The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-01

known in Wayne County will be gathered
this year.
The Richmond bakers have decided to
raise the price of bread September 1, but
| the new rates have not been fixed.
Laborers in gravel pit, five miles from
Nashville, unearthed gigantic skeleton,
believed to be that of prehistoric man.
The Clay City Packing Company has
opened the seasons packing with the size
and quality of tomatoes up to the stand
ard.
Farmers in Madison County say that
the tomato crop this will be the largest in
years. The yield of pickles has also been
good.
Maplewood Hospital the first institu-
ton of its kind in Kokomo. has been
formally opened. The appointments are
modern. with five trained nurses on duty.
James Strobe threshed LOO bushels Of
oats in four and one-half hours, on the
Jacob Behler farm, south of Mishawaka.
The oats yielded from fifty to sixty BUSH
els an acre.
Veedersburg will hold street fair this
year as heretofore, with the date not yet
determined. The idea of street fairs, now
so general over the country, originated at
Veedersburg.
James Nj. Hicks of Lyons, veteran of
the civil war. has been Frustrated for
three weeks with typhoid fever. He is
the rural mail carrier and during his Ill
ness his wife is serving as carrier.
The Big Four train crew is held respon-
sible for the collision between Nickel
Plate and Big Four Railway trains, at
Claypool, and the Big Four Company will
/ pay 81, 500 damages to the other company.
Men drilling on an oil well, on the BeiS
farm, in Liberty Township, Wabash
County, discovered log, or part of tree
at a depth of 250 feet. The drill cut the
wood to such an extent that the kind of
tree could not be determined.
The jury in the case Of T. w. Morrison,
found the defendant guilty of murder in
| the second degree, and sentenced him to
life Imprisonment. Morrison shot and
killed Milton S. Conkrey, at Reno, Perry
County, on the Sth of last April.
Edward McGlofflin of Hedrick was
killed, at West Point, near Peru, by the
Continental Limited train, on the Wa
bash. He walked beside the track until
the train was near him and then stepped
between the rails. There is a superstition
| that he committed suicide, although no
reason can be assigned therefor.
Lindsey Young. age II years, was
struck and instantly killed by lightning,
during thunderstorm, at Decatur. He
was standing on porch with a younger
brother, when bolt OF lightning struck
the roof, reducing it to splinters. Both
boys were knocked down and both were
unconscious for a short time. The young
er boy soon rallied and was not seriously
injured. The older boy regained con-
seriousness only to die. There was only a
small red spot on the neck to show where
tie bolt took effect.
In an attempt to gain their freedom,
| the prisoners of the Shelby County
Jail set fire to the building and
then spread the alarm. The family OF
Sheriff Lucas summoned the City Mar
shall and patrolman, who unlocked the
corridor doors and found the building
| filed with smoke. They extinguished the
flames and discovered that the prisoners
had set fire to a mattress when they
learned that the Sheriff and turnkey were
temporarily absent. The attempt tn es-
cape was unsuccessful.
The following patents have been issued
lndianians: Gustus s. Billman, Indian
apolis. gas engine starter; Newton NJ.
Bowen, indianapolis, tanning mill; Eu-
gene Chriten, Decatur. screen for win
dows or doors; Nathaniel Edwards,
Knightstown. hydro-carbon burner; Will
liam A. Griffiths, Worthington, gate;
Richard 7. Harris, Terre Haute, gas oiler;
Frank III. Heitger, Bedford, wheel; Will
liam P. Hussey, indianapolis, track con-
struction for driers; Hanford r. Miles,
Upland, molding bit; Erwin K. Nadel,
Elkhart. receipt form or blank; William
Q. Rastetter, Fort Wayne, automatic un-
loader; Geo. w. Wilmington, 1ndianap-
oils, mechine for weaving diamond mesh
fencing.
The patent peeling machines, recently
Installed In the j. T. Polk canning fac
tory OK Greenwood, have failed to meet
the requirements and have been removed.
81 told you sos was the exposition of 150
smiliug-faced women, as they resumed
their work at the peeling benches. The
loss to the company by the experiment
will amount to several thousand dollars
While Mrs. Jacob Reinhard Of New
Corydon, was making soap, her little
child crowded too close to the fire, and in
saving the little one from danger, tn
mothers clothes ignited and she was ter
/ Yitly burned.
Four tanks, containing thousands Of
black bass, arrived, at Mishawaka, from
the government fish hatchery in Iowa ant
were placed in the st. Joseph River
above the Hen Island dam, where tn,
! stream, since the completion Of the grea
obstruction, resembles small lake. Ths
bass are from two ofour chcs in length
Methods are now being devised to proven
further illegal fishing with spear and gil
net.
Mrs. Ollie RiRRIehain was burned {.
death, at Winnamac, by the explosion
can Of kerosene with which she wa
trying to kindle fire. Imam attempt 4
extinguish the flames her husband wa
fatally burned.