The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-25
Brief State Items.

Brief State Items.
| Jncendiarism destroyed barn belong
ing to DR.. Orville belong at Azalia.
Loss $500.
Calvi n Mann. threshed in one day. on
| 2,02l bushels of oats between 8 a. m. and
p. m.
Eugene Foster was alarmingly injured.
at Richmond, by attempting to alight
from rapidly running train. str king on
his head.
Stephen ID. Barnes. Shelby ounty Com
missioner, while overseeing repairs on a
bridge, was thrown by an accidental fall,
breaking three ribs.
According to the new Anderson direc-
tory the population of that city has in
creased 2. l0i since the winter of 1902, and
/. now numbers 81 900.
At Portland, Allen Barber was seriously
injured by the collapse of the three pole
derrick which he was raising over a gas
we'll on the Louisa Starr farm.
Laborers excavating for the foundation
of barn on the farm of James (.
Learned, near Muncie. Cnearthed the
skeleton of a full-grown man; when
turied Is unknown.
John Morris, living near Evansville,
bought mussel meat OF musSel diggers,
with which to feed his swine. and his
daughter. walking through the hog lot,
found pearl which she sold for s25.
August Anderson, a farmer of Starke
county, had al abrasion on his right
hand. and he was bitten on the affected
part by a mosquito. Blood poison devel-
oped and he died in a Chicago hospital,
where he was taken for treatment.
Isaac Watkins of Muncie. originally a
coal black negro, but who has been turn
ing white for years. and whO is now near
ly all white with the exception of a few
dark blotches, is seriously i'll of the nerv-
Gus disease that brought about his chang
ing color.
The city and county boards of health,
at Brazil. have started a movement TO
guard against an epidemic of smallpox
this winter. Two smallpox patients are
now in the pest-house. Houses where
smallpox existed last winter have been
fumigated.
Patients have been granted to Indiani-
ans as follows: r. Saidburger. Fort
Wayne, assignOr of one half steam boiler
patient TO Franz Burger and ii. NJ. Will
liams; W. II. Edwards, Terre Haute,
door opener; NJ. b. GlasScock, Angola,
horse shoe: john =. Zutt, Evansville,
window opener.
Haghey Bray. an emplOye of the nj ght
gang of the Wabash Paper Mills, fell from
ladder. while at work making repairs,
and broke his neck. dying three hours
after the fall. The ladder was imperfectly
placed by him. and slipped while he was
at work. Bray was IS years old and
leaves large family.
Land in the Miami Indian reservation,
near Fort Wayne. embracing 800 acres,
and including the b-ick house owned by
the late James Godfrey, a full blOOded
defendant of the late Chief Francis God
frey, leader of the Miamis in the early
fights with the whites. has been sold at
Sheriff's sale for Sl4, 900 to cover Judgment
on note drawn in 1876 for $500. and
which. with interest and costs, called for
$1,000. The last owner, James Godfrey,
was killed by his son few months ago.
The observance of Indiana day" at
the st. Louis exposition has been for
mally proclaimed by Governor Durbin
for September l. In making his procla-
nation the governor called attention to
the fine showing made by the state at the
exposition. and urged all citizens who
can conveniently go to be present at the
exposition on Indiana's day. Indications
are that there will be a large attendance
on September /. Special railroad rates
will be granted from Indiana points 10
St. Louis. The Indiana celebration will
begin in the morning with a military
parade from the administration building
to the Indiana building. Governor Dur
bin, with his staff, will be followed by a
battalion of federal troops and one from
the Philippine service. Governor Dur
bin will make the principal speech of the
day and responses will be made by
President Francis of the exposition and
by the Lieutenant Governor. In the even
ing a large reception will be given to
Governor and Mrs. Durbin.
Amos w. Butler, Secretary of The Board
agent of the State Board, were at Column
bus recently and visited the Bartholo-
new County Jail. A visi. was made TO
the Jail last year and several changes
were recommended. This time Mr. But
Ter complimented John w. Phillips, the
Sheriff. on the manner in which the Jail is
being conducted. One thing that i'm
pressed Mr.. Butler was the work of CAL
vim A. Adams, prisoner. who has con-
fessed stealing three horses. Since
Adams was imprisoned. about two
months ago. he has been a model prison
er. He has helped to keep the Jail in
good condition and recently wrote a set
of rules. which be pasted on the wall.
He holds kangaroo court" and when
any one of the rules is broken the offend
er must pay the penalty. Mr.. Butler read
the rules and was very much impressed
with them. he said that when the State
Board issues a set of rules for the govern
ment of jails it would be. in the main, the
same rule made by the horse thief.
Frank Lowe of Kokomo. awakened from
sleep by a noise in the kitchen. lighted a
lamp to investigate and was met by a
burglar, who made him put down the
light and return to his room, after which
the intruder jumped through the window
and escaped.
Orris Jefferson, Is years old. living
north of Newcastle, was accidentally
killed while hunting in the woods near
his home. Harry ShowaIter, compan-
ion, reports that jefferson was leaning on
his gun at the time 1t was discharged. the
load passing through his left side. Death