The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-22
Brief State Items.

Vert Butt of Veedersburg, was instantly
killed by Big -Four freight train. He was
struck by the engine and the entire train
passed over him.
Burglars entered the cigar and news
stand owned by 4. j. Gilbert at Newcastle,
stealing S. cash and gold watch, besides
quantity Of cigars and tobacco.
Charles Police, employed in the Pee Wee
mine at Linton, while working on the
bumper, was killed by an accidental fall.
He leaves widow and five children.
Miss Myrtle K Symonds, aged 10, of Ev-
aLsyille, died in bath tub at her home,
while the members of her family were at
church. Heart disease caused her death.
Clarence Sellers of Bourbon, is alarm
ingly i'll of lockjaw, the result of impure
vaccination. Physicians from Warsaw
were called to counsel with local attend
ants upon the patient.
A creosoting plant will be established at
Towards shipyards, Jeffers0nville, to Gre
osote the lumber required in building thirty
barges for the government. Heretofore
this work has been done at Indianapolis.
Claude Morgan, age % years, living with
hts parents at Gilman, near Alexandria,
committed suicide by taking carbolic acid.
He left note bidding his parents goodbye,
but assigning no reason. He was widely
known.
During storm an electric bolt struck the
roof of the Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley
Traction Company barn at Fort Wayne,
setting the building on fire and causing
$1,000 loss. Several summer cars were
damaged.
The market price of wool in Peru is
thirty-three cents, the highest it has been
liz many years. The quantity is also greater
than ever, and buyers are finding them
selves crowded for room in which to place
the wool bought.
The Retail Merchants Association of
Attica has been organized, with a member
ship of sixty. The main purpose is said to
be TO regulate certain illegitimate adver-
Using schemes said to have been INDUCED
in by Attica and other merchants.
William Orr of Vernon, while riding a
bicycle from North Vernon in the path
running along the edge of the cliff in the
'.Narrows," fell over the embankment,
4 10 III. lOSb at POAAt. III
sustained severe injuries, but no broken
bones
Burglars entered Bryan & COble's store
at Paragon and wrecked small freproof
safe. used for storage of books and valuable
papers. There was no money in the safe,
as the firm always forwards its daily re-
ceipts to bank at Martinsyille at the close
of business. Home talent is under sus-
picion.
Fred Snyder, alias 'Doghead,' and Sam
uel Mortimer, alias Coon" two Bourbon
boys scarcely out of their teens, are fugi-
tives from justice. They are accused Of
stealing wool and flour from local mer-
chants, selling their plumber in adjoining
towns. Warrants have been issued for
! their arrest.
The Indiana Union Traction Company
announces July as the date when the
steam railway system of tickets and collec-
ton of fares will become effective on all
its lines. BY that time between forty and
fifty ticket agencies will be ready on the
system. and the sale of tickets by conduc
tors will be stopped.
John Eagle. aged 80, who, it is thought,
was the oldest printer in the United States,
died at the home of his granddaughter in
Indianapolis. On account of his luxuiant
growth of flowing hair several artists and
photographers have won national prizes
with pictures for which he posed. He was
born in Philadelphia in 1915.
Judge Williams has granted new trial
to Charles Lafontaine of Martinsville, con-
victed during the first part of the court
term of assaulting W. W. Wilson, and adj
judged guilty of attempted murder. La
f.ntaine shot Wilson during a business
disagreement. The last named was Sc
,erely wounded, but recovered.
Prof. J. W. Howard of Muncie, for sew
fral years conducting the Muncie Business
College was adjudged insane and sent to
the Richmond asylum. He made two I'M
| successful attempts at suicide. His wife,
woman with high attachments, associated
with him in business, died two years ago,
and constant brooding over her loss ruined
his mind.
While beneath his locomotive and unable
{, extricate himself from his perilous posi-
ton, Guy Sutton, fireman for the Muncie
Belt Railway Company, was seriously
= steam plug. Escaping steam scalded him
about the face, arms and legs and he would
have persisted but for the prompt work on
the part of other railroad employees.
William Crawford, barber of New AL
bany, is dead from the effects of small par
ticles of hair which were inhaled while he
was following his trade and entered his
throat and lungs. He began complaining
several months ago of severe pains in his
throat and lungs, which increased in in
tensity until he was compelled to give up
work His suffering for several weeks be-
fore his death was intense and his screams
during the severe paroxysms of pain could
be heard throughout the neighborhood.
Crawford was IS years old.
The body of Willie Chamberlain, IA years
old, of Lafayette, was found at Perrysville,
in Vermillion county. He was drowned
while bathing in the river, and the body
floated fifty miles before discovery. The
father offered a reward of 500 for its re-
ccyery.
Henry Sutton, one of the oldest citizens
of Crawford county, was struck by a
Southern express train at Midtown and in
stantly killed. The body was horribly
mangled. He was at one time one of the
wealthiest men in the county, but through
adverse circumstances had been reduced to
poverty.
Miss Leila Christman, IL years old,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Christman