Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 12, Plymouth, Marshall County, 21 December 1895 — Page 5

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Satukday, DhCKMßKR 21, lS'JÖ. LOCAL MEVITIES. Present Weather. Th' soiiliiniinf th winter winl. Its sih ami uNnial wail. With ieltiit f the winter rain. And miul ami slush in every lane. They make. forsHth, a dismal tale. Ai.lkn lH:oi. From Wednesday's Daily. Frank JJrooke is on the sick list. J. C Gallagher is on the sick list. Ir. Hamilton of Lapaz, is in the city to-daj Nickel Plate Koad and low rates are synonyms. J. C. Warnes went to DeLong to-day, on business. Miss Minnie Young left for South Lend, to-day, Henry Jarrell is in the city to-day on legal business. R. C. OTilenis, of Argos, attended court Monday. lc. 5c. and 10c. toys in Kloepfer's Bargain Basement. George Marble transacted business in South Bend today. Harley Logan and C. 1. Drummond went to Marmont to-day. Celluloid, plush and leather holiday goods at Tanner'3 drug store. W. J. Fittan, of Silver Lake, this state was on our streets to-day. The Nickel Plate Road operates a dining and sleeping car service. L. W. McClure of Argos, is in the city for a few days, on business. Frank Beeve will entertain to-night at his home on Michigan street. Wanted: 12 or 13 black cat skinsFor price see Geo. II. Baylou, Jeweler Dr. S. W. B Smith and wife left Plymouth, last evening, for Chicago for a short sojourn. The Nickel Plate Boad maintains a perfect passenger service with sleepers and diners. Wm. O'Keefe and family, are preparing to leave for a short visit to the Georgia colonies. The Nickel Plate Boad has through sleeping cars to Chicago, Buffalo, New York, and Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Greenwalt left for South Bend to-day to attend the wedding of their niece. Mrs. Beece will arrive to night to spend the winter at the home of her daughter, on West JelTerson St. Aaron Wicks and wife left this morning for Chicago, where they expect to combine business with pleasure. The Pennsylvania line commenced using their double track between Valparaiso and Chicago Sunday last. We notice through our exchanges a number of dealers advertising Christmas trees from the Holland nursery. The marshal and street commissioner are keeping the cross walks in good condition during this muddy weather. Wm. Thompson, of Dunfee, Ind., who has been in jail awaiting trial as an accessory to the Singer murder, has been released. A young farmer named L. Nicholas near Tiga, was found dead in his bed Sunday morning. Heart laiiure was the trouble. A greater number of Ihe residents of Marion, Ind., are returning to the use of wood and coal, owing to the unreliability of gas. Miss Carrie Fitzgerald, of Bochester, passed through Plymouth enroute for Culver City, where she will take a position on the Herald. The members of the Catholic ladies aid society will meet at the residence of Mrs. Michael Ryan, Thursday afternoon December l'J, 1VJ5 To kill a felon wrap a cloth around it leaving the the end open, pour in gun powder and then wet with camphor. It is a sure relief. An eminent physician says that dogs and cats may, and do, have diphtheria and scarlet lever and that they may convey the contagion. Muncie has a law which prohibits a saloon being operated in the business portion of the town. A suit on hand is to dehne the boundary. A lit'Je baby girl claims the attention of a doting father and mother at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Ketcham. It made its appearance last even ing. The small boys and girls ot this city have taken up the fad of knocking on windows and doors at different houses. They had better be at home studying their lessons for school. Preparations are steadily going forward for the Christmas turkev shoot to be held at the fair grounds in this city and a large number of shooter are taking an interest in the coming event. The ladies of the Altar Guild have decided to begin their Christmas sale of home made candies on Friday Dec. 20th, instead of on Monday Dec. 2.'J, as at first proposed. The sale will continue four days. They have also decided to divide the stock between Miss Schlarb's

store and Blaine's drug store instead of confining the sale to Miss Schlarb's store as was originally intended. The jury in the case of Geo. Sloop for 'he murder of his wife, which has been on trial at Monticello, returned a verdict of "not guilty,' at 11:30 Tuesday morning. The mayor of Goshen is reported as presenting to the council of that city a recommendation to establish a bath tub at the water works for the city employees. John KUisin, a brakeman on the L. E. & W., has brought suit against that company for 85,000 to repay him for the loss of three lingers, lost while coupling cars Buy a -New Udell Type Writer" at Tanner's drug store for 820.00, guaranted to do all the work of the 8100.00 machine. Over twenty thousand in actual use to-day. If you want the political news of the the coming campaign read our advertisements of clubbing offers with the New York World and Trioune else where in this paper. The Adams express agent of Founersburg, in Sullivan county, skipped out Monday with some 84.000 of the company's funds. He has not been apprehended yet. Jas. Wilson, of Indianapolis, editor of a paper known as the "People," has been sentenced to the penitentiary for two years and to pay a line of 8250. Copies of this sheet have been distributed in Plymouth. That druggist who has entered into the manufacturing of tablets for the strengthing of memory, will surely meet with a large demand from newspaper men. They can mail them to their delinquent subscribers. Yesterday morning Mrs. Geo. Howell, of Crown Point, while getting breakfast, fell across the hot stove while in a lit. She was terribly burned, and no hopes are entertained of retaing her eye sight, both being affected by the burns received. A corresponuent for the Kansas City Sun, at Columbia Cify, is about to have the vials of wrath dropped upon hi head for sensational articles that appear in that sheet regarding people at that place. Money is being raised to further the earch. Mr. Frank Nicholay, who conducts the tonsorial parlor on the corner of Michigan and Laporte street under Kloepfer's store, has secured the service of a tirst-class barber, a Mr. J. K. Dickie, of Chicago. Mr. Dickie is reported as being an excellent workman.

From Thursday's Daily. J. W. Beplogle is in town from Goshen. Buy your Holiday goods at Kloepfer's Bargain Basement. A large assortment of blank books just received at Tanner's. All kinds of Christmas goods in Kloepfer's Bargain Basement. The Nickel Plate Boad is the shortest line between Chicago and Buffalo. Birdie Iloham, of Chicago, is visiting her garndfather, John Iloham, of this city. George W. Klsesser and Lewella Matthews were licensed to wed to day by the county clerk. Charles Turner comtemplates going on the road for a line of school supplies under W. B. Kverly. California passengers should ask ag .Tits of the Nickel Plate road for rates and connections before purchasing tickets elsewhere. Pennsylvania passenger train No. 8, east bound, was delayed half an hour last evening by an obstruction on the track near Davis. Will Bice, of Indianapolis, and Geo. E. Whitcouib, of Pittsburg, are in the city, combining a business visit with social pleasures. Elmer Tucker is removing to Plymouth from Bourbon to day. We will occupy the Mattingly property in the south part of town. The regular meeting of the Sons of Veterans will be posponed until Thursday evening next week, owing to the usual night being Christmas. It has been truthfully said that "civility costs nothing and has been known to bud, blossom and bring forth fruit years after the seed was sown." Peter Hank, who has been one of the familiar attaches in the Riverside barber shop, left to-day for his homo in Valparaiso, where he will be employed by his brother. The Nickel Plate road operates a perfect passenger service composed of first and second class day coaches ittended by colored porters. Excellent dining cars and through sleeping cars to Chicogo, Cleveland, Buffalo, New York and Boston. Bates always the lowest. Tf e knowing ones who notice the exceptionally wise appearance of Messrs J.C. Jilson, H. Il.Iionham, Ira Lauer and William Eveliy to day, will med no further explanation than that the quartette became Princes of the Orient at Boyal Arcanum hall last night. Elder Woodward and wife, who have a host of genuine admirers m this place, will arrive this evening. They are enroute home from work in Michigan,

and will conduct services over the Sab bath at Chapel hall. Dr. Viets and Ed Lenfesty were in Bremen yesterday. A beautiful line of gift book's at Tan ner's by the F. N. Bank. Mr. J. W. Thomas and son went to Chicago on business to-day. If you are in need of toys, be sure to see Kloepfer's Bargain Basement. B. A. Herman, of Delphi, is the guest

of his brother-in law, J. E. Turner. C. 1). Beil'snider, traveling freight aent of the B. & U. road, was in town to-day. Semi-Wi:kkly Independent and the Cosmopolitan, the greatest magazine in America, only 81.83 per year. Ten patents for pneumatic shoes have been issued, at.d there is no telling how soon we may be walking around "on air." Nickel Plate road, low rates, and perfect service are all synonyms. A through sleeping car service between Chicago, Ft. Wayne, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo, New York and Boston. Lower Center street is in a particularly bad condition now as a result of the heavy rain, in the vicinity of the big sewer. It will take a year or so before the dirt is well settled. Now is the time to make your plans for your winter California trip. Ask agents of the Nickel Plate road about low rates and connections with the fast California trains out of Chicago. The postollice of this city issued 144 money orders last week. The pulse of business may easily be felt at the postollice and the above resord shows strength and vitality above the average. If you have distant friends in any part of the United States or Canada we feel sure that they will appreciate a Christmas present of a year's paid up subscription to the Semi-Weekly InDKPEXDKT. Embloyes of the Pennsylvania and Vandalia roads were gladdened yesterday by the monthly visit of the respective paycars. The latter road pays off a day earlier than usual this month on account of the holiday shopping. Kewanna Herald Jim Ellis, the Plymouth cigar maker, spent Sunday with his family at this place and reports three hands working at his factory and way ahead in orders. We are glad to learn that Jim's goods are being appreciated. The Chicago Dispatch states ' the matter fairly and truly when it says: The afternoon paper is the only real newspaper. News is a perishable commodity. It will not keep. To-morrow it will be history. The morning paper prints the history of yesterday; the afternoon paper gives you the news of to-day. Last night some twenty-six members of the Boyal Arcanum, of South Bend came down to Plymouth to assist that order in the initiation ot a couple of extraordinary good candidates into the mysteries that surround the inner workings of their lodge room. It is reported that the preparations for this event had been well laid and that a great time was had. Already the young people who have wandered away from the town of their childhood, called by business or study, are beginning to return for the holiday season. By next week a goodly number of Plymouth homes will welcome a family circle again complete by the temporary return of the sons and daughters "to spend Christmas with the old folks." Mr. John Baugher, of Walkertom received a telegram this morning announcing that his daughter, Miss Nora Walker, of Benton Harbor, was dying. Mr. Baugher left this morning on his sad mission, and was in hopes of reaching the bedside Lefore it was too late. Miss Nora is but fifteen years of age and has been attending very closely to her studies, and before her late sickness was making rapid progress. From Friday's Dally. Wm. Everly is in South Bend. Theo. Cressner went to Chicago today. M. W. Simons is in Chicago on business. L. H. VanScoic is here from Bourbon to-day. 200 doz. canned goods cheap at the When. Andrew Molter bid business in Bourbon yesterday. Dr. Bichey, of Donaldson, is among the day's visitors. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Parker went to Chicago to-day. Mr. and Mrs. James Wickier went to South Bend to-day. Bert Harris is the new man at the Biverside barber shop, Frank Casad, of Hamlet, was a Fly mouth visitor yesterday. Mrs. Ed. Brucker is able to sit up again, alter a severe illness. Bert E. Nussbaum came home from Ann Arbor university for the hoidays. Mrs. M.S. Tribbey, of Kan Clair Wis., is visiting her sister Mrs. C. K. Hughes. QThe farmers say wo needed all the rain we received and more would not be a hardship. It's well to think the

long-drawn-out torrent benefited somebody. Mrs. George Cooper went to Waveland to-day, for the holidays. Miss Louise Capron left yesterday for a visit in Syracuse, New York. The Star restaurant hung out a handsome new street sign yesterday. John Kirk, held for burglary, was discharged by Judge Capron to-day. Bev. I Bothenberger will preach at Twin Lak.s next Sunday morning at 10:30. Alice J. Compton was given a divorce from George in the circuit court to-day. The serene waters of the Yellowriver have become troubled considerably of late. Born to Leroy Evans and wife, this morning, a son; to Elmer E. Deacon and wife" a son. A watchman's check clock has been placed in the cycle works and is doing first rate work. George M. Bay, the alleged "crooked" school supply agent, is again visiting northern Indiana trustees. A reputed full brother to Hal Pointer, the noted pacer, was sold at Huntington for 81.25 cn a feed bill. Louis Auris, an employe of KleinSchmidt's tailoring establishment, was presented with a new baby boy this

morning. Bailroad tratlic is nothing now the customary lightness just before the rush inaugurated by the holiday reduction of fare. Tee South Bend Times says that the Boyal Arcanum visitors to Plymouth Wednesday night "enjoyed themselves immensely." Low rate Holiday excursion tickets are sold by agents of the Nickel Plate road, Decmeber 2 Ith, 25th, and 31st ".3, and Jaunary 1st lS'Jtf. Miss Emma Gallagher, one of Columbia City's successful teachers, will arrive in town this evening to spend the holidays at home. William Wei burn and wife, of West township, will leave their home on Tuesday for Illinois, where they will spend the holidays with friends. Services at St. Paul's Beformed church next Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. A Christmas sermon, "The Fullness of Time." Everybody cordially invited. Nile Lindquist, Tabe How, andO. J. Dickinson, students of the Hahnemann medical institute in Chigago, came home Wednesday evening for the holidays. Mrs. Laurence Linkenhelt and daughter Laura returned yesterday from Benton Harbor. Miss Laura's health has been benefited somewhat by the stay at the Michigan resort. A party of fifteen Knights of the Maccabees attended the institution of a new tent at Uourbon last evening by Great Secretary Beprogle. The boys all had a good time, but it took them al night to reach home. Avail yourself of the opportunity to visit our friends while Holiday rates are in effect between all stations between Buffalo and Chicago on the line of the Nickel Plate road. Tickets on sale December 2-lth, 25th and 31st, lb'JO and January 1st, ISM. Miss Georgia Wyatt, an intelligent young woman of Michigan City, is a petitioner for the pardon of her convict lover, George Mack, who is serving a term from Marion county in the north prison. If successful they be mairied at the prison gate. Turkey Time. The time to sell turkeys is when they are fat don't hold for holiday markets. The markets usually on our stock at that time. We can take care of all that will come, any day in the week, at full market value. Don't feed on the day youbringjjto market. J. Swindell Sc Bko. Santa Claus Has induced the Nickel Plate road to sell excursion tickets at low rates to all points on the line between Buffalo and Chicago December 21th, 20th and 31st, 18Ü3 and January 1st, 1S1W. The New Silver Champion, is published for the purpose of promoting a general interest in the restoration of silver. It is issued wee ;ly at J? 1 .( H) per year. A special arrangement enables us to offer 1 81-111 INDEPENDENT AND THE NATIONAL BIMETALLIST One Year for $1.50 casli. THE DAILY INDEPENDENT and THE NATIONAL BIMETALLIST, One Year for $4.50 cash. Send a postal to The National JiiMETALLisT, 131 Monroe St., Chicago, for sample copies. Leave orders with The Independent.

I Mill B METALLIST.

Bmurrae

at the New Furniture Store, Is ready to receive friends and Holiday shoppers. A most interesting reception made attractive by LOW PRICES WHILE THE HOLIDAYS ARE HERE.

Two Floors

are filled with Holiday bargains. A large stock of Willow, Wood and Fancy Rockers will be sacrificed before .January 1. We have too many rockers.

Side Boards, Dressers, Bed Room and Parlor Sets, Dining and ParlorTables Dining Chairs, ALL AT HOLIDAY PRICES.

J. C.

At Kloepfer's Old Stand, Michigan St.

I HAVE

TOO MANY

Albums, Dolls, Toilet Cases, Fine Gift and Children's Books, Children's Dishes and Fine Chinaware. f have, therefore, determinedto make a great reduction on all Holiday Goods rather than carry them over. Come and see me. W. IVI. KENDALL,

Wanted! 100 Little Girls c$$$l To call from December 20 to December 31

.4? and each one HOODS. Fine new line Silk and Eiderdown, Poke Front, Fur Trimmed, worth $2.00 and $3.00, go at 50c, and $1.00. I ig line Camel's J I air and Felt Walking Hats ami Sailors, all go at i?l.(iO each.

The Up'to-Date Fedora. A i I 17 TT AT Q -u Miolim.in Street J J JLX-V. JvvZ5, l'l.yiiioiitli,ltit!.

Of (I

BUNNELL.

will will be nresented with

A Fine Felt Doll's Hat FREE, (Ireat cut in prices. Trimmed Hats and Uonnets go at one-half the regular price. New line of Fxtra Fine Tips and i plumes, worth 50c, 75c, $1.00 and $2.00, go at 25c 50c. and 70c. New line of large and small Fur and Woo Felts at 50c, 70c. and Sl.uo. (Jilt, Jet and Steel Ornaments worth 50c. 75c. and J? 1.00, go at 25c, 50c. and 75c. New Dresden and Persian Silk Wh ets.

Every Description AT THE

INDEPENDENT OFFICE.