The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-29
Brief State Items.

DTleI State items.
w. w. Smith of Linton, who shot him
self while examining a revolver, IS dead
The Presbyterian congregation of Wash
ingtOn, has extended a pastoral call TO the
Rev. James NJ. Douglass of Toledo, Ohio,
and he will accept.
The Home Loan and Savings Association,
a concern which was organized in Elkhart
in 1896. but which has been inactive since
then, has incorporated with a capital stock
of 100000.
During the temporary absence of his par
entS from their home near Frankfort, Viii
lie, 4 years old, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
ander Boyer, caught his clothing on fire
and was fatally burned.
The County Commissioner of Columbus,
In their December session, authorized the
distribution of $1,000 among road superin-
tenderts of the nineteen districts for road
improvements in the county.
Arthur Knight. oil well driller, of Prince
ton. threw a quantity of crude oil into the
furnace of his engine TO stimulate the fire,
and in the explosion he was seriously
burned about the face and hands.
While Mrs. TOney Honey of Orange
Township, Rush County, was driving TO
Shelbyville, her horse became frightened at
an automobile, and there was an upset in
which Mrs. Honey suffered broken leg.
George Russell, mining contractor, of
Hillsdale, went TO MOnteZuma to check out
$l5, with which to meet accrued indebted
ness, and while returning in the evening in
a wagon, he was met by h~ighwaymen and
robbed. =
Mrs. Margaret Hunter of Marion, has
been awarded 5000 damages in her suit
against the Indiana Union Traction Com
pany, because of personal damages sus-
tanned at Oaklandon, near Indianapolis. a
year ago.
The board of trustees of DePauw Uni
versity has directed that Florence Hall be
remodeled and refurnished for a woman's
dOrmitOry. The work will be taken up
early in the summer and completed in time
for school next year.
Elijah West, q farmer living near Mount
Vernon, fell from his wagon while on his
way nome and when found he was dead.
His body was frozen stiff. 1t is believed
heart disease caused his death. He was 80
sNoio OAu ouu iCdNNo luiuis
Richard Rollins, a negro. of Anderson,
becoming angry at his wife, according 10
his confession. set fire to his home, end
while the fire department was e%Xtinguish-
ing the flames he went to the theater. He
has been committed for arson.
Charles Conner, Frank Girardin snd
Professor Bundy, of the Richmond group
of artists, have been invited to exhibit three
~canvases at the approaching exhibit in
Philadelphia, under the auspices Of the
Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts.
Oil workers near Selma found a quantity
of nitroglycerin in the woods, and fearing
hat some one might be injured, they
waited until midnight and exploded it.
The conclusion was heard for miles
around. causing general alarm until the
facts developed.
Sheriff Sam Parks of Nashville, was lead
ing a COW, when the rope became entan-
gled around his feet. The cow started to
run, dragging the Sheriff. A dog took
after the COW, and before the Sheriff could
regain his feet the cow fell upon Inn. He
was seriously injured.
The rebuilt Presbyterian Church in Wa
bash will be rededicated on New Years
day, the Rev. j. A. R~Ondthaler of Chicago,
and formerly of Indianapolis, preaching
sermons morning and evening. The re-
modelling of the church, originally con-
structed in 1860, cost $4,000.
To save the life of Miss Katherine Organ
her fellow members of the Society of Vim
cennes University submitted to have their
arteries tapped. The blood was used to re-
plenish the impoverished blood supply of
Miss Organ. The fact has been kept a Sc
cret and even now the girls refuse to dis
cuss the matter or tell who of their num-
Der submitted to the heroic operation.
The home of John III. Grautham of
BRoachdale, was wrecked by the explosion
of a six pound can of gunpowder. During
the early morning Mr.. Grautham placed
the can on the stove at a time when there
was no fire in the latter. after he had
been loading shells. Returning home some
hours later he started a fire in the stove,
but forgot to remove the powder. The re-
port of the explosion was heard all over
town.
The new Methodist church recently COM
pleted in Newcastle at a cost of 800 o will
be dedicated soon. The main auditorium
has inclined floors. and is SO arranged that
part of it can be cnt off into smaller rooms,
or the entire lower floor thrown into one
room. 1t has a pastors study and recrea-
ton rooms. The various societies of the
church have placed art glass windows. In
the basement is a fully equipped Kitchen,
and a banQuet-room for social gatherings.
The late Rebecca Halowell, whose death
occurred at Paoli recently, at the time of
her death was % years old, and she was
born in Orange County in June, 1910. Her
death removes the oldest natiye-born per-
son living in the county. Until recently
she was active and strong, and recently she
drove to Paoli, fifteen miles from her
home. and was an important witness on be-
half of her son-in-law, Joseph Yocum,
who was acquitted of the crime of killing
James Peyton, largely through her testi-
mOny.
Fire started in the home of j. C.. Jolliff,
at Muncie, and the heat melted an electric
wire and started an electric bell to ringing.
The bell aroused the family and the fire
was q%uenched in its incipiency.
Miss May Ferrier, the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Ferrier, was burned in a
horrible manner at the home of her parents
in S~helbyville, while blacking a stove with
a backing containing gasoline. The fire
in the stove had not been e~xtinguished as
she had supposed, and when she applied
the backing it ignited, enveloping the girl
i'm flames Her face and hands wunre hor-