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r L-c . V. 15 Vol. T. PLYMOUTH, MARSHALL COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, SKPTKMBKI? 27, ltffi. No. 48 Marsha CoMiity Tlie Yellow Sign- KLEINSCHMIDT, THE TAILOR. Largest line of fall and winter woolens in Marshall county. The best grade of workmanship at living prices are the attractions I offer the public for the fall and winter trade. Tailor made clothing is what you want, and I am the man to make it. KLEINSCHMIDT, LBM-R JOHN S. BENDER. JACOB D. MOLTER. Real Estate Hustlers. They present below a have for sale. In Marshall County, Over 5,000 acres of farm lands In Plymouth. A few special bargains One S-roo,,,, 2-stoo" home, with but-: n i i m . . i l i try, cellar, and clothes press, barn and other outbuildings, young peach, mul- j berry and maple trees, a large lot, good j well, all new and in good condition, just outside of the City tax limit, and but t blocks of Court House. 1Yice I 81,000. Worth 1,100. A corner lot, 1 1x12: feet, well located at southeast corner of Washington and Tilth streets. Crice 8150. Worth 225. 75 building lots in all parts of the ; city. 25 within four blocks of the post- Lands sold directly to I lomeseekers and oflice. Trices ranging from : 35 to : title guaranteed. 8400. Those at 35, nearest iostoniee. ! Also the Tarker House property for j For full particulars address or call , 'on Uender & Molter or attend SUlP j the meetings held at Bender & Molter's Lots with buildings sold, same as I ollice Wednesday night of each w eek. Many other properties, such as Residences, Lots, Farms, etc., listed with us every day, for sale or ex change. Jf you wish to buy, sell or exchange, don't fail to se BENDER & MOLTER, Office, 2d Floor, Shoemaker Building, East Side Michigan Street. GREAT BARGAIN L. E DIAL, "A little nonsense now ami then Is relished !y tlie best of men." Confertions also have a part In joys of the human heart. icfyr few sig y A Miller's : Restaurant Keeps always in stock a fine selection of Fine Confections noted for their freshness and de licious flavor. You can also get an after dinner cigar at M I LLER' S (i 7 See the Yellow Sign, partial list of property they ; rent on installment plan or for cash' I prices from $500 to So,oo0. ! In Argos. S (!(hk1 Cottage Home, 7 rooms, all in relr- W- wrt." Will exchange for property in IMym- " 1 1 J J wu u In Georgia. , ri, , . 1,1 County, we have .W,00tf cre f l.rst-class lands, improved and ready lor settlement, at very low prices and in a remarKaoiy neaitny region, producing bountifully of corn, wheat, oats, rye; barley, hay, cotton, clover, melons, and all kinds of fruits and vegetables known to this country. FOR THIS WEEK ONLY. SALE Commencing September 26, Votir Hioice out of eur immense line f Newest Style Walking Mats antl Satin, i'liisli or l'elt Crown Sailors for $1.00. Among whieh are tlie following: Uuck inirliain, Windsor, Promenade. Nobby, Danraven, London. Waldorf and New- inarkft . Sait-rs O.rm-ll. I'uiiaril. Itke (ieome. Lillian Ku.ssell. liegent. Newport, llambler. Trilby. Triton, he fender Amazon. Carolina. Haughty, liar HarlHr, IVimant and Alert. Our stock of Trimmed Hats and P.on nets is now eomplete. seleeted from tlie largpst pattern rooms of New York and Cliiengo, and good critics liave pronouced lliem superb. Fine new lin of Children s Hats, Hoods, Caps and TainO'Shanter's at i&c, ."iOc, T.V?, $1 and $l.M. We can please all In PRICES, STYLE antl QUALITY. 219 Michigan Street, PLYMOUTH, IND. RESTAU RAN T Of Every Description AT THE INDEPENDENT OFFICE. OUR CITY'S IMMWTII. THE RESULTOF MANUFACTURING INTERESTS. Value of I'rojHTtv I iicrcttM'd by Tlitir Inllii-ii-e-More l'aetiries Ni!;mI IIoiim-s in iooI Dt'iiiaml. That the city of Plymouth has made steady advances toward permam ut growth in population, and in the char acter of its business enterprises is a laet so apparent that it needs no utterance to convince one of the fact. Looking back over a period of but seven years this growth is remarkable for many reasons. About the year 1 there had been for a number of months a very large de population of the city; families who had resided here for a long time found it impossible to longer maintain them selves here and the city of Chicago and other places were sought to give the growing members of families an oppor tunity to earn a livelihood. About this time there seemed to be an infusion of new blood into the veins of the hereto fore lifeless city, and ideas looking for some possible escape from the reigning business depression began to assume tangible form. The first was water works, then elec tric lights, then came that which has done more to start Plymouth mi the highway to prosperity than all else the attempt to start some manufactur ing in the city. The nucleus W'as the money sub scribed for diiTerent oojects until to day we have the following institutions of merit, that are a pritie and credit to the town, viz: The Plymouth Cycle Mfg. Co., The Indiana Novelty Mfs. Co., The Kdgerton Mfg. Co.. The C. Ii. Morris Lumber Co., The II. J. Heinz Pickling Works, The Plymouth team Laundry, The Plymouth Wagon Co., The Stein IJottling Works, The Swin dell Packing Co., The Simons Klectric Light Plant, The Marshall County In dustrial and Agricultural Association, The Suit & llailsback Planing Mill; The Plymouth Improvement Company, and many smaller industries too numer ous to mention. The larger of these institutions have come to stay and are now furnishing employment to a lare force of men. Tlie demand for homes has increased by reason of the increase in population, and to-day no empty houses are to he found within the limits of the city. The prices of real estate have not boomed, but at a good price, desirable realty moves along at a pace to gladden the heart of the broker and agent. There is no wild speculation as will occasion ally be found in a city progressing toward the ."),(XXJ population mark, hut a sure, silent, steady advancement. The loyal citizen is heard to say words of praise anil encouragement for his city, where in times past he was unfortun ately too often guilty of condemning and discouraging those who were try ing to upbuild the town. The thing for all to do now is to unite in getting more factories here. A factory town is always a good town to live in for those who enjoy the bum of industry, the song of the whistle and the music of engines, as they ceaselessly run to the tune of hearts made glad by having work to do. From now on let everyone who be lieves in Plymouth do his utmost to get more manufacturing institutions. When we take into consideration that other towns about us are bestirring them selves, urged by our example, we must not think that our supremacy in North- em Indiana can be maintained without further elTort. What will te the next factory or in dustry to settle among nsV Will they come without aid, both substantial and otherwise or not V The thing to do is to have out our inducements at all times to worthy concerns, ottering such as can make a proper good faith show ing, such money or grounds and fixtures as will be better than they can obtain elsewhere. One thing that has had a dampening influence, and has discouraged some of our factories now operating is the at tempt to foist a wholly unjust assess ment for taxation upon them. What the industries need is the good will, the most lenient assessment for taxes that can with fairness be made and a good word for all the. citizens who by both capital and brains are attempting to make a first class factory town out of our superb little city. Kxrurloii Kitten, Atlanta Kxpoltion. Hound, trip tickets to Atlanta, (Ja., account the Exposition are now on sale via Pennsylvania Lines at reduced rates. Persons contemplating a trip to the South during the coming fall and winter will find it profitable to apply to ticket agents of the Pennsylvania lines for details. The person to see at Ply mouth is Ticket Agent J. E. Ilaynes. A sKKTJiiN; ni:N.:i:. The I.iUh' Villas of Tio-a OKitrraie.I ; ly the Tis- 1 From Monday's Daily. This morning about '.i o'clock res-' dents in the southern portion of the. city who were awake were alarmed by . the rejection of lire through their win dows facing the south. The location was not known at that time, but the dull red glow of the heavens gave indi cations that great destruction of prop erty was under way but a short dis tance from us. This morning the li:ri:NIi:.vr set in motion an investi gation, and discoveied that it was the little town of Tiosa, some six miles south of Argos. The lire was also seen at Uourbou and other surrounding towns. The lire originated in a sawdust pile near the sawmill, and owing to the heavy wind it soon set lire to the saw mill and large lumber yard. The in habitants of the little burg of 2'M population turned out and did every thing in their power to check the llames, but the devouring elements were not staved until the entire town, with the exception ot a few housts, was in ashes. The amount of property destroyed, as near as can be learned, was the saw mill and lumber yard, with a loss of about SloVM), large elevator and four teen residences aud business houses. The loss bustained by others, outside of the mill owners, have not yet been learned. Lati:u -The following is the prop- City destroyed: Lumber yard, sawmill, depot, elevator blacksmith and wagon shop, meat market, barhcr shop, dru store, three rooms and contents, I. O. O. 1 and K. O. T. M. halls, and four dwellings. The 1 iss is estimated at about '0,0000; insurance, about .V-V0 DANGEROUS PLACES. Such Air Iii Kiiilroittl 1'ros-iiiix- T'.u question of watchmen IVr the various raiin id crossings within the city is one that has often been talked of a great deal and is one of the things that strikes terror to the hearts of many a mother when her children leave home for school in the morning. These places are generally extremely danger ous and are made more so by t Ii 3 build ings which hide the view of the tracks from both directions. Children are .ompelled to pass over them in going io and from school to say nothing of the teams and pedestrians who cross at all hours of the day and night. There is an ordinance which provides that the railroad companies shall keep a watchman at such places and it ought to he enforced. As yet no serious acci dents have been recordeJ, but it is only a question of time when there will be some one killed at some of these places and then some action will be taken. An ounce of prevention is worth m:re than a pound of cure, and inasmuch as it costs us nxhing, the railroads being bound ! law to maintain watchmen it would certainly seem as though we ought to have them. Tonil of Win. II. HarrNon. Mr. W. II. Love, who recently re turned from the National (i. A. li. re union at Louisville, brought with him a photograph of the tomb of Wra. II. Harrison, ninth president of the United Slates. This tomb is situated on a beautiful elevation but a short distance from the Ohio river near the North Lend cemetery of North I5end, Ohio, ai:al is one of the country's most inter- esting monuments to the country's dead. The photo shows, however, how nation al dead are too often neglected. The tomb is square and Hat, about three feet high, and suggests the foundation for a shaft which has never been raised. It is built of brick and cemented, but the cement at the corners and along the low walls is crumbling away so that the general effect is one of neglect and decay. The stairway leading to the vault is also crumbling, and reminds one of the approach to some old ruin. On the Hat surface of the top grass is growing in unseemly tufts. '"roin (ieurfcia. Mr. J. C Cummins, one of our Mar shall county farmers who went to La (Jrange, Georgia, has written quite an interesting letter back to his friends regarding that country. He is very en thusiastic over his new home and is contented to make it his future abiding place. In his letter he gives an insight into the mode of farming there which differs radically with our mode in the north. On some farms he states they raise three different crops during the season, mentioning one instance where a crop of oats, corn and peas were raised on the samo pieoe of ground. lie has purchased land near Whiifield. COMMON CorxeiL LARGE .-JivTDER Or ACCOUNTS ALLOWED. Il j.. l..ri! All !) i::n;iiii'r U I.; i:m 'i-f Fi Miizmu Uuriii; .tr.ly .mil A 1 1 1 1 - . M ii til:;au Irr'. I Vi !.", i '.. From Tuesday's Daily. Mayor Swindell calieil the council to order at prompt s o'clock last evening. Alderman Tibbelts being absent on account of sickness, after the approval of the Journal tlie tiisl business Jaken up was a petition from residents and property holders of Kast Lal'oi te street for a hind rail aiomr the sidewalk run- hing along the north side of Kendall's grocerv. Moved bv Alderman Kevnolds and seconded that the petition be re ceived, placed on lile, concurred in and prayer of petitioners be granted and that the street commissioner be ordered to erect the same. Carried. At this point it was suggested by Alderman IJai'evthat the order of busi ness he changed so as to ailow the city olhcers to make 'heir reports before tlie committees, etc. ith the approval of the council the Mayor acted on the sug - gestioii and proceeded. Dr. Wilson, chairman of the IJoard of Health, re- poited that the city was in a worse san itary condition than it had been for years and that the keeping of hogs in the city was one of the principal causes. Also that vaults were not properly dis infected and that theboard experienced considerable Jiliifulty in persuading citizens to give this subject proper at tention, and lecommenued that as the Yellow l'iver was in a stagnant con dition a threat share of the time that the throw in;,' of all decomposable matter into the same be prohibiteil. On mo tion the report was received aud placed on tile. The city attorney reported in the matter of the granting of an outlet to the township trustee for Dixon ditch that the matter could not be forced through and it was only a matter of whether the council saw lit to grant it or not. The city engineer reported that he had established grades for Fourth, Syc amore and Washington streets as or dered. On motion the matter was re ferred to the committee on streets and alleys. The committee on accounts reported the following bills, and recommended the payment of the same: C. F.. Tibbelts, salary 21 20 .1. C. Ihitler, civil engineer.. IS ) Ö 10 ; oo 21 20 21 2o 10 11 A. .Vorth, " " .1. W. Maxey, salary (I. 11. I ley nolds, " ! Wm. Walters, sexton C. li. Hughes, salary 21 20 Standard Oil Co., oil 77 7j Independent, printing ö ,"0 .lohn Cummings, WAV. engineer 40 (K) Theo. Myers, " " h" 00 W. liailey, salary 21 20 A.Il. Underwood, supt. water wks Simon Myers, city marshal los VA Will K. Leonard, city clerk 80 V) A. K. Underwood, expense acc't 20 07 Jas. 1. Clow A: Son, supplies. . . II. A. Logan, city attorney M. W. Simons, electric light . . . Sam'l (iretzinger, salary W. Kelley, city treasurer Wm. O'Keefe, salary Jos. IJennett, night police Wm. O'Keefe, tile 15obert McKeague, labor (!eo. Longmore, labor Adam Keibert, hauling W. K. 1 ley nolds, street com'r. . . Lern Rhodes, labor W. K. Reynolds, hauling Z. M. Tanner, salary 07 U5 72 01 233 33 3S 12 80 71 21 25 40 00 H5 (Mi y 75 3 75 1 25 21 00 11 25 2 00 21 25 Moved by Alderman Maxey that the bills be allowed and the clerk ordered to draw warrants for tlie same. Sec onded and all voting aye, the Mayor de clared the motion carried. The committee on ordinances re ported an ordinanco compelling the muzzling of dogs, and empowering and making it the duty of the city marshal to destroy all dogs found on the streets or running at large without said muzzle. After some considerable discussion the words "during tlie months of July and August" were inserted and the ordin ance then passed on its own reading. The committee on streets and alleys reported that the painting of Michigan Street bridge was progressing, but that they could not agree on color, the color now being used being too red. A mo tion was made, seconded and carried to paint it the same color as the railroad bridge just south of it. Superintendent of water works re ported that the contractors had quit their job on the lirge well being put down at the works and asked what was to be done about it. It was moved and seconded that the city attorney be ordered to notify the contractors that if they did not come on ai.d comp.Vte their contract that said coiitra-t would be closed. Carried. Moved by Alderman Maey and sec oiiced by Alue:;:ia:i i'e:io:ds that lh" council reconsider the- matter passe. 1 upon at a previous meeting in regard V the tile now lying on Yt Cairo s'leet. Motion carried. Moved by Aids, rtnan .Maxey sec onded ny Aideiiiia;: O'Keele that thv uie now hin.: ,in West Carro s'.rea be removed a.;d placed in ilaivis o street sewer as far as it wili go acc rd 'mgtothe plans and speciik-u'. ions a ; i.ei.ij cngw.t ei aaic. , he balance of theevenm- uas s;-n t 111 I'ing over and discuhig he l:e ; ......... ... ..I I.,. : ;. . .. : ordinances as revised by the ciy at torney and making such mi l lions as were deemed necessary. Alderman Tanner imdered his resig nation as chairman of the ttrcet and alley committee antl committee on elec tric lights. 1 leeched and hied Moved aiid seconded that the city at torney be instructed !; pureiia a copy id' the revised ordinances ot" i. he city of Indianapolis, wht;-; have ja.-t oi-e:i conif ieted. the same to he used for rel'- 1 crenee to aid in revising our own city ordinances. Carr.ed. The council then adjourned. A Ni'vv I":s ;i; . Messrs. Paul I 'ramer ar.l K. V-:; IJrudo'.v, two will known bir-im-ss men of Chicago, have lien sj ending a few ! days on the well known Ii m ici iarn formerly known as the Tattle lam. near Donaldson. We are informed that these gentle men have been enjoying themselves while there, and have in fact been com bining business with pk-asure. They are the gi neral managers lor a factory owned by a Dr. (iihnoiv and an looking for a new location so 'we are informed. They contemplate buying a section o; land near Donaldson and u the final arrangements are made Wilhelm Ilon- rici, of that place will be the suporir. tendmt ot the new establishment. Mr. Meech, the sapeiiutenueiit of the Chi cago plant will be out in a few days to look over the different locations offered, and it is thought they will locate at Lake Ciibert on 1 md owned by Casper Kohlbecker, and it is currently reported that Mr. Kohlbecker who is an en gineer, will take charge in that capacity. It is seid the people of DonaMson are receiving the new enterprise with open arms. Ht'ituk .in! I e- - 1 up. Joe Miles of Dourbon created a great deal of excitement on the streets of this city Saturday afternoon. He blew in here some time during the early part of the day and in company with the Indian, "l.ecl.o," who has been about the city for about a week, proceeded to get drunk. When he had imbibed a proper amount, the Indian painted him up in regular warrior style, tied his own red scirf around his waist and by way of a finishing touch stuck two turkey feath ers in his hat and started him out on the street to frighten women and chil dren. He had not proceeded far, however, when he fell into the arms of the law and was taken to jail, and after sober ing up was ousted out of town with the admonition not to be caught here again. He was glad to get off that easy and started out at once to count ties eastward. Iater the Indian was gobbled up and after a vigorous fight was landed in Justice Corbin's oflice where he was fined J?10.35,f or which he is now laying out in jail. The V. M. V. A. Mcetinj:. Next Sunday will be given up to Y. M. C. A. work in this city, and there will no doubt be a great benefit reaped for the advancement of this good cause In our city. J. W. turns, railroad sec retary, of Ft. Wayne, will be present and a partial promise has been given by Mr. (Jeo. T. Ilowser, of Chicago, to be here and render valuable assistance. These gentlemen are earnest workers along this line, and while it is under stood they will not fill pulpits in our city, yet they will attend services at the different churches in the morning and speak upon this subject, and in the evening assemble at the M. K. church in a union service. Ilroke the Keconl. Dr. Linkenhelt was called to Lapaz on business Tuesday and on returning to the junction to take a train home found that he had made a mistake in the time table and that in order to get back he was compelled to walk. This he started out to do, noting the time he started, and on arriving at his oflice found he had covered the distance in two hours and ten minutes. The best record we know of previous to this was 2:14. -