Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 12, Plymouth, Marshall County, 21 December 1895 — Page 1

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edepeedeet emu Vol. II. PLYMOUTH, MARSHALL COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, DECKMHKK 21 I)."). No. 21

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IS WHAT EVERY MAN WANTS, AND HERE THEY ARE.

From now on until January 1, 1896, for each and every cash sale J will give the following bargain: With every suit of clothes, an extra pair of pants of the same material as suit; with every single pair of pants, a good pair of suspenders; and all overcoats will he made at rock-bottom prices, (iive me a call. KLEINSCHMIDT, THE TAILOR.

A Tellit High Prices

This is what occurred at our store this week, and COMFORTS, BLANKETS, CURTAINS and SPREADS received the brunt of the hit. Cost was not considered in the reduction of prices on these goods; we desire to get rid of them before the season further advances. This word; inaugurates this special sale of (JOMFORTS, BLANKETS, CURTAINS and SPREADS. It begins to-day Dec. 18, and continues till Dec. 24. We received a shipment of Chenille4 and Damask Curtains that we wish everyone to see. These go in with the others at reduced. prices.

Ball & C

PLYMOUTH

FARMERS, DO YOU WANT CASH ? Then cut your second growth White Ash into holts and logs and deliver to our lactory. JJoits cut 4 long, 0 inches in diameter and up, SG.5Ö per cord. Logs cut 5, 11 or Wt l td long, 12 inches in diameter and up, 18 per thousand. Must be straight timber and free from knots. INDIANA NOVELTY M'F'G CO.

Hit! Knocked Out! ARABIN,

THE COUKT SAYS '"SO"

Plymouth's Fourth Ward Deal Is Reversed. TWO COUNCIL-MEN OUT OF A JOB News of the Iieciioii Creates luli Kxcitenifiit in this City I'osnihle K fleet npoK 'Municipal Legislation. From Friday's Daily. The supreme court of Indiana has spoken. The wise five spoke yesterday and they spoke right out in meet in", too. The report last evening that the supreme court had passed upon and knocked oir the widely advertised "fourth ward deal," came in the form of a telegram from the state capital and spread like wild tire. All over town knots and little bunches of politicians and citizens were gathered in interested discussion of the report and its possible consequences. Kv'T sm.'e the original case went up from Judge Vinson's court, the guesses hazarded upon the final outcome of the appeal have been numerous and varied. Still it were sale to say that the more sargume, even, of the watchful republicans did not look for so complet- -.i sup porting of their claims, and sin 1 utter throwing aside of their political opponents. The lirst news of the decision cd the high tribunal came in the shape of the following telegram, from Assistant Sec-retary-of-btate Wright to Chief Clerk Oglesbee, in this city. I.N'KI AN AI'OI.IS. !.. II. P.. o.;i.ksj.i k. Plymouth. Supreme court leveiseil lecNioti in fourth v;trl c;im'. Holds ü:aor no ii;dit to ote -onli-nam-f nni.xt te lead three day, not three times one day. W. S Wit n; in . More fully and clearly stated, t'.iis means, and the decision of the supreme court is, that in the meeting wherein was born the inception of the whc'i trouble the last regular meeting of the ity council under the administration of Mayor J)rummond, the rules of order then in current force could be suspended only by a two-thirds vote of the members. Thus the using of the mayorial franchise to make a bare majority was illegal, the repealing of the rules was in consequence of no elfect, and the business transacted under such repeal was altogether void. The primal elfect of this sweeping decision is to knock out the fourth ward in toto. Incidentally, Aidermen-by-guesa Maxey and O'Keefe will retire more or less gracefully into the deeper shadow, and the municipal ship of state will sail quiet'y on under the original rules and conditions. '1 Toll You So." The crop of "I-told-you-so"' brethern is already becoming pretty large. Incidentally, it tnay be interesting to note that, outside of those who did so for political reasons, the lirst genuine 'I-told-you-so" prophet was Tin: JndkPKXDKNT. In the issue of Friday, October 2, 18U1-our second number The Independent said, in the course of an exhaustive review of the municipal tie-up: "To a man up a tree, who lias no especial interest, except that of a citi.en. In the controversy, it would seem that the republican position is the most just ami reasonable one." Thus it will be noticed that, standing outside of any political bias, this paper as usual voiced the opinion of the people, and was upon the eminently correct side of the question. Of course, it can bat be somewhat gratifying to see that the state court of last resort so fully backs up the vie as taken so far back by us The Situation Sow. Ex-City Attorney Oglesbee said in relation to his telegram from Swift Wright, that there could be no question as to the existing situation now. There was no re-trial of the case possible, no new issues to be adduced and this decision simply ended everything. Plymouth never had more than three wards and six councilmen. City Attorney Harley A. Logan vas asked by the Independent reporter the possible effect upon any legislation enacted by the council as it had been constituted for the past year whether the claim of de facto official service could be sustained. Said he: "If there has been no legal vacancy in ollice, there can be no de facto filling of that vacancy. Hence, any important legislation whose passage depended upon the votes of the two pseudo councilmen was not legally passed. Still, I recall no vital work done in such manner." Mayor Swindell didn't recall any vital legislation apt to be brought into serious legal question under like conditions. The north sewer project, he aui4w

passed and put through in such manner, butjthe city had done the work and it was paid for. The later sewer work was the result of an unanimous vote, so that the two "queer" votes had no effect one way or trie other. Looking IIiK'kwurd. Plymouth citizens in general cannot help but feel thankful that the whole trouble is now over, beyond any possible resurrection. They remember the high and angry wave of feeling which it engendered, and which was not confined by our city limits. For three months city affairs were tied up, a quorum could not be secured in council, city business c lid not be transa :ted. Then, after Judge Uurson's decision, the two new men were recognized under protest, so to speak, by Mayor Swindell, and so the municipal band wagon was once more started onward with the twain occupying real seats up uext to the bass drum. Put the high-hunde affair has made trouble enough, and we are glad it's all over. It must be understood, certainly, that the Independent looks at such matters as this, which so closely ailect our little city's weal, lnm the nonpartisan and unbiased standpoint of a citizen whose business future lies in this, his home town, and who desires only t see it prosper in all things. Vet the above quoted excerpt shows that from the start, it appeared patent to us that the movement to make the new ward was not right was in fact a simon-pure political move, whose only object seemed to keep the town under the direct control of the political party whose doings and authority the people had unmistakably repudiated at the election j ist previous The question of additional and unwarranted expense involved by the attempt was not con siuered by those back of it, nor the hardships which were suffered by the people - especially by city employes - through the municipal tie-up fi r three long months. We may expect to find the outer walls of the city hall soon decorattd with a notice after something of the following style: : Fn: .ia:, : : Two oüicial togas, royal purple, : : 'most as good as new. : : Inquire within. ;

At the Front. Wednesday's Daily Independent gave conclusive evidenc-i to our readers that we are giving an excellent telegraphic service, and one to those who are not taking a Chicago Daily, that is of considerable value. Wednesday's edition gave a complete report of the presidents message, to congress, and the entire correspondence between Silsbury, of Kngland, and Secretary Onley of this county. There is not an American citizen who does not desire to be informed upon all these great important issues, and the people of Plymouth even now receive this excellent feature at their door every evening. The transaction of business in Congress, is another important feature of the telegraphic service of the Independent, which comes through the efforts of competent reporters every evening. One of the deserving features of the telegraphic service of the Daily Independent, is the concised and pointed manner in which it is given. Our readers are able to gather the eve its of the past twenty four hours, in a short space of time, and not compelled to search over several paes of matter of news that may not be of interest to them. Insane on Keligion. There is a story of more than ordinary pathos behind the simple chronicling of the news item that Charles T. Kizer and his wife were taken to Longcliff insane hospital at Logansport by Sheriff Smith Thursday afternoon. Charles T. Kizer is a farmer in moderate circumstances, who lives about four miles west of town in West township. IJis family consists of a wife and five children between the ages of three months and 14 years. He is a man of good education, pretty well read on daily topics and has always been considered soundly sensible until, some time ago, both he and his wife Lou became intensely interested in religious subjects. They imbibed the "santification theory, and the intensity of their feeling soon wrought its effect upon their rather impressionable minds. Still, they do not insist upon talking religion, and upon other subjects are perfectly ratianal. Their examination by a commission of lunacy was at the instance of relatives. They were declared insane, and were taken into custody by the sheriff yesterday and brought here to jail. The four elder children were taken the '.hfounty poor atylum, and this

i separation of the family caused intense

sorrow to the parents. The latter, with the infant child, were started for Lorigcliffe this afternoon. Kizer said that he intended next year to travel in a covered wagon about the state as an itinerant preacher r the goI U The Deadly Huker. No other invention that has been brought to the notice of the people of this state has committed mo. e butcheries than the corn husking machine. There is hardly a day goes by without the mangling of some pour unfortunate who has by accident come in contact with the deadly knives on a rapidly

"- i'jcorrugaied hack has known so many since the inaugural ou of corn husking trembling and feari ul human loads of

by machinery, mangled hands and arms I have been added to the catagory of j mishaps. i The latest accident is reported from ! near Idaville, where a oung man by j the name of Levi Penny was operating I one of these entrance to a grave vard

j Monday atterm..,,,. He reached over j ilic hul!. wh,.lv n(Vt.,.s been laid for I to remove an obstacle from the edge ..i ja fu!l ha!t UuU,-n. a.s.. a sumptuous j the ejlmder. and like a Hash the grind- j t XVd ,J:U..ul Ty. (llM.i:,sio:i ul I ""'" had him in itselutche. and j tl:t. nu.al ,va, ,.ll,,liU.u.u a!Kj enlivened j ere a hand could be reache I forth tojhV the ril,t.mai v running lire of 1 111save him, his arm was chopped off to I 10II1Itll pleasantries and mtormal en,the s'.oulder and one side of his face j( ,Vments. such as must accomnanv the j a quivering mass of ton llesh, and the asseilllin:j t ..ther of a partv of lightl :....r.i . . i . - - 1 -

uidmsm.ntyj.ms man w no a .-non time befoie was busy with the planning of future prospects wie scattered around the machine. lie breathed his last before his comrades removed him from the treacherous maw of the corn busker. Young Uenny was only 21 years of age and lived in Cass county where the ! remains were taken for interment. Water, Water Everywhere. The copious rains of the last two or three days have saturated the ground to a goodly depth and notwithstanding their disagreeable feartures of slush, slippery pavements and damp feet have brought joy to many. Cisterns have been lilled, failing wells have been replenished and the ideal conditions to precede a long hard seasonable freeze prevail. There is water everywhere and it is not impossil le, or was not this morning to lind houses in tin's city, entirely surrounded by the aqueous lluid. When an Independent lepresentative stopped a moment this morning to note the labors of a man engaged in cleaning out a gutter the man said: "Can't vou raise them aldermen a little bit on the water question '-"".and as the Independ ent man started on he continued: "They wont think much about the water now but will be around to tee us when they need our votes." lie laughed a menacing laugh and turned to solve the pratical drainage question upon which he was engiged. Illness til Mrs, I"rel shoemaker. Mrs. Fred Shoemaker, the wife of the Michigan street restaurateur, was prostrated about Thursday noon by a sudden attack of nervous prostration. She had been suffering from violent headaches, but the moreseriois phase of disorder came practically without warning. he fell and was assisted to a chair, immediately becoming unconscious. Dr. Knott, who chanced to be passing the house at the moment, was called in, and after an hour's hard wjrk, succeeded in restoring consciousness. Mrs. Shoemaker is reported much improved this afternoon, with the probability that the more serious stage is passed. Itoys Attraet Attention. Two or three boys got into a scramble over their hats Wednesday and were an attraction around which soon gathered a considerable crowd. JJusiness men stopped on their way from dinner and school boys and girls tarried on their way from school to witness the juvenile struggle. The hats of contention received very little consideration at the hands of the boys as they struggled eastward on Garro street, and as they struggled the crowd grew on the Michigan street corner but the fun did not last long and when the hats were finally restored to their rightful owners the crowd dispersed. Masque Social. The ladies of the W. K. C, will give a masquerade social at the G. A. lt., hall on Friday Dec. 27th. For the benefit of their relief fund an admission of ten cents will be charged. This will entitle each one to ice cream and cake. Come everyone and enjoy a sociable masquerade. Young people are especially invited. l.ieense to Wwl. John Heede to Elizabeth Cat. John L. T. Eghtmeger to Lorisa Yockey. William J. Kennells to Myra E. Miller

BROUGHT THE COAT.

Lo-:I . rianuoiites I-; tit ell . i it a Merry I'.irty of Their voiith i:iol r rut er. The bonds of fraternal union were more chsel v welded together Wedhesi da- niphl b" tm. Ilieillbers of the oca! i rT.tltw.1 ot'tl.L PmvmI t t...ii...n Tlu.ir v-ioivii vi noiui k i i. antun, jnn nail was the scene of one of the merriest convocations that has enlivened Plymouth's little secret society world diiriir; the seas-in. At T:'J ) arrived a party of twentysix followers of the my -tic crown from nit!: Ueml. Their arrival was not altogether unexpected, and they brought with them the excellent St . t Joe decree team arid the eoat whose wisdom seekers. Two candidates for degrees were pro ded by the Plymouth brethren and were formally and prettily inducted into the inner secrets of tht order. At a late hour, the itors ami their hosts ad ioii!h( d tothe imemaker din-iiearU-d Uie:i bonded ill the social ranks (lf aIlV SIIlliiar 4,rdt.r. After retreshmeiits had ieen served and accorded full justice, a return to the hall preluded the re-opening of the lodge in the form ol a council of t lie Grand Orient -1 hat order of all orders. A number of members were taken through the devious, winding ways of the lea'nis orient-il. and the hours passed rapidly until he time came for theouth l'end brethren to return to their homes. The return trip was made by a Yandalia freight, which was literally ;aken bv storm. The event was mi; hse pleasant memories will long be c'.eris'itd by the local eo. nici! members, uad the invita tion to 'feme again of tmceritv. beais its full load All Eenie I rei-lil Wreck. A freight wreck wnich looked much worse than it was, and still was b3d enough to delay all through tralüc lor several hours, occurted in the Pennsylvania east yards, a' th turn-table, Friday morning. From 1 (."clock on until the wrecking .crews were kept busily at work ir. J the attempt to clear the main track for passage. And meantime the early Chicago liver known as the "news j aper train" was lying back at the tower, three hours late and effectually blocked. Two east bound through freights were the participants in the smash-up, thouth just where the lea! blame falls will be dillicult to say. One train had broken at the tower and the lirst half was backing onto the siding by the table, in its switching work. The second train, drawn by locomotive .T1, Engineer McMnllen. came up the table track, disregarded the red switch lights and crashed into the side of the lirst train. Engine 2Ö1 was quite badly damaged while two loaded box cars of the lirst train were totally demolished, torn to pieces and their contents strung along the track. Probably all the crew inen connected with the wreck will "go upon the carpet" but just who will be punished for the costly negligence it weie useless to conjectuie. The spot was a great drawing card for our citizens for several hours. A Housing Meeting. Tuesday night's K. O.T.M. meeting is reported as a rousing one. A regular review meeting was held. Eleven candidates were balloted on and two applications, too late to be acted upon were held over to the next meeting. Two candidates were initiated into the mysteries of the order by the fiftytwo sir knights who were present There are now 102 members of Tent lodge No. 27 in good standing. An invitation received to go to Uourbon Thursday night next for the purpose of instructing a lodge at that place was accepted, with the intentions being to leave here at 8:40 on that evening. The round trip fare will be only 0 cents if ten or more go. A I -arge Catch. One of the finest string of lish ex hibited in Plymouth was seen Tuesday. They consisted of thirty-two black bass six of them averaging six pounds, w hile the remainder weighed three and a half pounds each. This catch was brought in by two strangers who had epent the day at Lake Maxenkuckee, one of the finest lakes for fishing in the state of .Indian?,