Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 23, Plymouth, Marshall County, 10 March 1910 — Page 1

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PLYMOUTH TRI BUNE VOLUME IX PLYMOUTH. INDIANA. THURSDAY. MARCH 10, 1910. NO. 23

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ii Barrels of Liquor Confiscated by Sheriff Vöries and Marshal Jacoby in Quick Raid Thursday Morning H. E. Atkins Under $100 Bond.

Armed with a search warrant, issued from the Justice Court of B. M. Seybokl. Sheriff Daniel Voreis, and City Marshall Daniel V. Jacoby, made a quick and clean raid on the soft drink emporium of Hiram E. Atkins, at .119 west LaPorte stieet. at 10 a m Thursday morning. The raid was planned and executed quietly, and the news of the movement was not known, until after it lilad been pulled off. 11 (barrels, containing pint bottles of drinks alleged to be beer, of the intoxicating species was confiscated, and upon the order of Justice Seybold, the confiscated liquor was taken to the county jail, where it will remain in the custody of the sheriff until the preliminary hearing of Atkins is held. The hearing will be held, at the office of Justice Seyibold, on Friday, March 11. at 10:00 o'clock A. M. Meanwhile Atkins was placed under 1onds of $100. Result of Watch. Jt is said that the raid Tluirsday morning, on the Atkins stand, is the result of several weeks watch, by the city aniD county officials, on the room raided. Suspicious stories, hail been afloat, and the prosecuting attorney posted his pickets, who awaited their opportunity. The gist of the rumor continues that the . -beer had been imported into tin's city from Walkcrton, and is dispensed here, to local patronage. The 11 barrels confiscated Ihursday morning are sairfl to have been iiru imported from Walkt, ton Wednesday night. They are packed in sugar barrels and contain several dozens of pint bottles. An -examination of the confiscated liqtibr, Tli uts day P. M. shows that the liquor is bottled in many different brand of bottles. Some of the lvottles contain the bran H of the Columbia Brewing Co. Chicago. 111. F.erghoff Brewing Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind., Indianapolis. Brewing Co., and other firms. Only one bottle of wthat appeared to be temperance beer was found in the lot, which -was a pint bottle of Hop Cream. To Prove Substance. . It lies with the prosecuting at torney to prove that the confiscaed propery contains the proper amount of alcohol, to make the case for the state. It is probable that the defence will be that liquor 'seized in the raid is non-intoxicating. Hiram E Atkins, propretor of the business was present when the officers raided the room, searching the ice-boxes and counters, arvJ the entire room and basement in their search. Work Quickly Done. The raid was quickly and quietly executed, and did not at all resemble the notorious Culver raid, made by officials a couple of years ago. The following search warrant was issued by Justice B.- M. Scyhold at nine o'clock Thursday morning. State of Indiana, . 'Marshall County, SS: State f Indiana TS Hiram E. Atkins, AflV.lhvit for Search Warrant. Daniel W. Jacoby oeing duly sworn says that he is informed and 'believes, arid has good cause vinous, malt and other intoxicating liquors to-wit : whisky, wine, hop-to-it, ami beer, are unlawfully ;being sold, bartered and given away as a beveridge, and are being unlawfully kept for the purpose of 'being sold, bartered and given away in violation of the laws of the State of Indiana, in and a1out the ground floor, basement and second story of the two story and basement, brick business building, situate at 1 11 west LaPorte street, in the city of Ply. motrth, county of Marshall and State of Indiana, and following described real estate to-wit : Signed Daniel W. Jacoby. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2nd dav of March, 1010. Harry L. Unger, Pros. Atty. Two Counts in Indictment. v Atkins is held on two counts. verbatim of the warrants up'on which he was arrested are as follows : State of Marshall County S. S. State of Indiana versus Hiram E. Atkins: Affidavit for unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor and for keeping, running and operating a place "where intoxicating liquors are 6eing sold, 'bar

( ter ed and given away. Daniel W. JacOby being duly sworn, upon 'his oath, flays, that he is informed and believes that at the county of Marshall, in the State of Indiana, on the "2nd day of ?darch, 1D10, and on divers days prior thereto, one Hiram E. Atkins did then and there unlawfully run, keep and operate a place where spirituous, vinous, and malt and other intoxicating liquors, to-wit, Whisky, wine, hop-to-it and beer, were then and there sold, bartered and given away, in violation of the laws of the State of Indiana, then and there being he, the said Hiram E. Atkins, not then and there having a license to sell intoxicating liquors, granted according to the laws of the State of Indiana, and he, the said Hiram E. Atkins, not being then and there a fcflmggist or pharmacist, or wholeSale dealer, and licensed as such under the laws of the State of Indiana to sell intoxicating liquors, contrary to the form of the statutes in such cases made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the State of Indiana. Signed Daniel W. Jacoby. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3rd day of March 1010. In the justice court before B. M. Seybold J. P. in and for center township of said county. Second Count. The second indictment alleges that. Hiram E. Atkins was found in unlawful possession of diverse kim.ls of intoxicating liquors, towit: whisky and beer, for the purpose of being sold, bartered, or given away in violation of the laws of Indiana, etc. Subscribed and sworn to, as the above. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WILL RECEIVE BIDS ON APRIL 5th. Four Bridges Will be Built in County This Spring Other Business of Board. At the present session of. the Boar?! of Commissioners, the hoard adopted plans and specification prepared 'by the countv surveyor for three bridges and an arch which will be built this spring in the county. The board set April otlr at 2 o'clock p. m. as the time for receiving bids for the construction of the brfv'Jges. The bridjres to he constructed for ami built are as follows; The Cannon 'bridge in Green town ship, the Redman hridge in Green township, the Water lank bridge in German township anil the Shaffer arch, over the Yantis ditch in Tippecanoe township. Road Viewers Appointed. In the road petition of Edward Morris of Union township, for establishment of a road leading to Maxinkifckee lake, the board appointeil J. M. Klinger, John W Leonhard and Xathan Burch as viewers. The viewers will meet in the office of George W. Voreis J. P., at Culver on March 10, to qualify and investigate the petition, and report at the next meet ing of the hoard. Headstone Petition John Richard trustee of Center township petitioned for a suitable headstone for Anna Holland vleceased, wife of an ex-Union sol dier. The petition was referred to the nearest G. A. R. post. Purdue Scholarship. A petition of Merritt Partridge of Tippecanoe township, for scholarship to Purdue University was continued until the June session. A remostrance was entered to the roaU petition of Henry Yark in West township bv Samuel Garn and Jonathan Wolf. The matter was continued until the next term. In the -ditch petition of Edgar Baker and others, in Walnut tp. the petitioners show that the cost of the proposed work will exceed $300 and set April .Ith, as the date for docketing the petition, as a cause periling.

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BRIDGES TO BE BUILT IN COUNTY

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JURY FINDS VERDICT FOR

Finds that O'Keefe Has Due $4,698.31 for

Work Done in Remodeling and Repairing the Marshall County Court House Ness May Appeal.

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DEVELOPMENTS OF THE MARSHALL COUNTY COURT HOUSE CASE June 7th, 1909, Marshall county Board of Commissioners leave contract for repairing the Court House to Arthur O'Keefe June 12th. Contractor O'Keefe commences work on repair of Court House. . June 17th. Unsuccessful bidder Jacob Ness,' files suit for injunction to restrain O'Keefe from executing-contract. July 6th. Jacob Ness by attorneys Logan and Lauer files notice of suit and files bond in circuit court. July 23d. Trial of .temporary restraining order by Special Judge Samuel Parker of South Bend. Verdict for plain tiff Ness, and temporary injunction is granted. Oct. 5th. Trial of permanent injunction held before special judge Moses B. Lairy of Logansport. Trial occupied two days and case ,was taken under advisement. Oct. 20th. Judge renders decision dissolving injunction, in all parts excepting that pertaining to the interior decoration of the court room, which must be readvertised, and relet. Oct. 23rd Appeal taken to the Supreme court of Indiana, by Logan and Lauer Attorneys for plaintiff Ness. Oct. 27th. O'Keefe continues work, and files bill for work done in amount of $14i0.95 Nov. 1st. Commissioners meet and continue matter of allowing bill. Dec. 1st. Second bill field by O'Keefe for work done in amount of $1 268.89. Dec. 10th. Commissioners allow both above bills. Attorneys for Ness file bond for appeal to circuit court. Dec. 10 th. Bids for purchase of bonds received. Bonds sold to C. C. Wedding & Co., on highest bid. Dec. 11th. Auditor Walker finds that the bond is insufficient according to law, and notifies that he will issue warrants in payment of the two bills as allowed by the commissioners. Dec. 13th. Auditor Walker issues warrants to O'Keefe who draws money from, county treasury in amount of $2,689.74. Attorneys for Nesa file mandate to compel Walker to certify appeal to Circuit Court. Ness files new appeal bond, and Walker certifies transcript. Feb. 2nd. O'Keefe files third bill for $1348.50, which is allowed by Commissioners. Ness appeals to Circuit Court. Feb. 3rd. Commissioners notified that Wedding Co., re- ' fused bonds. Commissioners pass resolution asking County Council, to re-appropriate money. Feb. 18th. County Council.rescinds appropriation with provision for bond issue, re-appropriate amount, to be raised by issues of promisary notes. . March 3rd. Appeals from three allowances, combined, and trial on allowance appeals begun.

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We the jury in the above entitled cause find for the plaintiff Arthur W. O'Keefe, that there is due him on his three claims the sum of $4698.31, minus $18.00 paid on the temporary repair of the roof, and that a credit of the $2679.84, be given, the amount paid to O'Keefe on the claims. .

After deliberating forty-five minutes, the jury in the case of Arthur W. O'Keefe, versus Jacob NeSs, on allowance .appeals, returned a verdict at 4:05 o'clock Saturday afternoon for plaintiff O'Keefe as above. The victory is a sweeping one for O'Keefe. The seven interrogatories which were presented to the jury were satisfactorily answered by the jury. The result was foreseen, by the opinion of Judge Bernetha this morning, which practically decided the case.

THE JURY. Bradlev D. Krouse R. Union tp. Chas. E. Zumbaugh D. West tp. Ota E. Fields D. Tippecanoe Oris E. Gay R. Center Geo W. Hatfield R. Bourbon. John Brock D. Center Frank Lamson D. Center Charles Inks R. North. Lewis Lemert D. Polk lames M. Hooker R. Walnut. Frank Albert D. North Cyrus Hibrary R. Union. After the special venire of fifteen men, summoned to he examined as jurors on the XessO'Keefe. trial was exhausted, at 11:30 Thursday morning, another special venire of thirty-five men, was drawn, and the sheriff and deputy Sheriff sent out to summon them to the court house. The entire day was consumed in the selection of a jury. The fact that a juryman being a taxpayer in the county, according to a decision of Judge Bernetha. makes him a party to the' suit, and establishes sufficient grounds for challenge, by cither parties. P,ecatisc of this- fact, the power of challenge is unlimited, every taxpaver 1)ein open to challenge, thus eliminating any premptory challenge. It i bar I to predict When the jury will he filled.. At noo.n today, there were ten men sitting, on 'the jury, but some, or all of these may he later excused, before the box is filled. Fifteen of the venire were excused for various, reasons this morning. Many Had Opinions. Every man who has been ex-

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$ $ $ 3 -a. M amiucd to sit on the jury, has read,, or heard of the court house case. Many expressed opinions on the case, and were excused for that reason. A few were certain thtit it would take an amount of evidence to remove the opinion Which they had already formed in regard M the case. The first 10 men who were excused from sitting on the jury were the following: Sherman Orr had formed and expressed an opinion, feels that he could not do justice to all parties concerned), because of his biased opinion. W. K. Bailey, challenged by Martindnlc, on ground of being taxpayer. Daniel Drown of Bourbon tp., liiad formed and expressed an opinion, which would take evidence to remove. Solomon F. Yoder of Bourbon tp., had formed an opinion could not try case impartially. Warren McFarlin had followed case closely, and believes that sonic evidence would he required to change his opinion oi the case. His opinion was not formed on the claims, 'but on the contract. Challenged by Logan. lohn Wickizer is cousin to the editor of the Argos Reflector had real 1 articles concerning case in-Reflector had (not formed or expressed an 'opinion challenged by Logan as taxpayer. John O'Donnell challenged by I.ogan as taxpayer. Kd. Rankert excused for same reason by Logan. John Davis, asked to be cxnisJ. D. Ilizer challenged by Logan as taxpayer. Win. Rcssler of West tp., excusei.ll for ame reason. George Macblan. ahd worked for Jacob Ness. Challenged by

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Martindale as taxpayer. D. C. Smith excused by Martindale for same reason. Alexander Densniore had formed and expressed an opinion. Wni. H. Foulke asked to be excuscl! 'because of ill health. Lincoln Koch excused by Lo gan as taxpayer. New Venire. ' The following is the now ve nrre oi thirty-five, summoned to act as jurymen Thursday. Geo. W. Hatfield, Bourbon tp. Frank Milliner, Xorth tp : . John II. Myers. Green tp; Jacob Carbiner, German tp'; Jacob J. Cromley, Union tp; F. M. McCrory, Center tp; F. M. Zehner, Walnut tp; John Peoples. Green tp; Frank Worthingtoai, Walnut tp; James M. South, Union tp; Vm. II. Reed, Bourbon tp; Wm. L. Hoover, Xorth tp; .Win. Feldman, German tp; Peter Stranderman, Center tp; Cha,. Pritch, Bourbon tp; Ch'as. Powell, Polk tp; Jacob S. Casper, Center tp; Geo. W. Seymour, Bourbon tp; Sherman Miller, Xorth tp; G. K. Peterson, Hourbon tp: Jasper M. Lake, Green tp; Isaac Knoblock German tp; James Anders, Center tp; David Gimer, German tp: Lewis B. Bowel, Walnut tp; lay Gunder, Walnut tp: Lewis Lemert, Polk tp; F. V. Plummer Tippecanoe tp ; Oris E Gay, Center tp; Albert Baum, West tp; Jacob Gottsdialk, Bourbon tp; Virgil Rensberger, Polk tp; Frank M. Gibbons, Green tp; F. D. Lamson. Center tp; David Harrington, Tippecanoe tp. The jurv to trv the Arthur W. O'Keefe, versus Jacob S. Ness case. was im'panelexl at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, after .the day had been spent in examining the members of the special venire called for that purpose. Nineteen men in all were excused before a satisfactory jury was obtained. The jury -was finally selected. as aüxve, an I' the v case was com? mcriced. The case is entered as O'Keefe versus Jacob Ness, appeal from allowances made by the Board of Commissioners of Marshall "county, while in, reality; Xess , is the 'plaintiff, and O'Keefe i defendant for the Board of Commissi oners. The-case-now on, trial is a development of the famous Marshall County Court Hon ts e ' ca s e. A brief hi story of the case will be necessarv to the readier who has not followed the case in its complicated developments.. Several months ago, the Board of Commissioners of Marshall county, voted to ask for an appropriation from the County Council, of $15,000 to be used in the repair ami remodeling of the court house. Accordingly bids for the proposed work were called for, and three bidder contended for the contract. There was a distention over the bids received, in that they did not conform to the requirements in all respects, and the commissioners decided to reject all .of them, . and re-advertise for bicl.s. This was done, and three bids were reccivoU on the general contract. The bidders were Arthur W. O'Keefe, Kverly and Wallace and Jacob S. Xess. After a Jengthy dclibcra-: tbn. the Board allowed the contract to O'Keefe, on his bid, of .$H,1.T.. O'Keefe accepted the contract, and began plans for the execution of the contract, which was to have been complete.! by November 1, 1000. Meanwhile Jacob Xes. entered a contention that his hid was lower than the bid of O'Keefe, and that he should have been given the contract. Xess then filed suits, asking for an injunction to restrain O'Keefe froni executing the con tract, or receive money for work done on the contract, and also asked to restrain the Board of Oommfssioncrs from accepting any work flone by O'Keefe, on sircih contract. As soon as notice of the filing of the petition for restraining order was given, O'Keefe ceased work on repairing the court house. As a result of being interrupted in the work, the roof of the court house remained off during stormy weather, and the interior of the building was torn up in a very serious manner. The trial of the temporary restraining order was held before Samuel Parker of South Bend; who was selected to act as special judge in the case. The attorneys for Xess, II. A. Ijogan, and L. M. Lauer asked for the change of judge from Bernetha. The trial for temporary restraining order was completed, and Snecial Judge Parker rant t".l the injunction restraining O'Keefe from executing his contract. Parker ruled that the contract was faultv. but did not in any manner decide that fraud was containedjn the execution of the contract. All work stopped on t'hc court house, until the case should be finally deer Jed at the trail for the permanent order. Tli is time the attorneys for Ness again asked a change from Bernetha, and 'Moses B. Lairy of Logansport, was selected to act

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as Special Judge. The case was tried carefully, and in a sensible decision, Lairy dissolved the in junction, saying that no fraud was shown in the execution of the contract, and in all other re spects, the board of commission ers would be allowed to use their discretion in allowing the con tract to any bidder whom they saw fit, thait being a part of their power of discretion. However, Lairy ruled that the contract for one item, namely he decoration of the court rooms, was not reg ular, and he granted a restraining order on this item, ruling ithat it should be re-advertised for. The decision was a sweeping yictory for O'Keefe and the Board of Commissioners. O'Keefe then procee.lcrt to recommence work on the repair of the court house in uie contract win on was executed between O'Keefe and the board ot commissioners, it was provided? tliat O'Keefe ' should present monthly statements of work done, and these should be allowed by the commissioners. Under this provision O'Keefe, presented three bills for work subsequently done in the repair of the court house. This work consisted of installing a new steam boiler, rewiring the buildinig for electric lights, and laying a temporary felt roof, until the "weather should permit the tile roof .to be placed. The tile for the new roof was delivered to the court house, and awaits place--ment now. Meanwhile the attorneys for Xess appealed the decision of Judge Lairy to the Supreme Court ami began action on the allowances made by the com missioncrs, because of the pending of the original case. The commissioners allowed the claims of O'Keefe, as they Were presented and certified to, by the architects Griffith and Fair of Ft. Wayne. At the allowance of each bill, the attorneys for Xess took an appeal to the Circuit Court. There were three such allowances, and three appeals "were made. Upon the agreement of both parties these three suits were combined, ami it is the appeals on these three allowances made to O'Keefe, that is now being tried in the court. -Th,a esehsjowT! Jfa ; mpus throughout the county, having created much bitter factional party .sentiment. The fact that the editor of the Plymouth Democrat, C". W. Metsker, went on each appeal bond of Xess, thereby aiding in the fight against O'Keefe. and the county officials involved, gave rise to the feeling against the" Democrat editor, by the-host of his own party, who are in sympathy with the actions taken by the Commissioners, and court officials in the case. Judge Bernetha in a ruling" on motion made lait w eek substantiated the decision of Lairy on the original contract case, which is now pending in the Supreme Court, and the decision of which is awaited by all interested. Another side issue of the case was the issue of .$15,000 bond.--, appropriated by the county council. Bids were received for the sale of the bonds, and a bonding firm of Indianapolis were given the bonds upon their bid. A few weeks later the company refused to accept the bond's, as their attorneys had advised them, that their issue was. with a flaw and probably illegal. . To surmount this phase, the County Council met in a special session, and r-s-cinde 1 the appropriation o" the j.00'j. with a bond is' :e, to raise :V money and reappropriated the amount, wi.h '-e provision that the money shouli be raised . by issuing promisary notes of the county, for the sum of $.").000 each, due respectively on Jan. 1, 1012, and on the first of January of each of the two succeeding years. The feature of Friday in the Xess-O'Keefe, allowance case, occurred at 2:30 o'clock in the af. temoon, when Judge Bernetha sustained the -Objection of Attorney Kellison for Arthur O'Keefe to the submission of bids of the unsuccessful bidders on the court house repair, which was attempted by Attorney Logan for Ness. Logan stated that he wished to prove that the contract was not let to the lowest bidder. The objection made by Kellison was, that the introduction of such bids, would seek to attack the validity of the contract between the Board of Commissioners and Arthur W. O'Keefe. and such an i&sue had no bearing on this case. Tudge Berneth'a upheld the objections of Kellison, thereby shutting out the issue of the validity of the contract between O'Keefe and the commissioners. The attorneys for Ness, took exception to the ruling nml had objections recorded in the record, and submitted the bids of Jacob Ness, Evcrlv and Wallace, J. C. Eich, and Sheridan and Chapmlan, all of which were excluded from evidence foy Judge Berne(Continued to Page 8)

RECALLS HISTORY OF

EARLY INDUSTRY OF COUNTY The "Old Forge" Near Twin Lake Located in 1836 With Hope of Making the Mining of Iron a Great Industry Near Plymouth.

Some time ago, Ed. R. Monroe, county recorder, received a letter from a man in Boston making inquiry in regard to the Crocker family who resided in Marshall county about the time of, and for a few years after the organization of the county. Mr. Monroe found that Isaac Crocker had served by appointment as Recorder from September 13, 1838 to November 14, 1839, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of the Recorder, Evan B. Hobson. He also found upon inquiry of many old citizens that he was probably the father of Charles and Ed. R. Crocker who were engaged in various kinds of business and finally established about that time what was known as the "Old Iron Forge," near Twin Lakes in West Township. The reason of building the Forge at that place was because there was found near by large quantities of bog iron ore, and it was thought by the Crockers and others, associated with them that there was a mine of wealth in the enterprisc if it could be properly worked out. But like many an enterprise of that kind it proved a failure, and the Crockers disposed of it for a song to Lyman H. Andrews who permitted it to go into a state of decay, and final abandonment. In the first History of Marshall County, written by Daniel McDonald in 1880 and published by Kingham Brothers in 1881, the following in regard to this primitive enterprise will be of interest: "The "Old Forge" located by Charles Crocker and others, at the lower end of Twin Lakes, Marshall County Indiana, about VERDICT FOR DELIBERATED FOR SIX HOURS ON UNION DITCH CASE. Plaintiff Broyght Suit to Mandate Acceptance of Work Done on Construction After deilberating for over six hours, on the case of Piatt Dickson versus County Surveyor Percy J. Troyer, to mandate the accqvtancc of the C. E. Thornburg ditch, the jury returned a sealed verdict at 1:15 Thursday morning, findling for the plaintiff, on his petition for mandate. .The case was the result of the falure of the county surveyor to accept the construction of the Thbrnburg ditch, Avhich was miade by . contractor Dickson. The ditch was started while David VanVactor was county smrveyor, in 1D0G, and -was completed during the administration 0 the present surveyor P. J. Troyer. Troyer refused to accqit the ditch because of the fact that no reconj had been made of the proc ceding by the preceding surveyor, and because of the objections raised to the acceptance of the litch by parties who were assessed on its construction. These parties maintained that the ditch had not been constructed according to the original specifications Dickson completed the icWtdh, and claimed the sum of $300 for work done on construction. The litch was not accepted and Dickson failed to receive his compensation. Accordingly the friendHyi suit Was instituted against surveyor Troyer, to determine the legality of construction, and compel the acceptance of the alitcli. The case was hard fought, and occupied three days 1 nthe Circuit Court. The case went to jury 'shortly before C o' clock Wednesday night and that body was in deliberation until 1 :1T Thursday morning. Türe vcr. Oict was opened and read at convening of court, at 0 o'clock Thuirs day morning. Has New Auto. Jos. Swindell Tuesday received his new auto, a four cylinder Maxwell. The machine was driven overlankl from Bourbon.

the year 1836, originally gave promise of becoming a place of considerable importance. Like the famous Duluth, the sky came considerable importance. Like down at equal distances all around it, and hence it was considered about as near the center of the Universe as it was possible to figure it out. Charles Crocker, in the early history of that region was the presiding genius of this embryo city, but the Phylixus of fortune failed to bring him the golden fleece, and about 1850 when the country was going wild over the discovery of gold on the Pacific coast, he disposed of his interest in the Forge

and sought the golden shores of California for the purpose of replenishing his depleted exechequer. The building of the Union Pacific Railroad was just then being contracted for, and Mr. Crocker, full of life and energy and business ability, engaged with others in contracting and building the Pacific end of the road. How well he succeeded, is shown in the fact that he is this year (1880) assessed for taxable purposes in San Francisco the modest sum of $19,000,000. The Forge hammer that could at one time be heard miles and miles away, has long since been removed and the mining and forging of the very inferior bog iron ore found in that vicinity has been abandoned and but little remains to indicate that such an enterprise ever existed.'' Charles Crocker died a score or more years ago in San Francisco, one of the wealthiest men on the Pacific coast. y Sunday School Notes. The Sttnday Schools of Marshall County has been- especially honored in having been asked to contribute to the Sunday School aril Missionary Exposition, to be held in connection with the Sixth WorM's Sunday School Convention, in Washington, D. C May 10, to May 24, 1910. The purpose of this Exposition in the words of Dr. George W. Bailey, Chairman World's Executive Committee, is "to give a Sunday School vision to the missionary world, and a missionary vision to the Sunday School world." This Exhibit will 'incluUe printed matter showing the work of the Sunday School Association in all its departments; Printed matter relative to the laM county, township or chy convention; Speciments of hand-work done in the Sunday Schools, in the Elementary grades, Teacher Training and Adurt Bible Class Departments. It is the intention, on the close of the World's Convention, to distribute the material of the exhibit to the representatives, present from foreign lands. All Sunday Schools in' the county are asked to join in responding to this request of the Worlds Sunday School Association, if possible, by seridrng to Mr. Frank Scmtlrworth, 50C Miner street, Plymouth, printed articles and samples of handwork, by March 14. MARRIED. Lacher-Matthews. At the home of and by Rev. S. II. Yager, on Wednesday evening, March 2, 1910, Mr. John W. Lacher and Miss Dessie ' P. Matthews were united in marriage. Mr. Lacher is one of Plymouth's energetic young men and is- well known in this city. vMiss Matthews is a daughter of the late Jasper N. Matthews, arid is a; young lady that moves in the best society and is highly esteemed. 'Mr. and Mrs. Lacher will make their home in this city and after March 20, will be at home to their many friends on Nursery street, where they are furnishing a nice residence. May they ha.ve a long and happy life is the wish. of all th'at know them. H Infare Dinner. Mr. C. Q. Rust, assisted by his sister. Miss Julia Rust entertained at dinner Thursday in honor of his son Vernon and his bride. Covers were laid for eleven. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Zutzbaugh of Deeds, Ind., parents of the ride, and Mrs. Charles Philips and daughter, Mtes Esther Philips of Plymouth. . ,