Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 30, Plymouth, Marshall County, 22 February 1896 — Page 1

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TT I'LYMOrTII. MARSHALL COl'XTY, INDIANA, SA'ITivDA Y, FKBRTAR Y 22, 1800. YoL. II. No. :;o.

Semä -Weekly

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Pants ! Pants ! Pants !

I 1k. - AM) CORDUlOV A 4mm1 pair of steel uray pants made to order for. . Two orstde eorduroy pants, Suits and prices.

KLEINSCHMIDT THE TAILOR

pariflig

Getting ready line of

No parallel will le found in this city. It will the BEST, BIGGEST, and HANDSOMEST lim- you ever saw.

The ever-inerea.sinj: growth in this line has spurred us on to do that which we have done, and furthermore, years of practical experience have taught us that to he successful in the carpet husiness you must handle it by the roll, and plenty of them. Well, we have ot them, and you will not gainsay it when you once have seen the line. You will find here the cheapest, tin medium and the very best. In addition to this, will carry a large and choice line of

MATTINGS, OIL CLOTHS, AND RUGS. Perhaps you will say, u I need a carpet." Well and good. Come in and let us show you through, quote you prices. Let us take the measure of your room or rooms and see if we cannot get the figures low enough. You will find them in the basement where there is plenty of space to show them up nicely and plenty of lighr to see them to good advantage.

oALL (gt (ARABIN, PLYMOUTH

TO ORDER.

From Thursdays Daily. $"qace Sillers" are as indispensable m a welhregulated printing oUiee as starch JW:r) a well developed shut front of the average society man. F.specially are

jeans working

$4.00 pair to onler

Overcoats at living

9 to receive an enormous

CARPETING S

Of Every Description AT TUB INDEPENDENT OFFICE.

SIWCK FlliLKKS.

AN INDISPENSABLE ARTICLE TO NKWSPAPKR yHDPS. Vu t ii.mii nl it L tltf U .nil i ln.tl Hull. lot,; A Nh.Mt Nuctvli of Itat Iluir l.fiirnrtl . they needed in times like the present, , when the snow turds are holding high carnival and the mercury is playing hide-and-seek down near the bulb of Hit thermometer. So, while the greater number of our citizens are contentedly toasting their .slims by u glowing lire at home or perhaps seated around the warm tires m the numerous store rooms in our city -changing snt' on some great disaster that occurred during a snow storm similar to this "back m the Us, we shall endeavor to introduce i

someinmg in the columns oi un.t us see how our people fe-1 along j 1mi:it.nih:t that will be of some!tlis line Without an effort nothing i interest to its readers as they sit aiountl j (.;in be done. ' , their hearths this evening. And we do J q he remarks 0f Hon. (.has. Peeve at j hope that some of our aldermen who j W i'anMers- institute is the first public j may read it will tleal gently with us if j utterance that has come under our we should tread upon their toes- espe-, nol,r( a:ul bis t imely advancement of ! eially tloe who are opposed to theitllH ,mi:OItant subject will no doubt ;

erection of a scnooi nuii.ung on u' ; South side. Wit desire to make the "Idler'' inter estiiii: today, and in order Jo do so j j would ask our aldermanic Iriends to i accompany us across Yellow river through this driving snow to the waul school building. .Oi couise it is a bad da, but uu can stand for an hour or two what the little tots have been com pelled to undergo uurin: the entire winter. .lust lor the sake of ainin sufficient information we shall "play" it is Wednesday afternoon. We enter the shell of a building and turning to the right lind ourselves in the cloak room. We must, ot course, act just like the children and hang our overcoats and and hats on the hooks provided for that purpose before entering the room. You seem surprised at seeing so few wraps and overshoes in the cloak room. Let us show you something yon, perhaps, have not realized heretofore. Jf not acquainted, let ns introduce you to tho teacher Miss King. Y m being an alderman lrom the "teenth" ward, she will no douht receive vou with profound courtesy and give you all the information necessary. Let us first call your attention to that great space overhead, where nothing but the laths are Visible. Do you note those tiny hairs, that did service in the plastering, gesture wildly as the winter wind waves them to an fro? You shiver! Ah! you perceive now why the cloak room was empty. You discover those little forms bending over their tasks encompassed with their warm cloaks, and if you desire, you may look under the desks and learn that their little feet are encompassed in their overshoes. Let us stand over here away from the torrid heat of that red hot stove: vet you will discover that you are suffering j from a chilly blast equal to that met on the outside. ' I'ut on our overcoats," did you say? Why, we surely can stand this little in convenience lor a short time. Now, Mr. Alderman, go home and think over what you have seen today, but report here Thursday moining and witness more of the troubles anil dis couragements our teachers of the South side have to contend with. Here we are. We presume you are aware that it is somewhat colder this morning than yesterday. liut that makes very little difference, with our teachers and their pupils. You will discover on entering that a pervading gloom surrounds the stairway. We will tell you why. Miss King, after a vain endeavor to keep the room in a partially warm condition, was compelled to dismiss and let the little ones go home. Just step into this room and you will perceive two large stoves or duty, and yet it is with peisistent labor that sullicient heat is produced to prevent actual suffering. We wish to say that this is an actual picture, drawn from the events of the past two days at the two-story frame structure used on the South side as a schoolhouse. It is not our intention to in any way cast an atom of disrespect mvv. At... . upon i im couik innen who opposed the erection of a suitable school building on the South side, but we believe that this rudely-drawn picture of inconvenience and suffering will cause a more liberal policy to be used regarding it.

A oiii hum i;il tub. I mm r r.. i i : r several

Tin: Weeks airo referred to the feasibility of the organiation ol a commercial club in Plymouth. The subject has been considered by seeral id" our prominent business, men and it is thought to be feasible. Never m the history of Plymouth has there been more evidence of the nerd id' such an organization as at J t he ;. resent time. ! Oar city is standing on the threshold! ol a :::eat fu'.ure, and one of the needs of the hour is an association that in a financial way will help the Uusiness ; MenV, association to encourage manuj facturers to come to our city. Tin: ; I n i i pun I i :s i belit ves a commercial ri, formed j our city with the object in view of even the construction of an opt r i house or hotel would in its estimation meet with llattering success. lochen has just completed the organization of sucti a club ami contemplates the raising of slO,oNJ inside of a year to invest in some home industry. The association has placed the price of kV '"I ...,, i,lf.L .,t sMm i,-r n-ir.. twI t . .,,.,!.. of t hat nil v t . .t t i....u- an-i i i-h i are taking shares. Why not in Ply mouth ? Let a meeting

be called aridi"COME-

bear abundant fruit. Let us organize . j ! j a commercial club at once. Mvrrikrn's Mar i:nl-i taiiu-f-. Notwithstanding the fact that the Marshall County Parmer's Inst'tute j drt w a large crowd to the opera house i Mondav evening, the Presbvteriau i church was Idled to its utmost caoacitv to greet the Merriken's Star Lntertainers. The entertainment began at about n o'clock and lasted until i':. , one hour and a halt of solid enjoyment to the appreciative crowd. The opening number from the opera "II Trovatore" by the quartette, was well received and they responded t two encores. "The Lost Chord" ami "1 locked in the Cradle of the Deep" were also very much enjoyed. In the second number Mr. Kugene Page rendered Itubensteine's Melody in P and Musiu's Mazurka de Conceit upon the maiulolin. These were received with enthusiasm. Mis playing is except ionally line ami ho is certainly a master of his instrument. The numbers of the program performed by Wm. A. McCormick were unique and original. His power of imitating sounds made by animals such as the canary, nightingale, swallow, My, prairie hrk, sea gull, lark and of the planing mill, turning of a steam gauge the wind coming down the chimney .etc. are wonderful. "An I'nexpected Call," an imitation iu pantomime of a young lady dressing her hair and getting ready to go to a party, was comical in the extreme and the spectators were convulsed with laugh ter. The tenor and bass solos were also very much enjoyed. As a whole the entertainment is generally conceeded to be one of the best that has visited this city for some time. Tin' 'atlu-r. The past night and this morning, to the citizen who lived in northern Nebraska or Dakota, is a typical March day. The old Nebraska farmer who wakes up in the morning, and gazes out of the window upon such a scene as grea ed our eyes this morning, would softly hum to himself: "Oh Spring, lleautifui .Spring." Then stepping into a pair of slippers, not deigning to put on coat or hat, he would leisurely wade through any ot the small drifts of snow and sand, to the barn to feed the domestic animals. We can see him, as he steps outside of the house, with a gleam of satisfaction in his eyes as he throws back his shoulders and takes a long breath of tho exhilerating northwester, caring nothing for the atoms of and from the sand hills of the north that penetrate his lungs. It takrs all kind of people to make a world. No .Saloons to Kflail Drink. Lagrange, Indiana is now without a saloon. Last Tuesday .1. L. Lapp's license expired, and he immediatly began to dispense tre "ardent" by the quart. I'nder this law the liquor can not be drank upon the premises w hen sold, and now the citizens of that locality are treated to an exhilerating scene when the purchaser repairs to the street and drinks his potion. The question arises, whether a legally licensed and legally controlled saloon would not in the end be better for the morals of any town or community.

NKI.I)I:L IM O KM AT I ON.

, i c v--t. i - i .j- n I Stranger (under the lufluei'.ce) Say, can you tell nie w here the sidrw alk is? I'm a stranger here onii w t it n ni'iui it -1- Iii V - In II u I . I ) I M i . LET US REASON G ETHER." TO ii in It f I'at riot i- ('ilicu l-.ir to Mr llii Mutter 'ttl-l :it Onee "Iii ImlfjM'iiilt'iit" uliiiit' u I'r4.it ion . In the upbuilding of a city, ne of the n.:i features that brings success to n o iis efforts, is harmonv. Without this I essential ingredient success rarelv ! meets the efforts put forth. Plymouth ; at th present time is in the throe of this Pourlh ward matter, that without doubt, i carried through another applic it ion of legal procedure, will result i detrimentally to the tuture progress ot j our growing city. Tin: lM)i:ri:.M)i:.NT honestly believes that this trouble can be amiably adjusted, and that without any clashing of opinion upon either side of the much mooted question. As previously announced by this paper we do not believe in the tightly drawn political lines in municipal affairs, and think that all the people of our city should be of same opinion, and it. is the belief of the greater number of our citizens that if this matter, so unfortunately brought out, can be adjust eel, the future peace and harmony of our city will be an assured fact. The proposition winch Tin: In1)i:it.M)i:nt desires to lay before our city council and those interested is thisLet the council make a fourth ward, using the same boundary as is now recognized as such; the council being willing to recognize this new addition to our city, the gentlemen--Maxey and j O'Keele drop all proceedings regarding the case now pending and waive all rights pertaining to positions as aldermen, etc.; and at the coming spring election the new addition- -or, in other words, the Fourth ward-make its nominations as m other waids. If this is done, all the trouble that has arisen will be done away with and the people in that portion of town now without representation, will receive its share of aldermen in the council and the black cloud of dissatisfaction and bitterness will be swept aside and contentment and happiness and a desire for the advancement of our city will reign supreme. The question is, will the republican members of the council do this? We are confident that they will be met half way m this matter, and by unanimous aciion the gathering elements of lis cord will be removed from the horizon of Plymouth's prosperity. The time to act is now. With a proper ordinance before the next council meeting, and with imnudiateaction, sullicient time is given to pass an ordinance creating a fourth ward previous to the spring election. We have interviewed a number of our citizens of both political parties, who have no personal interest in it, regarding this subject, and it is the universal expression of a hope that this compromise will be made; and they further state that when contemplating the trouble and hard feelings that are liablo to be engendered, and the damage done to the future progress of our city, they would go down in their pockets and help liquidate the amount of cost so far made by this unfortunate affair. Let us act, and at once. St-'! a Hi vor-'. At Portland, this state, Mrs. Hattie Sheffer has applied for a divorce from h r husband and asks s;i,HK alimony. She says among her many reasons for desiring the severance of the "golden link" that he is extremely cruel, and she also sta tes that she has worked at making hay, plowing and sawing logs m her efforts to accumulate their property.

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HE WAS FOUND DEAD.

JOHN H. HECKAMAN DIES BY THE ROADSIDE. A Boy at Linton Commits Suicide Because of Inhuman Treatment by a Parent---Some Local Accidents---A town Without a Woman. Tuesday John Heckaman, who lived five miles southeast of Bemen, was in that city in the best of health, transacting business and enjoying social intercourse with old friends and acquaintances, and in a few short hours his lifeless remains were found by the wayside. As near as can be learned the facts are about as follows: After transacting his business he started for home at about 5 o'clock, in company with a relative. When the party he was riding with arrived at his destination Mr. Heckaman got out of the wagon and started afoot to his home, which was but one-half mile. This was the last seen of him alive. His remains were found by the side of the road, where it is supposed he died from the effect of heart disease. The coroner has been notifed and will hold an inquest today. Mr. John lleckar.iun has been a resident of (Jernuin t.nvnship lor many yers, ami has Ii 1Ü the position of assessor for a considerable length of ti me. 1. Tak- I'oi-on. The suicide by poisoning of the 'Jyear old son of Pleming Marshall, a miner near Linton. Tuesdav. has . . t.Xl.itlMm.nt. is sauI the boy had been whipped by his father, who used a leather strap, and that it was while suffering from the punishment that the boy took his own life. l int'i-o i;aiil Hurl. Miss Katie Schoner, who is a comI sitor at he Democrat, had the misfortune of getting the three last fingers of her right hand badly crushed yesterday forenoon. She was engaged in feeding a job press and endeavored to remove two sheets that, were stuck when the press caught her hani with the above result. It is probable she will lose the nails of two lingers. Ilaml I'm m il. Mrs. Mary Wood, living on Center street, while working over the cook stove upset a pan of hot lard over her left hand, burning it quite severely. oiitaiiM's No W'oiiH-ii. It is astonishing but ue vettheic.s a fact, that there, is a little town ol about 100 inhabitants, known as Alicetown Palmyra County, Wis., that has not a woman within its sacred prtciuct. While we are not willing to assume tho responsibility of this story, yet evidence submitted goes to substantiate the above assertion. One of the peculiar features regarding this wonderful village, the like of which has never been known, is the interesting efforts used by a number of the fairer sex to gain admittance to the sacred conlines of bachelordom. Lvery mail contains letters of the most alluring tone, giving rosey-hued pictures of the writers ability to so dexterously and carefully arange with artistic neatness the furniture ami other numerous necessary paraphernalia of a bachelor's home that her services could not be dispensed with. It is said, that up to the present time, they have resisted all advances made by these fair creatures. The latett report from A licet own is to the eiltet that the oMicials of that town had been called together to render an important thcisionon a letter received from a man at Philadelphia, who had already been married three times, but desired to know if it would be possible for him to be permit teil to spend the balance of his days in their community in peace. Kcports differ upon the answer returned. Latki: The entire population of Alicetown has been thrown into a state bordering upon convulsions over the report, that a lady from Indiana is enroutae to that place to start a boarding bouse. The town is patrolled every hour. 'ommitet Siii-il .lohn Thompson, for over fifty years the publisher of various weekly papers in the different parts t)f Indiana, committed suicide at; Fowler, Indiana, Friday morning by hanging himself m the stairway of the Oxford hotel. For several years he had been addicted to the use of morphine, and this had w eakened his mind, lie was 87 years of age.