Plymouth Republican, Volume 45, Number 34, Plymouth, Marshall County, 11 July 1901 — Page 5

The Republican

WM. G. HENDRICKS, Cdltr d Proprlttor. Advertisements to appear in THE REPUBLICAN must te in before Tuesday noon to Insure their appearance in the issue of that week. Plymouth, lna. Julf l , ivui. LOCAL NEWS "Wheat threshing began this week. The Pennsylvania pay car is due here July 19. . Mr. Tetters, of South Bend, spent Sunday in this city. Miss Bessie Long has returned iwm her visit at Fort Wayne. J. Madison Keyser spent Sunday in this city with his family. The painters have commenced work on the Schlosser creamery. Bev. Jeffries,who has been quite ill the past month, is improving. Miss Emma Yockey returned Tuesday from a short visit to Tyner. Prof. Baldwin and wife, of New London, arc visiting at the home of Bev. Jeffries. Ilerrman Alleman is constructing a substantial new walk on his Walnut street property. Art Young, who has been visiting relatives and friends in this city, returned to South Bend Sunday. Balph Mattingly left Tuesday to attend the national ' convention of the Epworth League at San Francisco. Misses Edith and Ethel Jeffries, who have been visiting friends at Sligo,Creturned home Saturday evening. Robert McCance is lying very low at theresidence of James Deloney, his son-in-law, and his life is despair- . ed of . Mrs. Jennie Lynch, of Kokomo, who has been visiting the family of J. E Iloughton a few days, left Monday for Larwill. Miss -Mary Campbell, who has spent several weeks with her cousin, Mrs. Mary L. M. Thayer, left Tuesday for ner nome uroana, xu. Mrs. Carrie Foraker and little daughter and Mollie Hoover started o for their home in Emporia, Kan., yes terday after visiting relatives and friends in this vicinity for a month. Miss Ida Boyer, who has been visit ing relatives and friends in this city, returned toJSouth Bend Sunday and f romthere she will go to Erie, Pennsvlvania. In compliance with a special order Ol ine eparimeiiL ui. v. xvüvii, went to South Bend to examine William Köhler, who is bedfast, for m . -1 A. . T- TV 1T-nr. a pension. Obed II. Dipert lot Walkerton and Sarah J. Campbell -of Tyner were mar ried by Bev. G.-II. Maddox, of the U. B. church, at Uis residence, Sunday afternoon. Peter Knoll,who has been unable to work thejpast week on account of an accident, returned to Valparaiso Sundav where he will resume his position on the bridge gang. . Mrs.!D. E.JElick arrived from Lake Geneva". Wis Friday for a visit of of several w eeks with her partnts, Mr and Mrs. Samuel, Beldon and othar relatives and friends. Past Grand Commander II. G. Tim er and Past Grand Master Daniel Mc Donald represented Plymouth Mason rv at the funeral of Mortimer Nye, Tuesday'afternoon at LaPorte. TVe have been favored by Victor Kremer and Co., of Chicago, with copies of Folia's "Zola Waltzes" and a sacred song by O'Dea and Solman entitled "The "Way of the Cross," two beautiful musical compositions. Oil, but not in paying quantities, was struck at Davis stat ion last week at a depth of 186 feet The territory is being thoroughly explored by Cliica go capitalists, who expect to'duplicate the success in Jasper county. . David Klimrerman, who lived in Bourbonl township, died Saturday at Longcliffe asylum, leaving a wife and one child. lie was born in Ohio in 1832 and lias long been a resident of this county. His body was taken to Bourbon Monday for burial. A sheer drop of about 35 degrees in the temperature Sunday gave Plymouthites a surcease of sorrow and made the Sabbath tolerable. It was deliciously cool and shirt waists for men "wave not in favor. At midnight the mercury stood below 60 decrees. Martin II. Bice and Calvin W. Pra ther, of Indianapolis, grand treasurer and grand secretary respectively of the Indiana grand lodge of Masons, passed through Plymouth Tuesday en route to LaPorte, where they attend ed the funeral of Governor Nye. An aged man named Young, who lives On Vm. J -tveeie laim iictu xszlons?. has been for many years suf , - fering serious inconvenience from a couple of particularly painfnl corns; one on each foot. A few days ago he concluded that he had endured the affliction quite long enough so took a sharp chisel and a mallet and amputated each of the two corned iocs sharp and clean. Unless'blood poisoning should set in he will probably make a gpyd recovery.

South Bend is afflicted with much measles. " ' . The work on the Pennsylvania is progressing well considering the shortage of labor and teams. FOR BENT A small first floor room suitable for tin ehop or any small business. Enquire at this office. ' W. J. Gaver has resigned his position at Hartle's cash shoe store and will soon move with his family to AtJ tica. Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald Gilmore.

and little child, who have been spend ind the summer here, left yesterdayJ for a trip of ten days to Lake Geneva, Wis. Albertus Simons has secured , a re sponsible position with P. T. Clifford & Sons,, contractors on the Pennsyl vania railroad improvements, and as sumed his duties today. The Case Buggy Co., at Goshen, which was burned out last week, might be induced to locate elsewhere if an available building could be found vacant. Plymouth has one all n readiness. Engineer Wills and Fireman Bates brought eng'ne 127 from Fort Wagne Tuesday afternoon to work on the new grading job. Fireman D. II. Jenness came also to go on one of the engines already here. Charles L. Alleman, of Mankato, Minn;, spent the day in Plymouth and rgos. With his wife and a congen ial party he has made an extended lake and river trip from Duluth to New York and other eastern points. Miss Mayme Johnson, of Plymouth, Mr. and Mrs. John C.Miles, of Maxinkuckee, S. Jones, of Culver, Mr. and Mrs. B. Parks, of Inwood, and James Brink, now of South Bend, were Marshall county people who attended the wedding of Elsie Miles and William Binard at Mishawaka Monday.. The next show due in Plymouth is Gollmar Bros. & Schuman's circus, billed for July 25. It is an old-fash ioned wagon show, such as delighted the masses ; in the early days, and will arrive overland from Nappanee on the morning of show day. The usual street parade will be presented. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. From June 6th" to July 10th, 1901, inclusive, as furnished by Cressner & Co., abstracts of titles. Owners of the " only abstract books in the county, Abstract of titles to all real estate in -Marshall county compiled accurately and promptly. Joseph Stough and wife, warranty deed to John W and Virginia C. Wiverly, lot 8, Linkville, $70.00. Charles A. Speicher and wife, warranty deed to John W and Virgina C. Wiverly, lot in Linkville, $75.00. Teter Kuntz and wife, warranty deed to Mary E. Boyer, lot 8 Kunz addition' Bremen, $230.00 consideration. Clinton A. Bondurant and wife, warranty (Teed toOra A and Josephine Jacox. S I of lot 112 orig. Plymouth $925. John W. Thompson and wife, warranty deed to Florence Kincade, lots 9 and 10 block 9, Martin addition Bremen; 700 considerations August Dittbremer and wife, warranty deed to Herbert C. Stooky, lot in Bremen; $100. August Dittbremer and wifa, warranty deed to Charles Dittbremer, lot 6. Bingles addition Bremen; $200. Stephen Garrard warranty deed to Anthony Lechlitner S 20 A of N 6o A of E I of S W Sec 4, Tp 32. B 3, $500. ' . Peter Lichtenberger and wife, warranty deed to David F. Burns Und J ofWof. Sec 4, Tp 32, B 1 and lots 26, 27, 30, 31, Burns addition, Burr Oak $500 consideration. Jacob Vollmer, etal warranty deed to Pena. Loney lot 8, Vollmer and Sauers addition Bremen $S0. John A. Foltz and wife, warranty deed to Jacob Hand Zylpha I Hess, lots 32 and 33 in Foltz Con addition to Bremen $240 consideration. Heirs of Sarah Kreider deceased, warranty deed to Ira A. Goddard lot 31 Williams addition Argos $660. Elizabeth- Duddleson, warranty deed to Anna Duddlesons Lot 27 Duddleson add Culver $100. Leonora L. Kloepef and -husband, warranty deed to David E. Snyder trustee, lots 77, 78, 91, 92 Cabells ad dition to Plymouth $100 considera tion. . " El Jones etal, warranty deed to Emily A.Sams, E of N EJ and N W J, Sec 19, Tp 33, B 1 E x 10 acres out of N W corner $2,000 consideration. Adam Wise etal, quit claim deed, to James W. Maxey lots 1, 2, 3, 10, 11 Maxey sub div: Plymouth and E I of out lot 84 Cabells addition to Plym outh $1.00 consideration. Manerva Monroe, warranty deed to Edwin R. Monroer the E $ of S of S W J, Sec 4, Tp 32, B 1, 3 750. Caroline Shafer and husband, quit claim deed, to Ephraim Fluke, lot 49 Logans addition Lapaz $500. William P. Chambers and wife, warranty deed to Mynard II. Ton, N of S E i, Sec 19, Tp 33 B 1 $1,000. Boal estate mortgages to the amount of $16,062 has been filed for the week ending July-6th, 1901.

REGRETS HIS ACT

Ed Lenfesty Sends Bullet into his Brain. Muncie, Ind., July 8.-:While on a protracted spree and iLtoxicated, Edward Lenfesty, a switchman on the Lake Erie, aged 29, fired a 32 calibre bullet into the sk'e of his head Saturday night at a rooming house, and he will die. At three o'clock this afternoon he was barely alive and the physician said he could not live longer than until evening. While yet con scious this morning the suicide expressed great regret for his r?sh attempt. The bullet passed under the. brain, almost passing through the head, and blinded him. The man was married to Stella Kamp, of Plymouth, who is now visiting her mother in South Bend. He left a note and money to telegraph his wife and his brother, S. W. Lenfesty, at Fort Wayne. Lentesty recently quit his job, and says he did the deed because he had been drinking. It is claimed that he whipped his wife and she could not live with him. Eil Lenfesty, son of the late Henry Lenfesty, has been well known in Plymouth, his birth-place, all his life. He was at one time employed on the Pennsylvania road and has been with the Lake Erie, making his home at Muncie, sfnee he returned from the army. He was a member of Company M, 157th Regiment, in the war with Spain. His first wife, from whom he was divorced five years ago, was a Fort Wayne woman named Bowser. His marriage to Stella Kamp occurred a few months ago. Muncie, Ind., July 9. Edward Lenfesty, who shot himself with suicidal intent, recovered consciousness last night at the hospital and talked rationally, though a bullet lodged in his brain and physicians said he could not possibly live until last evening. His powerful constitution sustained him. He stUl lives this afternoon but cannot recover. He placed the muzzle of the revolver at the right side of the head and just under the temple and the ball passed under the brain, paralyzing the optic nerve, and .nearly came out on the other side. He was totally blinded by the shot. He made an ante-mortem statement to the coroner in which he said his attempt to end his life was due whol ly to excessive drink and that he had no domestic trouble It is said by his neighbors, however, that his wife left him recently, after repeated quarrels and that after her departure he sold his household effects ahd became moody and more dissipated. His brother Solon came last night from Fort Wayne.- His wife was notified at South Bend. Subscription for Lenfesty. A telephone message from the hospital surgeon at Muncie Wednesday noon states that J.d .Lenfesty has a fair chance to recover if a . blood clot now formed on the brain can be re moved. A subscription was started to raise a fund for his assistance and is being liberal! J signed. LENFESTY MAY RECOVER. Muncie, Ind., July 10. Ed Lenfesty clings to his life with such wonderful pertinacity as to astonish the hospital physicians, who have insisted that his death was a matter of but a few hours They now declare that the in jured man will probably recover, contrary to all known precedents in such cases, but that he will be Vind for life. Factory Chance. The Beliance Manufacturing Co., of Chicago, now making overalls at Jeffersonville and employing 40 men and 135 women, is seeking a location nearer Chicago. The enterprise asks no bonus or aid but is simply looking for a suitable site and building. It will nav about $4,000" a month in wages from the start. The building required must be at least 60x160 and two stories and for such a plant the company will pay a fai) rental for a term of years. The removal is to be made not later than September. Here is an opportunity for the Business Men's association to boom Plymouth. - Oil Weil Pulled. - The oil well which created all the excitement of the big boom in Peru about this time four years' ago is a thing of the past now, as the casing was pulled Saturday. In its lifetime the well produced many thousand barrels of oil, and it was a, paying investment for its original owners. Only a few of the r-ells drilled in the Peru field in '97 are still in existence. They can't help it; crabbed old bachelors and disappointed girls over 30 need Bocky Mountain Tea; carries ihem back to childhood's happy home. J. W. Hess. .

COUNCIL AEETING

When the mayor called for the reading of the minutes at council meeting Monday evening the clerk squared himself before a bier stunt.- It was a continued story in several chapters, containing the interesting narrative of the progress through numerous adjourned meetings of the paving project,., and the cool evening contributed to the patience of the members who had to listen while the tale was rehearsed in stiff official language. The record being approved, the clerk reported that he had returned to the several unsuccessful bidders their certified checks, holding only that of W. W. Hatch and Sons. He next reported a proposition to furnish coal for the ensuing year, but as no bids for that purpose had been asked for the matter was pigeon-holed. Treasurer Wilson showed the June business of his ofiice, whereby he had left in the strong box July 1 the following balances: General fund $4,503.47 Waterworks fund 1,4S8.19 Schoolhouse fund 471.44 Library fund. 456.53 The finance committee reported that on July 8 the city had on hand in cash $5,704.11. The usual run of bills pre sented and allowed at this meeting fig ured up $1,175.52, leaving the present balance, after all debts now due are paid, $4,528.59. The city attorney informed the council that the contract with the Lake Erie for water has not yet been executed, being in the hands of rail way officials, and that the matter of the extension of Third street across the Pennsylvania road is under consid eration by that company. a new siaewaiK was oraerea 10 De i . a a a. built fh front of the- IcKelvy. ware houses on East Laporte street, and the street commissioner was diretced to have the Blain bridge tightened up, some screws being loose therein. The street commissioner reported that his time since the previous meeting had been wholly occupied in laying the new water mains The waterworks superintendent was ordered to lower the mains onMichigan street near Garro, where they were originally laid too close to the surface, and he was authorized to shut off the water from the north part of town long enough to accomplish that job. A controversy having arisen as to the water gates received by the city in fulfilment of an order sent through William Evcrly, and there being a further controversy over the weights of the mains furnished by Everly, a sort of a compromise was fixed up by which that gentleman is tobe allowed the amount of his claim for discrepan cy in weights, amounting to $9 0, on condition that he procure a satisfactory settlement of the question of gates. The city engineer was authorized to buy all necessary drain tile and brick for catch basins along Xorth Michigan street improvement at the best possible prices and was urged to secure the material without delay so as to get out of the way of the pavers. Bowers, the cement walk man, being present he addressed the council, proposing to put in a cement walk and platform in front of the city hall for the benefit of the fire department, the terms suggested being very favorable. The subject was referred to the proper committee. Under the head of -unfinished business the several petitions pertaining to the width of the Laporte street pavement were again laid before the council, and some changes were noted in the signatures. As the documents stood, the one asking for the wider pavement had the greater number of signatures and represented 678 feet of frontage affected, the other represent ing 390 feet. Several interested part ies were present and the discussion threatened to become acrimonious. The evident disposition of the council is to make the pavement wider than 30 feet west of Center, but as bids have already been advertised for and resolutions adopted on the basis of 30 feet it was cleemea best to make no change now but to wait until next Monday, wnen tha contractors will be here, and so the matter was deferred until then. Will Also Pave. W. W. Hatch & Sons, the contract ors who will introduce paving to Ply mouth, have been awarded a large contract at Elwood. Electric Light Betterments. The Simon's electric light company is improving its service and reducing the risk of fire by putting in a lot of new insulated wire and removing its converters from interior to outside positions, as recommended by fire insurance experts. finding Corner Stones. Levelsand measurements were taken on Michigan street in preparation for the work of excavating the street for pavement. The comer stakes at street intersections were uncovered for the first time in a long while. The hand of Time lays few wrinkles on the brow of them that take Rocky Mountain Tea this month. A great spring blessing, 32r J. W, Hess.

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cur, mos trom FOREIGN PAPERS ft K From a Vancouver B. C daily: A GIRL TO HELP ON PANTS. APDlv street west. Parent Under the heading" of "Wanted" in an Irish paper; QHOEMAKERS -Tv o good hand-sewn men. Constant' emploj-ment and Queen Margherita of Italy lias given her gran idaughter a beautifully crrved dressing case containing a toilet set of solid gold. Thid. What between American trusts,American jockeys and American heiresses, we appear to have got the United States everywhere but in onr political parties. Thid. The King of Italy received twenty-six thousand tetegrams of congratulation in the first day or two after the birth of his daughter. He also received over twenty thousand requests for money in honour of the event. Thid, The Japanese Department of Agriculture and Commerce ordered Momotaro Tsushima, president of the Fujiro canned meat factory in Bekkai, Namuro. Hokkaido, to go to America in order to study the canned meat industry. London Mail. A great academic wit was at an im promptu smoking concert when he was told by the last singer that it was his turn either to sing or tell a story. "If I must tell a story," he said, "I can only say that I should like to hear you sing again ." Scotsman. The Queen Dowager of Tortugal, the sister of the late King Victor Emmanuel, will be the godmother of the little Princess. It may interest some readers to know that the baby weighed a little un der eight pounds when she was born. Thid. "Och, tah wid yer club dochtor," snarled Mike. "D'ye moind the pills he srave me an said. Tak wan av these three toimes a day. Shure, I took wan of them wanst, but show me th' iwan thot kin tak' one av them three toimes begobs!" Thid. The event of the week in the theatri cal world has been the appearance of Mme. Sarah Bernhardt and M. Coquelin, the tw greatest players of the French stage, m M. Edmund Rostand's piay L'Aiglon" at Her Majesty's Theatre. They have been received with a perfect furor of enthusiasm, and their visit is already a tremendous success. Illus trat ed Mail. Wedding on Wheels A very thor ough cycle marriage has taken place at Pulham St. Mary, Not only the bride and bridegroom, but bridesmaids and guests, making a part' of about twenty, rode to the church on gala-decorated machines. The bride was in spotless white, nor were the orange blossoms aud veil left out. The bridesmaids, also in wbite. were crowned with wreaths of pink roses. Happily, the weather smil ed on the event. Loudon Daily Mail A professional burglar iu Berlin found a new and original way of adding to the ordinary profits of his profession. After each burglary he sent a full account of it to one of the daily newspapers, and for this he received payment in the usual way. But he tried his plan once too often. The editor became suspicious and gave information to the police, who soon found how this amateur reporter was able to beat all rivals in the way of early information. Thid. A story is told of au English schoolmaster who offered a prize, to the boy who should write the best composition in 5ve minutes on "How to overcome habit." At the expiration of five minutes the compositions were read. The prize went to a lad of nine years. Following is his essay: "Well, sir, habit is hard to overcome. If you take off the first letter, it does not change 'abit.' If you take off another you still have a 'bit' left. If you take off still another, the whole of it' remains. If you take off another, it is not wholly used up; all which goes to show that if yöu want to get rid of habit you must throw it off altogether." Thid, This is the latest juvenile examination yarn. The question asked was as follows: "Describe the three periods of lif." Answer: The first period of life is infancy. During this time we think of all the naughty things we shall be able to do when we are grown-up,and how we shall enjoy them. This is the age of innocence. The second period is when we are grownup and are doing all the naughty things we thought of when we were young. This is the Frime of Life. The third period is when we are very old, and are sorrowing for all the naughty things w have done. This is the age of Dotage. Sporting times. .- ' , In the Frostless Foothills. From a letter written us by Jonas Miller we extract the following, which will be interesting to his many friends in this locality: - "We are located here now (Hollywood, Calif.,) as I have purchased a house and 1J acres just outside cf the city limits. We are 12 miles from the ocean It is near the foothill and is claimed to be frostless; the breeze seems to be much nicer than at Los Angeles and bankers and prominent people are locating here on that account." ' The Dest LJninieat for Strains. Mr. F. H. Wells, the merchant at Deer Park, Long Island. N. Y., says: always -recommend Chamberlain's Pain Balm as the best liniment for strains. I used it last winter for a severe lameness in the side, resulting from a strain, and was greatly pleased with the caick relief and cure it effected." For sale by J. VV Hess.

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With Brlght's DiseaseDiabetes P Do your kldnsys or liver refuse to do tbeir alloted work ? Are you gltomy and Irritable ? Is there a dull, heavy ache in your back that hurts when you stand; hurts when you sit; hurts when you lie down ? You need complete renovation. Begin on the liver tad kidneys. It is there the trouble lies. MclLean9 ILfaer and Kjdney Balm will bring the color back and drive away those racking pains. It acts on these organs as oil does on a .rusty wheel. If you are afflicted, it will cure you. Buy a bottle to-day. ' 1.00 at your DrarrfV. Made by Th Dr. J, H. McLean Medicine Co.. St.Louu, Mc.

One Advertiser's Experience. Recently a merchant in this county had printed a large number of advertising bills and caused them to be cir culated broadcast through the country to the great annoyance of a great many citizens. Some of the dodgers were thrown in front yards or on verandas, where they had to be picked up and disposed of as rubbish, and others were poked into all the rural delivery boxes in the territory covered. When the mail carriers came along there was an irate farmer or farmer's wife waiting at almost every box to protest against such an abuse of the postal privileges and when the patient carriers told that they had no part or knowledge in the advertising scheme the complaints were carried to the postmaster, In at least one of the cases the postmaster was informed that unless he reported the merchant to the authorities he would himself r f hi rr

aiiuri 5 New imu dim until doth Eist Laporte St., Opposite Zvmbaugh's Blacksmith Shop. For hitching inside 10c a rig, Saddle Uorses 5c, Grain 5c a horse. Hay 5c a hoise, to Hay over night 20c a horse. Flowing well water. Buggies all inside except busy days; anything you may have in your buggy will be cared for if brought to office. Barn kept open till 11 p. m. if not requested to keep open later. Now Ready For Business. B. F. SHORT.

In order to become acquainted with the farmers and they with me and my methods of doing business I a

ask them to cut out this coupon bring it with them to my bam. NEW

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A new pretty assortment of Wash Skirts for hot weather wear are now on display. The line consists of the latest productions shown and the prices range from $1.00 to $2.00.

All of last year's summer skirts have been assorted into two lots and slaughtering prices, previal viz. 43 and 78 cents.

The line ot white shirt waists is still unbroken and this kind of weather will make you think of buying one. Better see pur line. EXTRA SPECIAL THIS UONTH: A Full 4-4 unbleached sheetiig, sctaoth and medium heavy. A decided bargain, peryard 4 cents.

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be reported for neglect of duty, and he had much difficulty in preventing the angry box owners from making trouble for the indiscreet dealer. Several of the vexed householders in tow n and country declared that they would

never patronize, a storekeeper wno would annoy them with such a slouchy method of advertising his business: it is not likely that one of t he bills was productive of a single sale or that anyone looked at them except for the purpose of finding out the name of the offender. Had the advertisement been printed in a reputable newspaper it would have been welcomed at any house and carefully read by the people who do the buying; its appearance in a rural mail box would have caused no annoyance, the good will toward the merchant would have been less than the cost of printing and distributing the vexatious and unread dodgers. The lesson is obvious. t l 1 rt 9 This coupon entitles the holder to One Hitch in My Barn FREE OF CHARGE. E. F. SHORT. and Good Until Sept. I, 1901. LINE SKIRTS

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