Marshall County Independent, Volume 7, Number 12, Plymouth, Marshall County, 1 March 1901 — Page 1

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Levi Ki-.li.-r lee Willi :i TerriMe Aif fill. Levi Fisher, whose home ia near Nappanee, Ind., and who has been residing with his daughter, Mr?. Charles Kebert, six miles west of this city, was killed Wednesday while felline timber, la running the wrong way while the tree was falling he was 6truck, beir;g paraljzed, and lived only two hours alter the accident. Levi Fisher was born in Clkhart county, Feb. 27, 1SU, having resided near Nappanee nearly all hi? life, until this winter when he and his wife came to this county to live witn their daughter, Mrs. Charles Keben, who has been in very poor health. lie leaves a wile, one ddiijhfer arid a brother besides a K ist ct friends to mouru hi- death. Th remains were taken to Nappanee this morning where the funeral will occur at 2 o'clock with interment at the Nappanee cemetery. Legislative olft. Indianapolis, Feb 27. Gov. Iurbin today vetoed the räilroad-consolidation bill. The bill cannot pass over his veto. Most of the members who voted for it will vote against it now, not that they know it to be a vicious bill, but that they fear that there is 6ome hidden meaning that they cannot fathom. The bill providing that one remonstrance will be sutlicient agaiust a sa loonkeeper for 6ix months was killed in the house today. The vote was reason ably close. Bert Reeve is here attending the meeting of the independent telephone companies. Mr. Koontz, of Rremen, was in the city today. The senate will get to the house bills tomorrow it is thought and at that time the anti-trading-stamp bill will be up on second reading and od the tallowing day on third reading. There may be some delay, however. senator Parks reads every bill that is printed. Mach evening he takes a tundla of bills and a big law book to his room at the Denison and goes over the measures. He is one of the few members who reads them all. IndianHouse bill No. 4:?3, fixing and increasing the salaries of township assessors, waj put on passage. The bill provoked considerable discussion, and on the roll call was defeated by a vote of IS toM. "1 think I have not done so badly after all," said Representative Kelley. "I have a law passed to drain Starke county and another permitting the erection, of sugar beet factories, and we are going to plant the whole country in sugar boeta after we Lave it drained." Two powerful lobbies were at work today, one for and the other m opposition to the r ill of Representative Metsker abolishing trading stamps. It was expected that the bill would be handed down on third reading in the senate today. It fas passed the house. Mr. Metsker said: "I Lave votes enough pledged for the bill to secure its passage. The trading-stamp people have enlisted Joseph T. Fanning and Harry II. Gates. While they are skilled manipulators they can't defeat the bill. Indianapolis I'ress. The bill to allow 30 per cent, of a man's wages to be garnisheed wa argued hotly in the senate yesterday afternoon. The majority report for the bill was adopted by a vote of 2S to 17, but several senators voting for the adoption taid they probably would oppose, the bill after examining it when it is printed. The main question argued was whether the bill is in the interest of the laboring man. It is said that factories are opposed to the bill because it would add to the number of little suits that require their appearance in court. Representative Neal says he cannot understand why commercial travelers should object to his bill compelling railroads to keep on sale 5X-rnile mileage books at $10 on the ground that the bill does not provide that the books must be interchangeable. He says there is notbieg in bis bill to interfere with the present law regarding interchangeable thousand mile books nor to prevent the railroads from making the 500-mile books interchangeable If they desire. (iuilty of Mannlaugli te r. The Chicago Inter Ocean of Tuesday eays that John Cunningham and John Callahan, who were charged with the murder of l'eter Hartman, of Rtirket, Ind , were found guilty of manslaughter by a jury in -Judge Holdom's court. The case was the outgrowth of the murder of Peter Hartman, in Chicago, on Ausr lß last, by thugs, who, for the purpose of robbery enticed the man to the rear of a saloon, and with a beer bottle struck him so violently that death resulted a few minutes afterwards. Hartman had been working on farm near DeKalb, III., and was on felt way borne. He wai wilting a few

hours in Chicaco to take a Nickel Plate passenger train to his home iu Hurket and hud about s0 in his pockets. The police four d Hartrn&n d? ad, with several hrtn&es and. cuts around his had. The men convicted claimed that the assault was the work of 1'atrick Kane and Harry A. Tijlor, who were indicted with them, but who were never arrested. It was one of the most coldblooded murders imaginable.

TIIK Ti:.lIN(i-MAMl' HILL A Iieo ery That It Wa Advanced Too l'at - Interest in It. The Metßker bill against trading stamps, which passed the house and was advanced in the senate after the adoption of the minority report favoring it, has been set back to its second reading by President (iilbert. The records showed that it had been advanced to third reading, but the opponents of the bill discovered that this action had been taken before it had Iain on th desks of the members fur a day, as the rules require. The trading-stamp bill is creating a widespiead interest throughout the state. Much pressure is being brought to bear on the members of the senate by business men in the smaller cities who are anxh.us to have the bill passed. There is also an effective lobby working for the defeat of the bill, and the linal vote promises to be close. Indianapolis News. r'.lllTOKS' -VIUKTINt;. Independent Publisher Oppose ( niloi;ii(int Kurn Kill. A meeting of editors and publishers of county papers was held at the Stubbins hotel Monday for the purpose of organizing an association to oppose the Rums and Conlogue bills, which affect leiral printing and are not conducive to the interests of publisher of independent newspapers. T. M. French, ot the Alexandria Tribune, was elected chairman and F. P. Gould, of the Tri-County Reporter, Co6porf, was made secretary. Committees were appointed to further a permanent organization of publishers of Independent newspapers. Another meeting will be held in May, at which time a permanent organization will be perfected Indiinapolis Press. Death In Indiana. The February bulletiu of the state budiri of health t;ives a table showing the causes ot death in Indiana tor the year l'JOO. Kpidtmic diseases caused 3,135 deaths. In thi class are typhoid fever, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, etc. Diseases of the nervous system and ot the organs of sense, such diseases as ujnplexy, eofteuing ot the braiu, paralvsis, epilepsy, etc., caused 4,3; 1 deaths. Diseases of the digestive system, as cholera infautum, dvsentery, diarrhoea and enteritis, caused ö.SÖO deaths. Malformation caused 242 deaths and senile debility l,iU. The suicides numbered VjC. Seventy-four were by poison, 2S by hanging and "5 by firearms. Accidents caused 1.331 deaths. The total number of deaths irom all causes was 35,45:. l.tave for Keiitnck). Wednesday Jobu McIIenry, who came here with the linn of McIIenry liors., and engaged in the dry goods buisness in the Auditorium block, left for Puducah, Ky., to take charge of the new freight and passenger boat, Lulu E. Warren, which will be run on the Tennessee river by the Tennessee Transportation Co., just formed iu this city. Mr. McIIenry has made many friends here who will wish him a full measure of success in his new venture and who will regret to see him leave South Rend. - South Rend Times. I'referred Death Tu I'ri-oti. Dan Regan, of South Rend, who pawned his overcoat and shirt in zero weather, and then stole a watch that he might satisfy his thirst for liquor, after being sentenced to the southern reformatory, tore the handle off a lineup and hacked a three-inch ga6h in his throat. Regan whs patched up by a physician, and Tuesday sent to the prison in company with John Hepler and Anton Lambert, who were captured in the act of robbing the Woodland postotlice. What the Kitoun Mealing Toot I p. During the last century the grvernment of the United States has lost approximately Slo,000,000. During the past 110 years ollicers and agents of the government have bandied S32,M3,313,51S,I5. This sum does not in reality represent the amount of stealing that has been done, for in case of defalcation or embezzlement the amounts are very often made good by the bondsmen. Death of Jacob Raker. Jacob V. Raker died at his home in Nort h township Wednesday morning after a long illness of consumption, aged 37 years. The funeral occuried at the V. II. church north of this city yesterday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Willis Logan, with interment at the U. R. cemetery. Hoard of County A eor. The annual meeting of the board rf county assessors will be held In the hall of the house of representatives March SO and 31.

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The .Planner lit Which Walter Zimmerman Met Iii Death. The details concerning the death of Walter Zimmerman, at Victor, Colo, have just been obtained. It was the result of an explosion of gasoline in the mine. It Feeras the engineer tilled the gasoline tank, used to operate the engine, too full, and quite a quantity of the oil ran over and down the shaft. The men at work soon discovered the smell of gasoline and came out of the mine. The same evening Walter Zimmerman and two others were at the tc.outh of the tunnel or mine, and determined to lower a light fastened to the end of a rope before going into the mine themselves. This caused the gas in the mine to explode with such terrilic force that all three at the mouth of the mine were badly burned and hurled several feet away. Walter Zimmerman was thrown violently against a projecting rock or something of that character and lived but three hours after the accident. His companions' faces were burned, but not eenouely. Legislative Noten. Indianapolis, Feb. 2. The bill asking that the state maintain a normal school at Muncie, was withdrawn this evening. The trading-stamp bill will come up in the senate tomorrow. It ia unquestionably the strongest lobbied bill of this session of the legislature. The railroad-consolidation bill brought a lobby in favor of the passage of the bill, but there were no opposing lobbyists. It was very one sided. Rut this trading-stamp bill has brought twenty men from various parts of the state representing the merchants associations, who are demanding the passage of the bill. The trading-stamp manipulators have more than a dozen paid attorneys here laboring to defeat the measure. There are not many cities in Indiana which have not eent long lists of peti tions and telegram after telegram urging the passage of the bill. The strongest men in the senate have been w en to the support of the bill. Senator Rrooks, who voted to kill the bill in committee, ha9 declared that be will not only vote for it, but will speak in favor of its passage. Representative Scott, author of the tpmperance bill making a remonstrance against one saloonkeeper good against ail saloonkeepers in the ward or township for fix months, has not called up the bill on passage because of the powerful lobby of the whisky dealers which is here to defeat it. . The members ot the house this morning received a circular attacking the Calumet canal bid and attempting to show that the project is in the interest of a few land companies, and that it would be unfair to the small property owners, who would be asatssed. The real object of the republican leaders in withdrawing the bill appropriating money to erect a governor's mansion has been learned. The legislature was carefully canvassed and it was found there were enough republicans "on the fence" to render the fate of the bill extremely doubtful. It was also known that Representative Davis, democratic leader, was preparing to make a hard fight against it, and it was to prevent the democrats from obtaining credit for killing the bill that it was withdrawn. Representative Rishop's anti-kidnapping bill was passed in the house this morning seventy-live yeas and no opposition. The bill punishes kidnappers, without reference to the age of the person kidnapped, providing the object is a ransom. The punishment mav be life imprisonment and cannot be less than ten years. A light over Senator Rrooks' express bill took place in the house this morning. This bill places a tax on all foreign express companies and it is rumored that Senatcr Thomas C. Piatt, of New York, who is largely interested in the express business, is taking a baud, through Indians republican leaders, in killing the bill. Chairman Ronham of the bouse judiciary committee, which recotr mended the bill for passage, denies this rumor. Senator Agnew'e anti trust bill, the first bill introduced io the senate, was called this afternoon on special order On motion of Senator Gochenour, Representative Cooper's anti-trust bill was called irom the committee aDd substituted for the Agnew bill. President Gilbert ordered the Cooper bill read a second time. It was then open for amendment, and quick as a flash Senator Inman was on his feet with an amendment. PreHident Gilbert refused to recognize Inman and ordered the bill engrossed. Inman appealed from the decision of the chair and the latter was sustained by a strictly party vote of 31 to 17. There were several warm passes between minority members and the president, and Gilbert was roundly jeered during his czarish proceedings. UlK Hoarding lloutr Burns. The large boarding house owned and 'operated at fish Trap lake, Laporte

county, by Swift S Co.. the Chicago ice packers, was totally destroyed by fire Sunday morning, together with its contents, causiug a loss variously estimated from 64.000 to 60.000. It was three stories in height, and was occupied by 250 men employed by Swift'B in cutting ice for shipment to Chicago. Larry Dolan, the landlord of the hotel, managed to pave his personal effects, but the furniture and possessions of the men in the other rooms added fuel to the rlaraes.

Tippecanoe Item. Rom, to IL M. Railey and wife, a boy. Mrs. W. II. Hartman, who was reported very sick, is convalescing. Preaching at the Union church west of town las! Sunday, conducted by Rev. Rupe, of Argos. Joshua Runch has a cancer growing in his left eye. lie is now being treated by a Rourbou cancer specialist. Perry King has purchased lot No. 4 in Tippecanoe of L. P. Swoverland. P. A. Cooper has moved his stock of drugs to his honse, there being no room empty for his buness. The room vacated by him will be utilized by the bank. Wm. Yaiser just received word from his son, John, who lives in Arkansas, that his house and all its contents were destroyed by fire last Sunday morning at 3 o'clock. He und family barely escaped cremation. C. M. Walker is getting the material ready for a new house this summer. J. A. Hallett, of Huntington, Ind., has just put in a lim-class livery stock at this place, consisting of tine driving horses, tine rubber-tired buggies, all in good shape, with J.J. VanGundy, manager. Tippecanoe can now boast of two tirst-claes livery barns. The Tippecanoe mill yards are now blockaded with logs, besides over 1,000 cords of stave bolts now on the yard. Ry the order of the county commissioners. Trustee Wood sold at. public auction the old river bridge at Tippecanoetown to I. Rhodes, who will use the woodwork of same for a barn on his farm west of Lwd. Consideration 33C cash. Rooeer Ä Woi h.iru raised their smokestack to their V- boiler Tuesday. The will low be prepared with power so they can run saw and stave mill combined, as they have two large boilers and engines. W. II. Taylor and family moved to Rochester on the l'Jtb inet. Joel Nifong, of West township, one of the numerous candidates fur recorder at the primaries in the spring of P.KX), was in our town Tuesday. Iturr Oak. Mrs. Dr. Loring is on the sick list and is confined to the house. A crowd of young folks from Argos spent the evening with Miss Laura Maxey on last Thursday evening. Rev. Piesnell preached laßt Sunday night in Rurr Oak. Rev. F. L. Austin is holding a protracted meeting in Rurr Oak, having commenced Feb. 27, and will continue as long an interest demands. Mrs. Ida and (leorgia Oeborn went to Argos Monday. Quite a number of the ladies of Rurr Oak visited Mrs. Samuel Strale Monday. Joe Rurns has been quite sick with lagrippe. Grandpa Perry is down with lagrippe. Franklin Overmyer was in Plymouth Monday on business. M. Ralig is in Chicago on business. John Aley, wife and daughter, Sarah, are all down with lagrippe. Gerald Vanderweele, a 2-year-old son of Wm. Vanderweele, while playing in the house last Sunday stubbed his toe and fell striking his forehead on the hinge of the door, making a very ugly wound, and will in alt probability leave a scar over one inch in length. Twin Lake It ein. Little Miss Martha Mann is on the sick list. Rorn, to Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Grube, Feb. 12, a son. Church closed at Trinity with very little success. Francis Rottorff has moved on the farm recently vacated by Chas. Keyser. Walter Cook arrived here last Thursday from North Dakota and will live on his farm just vacated by Amos York. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, of near Rochester, ipent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Runnels, having driven through in a sled. Walter Kreighbaum was arrested by Rev. Newman for disturbing the meeting one night last week. HM father had to pay the fine and costs, which amounted to 810 50, in order to prevent his going to jail. This should be a warning to all young people who are apt to get boisterous In church. Norman Reatty moved from his farm down on the Overmyer farm south of Rurr Oak Tuesday. Oliver York left for Ruchanan, Mich, last Tuesday. The Plymouth Novelty works will resume work Monday with their regular full force of men.

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Former County Treaaurera Mutt Itepay Iuteret to the .State. Instructions have been issued by the attorney-general of this state to circuit court prosecutors in each of the ninetytwo counties to institute suits under a recent decision of the supreme court against ex-county treasurers and the investigations cow in progress now justify the belief that the aggregate of these suit6 will be not less than .52,000,000 and may exceed that tigure. The actions are to be instituted to recover interest paid by counties to treasurers, and the investigation extends back a period of about ten years. Taxes levied by the counties are for special purposes and these particular funds are kept separate and used only for the purpose for which the levies are made. It has been the rule, and the law appears to require such a construction, for treasurers to refuse to honor county warrants when drawn upon a fund which has been exhausted, and in that case the county commissioner have borrowed money from its treasurer to meet the deticiency till the next levy could be made. The result is that every county in the state has been a borrower from its treasurer to a greater or less amount and the rate paid on these loans has usually been per cent. It was notorious in the great majority of cases that the treasurer did not have money to loan and it was equally notorious that he took the money from the special funds for other purposes and loaned it to the county, and thus paid interest upon its own money. It is believed that many commissioners throughout the state, desiring to favor the treasurers, purposely levied large sums for certain funds and small sums for other funds, and when the latter were exhausted, as reasonable foresight would have shown to be a certainty, recourse was had to the treasurer for loans. Under the ruling of the supreme court .t will not be a defense to a suit to show that the money belonged to the treasurer and was not taken from the county fund, for the court of last resort has declared that the interest may be recovered even where the money belongs to the treasurer. The investigations now in progress show that every county has been a borrower at one time or another. M.W Kl KAI. KOI Ti: I'l.A.V it is I'ropoMeil to Have All Carrier ; Out Froui County eat. Congressman George Cromer, of Muncie, who is a member of the house committee on posts, has a new idea on the rural free mail delivery system that he will endeavor to get the postotlice department to adopt. It is to make each county seat the headquarters for the routes of each county and allow no single route to extend outside the county. Where a route in one county leaves otT it ia to be so arranged that another route in an adjoining county will begin. Congressman Cromer wants the experiment tried at Muncie first and hopes to have it in operation there within a few weeks. Legislative Nte. lidianapoIis, Feb. 2.r.- There has been a meeting of country publishers here today and action was taken looking to the defeat of the Conlogue legal advertising bill. Dr. N. R. Aspinall is in the city and will remain until tomorrow. He is here in the interest ot a bill now pending before the house. As secretary of the Marshall County Physicians' association, he is urging the passage of the bill which the state association of physicians and surgeons has agreed upon. Hon. Chas. P. Drummond came to ths city today. The bill exempting sugar beet factories from taxation for ten years passed the house today. The Indianapolis News of today contains a page picture of the members of both the house and the senate. Representative Hopping, of Muncie, who is promoting the Muncie normalschool bill in the house, said today: "There is no doubt that the bill will pass the house. We have about sixty votes." Representative Neal has been prom ised a minority report to be signed by three members of the senate railroads committee on his bill requiring railroads to sell 500-mlle mileage books for 810, which has passed the house. The state board of agriculture baa a heavy lobby in the legislature to prevent the repeal of the law that gives the board 810,000 a year out of the state treasury. Senator Dausman Introduced the bill. He expects to press it for passage. It was rumored about the legislature today that a deal was arranged between Senator Lawler and the republican leaders, as a result of which the contest case against Senator Lawler was withdrawn. The report is that Senator Lawler it to support several republican measures, including the Joss primary I

election bill. When seen Senator Lawler said: "The report is entirely false. I have entered into no deal. I take my seat without a single string tied to me." t Mr. Kirkman's bill, increasing the number of appellate court judges to six, and providing that they shall sit in two divisions, was ordered engrossed, and then, on motion of Mr. James, the rules were suspended and the bill passed by a vote of 70 to 5. Refore being passed an amendment by Mr. James was adopted dividing the state into two districts, the counties in the southern part of the state forming one district and the counties in the northern part of the state the other, and providing that three judges shall be elected from each district. TKAI1N;-STAMI It I 1. 1.. lt Author. Mr. Metoker. Keudy to Put l'p Mronc FJj;!it. Representative Metsker, author of the bill to abolish the use of trading stamps in Indiana, when he read in The Press Saturday that a powerful lobby is on hand to defeat his bill, cut short a isit to his home and returned Sunday to organize a counter lobby. He wrote letters to several friends, who arrived Monday to work for the bill, which has passed the house and is on third reading in the senate. The lobbyists who were delegated to kill the bill are deeply chagrined because they let it slip to third reading in the senate. It is understood Senator Fleming has an amendment prepared to virtually kill the bill, and that on third reading he will ask that it be recommitted to a committee in order that this amendment may be inserted. Mr. Metsker wilt spend ail his time in the senate. He says Fleming's motion will be quickly tabled. He says hi is unable to account for Mr. Fleming's opposition to the bill when his colleague, Senator Kell, of Allen county, has received about 500 letters from his constituents asking him to support the Dill. This bill is considered one of the important ones now before the legislature. Some of the merchants at Plymouth, Mr. Metsker's home, are threatening to boycott him, but he says he is willing to take his punishment if he can get the

bill passed. Indianapolis Pres. Northern Indiana CoM. There has been more cold weather in northern Indiana and southern Michigan this winter than in the Dakotas and Manitoba and yet we have had one of the most pleasant winters ever known It is a month or more since the tirst big snow storm of the winter visited this section. There has been but little thaw since that time and sleighing continues good. Old residents recall that back in the seventies there were over 100 days of continuous sleighing. l.apac Heia. Miss Dema Wener, of South Rend, spent Sunday in La Paz. Dinner was served at the lr. R. church, Wednesday, for the benefit of the church. Since the debt on Luther Chapel has been cancelled, the sewing circle has turned away a great deal of work. Mrs. Daniel Lentz was buried from the Lutheran church in the country, last Sunday, Rev. M. L. Peter officiating. The K. O. T. M. will give a supper in their hall Saturday. The Rremen b:ind is expected. There Is a talk of organizing a band in our village. The only saloon in Teegarden has been closed. Now don't blame Miss Carrie. John Knepp and Miss Hattie Hammond were married by Rev. M. L. Peter last Sunday evening. The entertainment given by the Lapaz schools the 22d was rendered to a very large and appreciative audience of patrons and friends. The drills and marches by the pupils of the lower rooms and an oration, "The Life of Washington" by Grace Hostetler, class of '01, were especially commendable. After the literary program a box social was held. The boxes were the nicest ever seen in Lapaz and the young ladies are to be complimented for their skill in the decorative art. The proceeds, $27.53, finishes paying for the piano which the school purchased last September of which they have a just right to feel proud. Miss Rosella Wener, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wener, was buried in the Fair cemetery Friday of last week. Rev. Mr. Key es, of North Liberty, preached to a large congregation of relatives and friends in the Wesleyan Methodist church. Miss Wener was preceded into eternity by her father. She leaves a mother, three brothers and six sisters to mourn her death. J. Union Raker died at his brother's home near Lapaz Tuesday at 3 a. m. A brother died with consumption nearly a year ago. Union had been failing very much since the New Year, but no one expected him to die so soon. Lapaz and vicinity are witnessing many funerals. Our fellow townsmen, David Rodenberger and Alex. Rrown, who have been poisoned, are getting along O. K. The Altar Guild will meet next Monday evening with Miss SybUla Koch.

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Liberty Cros i Irre ted tor Ilyiue th T. S. Mail. United States Marshal Rose, of Ft. Wayne, came to this city Tuesday and arrested Liberty Cross for delaying the U. S. mail. It will be remembered that several weeks ago when Cross was working on the Kellison house 'bus line that he was provoked by Wm. Orman, of the Fields 'bus line, and struck him, knocking him down. Orman had a U. S. mail bag in his hand at the time and at once reported Cross to the U. s. authorities. Cross was taken to Laporte Tuesday where he will have a preliminary hearing before the U. S. district commissioner. It is thought that Cross can prove his intention when he struck Orman and if so he will probably be cleared. W. R. Hess accompanied Cross to Laporte as his attorney. Mr. Cross had his preliminary hearing before the U. S. district commissioner and was bound over to tho district court under fc."0 bonds, which he gave and returned home Tuesday evening. Ilert's Nalary $3,000 a Vear. The house committee on Indiana reformatory has presented a unanimously favorable report on the bill fixing the salary of Superintendent Hert at $3,000 a year and cutting of! perquisites. The report was concurred ia by the house late Tuesday afternoon. Mount Olive Itetn. Philip Ueyde has moved ia the Keenby house recently vacated by Marion Cramer. Wm. Casper moved in Hugh Shafer's house last Wednesday. Joe (loodyear will move to South Rend. The Stockman school has been closed for two weeks on account of th teacher being sick. The Denman school is closed, the teacher being sick with measles. Sam Stockman and George Goodyear have purchased the Peter Munn farm. A sled load of youcg people from this neighborhood went to South Rend last Saturday to visit the families of Nelson Martindale and Lew Dreibelbiss. Ed. Griner intends moving on his sister's farm, near the Walnut Grove church, and l!d. Zimmer will move where lid. Griner nov iive. Ari;o It ein. Jasper Stalford, a brother of Wm. St a (l ord and at one time a resident of Argos, died at his home a A I mir a. Washington, Feb. 17, 11MI, at the age of VJ years. Frank Rarr, night uiro in charge of the Nickel Plate and L. F.. & W. cros ing, is able to be out again alter being laid up for several days on account of rheumatism. 1. Diuiick. who bs been quite ill for some time from lung fever, is some better. Mrs. Howard Zumbaugh. who has been ill at her home in Rremen for several days, is reported as being slightly better. Mrs. Smith, widow of the late lleury Smith, died at her home near Poplar Grove church, Tuesday, Feb. 20, K0l. We regret that we are unable to report any improvement in the condition of Martin Shafer, who has been seriously ill for a long time. As soon as tb weather moderates toasutiicientdegree he will be taken to Chicago in the hop that an operation may be beneficial. Florence Wallace, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wallace, died Tuesday morning, Feb. 2, 1101, aged six years. The cause of her death, diphtheria, made it necessary that the usual funeral services be dispensed with. T. N. Rowels has been granted an increase in his pension, the amount being raised from .5." to 810. Peter Swoverland, one of Walnut township's most progressive farmers who has been ill for some time, was in our city Friday. J. K. Quivey, who went to Milwaukee some days ago intending to proceed from there to different points in Montana, returned to Argos Friday. He was taken sick at Milwaukee. Mrs. J. E. Quivey, who has been contined to her home for several days by a severe attack of rheumatism, is some better. C. E. Thornburg, who lives near Rutland, is seriously ill. He has been confined to his bed for several weeks, and Ms friends have been seriously alarmed at his condition. Charles Rryan has moved to the Clünder farm on the Michigan road nortb of Argos, and Frank Stevenson to the farm owned by T. O. Taber, formerly occupied by Mr. Rryan. Rev. C. V. Strickland, now residing in Huntington, was stricken with a serious attack of heart trouble last week. For a time it was feared he could not recover. Ezra Finney, who has been living in th Corey property on South Michigan street for some time, moved back to hie farm this week. Mrs. John Spitler, living south of town who has been 111 with lung fever, remains in about the same condition.