purchase of silverware and other wares lor the use of said dining-room, but in fact tor the purchase of said wares for the private use of the warden, and what items of said wares, if any, were omitted from the aforesaid inventory and transfer. "3. Whether it be true that in the year 11 ."?7."j0 was withdrawn from the library fund of said institution and expended in the purchase of carpets, lace curtains and other furnishings for the warden's residence, and, if so, what, if any, of said articles so purchased were omitted from the inventory aforesaid. "1. What number, if any, of Jersey cows or other milch cows now belong to such institution, and whether any cows or cattle rightly -belonging to said institution were omitted from the aforesaid inventory and why? ". Whether it be true that eaid warden applied to board of directors of said Indiana state prison south or to the board of managers of the said Indiana reformatory for permission to ex pend 5,000 in repairing and furnishing hia residence, and waa by said board limited to an expenditure of S2.OO0, but nevertheless expended between dl 1,000 and sl',,000 for said purpose and charged the excess, or any part theieof, to the construction or Improvement of other buildings of eaid institution. "0. Whether it be true that large quantities of costly wines and other luxuries are purchased habitually with the funds of eaid institution, and used for the private consumption of said warden and Ma guests, and are billed to said institution as and under the oame ot some other article of food or drink, for the ostensible purpose of consumption by the officers and inmates tf said institution. "7. What if any farming implements belonging to said institution are habituallv kept and used on the farm of the superintendent in Lawrence county, Indiana. '. Whether it be true that the statistical information furnished by said institution, aa to the operation of the parole system, or other features of its plan, are purposely and grossly falsified, and if so, for what purpose. Whether or not the guards of laid institution habitually curee and use profane language toward the inmates, or milict upon them other imm rat and degrading treatment. "10. Whether or not in September, IH'.C, the warden of the Indiana state prison south, now the superintendent of the Indiana reformatory at Jedereonville, traded a team of horses belonging to said prnon for another team of horses to use for his personal comfort, and paid for the same $200 boot money out of tbe special appropriation fund for that year. "11. Whether it be true that in the year WJl the warden of said Indiana state prison south appropriated to his own use SM out of the guards' dininghall fund. "12. Whether it be true that on any purchases of clothing or other supplies for eaid reformatory, said warden ever accepted a personal allowance of money from tbe seller to induce eaid purchase. "13. Whether the accounts of said institution are deliberately and purposely, and in violation of the orders of the board of managers, to kept that it is impossible to tell what is the amount of the living expenses of said superintendent and hia assistant. "Whither the fundi of said institu

tion, in large amounts, were for some time kept on deposit for interest, in a bank, in which one of the b:ard of managers had an interest, and the interest so collected converted to the use of the warden or superintendent. '15. Whether a' any time any member of the board of managers shipped three horses and other animals to said institution and caused them to be fed for some time at the expense of the state, and the freight bills, or any part thereof, paid by the state. "11. Whether all property with the record?, books and receipted bills of said institutions indicate should belong to it, is actually in its .possession, and whether a!l supplies so indicated to have been purchased for it have been consumed by it, or whether Urge amounts of euch property and supplies have, in fact, been disposed of otherwine; or converted to the use of persons who had no legal rik'ht to the same, and whereas, the books ar:d receipted bills and other records of said institution, unaided by oral testimony, cau obviously not he conclusive as to the truth or falsity ot any of the above propositions, be it further resolved that eaid committee be requested to summon before it as witnesses present and past officials and employes of said institution, or any other witneas, upon a tatisfactory showing that such witness has knowledge on said subjects competent to be heard." Hon. Samuel Parker and Hon. Chas. Drummond attended the lawyers' banquet here last night and visited at the house and senate today.

KAPIItLY I'ASSINCJ. Vetri Ii- of t he Civil Var Aiiiu ering the Final Koll ( all to the Extent of 1,000 u loiitli- Maiiv .t- . :t iiJonel. At the rate of 1,000 a inooth the members of the grand army ot the republic are being carried to their graves and every post in the country has held its tlag at halfmast during the year just ended. Statistics just compiled show that the death rate has recently increased at an alarming late. Only ten years ago the grand army was all that its name implies. It mustered 400.1VJ men at roll call. Today the roster shows only 277i2 names, and the list numbers thousands of helpless old men who haye attended their last encampment. MA!1 plans for the perpetuation of the grand am y have been abandoned," said Adjutant (ienerai Robert 1. Wallace, c.i iik-.di'nV.n vjhcr-t!!-cussing the future of the organization. "Some of the veterans may be here twenty years irom now, but not many. In the department of Pennsylvania we numbered 40,011 in lS'.KJ but today the records show only 23.81S lett. The death rate will increase from year to year until finally only a handful of men will be left. The mortality has increased at a slow rate frorayeir to year until it ha9 uow reached the rate of 1.000 a month throughout the country. The total membership is now 27rt,G)2. More members of the organization died in Illinois during the past year than ever before in the history of that department, 720 being the numbir of deaths, being over 3 per cent, of the membership. A number of posts, re duced to below seven members, have been compelled to surrender. Fair Aaoclatiou Formed. A meeting of representatives of the fair association of the counties in Northern Indiana was held Saturday in this city for the purpose of perfecting the organization of a fair circuit. After general discussion an organization to be known as the Northern Indiana fair circuit was decided upon and an election of otlicer8 was immediately pro ceeded with which resulted as follows: President, F. F. Moore, Rochester. Secretary and treasurer, Fred Wheeler, Crown Point. The dates for the county faira for 1901 were set. Crown Point will have the tirst week in September, Laporte the second, Rochester third and Valparaiso fourth. Rourbon and firemen will have the tirst and second weeks in October. T- Protect nr Children. A hill tor protecting the health of Indiana echool children has been drafted by tne secretary of the Indiana state board of health. Anions other things it provide that the site on which a school house is built shall be dry and not nearer than a thousand feet from any noisy-making industry or unsanitary condition. The heating shall be uniform and modern methods of ventilation shall be observed. Common drinking cups and water buckets are condemned and smooth glass drinking cups are to he provided. Hygiene and sanitary science are to be taught once a week in the schools. Value of Hi Font murk. An incident that occurred in the Hebron postollice recently illustrated the value of the postmark. I'ete Wineberg wrote a letter to his father in Sweden last November, but in address ing it neglected to put "Sweden" on the envelope. The letter went to France and several other foreign countries and finally was marked "insuM'icitnt address, returned to writer," and sent back to Hebron, there being no return eaid or other information to show its origin but the postmark. The letter bad traveled ten or twelve thousand miles.

DEATH OF IJYIION M'ALPIM

A Well-Kr.owri Citizen I Called to Hi Itt-wHi-tl After a Hrlef Illness. Byron McAlpine, a well-known citizen, passed away at his home on Wet Market street, this city, Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, after an illness of a week which conlined him to his home. The deceased was in the 52nd year of his age, and had not been In good health for a long time, having been a;1iet-d with Rright's disease, which steadily crew worse until the final summons came. A iitt'e over a year atro Mr. McAlpine removed with his family from Bourbon to Warsaw and purchased the furniture s'ock of Jacob Maish. He conducted the business until h few months since, when ill-health compelled him to withdraw from active atlairs. For a number of years the deceased was the superintendent of the public schools at Bourbon and for the greater portion of his life he had been engaged in educational work. He was a good citizen, a kind neighbor and a man of sterling integrity, and leaves a wife, several children and a large circle of friends to mourn his departure. One of his sons, William McAlpine, is engaged in teaching in the Etna Green schools. The funeral was held at the home. West Market street, Tuesday at 2 o'clock. Rev. King, of the M. K. church, conducted tbe services.-Warsaw Times. JL'IMJE FF.KKALL ON IHVOKCF. Flkliart County's Judge Hu Some Good Old-Fathioued Ideas. "Every good citizen of Elkhart coun ty ought to applaud heartily the words uttered by Judge Ferrall in the Petersohn divorce case," sae the Klkhart Review. "After heariog the evidence the court straightened back in his chair and delivered the parties such a lecture as brought the blush of shame to the cheeks of many of those present. He said: 'It court does not soon adjourn all the married people in the county will be inoculated with the contagion and be suing for divorce. The conditions attending the obtaining of divorces in this county must stop if it is the court's power to stop it. When able-bodied men marry young women and take them away from their homes and keep t.iem until ttey are mothers, and then after having personal legal service for divorce fail ftr in and defend agaicst any thing only the granting of alimony, it shall be Mopped if the law will do it, or all young husbands who are defendants for divorce will get into jail.' " Legislative Noten. Indianapolis, Feb. 5. The bill providing for an epileptic village at Columbus was paseed oy the senate today, only six seoatora voting aeainst it. Those voting against the bill were Senators Parke, Brooks, Charles, Conloeue, Matson and Thompson. Thirty-eight senators voted for the bill. It is almost assured that the bill will pass in the house. Hon. Samuel Parker and Hon. Chas. P. Drummond were in court here today on a matter against the American Bicycle company. They visited the senate this afternoon and renewed old acquaintances. Senator Crumpacker'a "nine-juror" bill was defeated in the senate today by a vote of 27 to 15. The enacting clause of the bill provided that insurance companies be made to pay the full amount, in cape of total lire loss, for which the property is insured, was stricken out in the house today by a close vote. This kills the bill. Tbe bill of Senator Charles, enabling two-thirds of the abutting property owners on streets in cities of lese than 23,000 inhabitants, by remonstrance, to prevent the improvement of the street on which they live, givea power to nonresident as well aa resident owners. There was confusion over an amendment, made to the bill some days ago, which had not been properly included in the bill. The matter was straightened outto the satisfaction of the author and the bill was passed by the senate today. Mr. Webling, chairman of the house temperance committee, says' there le no foundation for the charge that he and his committee are neglecting to meet in the hope of stilling proposed temperance legislation. There are only a few bills before the committee, he says, and there ia no hurry. An attempt in the senate to amend the bill increasing t'ae salary of the superintendent of public instruction so aa to add $500 more to the salary of office, met with opposition from the start. The bill originally provided that the salary be incteased from $2,500 to 8.'1,."00. The committee cut 850) off the bill and reported favorable to its pass age, making the salary $3.000 a year. There has been a diligent lobby at work in favor of a further increase above $;t,000 and when the bill was called up, Senator Corr, a democrat, offered an amendment increasing tbe salary to S 3,500. Opposition broke out in vari

ous quarters and promised to grow eo strong that Senator Corr withdrew both the amendment and tbe bill. The democratic leaders in the senate are getting ready to tjght the bill introduced by Senator Ooodwine, which pro vided for uniformity of school supplies and the establishment of a state schoolsupply commission consisting of the gnvernor, auditor of 6tate,eta e superintendent of public iu?truction and one county arid one city superintendent, to be appointed by the governor. It is asserted by democrats that the passage of the bill would give the commission unlimited power in the purchase of supplies and would provide a way for its members to make an immense amount of money at the expense of the state, if they so desired. It is considered the most vicious bill that has been introduced this season.

A dispatch from Terre Haute says that citizens ttere, regardless of party, are signing a petition to the legislature asking that the pending primary election bill be made to apply everywhere in Ihe state. The dispatch states that Louis T. Oolding, editor of the Terre Haute Tribune, has telegraphed the editor of the leading republican newspapers in Evansville, Ft. Wayne and South Rend, urging that similar petitions be circulated in these cities. The primary election bill has been advanced to engrossment in the house, having tirst been amended so that it is compulsory in Marion county. t The state fee and salary commission, whose bills fixing the salaries of the state and county otficers were all killed by the house, held its last meeting today. The commission was appointed by the general assembly two years ago for the purpose of reporting to this session a basis oa which the salaries might be regulated. Reporte that took nearly two years to compile were killed in a few days by the house committee on fees and salaries, whose reports were almost unanimously concurred in. The senate committee on fees and salaries has not vet reported on all of the bills prepared by the commission, but the reports thus "far have been unfavorable. Senator Wood has drawn up a bill directed against the christian scientists. It is called "a hill to protect the life and health of certai: dependent persons,' ami makeo it a iei uy fur au? person or persons, on account of a belief in the doctrines and teachings of christian science to withhold medical aid from any dependent peram. The bill provides that when death results because of any christian seien tist's denying, forestalling or delaying or preventing the attendance of a physician on sick dependent person, the penalty shall be imprisonment in the Indiana state prison from two years to twenty-one years and a fine in any sum not exceeding 31,000, and disfranchised for any determinate period. Purification at Hoc k port. The disfranchisement of forty-four negroes, who pleaded guilty to voteselling and the putting under bond of twenty who pleaded not guilty, and who will be tried at the April term of the Spencer circuit court, is but the beginning of this line of prosecution. Leading democrats and republicans demand that all vote-sellers, white or black, shall be indicted, and, if found guilty, be disfranchised. The buying of votes gave a large degree of license to the lawless element, who knew their power at elections and "banked on" it the rest or the vear. The Trustee' Side.. A township trustee in Porter county takea exceptions to a newspaper article in which it is stated that trustees "want the earth with a fence around it" in asking for the passage of a bill to increase their pay. He says some trustees make as little as 8200 a year now, and few make as high as 6600. He says he makes about $400 after deducting the expense of maintaining a horse, and that he gives all hia time to the work. To Kemove Women Hat. Mr. Bonham, the majority floor leader in the house, has prepared a bill re quiring women to remove their hats in churches and in all public gatherings. The bill provides a small penalty for failure to comply with its provisions, the woman who refuses to remove her hat after requested to do so being liable to a fine of not more than $10 for each offense. County Superintendent. A bill introduced by Senator Lambert concerns the qualifications of county superintendents, providing that any teacher who shall hold so "exemption license" in a county shall be eligible to election to the office of county superintendent. The present law does not admit those holding "exemption licenses" to the list of eligibles. May Festival for Elkhart, Klkhart expects to have during the month of May a "May Festival of Mueic," to be held for one week on the island. There will be 2,000 voices and an orchestra of 250 pieces, with representatives from all parts of the United States, if präsent plans materialize.

DROWN COMES BACK AT HIM.

The Uird and llee Man Answers Argument Against Ouall. Col. Isaac W. Brown, the Rochester bird and bee man, thus answers a Columbia City Poet correspondent's arguments about quail eating wheat: I see that some poisonous fungus writing for the Columbia City Post claims to have made some great discovery and proceeds to take "a shot at Isaac." With your permission I'll try my hand at long range marksmanship. The brainy writer has found 200 grains of wheat in a quail's craw during November and therefore concludt s that all quails should be destroyed. As well might he say that becauee a boy who ha, chopped wood all day will eat custard pie for supper all the industrious young men should be murdered! If a quail will eat 200 grains of what a day in December, won't it eat 8Ö0 insects per day in June? Isn't a grain of wheat several times as large as a coddling moth or a Hessian fly? The government officers and ipvestigatora say that quails are very fond of these insects. If they work from morning until night during the in sect months helping the fruit and grain grower, are they net entitled to a little pay in the fall? Can't they have the privilege of cleaning around over the Gelds without being mobbed? Do we begrudje old Dol, the faithful plow mare, a little of the corn she helps to cultivate? If a farmer's son dutifully feeds and waters the swine don't he get a little of the smoked sausage, and isn't he as welcome to it as the bird man is to the spare ribs V Are we to destroy God'a creature that we don't fully understand, or ar we to credit Him with knowing something of the needs of his cbildren and proceed to "do unto others ea we would have them do unto us ?" Isaac W. Rkown. South llend Scheme Lot. The South Rend charter bill was dissected at a conference behind closed doors at the state house Saturday afternoon. The St. Joseph county members of the legislature and a few citizens of South Bend were present. The result of the conference, it is thought by those present, is to remove the last chance the bill has of passing. Senator Bnrns, of South Uertd, who was present said: "A close 6tudy of the bill aatonished even those woo had suspicions of its purposes. I think it is one of the worst bill8ever drawn. It gives the mayor absolute dominion over the city government. He not only appoints the heads of departments, but he can appoint and remove the police judge without cause, and has absolute control over the tenure of office of the firemen and policemen, and even tbe street-cleaners. He can dismiss any of them when he sees fit. "Ry reading the bill, word for word, we discovered that the two members of the board of works that are of the party in power may get $2.000 a year each, while the other member gets 81,200. The bill givea a majority of the board the power to elect its president, who shall receive 8800 a year extra, and its secretary, who shall receive 8800 a year year. "We plastered the bill with amend ments and sent it back to South Bend to be read by its promoters. When the bill comes up on second reading in the house these amendments will be offered but it ia hardly probable that the houae will spend a whole day discussing amendments. I shall hold op the bill in the senate until the house acts." It ia charged by democrats that this bill was drawn up to give Mayor Schuyler Colfax power to run the city of South Bend according to his own notions. Indianapolis Press. Davit Reformatory Charge. The resolution introduced by Mr. Davis of Greene, setting out specific charges for the investigation of the committee appointed to look into the affairs of the Indiana reformatory, wae adopted without a dissenting vote, after eome discussion. Mr. Whitecomb, the chairman of the committee, at first opposed the resolution, as he understood It to be a re-election on the commute, but later he withdrew his objection, after Mr. James, the democratic member of the committee, had a conference with him and Mr. Davis had explained that his purpose in introducing the resolution had been a sincere desire to aid tbe committee in its task. Killed House Hill No. 233. House bill No. 233 (Metsker), providing for the publication of expenditures by school trustees of townships and incorporated towns and cities, was takea up. Mr. Reser, chairman of the committee on education, spoke against the bill, arguing that it meant an unnecessary expense to the taxpayers, and that the present law contained sufficient safeguards for tbe publicity of tbe transactions of school trustees. Mr. Metsker defended his bill, stating that he had been investigating the reasons for Mr. Keser's opposition to the bill, and had discovered that he was the clerk of tbe school board of Lafayette, and he Inferred from that

that Mr. Reser opposed the bill because he did not want the salary which he received in his clerical capacity published. lie argued that the additional expense Incurred under the bill would be saved many times over by the economy which would result from the publicity of the transactions of school trustees. No official should object to turning the light of publicity upon his official transactions. Mr. Sparks opposed the bill on the grounds of economy. Mr. Scott opposed it on "general principles," he said. He concluded that tr.e bill was solely in the interests of publishers of newspapers. Mr. James said the Mil should never pass the house, because of its unnecessary expense. Mr. Airhart thought the passage of the bill would be an injustice to the people of the state. Mr. Honham demanded the previous question. Carried. The bill was defeated by a vote of 7 to SO, Cravens, Davis of Greene, Lapp Marshall of Tippecanoe, May, Metsker and Reeves being the only members who voted for it. Indianapolis News.

Legislative Note. Indianapolis, Feb. 6. The house and senate were both interesting today, several important measures being up for discussion. The house killed the bill providing for a state forester. The bill for a garnishee law, prepared by the State Grocers' association, provides that 25 per cent, of the wages may be attached to pay bills for the necessaries of life. Copies of the bill were placed in the hands of members of the legislature last night, and it is said strong pressure will be brought to bear to secure its enactment. v When Mr. Metsker's bill, providing for publishing itemized statements of school trustees, came up for third reading, Mr. Reser took the floor and used up his time in speaking against the passage of the bill. Mr. Metsker answered him, and said he bad looked into Mr. Reser'a record a little and found that the gentleman was clerk of the school board of Lafayette. There waa a heated debate oa the bill, which was finally lost by a vote of TtoQ Indianapolis ab. r Ex-Speaker Frank L. Littleton, who is watching closely after fish legislation, says: 'The amendment to the bill adopted by the house yesterday, providing for a closed season for the Tippecanoe river and an open season for all other running streams, renders the bill clearly unconstitutional. It must be amended in the senate or the courts will not sustain it. It might as well be provided that the bill shall not apply to a certain man." At the clcse of the afternoon session of the senate Tuesday Charles P. Drummond, who was a member of the senate on the democratic side two years ago, and who had been visiting President Gilbert during the afternoon session, was called on by the president to address the senate. He said he was "one who had entered the great majority of democrats who also ran. It seems to be the business of the Democratic party," he continued, "to run but not to occupy. But be not too proud, members of the majority, some day we shall meet you. I say this for the encouragement of the valiant seventeen on that side of the chamber," pointing to the minority members. Ilia words were received with applause from both republicans and democrats. Indianapolis News. Mount Olive Item. There is a good deal of sickness in this neighborhood. M. T. Welch and wife, who have been sick for the past week, are around again. Sickness prevented us from writing any items last week. Marion Cramer has moved from the Keenley farm into bis father's house. Oliver Macklin has moved to South Bend. Hugh Shafer moved on Oscar Macklin's farm this week. loe Goodyear will move from Lincoln Crocker's farm into Hugh Sbafer's house. Mr. Crocker will move from South Rend onto his farm this spring. Lkev llle. Oliver Perry has been suffering with spinal trouble. Geo. Kaufman and family are visiting In the southwestern part of the state. Mrs. Lee, of Peru, Ind., is visiting her foster daughter, Mrs. F. E. Van Liew and family. The grange was duly organized last Saturday evening. Tbey start out with a good live lodge. Dr. Ellis, of Van Wert, O., was here Sunday in consultation with Dr. Hansel upon the case of Mr. Jones, of the above place, who Is visiting Mrs. Chas. Ricbttr, his daughter.

tW IMPBOVKMENT BILL.

It Is Deigned to Take the Place of Barrett Law, A bill was intrr duced in the hoot Saturday designed to remedy the constitutional objections to the Barrett law. S. R. Artman, speaker of the house, is the author of the measure but t was introduced by Representative Rf ser, of Tippecanoe county. Ths bill applies to those cities and towns that nave do epecial charters, It ii not an amendment to the Barrett law, but a bill for a complete street, alley and sewer improvement law. It provides for assessments on the bails of special benefits only, doing awty with the froot-fc.t rule entirely. The assessments are to be made by the city commissioners, and property owners are givn the right to a hearing before thfse commissioners on the question of benefits and alio the right of appeal to the circuit court. The assessments are made to run ten years, payable in installments, with 6 per cent, interest, payable semi annually. Roth principal and interest being payable in the manner in which taxes become delinquent, i is subject to the same penalties as delinquent taxes, and is collectible by the city treasurer in the same mauner only. The pernicious system of foreclosure with attorneys' fees, provided for in tie Rarrett law, is to be iseued to the contractor for each assessment. Any property owner may, at any time, discharge the lien from his property by paying the city treasurer the principal of the assessment and ths interest to the date of payment. Whenever such payment is made the con tractor must surrender the improvement certificate to the city treasurer for cancellation. Indiana Pension Payments Over S2.5U0.CO0 will be paid out In this city by the United States government this week in pensions for the last quarter to the veterans of this state, says the Indianapolis News. The work of paying the vouchers began yesterday, when 4,000 pensioners were paid, out of a total of t7,000. During the month of January there was a net increase in the pension roll of twelve pensioners. In all 212 new names were enrolled, but 230 of the old pensioners were stricken from the rolls, 137 having died. Argen 1 trui. W.J. Renner, whohaabeen suffering from tiiv grip for several eets a some better. John Simons, jr., is confined to his room by a severe attack of grip. Chris Siple ia acting as city marshal in place of Marshal Secor, who is confined to his home by illness. Mrs. Frank Royce and children, of Fort Wayne, are the guests of Henry Hanes and family for a few days. Miss Ella Boggs, who has been confined to her home tor two weeks by a severe attack of grip, is able to be out again. Isaac Reed has a number of teams engaged in hauling stone for tbe foundation of bis new elevator which he intends to build as soon as the weather will permit. Will Stout, of Silver Lake, waa the gue6t of Charles M. Sarber a few days last week. Mrs. Joe Neely, of Wars w, accompanied by Mr. Neely's mother, of Detroit, Mich., arrived in Arges Saturday for a short visit with Mrs. Frank Neely and other friends and relatives. F. M. Rarlow, who was taken to the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago soma weeks ago to undergo an operation, returned home Sunday evening much improved. L. Hose has been confined to his room for several days by a severe attack of gripMrs.' Frank llattery and Mis. Haln went to Tippecanoe Saturday evening to visit with friends. John P. Hoffman and J.S.Dickey went to Goshen Monday to attend tha ministerial normal of the Cr rman Baptist brethren of this district. J. M. Ciray and wife, Fred Tipton and wife, and Mrs. Mary Johnson visited in Rochester with friends over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Gray visited with Henry Cray, who several weeks ago suffered a stroke of paralysis, Knos Shafer, of Misbawaka, is visiting with Argos friends this week. Mrs. Jasper Lake, of Green township, who has been confined to her bed for several months, is slowly recovering. Mrs. H. T. Loomls, of Cleveland, Arrived in Argos Saturday, and will be the. guest of her sister, Mrs. George Alleman, for a few days. Charles Schoonover went to Chicago Tuesday to attend the weddiof of bis wife's sister, which takes place Wednesday. Mrs. Schoonover has been In Chicago for several weeks. John Livingston has been In Steuben and Lagrange counties for the past two weeks, where he organized two arbors Ancient Orderof Gleaners, aggregating seventy-two members. Harry A. Miller, son of J. A. Miller was married to Miss Anna Williams, at L'Anse, Mich., January 31. Tbe groom is a prominent young attorney and hat many friends In and around Argos, who ttndtr their hearty congratulations.