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Saturday Sale.
tsj M-Wirß ..mt j ii,niii -a
ßwy IVfrerc Four
Dollar Gets The Most
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OVERCOAT
! Overcoats Reduced in Price
from I to 4 Dollars.
Duck Coats,
Mackintoshes,
Underwear,
Shirts,
Gloves,
Mitts,
Neckties,
Trousers,
Shoes,
Rubbers,
Hats,
Caps,
Clothing,
IE FIRE F END
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The Corner of iMichigan and
LaPortc Streets Has Another
Disastrous Conflagration.
THE CORBIN BLOCK AND KUHN
BUILDING 5UCCU.MB TO THE
DESTROYING ELE VtENT.
lit! GATHER TOGETHER.
The Lack of "Water Caused by Frozen
Hydrants, Gave the Fire Full
Sweep.
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Good Executions of the Tire Depart
ment and Our Citizens.
For the third time in the history of
Plymouth, a destructive lire has oc
curred at the point of last Wednesday
morning's conllagration. The first tire
was way back in t lie sixties, and at that
time a frame building graced this corner
A brick building was then erected which
several years later, was destroyed. The
site was then occupied by the buildings
that were consumed this week. The
corner building was the property of
Horace C. Corbin, who alter each dis
aster heroicly went to work, and rebuilt
more elaborately. The second building
belonged to John Kuhn, who conducted
a saloon, and the other by Fred Kuhn,
as a meat market.
It was at -1:30 when the alarm of fire
was sounded, but owing to the high
wind at that time, but a few of our citi
zens were aware of the destruction en
suing on our principal thoroughfare.
The department answered quickly to
the alarm, anil were soon on the ground
to do buttle, lint the feelings of all can
be imagined when it was discovered
that the lire nlugj were frozen up, and
after sometime had elapsed thehydrant
near the water works across the river
was gotten into condition for service.
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andJocafed on the north side 01 the
corner room occupied by (lus Wolf the
clothier and C. M. Welch & CoV.. jew
elry stoic. As nearas c;:i be ascertained,
the lire onina'ed fr m a lamp which
was setting on one of the show cases it:
front of the safe of WYieh 0 Co. WL'ii
first discovi-ivi!, the Ikinies v, ere ertop-
Adv.iu K.Wise and W. K. rjMer. loss ;
Sl.'xü'. insurance for
Coibin vv; Co.. lo-s s'J.'oO, with only:
TAi) insurance. '
J. A. Anderson cigar manr.ficiurer, 1 The Fn:er3' Institute of Marshall
loss .00, no insurance. j County, Has a Most ßue-
C. Firestone, about SPW loss, fully, cessful Meeting
covered by insurance.
J.C. Corbin, had a lo:sof 81,S0, with As has been previously announced,
insurance nf 81,200. tl,e Farmers Institute of this county
Fred II. Kuhn meat market and build- ! 11K.t in Centennial opera house. Monday
ing, loss .iiOJ fully covered with m-; and Tuesday of tins week. Through
surance. the elf ort s put forth by their ollicers.
Jas. K. Houghton. loss insur-1 a great deal of the successful termina-
ance s0i. ! tiou of this infiin-ntial gath'-ring was
IL II. Oglesbee, loss sl5,000. ! i.i.
FdKuhn the tailor, slfH with .S1Ö0 Th1 :11,...1Ilt ;1,i .ui.n ,,-., s.v
! our intei!e;r( td farmers at th re nn-et-
msurance.
Ceo. Paul .L'fVi total loss.
Chas. P. Dniinii-o i .1, loss 8 P.M.
Martin Krhnda'ii t 8100,110 insur
ance. Plymouth Telegraph company. si'oO.
L. Lguer lost 8LV-0, insurance .V-iV.
A. Corbin on barber shop fixtures
SSOt, insured for :-7iW.
shout srors.
Ivllit (iuling did good execution in
ffetu.ig the hose carts on the scene of
the 'lie. j yet the closest attention was given to
Chief lluhnwas everv where giving ; tl,e tulile 'Xfrc!se.
orders and encouraging the boys. Allt'r ,he ting was called to ,.r-
x . . der bv the chairman, Win. Lrwin, oi
Ii rairlc ovn tum nw inurnifiör It f no
1 . x Bourbon township, a song was rendered
ings are ine'dnnable, and the eln-its
u' ih d t- make them more successful
in the future sliould le more ppiuiüii-
Mondav in--j iil;: r at an earlv h .ur the
-i'ojle began to a-semble at t';e place
of meeting, and although the weather
was very cold and severe, the number
gathered at the opera house, for the
first session, was large, and although
the interior of the hall was verv cold.
water works was told three times to!
give the lire alarm, and refused, owing
to the fact that he thought Watchman
Mead was only joking.
One of the sensational reports circu
lated during the lire, was that Chief
Kuhn was buried among the falling
debris. Also that he had been struck
on the head with a brick and knocked
senseless. The reports were not true.
Mrs. A. IL Underwood, wife of Trus
tee Underwood, furnished the firemen
with abundance of hot coffee. It was
truly appreciated.
by the Stony Point glee club. Prayer
was offered by llev. J. 1). Alierton, of
Argos, after which Mayor Swindell de
livered the address of welcome. Mr.
Swindell in his brief remarks made a
few telling points, why the farmers,
those at least within a radius of live
mile.-, should be interested in manufac
turing enterprises located in Plymouth.
It wa- to their interest as well as that
of the business men, as the benefits de
rived Were ill direct keeping with that
of the merchant. He al impressed up
on the mini's of the voung men and la-
Great
Bargains
F.d Kulm attempted to save some of dies that it was for them to brauch out
his goods from the tailor shop, but on!v j from the old ways followed by their
succeeded m securim a box of sampled ! parents. 1 mes c.iangcs, and
! Tie smoke being so thick as to make m?o ..-..n-ideratioi, the competition
' further attempt ha.'. ird-u.-.
! Firestone, the harness maker, renn ved
I his e fleets across the stnet into the
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d. livi K ii at this tin: : Her suhj.-et -Infi
ne: ice' w is hundN-d in a minn-. r
woithy of c nuu. ud.i: i .i. Her delivery
was liic, wit!- a voice full of sympathy
for the sultjee. If Ikt lu a!vr .v.-ul l
apply the thoughts p:een!el by thi
talleute-.llady.tli' resuh throughout this
section at least, would be very marked.
-Clover vs. stable m inu"e and treat
ment of Clover." by Mr. Terry, was weil
handled, and as ne of ; he favnie: - pre -
ut remarked, the.-e id.-a- are all good,
but you have to take into consideration
your soil and oiher important features
at the time of sowing.
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Tlie evening s s;ou was oj :u .l by
a so'cg rendered by the Mouy point
gh-e c!nb Idl by N; p., weih i:i an
artistic manner, then followed a recita
tion, '"armer J o .:fs dream." by El
mer S. s: ran lt. T P tow:i!ii:. We
would emi hat leally give him the !iti
of Marshall vnA' V y oral or hi the
reu.Ii- ion and i. v.' t If he burasi d air.
w here by one so jouug. ThenT. 15. Ter
ry opened n on the "Wile's share." lie
held that marriage should be treated as
a partneihip. That the contracting
parties were cipaal partners sharing
, equally of the profits and losses. He
i submitteda marriage platfo.-in for those
i who contemplated matrimony which
; seemed to be iiiite f eatable. We wende
j how many will adopt it. It it is very
j evident that the ladies were having the
! advantage of their masculine friends.
! The paper of Mrs. II. F. Voreis was a
; most excellent one; it showed that she
i gave her subject careful thought, and
! manv of us would do well bv ravimr
i some heed to the truths she uttered.
Miss Meitie Pickerl bandied her sub
ject in such a manner as to evoke from
her auditors frequent applause. We think
that the editors present should fully un-
! derstand the minutest details pertam
i ing to her subject. A Üttingcondusiou
to the (.veni'igs entertainment wa a
song by the glee club.
louay. i; e MiMUri wo: k v. on ni e .'-at
a:.u j'v o.-. lie dwelt for nov :
menls ;n. :i the advisihili: v of dr.iy
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containing silver ware. If a
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China ware
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We have a goat variety and tt splendid assort
ment in this line a.nd are selling at exceedingly
low prices. Tt will pay yon to call and see us.
Also a choice stock of
lussbaum & Mayer..
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WILL BE GIVEN AWAY AT
The Model
"We desire to introduce to the trade our
SUPERIOR GRADE
Model Imperial Tea,
guaranteed the finest in the market, at
50 cents per pound, and with every
pound sold until further notice, WE WILL
GIVE FREE FIVE POUNDS H. & E. GRANU
LATED SUGAR.
Respectfully yours,
ü. II, ALBERT. Agent.
iare t ae
1 the time
ures could
have been tahen. and wat er found handy,
hut very little damage would have re
sulted. And even then, after the alarm
had Leen jri'.en, if the department,
could have received immediate service,
the lire in all probabilities would have
been ouhncd to tins one room.
It was soon made manifest by the
swiftly advancing ilanu-s, that to con
fine.1 the lire to the four buildings was
the work for the liremen to unelertake.
and that, owin to the extreme cold
weather was a iliüicult task. The llames
after reaching the second lloor, dashed
through the paperdikc partitions to the
north, and then wre only check eel in
their mad career by the brick wall ef
the Thayer building. The lire then took
a downward shoot, and in a few mo
ments the interior of Kuhn's butcher
shop was a mass of dames.
One of the peculiar features of the
lire was, that the cigar store of John C.
Corbin and the saloon of John Kuhn,
did not succumb to the lire until after
the clothing store and butcher shop.
It is to Le regretted that through the
neglect ef some one the loss by lire is so
heavy. If the. hydrants hael been in
proper condition the lire would in all
probabilities been confined to the build
ing where the lire originated. It is re
ported that the ones who are depended
upon to attend to this important work,
knew that the hydrants were frozen up,
and had all arrangements made to thaw
them out the next day. The old maxim,
"Never put off until tomorrow, what
should be done to-day," has been again
fully illustrated.
To adequately compliment our ellici
ent chief and the department for their
persisteid work, would be a difficult
task. The extreme cold weather, with
mercury swinging at ami below zero
was a factor to contend against that re
quired nerve and firm resolution, lie
low we give a list of the firms eloing
business in the burnt block, and the
amount of their loss:
llerace Cerbin, loss on building $8,500,
insurance $3,500.
John C. Kuhn, h)ss on building and
stock $'.,000, insurance $1,500.
(lus Wolf clothing house? loss $8,000.
with $1,000 insurance.
C. M. Welch & Co., jeweler, loss $ 1,000,
insurance $1,000.
Frank Nicolay, barber shop loss about
$30.
Chas. Kellison law office, loss $2,000,
insurance $500.
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safe v. .v; found the
the safe cmp' v.
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jeiiry, in ca:-'e the lire gained headway j u.n;l(,ry j.-j,. a i;umher of very
amoiig the frame buildings on Lal'orle : .j !,;.,,, c touched upon the polit
! street. j j0 ;1vp( ;-t ,,f !...' c .urdry. and in regard
I M"ayor Swindell was on the ground J to th- iin:inc.al condition. He bthk ve.l
! lieipiiig in the good woik. jiarty linei should he hi id aside. In re-
' Tiie lire laddties looked like ship- gard to Amonean farming, his jioiuts
j wrecked sailors after a severe storm, wvre numerous, and tin night if some
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I iJut they were all in a good humor not
withstanding the biting weather.
Some of the ladies who were gathered
at a safe elistance seemed to think it was
all right for the billiard parlor and sa
loon to be destroyed, although they
claimed to feel badly in regard to the
burning of ether lines of business.
If the leaders of the Indi:i'i:mh:nt
could figure the immense amount of
hard labor wasted in valuable papers
destreycd, in those few moments, Tues
day night, they Would earn an enviable
reputation as mathamaticians. There
were records that cannot be replaced
only by months of toil, and some that
can never be replaced.
Chief Kuhn was overcome by smoke
and heat, and was unconscious for a
short time, but soon went to work again
with a vim.
J. N. Filar, ef hose company No. 2,
had the lingers ed his left handliadly
Iro.en.
J. W. Hess the druggist was hurt by
being run over by a hose cart, l'or a
time it was consideml serious, but,
though badly bruised, is all right.
While some claim that the lire elidnot
originate frenn the lamp, stating that
the lamp was burning after the lire had
been discovered, others say it had ex
ploded. The furniture belonging to Nicolay's
barber shop was removeel from the base
ment yesterday, It is remarkable that
not one of the large mirrors were
broken.
The safe of CM. Welch & Co., on
being removed from the building found
the contents all right.
Attention Soldiers, Everybody.
The American Tribune Soldier's Col
onization Company proposes to organize
a sub-colony in this city anel a meeting
will be held in Kuhn's hall, Saturday
evening, Feb. 9, for that purpose. Sev
eral speakers will be present to show
the workings of the company. Every
body i9 cordially invited to attend this
meeting and learn of its purposes.
radical changes wore not made soon, the
Lnulih farmer, through the half civil
ized natives vi Last: India, will compel
the American farmer to attend strictly
to home consumption. The farmers
should begin to act for themselves, and
espe-cially when they pay 87 per cent c f
the taxes. His story of how to keep the
boys on the farm was good, and full of
truth.
The subject. "Shall we continue to
raise wheat," was then taken up by Mr.
T. 15. Terry, of Hudson, Ohio, Mir.
Te rry is a practicle tanner, giving close
attention to the raising of wheat for the
money that is in it. lie believed that
the average farmer shoulel let wheat
alone, unless they couldsoenrich the soil
as to bring from twenty-live to forty
bushels to the acre1. That e'are should
be taken in the selection of the seed,
not lung but the large kernels being
used.
llobert Lrwin, of liourbon, gave a
number of practicle ideas on "waste on
the farm," which shoulel be heeded by
the farmers.
AKTllllMMN slslON.
This session epcne'el up by iiiumc by
the glee club, followed by an article1, on
the "lig 4 Combination on the farm."
We were net present at the time Mr. Cal.
Ilussleman, of Auburn, Indiana, eleliv
ered this excellent paper, but we under
stand that it was of a high standard,
and appreciated by a great many. This
subject brought out a great many points
which were eliscussenl by farmers pres
ent. The subject of Tile and drainage,"
by Chas. Fribley, of Bourbon, was a
fairly gooel article. The great trouble
being that he elid not keep to the text.
While those present desired to learn
some practicle ieleas upon tiling land,
he consumeel the greater part of his time
in trying to tile intoxicating liquors out
of this country.
The recitation by Miss Blanch Kline,
of Maxenkuckee, who was on the pro
gram for Tuesday afternoon session,
ow ing to her inability to be present, was
en:',
uh it m--a..s nioie
: it means that the
hall e-otirdv are wide
' awake, and are bound 'o i :ke advantage
! of every nrivun k:.g 1 o :d:e their
i minds with iir-et'al ktiowledi-e in their
chosen v.ra! ion. Thi i a- it should be.
: After the lntdute u.u declared
; opened. Cal. Jlusselmaii took the Mam I
' and ga"v can hue rest ing talk out he liest
I acre, garelen and small fruits." Cal. is
Vti.ui ;i,Miaim iii'ia au . ,.i ii.i-uii. n.un.
The way he handled his suhject was a
cant ion to our Id friend Sme';. from
north township. Smoltz got e-ve :i with
him by saying that they raised cabbage
in North township large that they
burstcd that is the cabbage elid it
was an mte-re sting subject, ami we be
lieve that the farmers of Marshall coun
ty will, as soon athey can, plant eu:t an
acre of small fruit on the plan suggest
ed. At the close of Mr. Ilusse lman's
talk the Hon. C. H. Kecve took the
! staml.to enlighten the farmers of Mar
shall county, on the subject ot "Leone
my and r.couoiuics." He haiulle'el his
subject without glove10, but what puz
i zh d us was to know how the farmers
were going to raise potatoes on his eco
nomic ides, or how to apply them in
breeding farm animals'so as to get the
best results from your levd. It firms
to us that it requires um c!e and brains
inste ad of the higher ideas ed' economy
ami e-comunics as advocates! in Senator
! lleeve's paper. Metaphysically theSen
! at or is immense; he giatuieuisly elistrib
J ute-d seve ral hundred pamphlets of Ids
hndure to the farmers tor their perusal.
It is to be hopeel that they will not
throw them into the waste basket.
APniUNOON SlSION.
In the afternoon there were several
resolutions presented by the com in it tin
on resolutions, which were evucurenl in
by the Institute, their merritsor demer
its you can pass on, as they a:e found in
another eolunm of this paper, i'eter
Ileim was chesen president fer the en
suingyear; J. V. Van (Judder, secretary.
Upon a vote of the farmers of the Insti
tute it was eleriden! to holet the next In-,
stitute at Plymouth. In closing up our
account of the past Institute, it was ap
parent to all that the opera house of
Plymouth was to small to accommo
date the people, wemld it not be a good
iele'a fer some of our enterprising citi
zens to erect a large commexlious opera
house in our faircity, whose accoustic
arrangements would be more perfect;
the light better arranged; that can be
better heated and at less expense than
the one wo now pessess. We do not
wish to be understood to find fault with
the management, for we know that tbey
dene all they cenild to make the people
comfortable. A great deal of the suc
cess of this Institute is conceded to
the honor of the secretary J. V. Van
Guilder, who has been untiring in his
efforts.