The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12
Brief State Items.

The 2-year-old child of J.. S. Page, near
North Salem was run oyer andfatally hurt.
The home of NJ. Montgomery at Walk
ersvilIe was destroyed by fire. Loss $500
with 5000 insurance.
The 3-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Cassell, who reside near Dundee, was suf-
located by natural gas.
As the result of a recent visit of State
Food Inspector Bristol several dairymen
of Terre Haute will be prosecuted.
The jury in the case of Jesse D0wen. in
dicted for killing Albert Byers, marshal OF
Diamond. returned a verdict of acquittal.
Mrs. Jeptha Station of Kentland, fell
from a hammock receiving injuries that
developed into lockjaw, causing her death.
She was 30 years old.
James S. Mackey, aged SO, of Logans-
port, freight train conductor on the Penn
sylvania railroad, fell between two cars at
Red Key and was killed.
Will Raymer of Peru, sold 800 worth of
new furniture he had leased for $50 to a
secondhand dealer and was landed in Jail
on a charge of grand larceny.
In the suit of Mrs. Fanny Powell of Ind
annapolis, against the city of Portland, de-
handing damages for alleged injuries sus-
tanned on a defectiNe sidewalk, the jury
returned a verdict il favor of the city.
The stock and feel barn owned by Ben
jamin +. Davis of North Salem, on his
farm near that city, was consumed by fire,
originating from an unknown cause The
loss exceeds $1,000, with $500 insurance.
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Lebanon died as a result CT terrible in
juries inflicted by an Infatuated sow. His
right arm VIZ broken in two places, his
breast crushed and one .usk penetrated the
brain.
A postal money order for Slip. secured
at Jacksonville and made payable to John
Moore of New Albany, was raised to
$60.12, and was passed on l.. V. Bishop,
proprietor of the St. Charles Hotel at New
Albany. Moore cannot be found.
One of the best oil wells eTer developed
in Hamilton county was drill ed in recently
on James's Horizons farm, near Horton
vile. Land in that vicinity Is on a boom
On account of the discovery, and other
wells will be put down as fast as the work
can be done.
Frank Grimmer, 35 years old, of Miller's
Station, and l.. V. Nicholson, aged 40, of
Lake Station, are dead as the result of an
explosion at the Aetna Powder and ely
cerine works at Miller's Station. Both
men were blown into fragments. How
the explosion occurred is unknown.
Two wholesale liquor houses belonging
to Andrew Evans. of the town of Winslow,
eight miles from Petersburg, were fired by
incendiaries and burned to the ground.
Bitter feeling exists between members of
the Good Citizens league and the liquor
element, and further trouble is expected.
Clayton McLane, IS yeas old, awaiting
trial al Brazil for larceny, suddenly be-
lame violently insane. ana attacked Amos
Slamper, a fellow prisoner. He also de-
stroyed his clothing and committed other
excuses until he was O~verpowered. He
Will be removed to the Central Indiana
Insane Hospital at Indianapolis.
One of the old-time gusher oil wells was
brought in by King d Russell Of Lima, o.,
on the Pittenger lease, north of Muncie,
which pumped $50 barrels the first twelve
hours and 400 the first twenty-four. 1t is
believed to be good for a settled produc-
ton of 100 barrels a day or more. Other
wells on the same lease and on adjoin-
ing farms are to be drilled in at once.
Ora Williamson, a merchant of Red Key,
was arrested charged with assault and bat
terry with intent to commit murder. He
is charged under the grand jury indict-
ment with having fired the shot which
struck Timothy Murphy during the cross
ing war last month in which Vim. Purdy
was killed. Murphy is the foreman of a
section on the Pennsylvania railroad and
lives at Logansport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emanuel Rosenthal and
City Clerk Hickok and wife of Muncie,
while enroute to North Manchester in an
automobile, were thrown into a ditch by
the wheels slipping On a muddy surface
and Mrs. Hickok suffered a broken rib,
Mrs. Rosenthal was hurt internally, and
Mr.. Rosenthal was badly bruised. Mr..
Hickok escaped unhurt. Mr.. Rosenthal
was acting as chauffeur.
Bert Larkins of South Bend, a motor
man for the Indiana Railway Company.
was caught between a passenger car and
the baggage car on the trolley road at
Mishawaka and rolled between the two
coaches until he became unconscious. Lar
Kills Hdu Dten SldlluiuS db tic Sue QOOE Vi
the baggage car when a west-bound car
struck him. His spine is hurt and he suf-
fered internal injuries which are expected
to prove fatal.
The boldest day light robbery which has
ever occurred in Vincennes happened the
other day when Joseph Greenvell, a farmer
living near Oaktown, was knocked uncon-
scious by a man who riled his pock-
cts, obtained about SIS and then placed
Greenwelrs unconscious form across the
b. & o. railway tracks. The robbery &C.
CURED near the union station, and had it
not been for the assistance of several
women, who witnessed the work of the as
~sailant, Greenwich wouldhave been ground
to pieces under the wheels of a passenger
train which was fast approaching.
Mrs. Susie johnson, widow, and sister
in-law of ex-Sheriff 1raylor of Jasper,
was found dead in a cistern at her home.
1t is not known whether her death was
from foul play, accident or suicide.
Augustus Kramer, a farmer near New
Corydon, has taken the risk in the develop
ment Of his farm for oil that is usually left
to the professional oil operator. As a re-
suit he has an oil income of nearly $500 a
month. On top of this he now has a new
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