The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-17
Brief State Items.

Of 1000 for the location of the Clover Leaf
Railroad shops.
Frank Mahoney of CoxviIle, a coal miner,
unmarried, was caught by falling slate and
instantly killed.
The new Long-distance Telephone Com
pany is preparing to build line between
Columbus and Hope.
George Beatty, farmer near Walesboro,
while mailing shingles on roof, fell to the
ground, receiving serious injuries.
The old wooden mill, once fiourishing
industry at Pennville, mas just been sold
or junk and it brought price of $50.
George Briggs of Elkhart, owns an auto
mobile upon which he has expended $500
Tor repairs within the past three months.
DR.. Cammack of Milford, Kosciusko
County, is 81 years of age, and has been
practicing medicine in that town since
lS49.
Leon Compton, aged 10, at Elkhart, shot
Chester Ludolph, also 10 years old, while
playing with toy pistol. The injury is
lot serious.
Andrew j. Whitbeck of Elkhart, valued
for alienation which he fled against Maui
rice S. Oldaker.
Mrs. j. S. Brown Of Lagrange, will be
cripple for life as the result of fall when
she was jostled in the crowd at the recent
Fairbanks meeting in that city.
Martin Snyder of Harrison Township,
Elkhart County, raised a pumpkin this
year that weighed eighty pounds and meas
ared five feet and four inches in circum
ference.
Mrs. Robert Baird, in the Scion neigh
borhood near Charleston, was kicked in
The face by mule which she was driving,
knocking her out of her seat to her very
serious hurt.
Fire was discovered in an eighty acre
tract of timber owned by the Fountain eS-
tate northwest of Garrett, and before it
could be gotten under control the entire
tract had been burned over.
George Mccormick, aged 81, a railroad
fireman of Lafayette, Ind, was seized with
probably fatal attack of hemorrhage at
The police station. He was out of work
and slept in the open at night.
George Walker, employed by the Cen
tral Union Telephone Company at Craw-
louisville, accidentally touched live wire
and was hurled to the sidewalk, breaking
his left arm in three places and causing
| other injuries.
At Rochester, Jonas Huey, 80 years old,
nas Just welded Miss Ella May Peters,
aged 10. Two weeks ago Huey's daughter
married Miss Peters brother, making the
son-in-law now the brother-in-law of his
father-in-law.
Mr.. Daniel P. Traxler Of Fort Wayne,
who disappeared while on business trip
70 Argos, has been located at Grand Is
land, Nebraska. He is i'll and disclaims
my recollection of the events since he left
Argos.
Orville Wills, IA years old. son of Willard
Wills, northeast of Lebanon, while pick
| ing dirt out of a dynamite cartridge,
which he was holding in his left hand,
caused an explosion which tore Off his
thumb and two fingers. Pieces of the she'll
were also blown into his eyes.
| o. W. Bryan of Indianapolis committed
suicide at Bader'S Hotel in TerTe Haute.
Bryan adjusted a t,.be to the gas jet and
drew the end under the co yers of the bed.
Prior to the act he cut the name tabs out OF
his shoes, shirts and clothing. A card in
bis pocket had the name c. III. Bryan.
The company at Garrett which controls
the product from the peat moss beds south
of that place has done good business this
year. The moss is put up in bales of 800
pounds and sells readily at cent pound.
Il is found useful in several ways, princi-
pally as bedding for horses and cattle.
Announcement was made TO the congre-
cation of st. Joseph's Catholic Church
at Logansport that Rev. Father Koehne,
the pastor, who is reputed TO be
quite wealthy, had made a will in which
all his property had been given to the
church. 1t relieves the church entirely
| from debt.
Miss Drusie Lyle, school teacher, OF
Huntsville, visited friends at Cincinnati
and while running to catch train, she fell
and dislocated her shoulder, besides break
ing her collar-bone. She insisted upon
continuing her journey, but at Greensburg
she became exhausted and was removed for
surgical attention.
Mrs. Hannah Winters, widow of the late
Solomon P. Winters, pioneer Of Rossville
and Clinton County, fell dead on the floor
of her dining-room. Mrs Winters was
member of the Hopkins family, noted in
the annals of Indiana. She was well and
active up to the minute of her death, aid
was preparing dinner when she fell to the
floor.
Oliver Smith, popularity known as 'sJum-
bo," of Milroy, went to Rushville to visit
his wife, who is patient in the Sexton
Sanitarium, where she underwent an oper-
alton. After his visit, Mr.. Smith attempted
to board freight train to return to Milroy
and he was thrown under the wheels and
torn to fragments. He was large man,
weighing over 800 pounds, and 81 years old.
There are no children. Mr.. Smiths
mother, at Milroy, is alarmingly i'll.
Engineer William Eagan of the Rich
mond division of the Panhandle Railroad,
met with peculiar accident while EN- route
to Anderson with special train from Rich
mond. While running at high rate Of
speed cut of cattle cars standing on sid
ing near Greensboro were passed. A piece
Of timber protruded from one of the ears
and large splinter was driven into the
body of Eagan, making frightful wound
and fracturing his right hip. Eagan, though
suffering from pain and the loss of blood,
remained at his post until he had reversed
his engine and backed to Greensboro,
where he was given attention by surgeons.
| Mabel West of Huntington, IL years Of