The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-05
Brief State Items.

Brief State Items.
A Jewish temple is to be erected in
Marion.
A movement is on at Warren, Hunting
ton County, to incorporate the town as a
city.
The pOstOffice in Spencerville, DeKalb
County, was robbed by professionals OF
$500.
While removing a sweater. 0rville Da-
Wis of Wabash, tore one of his ears almost
off his head.
With his skull fractured Robert Rether-
ford, aged p, a farmer, was found dying in
his barn near Anderson.
Jesse Schooner, aged Is, accidentally shot
and killed himself while hunting near Ply
mouth. His father is wealthy local mer-
chant.
Rev. George w. Boxell, a pioneer Meth
odist Episcopal clergyman, is dead at
Marion. Years'agO he was in charge of a
passionate in Fort Wayne.
Mrs. Mary Pritchett, aged rs, living near
Evansville, PoSey County, was burned to
death, her clothes catching fire while she
"0o Pot1AhS wal III "a w.
The 2-year-old child of Charles RitenOur
of Jay County, drank d quantity of medi-
cine from a bottle which il happened to get
hold of and died a few minutes later.
Newton Mendith, aged 81, died near Ev-
a~nsville. He was bitten BY a hog several
weeks ago and it is supposed that fright
weakened his heart AMI caused death.
William Nicely, a farmer, vas found
dead near his home west of Lebanon with
his gun and game by his side. 1t is be-
Iieved he shot himself accidentally while
hunting.
John Snyder, IS, was totally blinded in
one eye by accident at Nashville. He was
repairing a wire fence and in dragging a
wire from its fastenings a staple flew out
and struck him in the eye.
Miss Mamie Avery OF M~artinsville, who
gives much attention to poultry, exhibited
Black Langshans at the MoOreSville poul-
try show and carried off FIVE prizes. One
| pair of birds weighed nineteen and one
half pounds.
Harry Ross. aged 81, son of DIR. e.. A.
Ross, and Bessie Tapp, aged Is. daughter
of Herman Tapp. a wealthy railroad con-
tractor, were secretly married at Fort
Wayne, the parents having objected on ac-
count of their ages.
Negotiations have been concluded where
by Purdue University is to receive from the
New York. New Haven x Hartford Rail-
road Company the historic locomotive,
| Daniel Mason. The locomotive was built
in 1858. The university is also to become
custodian of an old passenger coach which
is said 10 have been placed in the service OF
} the railroad in 1885.
An unidentified man going from Chicago
TO New York jumped from a car of a Penn
s~ylvania passenger train near Valparaiso
and made for the woods. Officers and a
posse started after him but failed to find
him. lis was well dressed and appeared
well to do. The man attracted considera-
BILE attention by his actions on the train
and is supposed to be demented.
After enjoying good health to the age of
los years, and to time when she has sew
enty-five grandchildren and thirty-fve
great grandchildren, Mrs. Elizabeth Nc
, | GRAY as seriously i'll at the home of her
granddaughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Kemper,
at INDIANAPOLIS. She was born in Ten
nessee during George Washington's second
! administration, but has lived in ~Indianap-
oils almost since the first house was built.
4 Charles and Edward Prahl OF Goshen,
have left for Arizona, where they have a
big sheep shearing contract, and before
they return to Indiana. they will go to
Australia TO pursue their calling. They
have a record for shearing $4,000 sheep in
one season and their highest individual
record is lS5 sheep an hour. Unlike the
custom i'm the DAYS of old, these men do
their work by machinery. They follow
much of the system of the horse barber
and with clippers and machinery go over
the buck o. the lamb without loss OF time.
His foot fastened in the frog of the track
at the crossing and a switch engine with g
cut of cars bearing down upon him, John
Rayl of indianapolis, probably owes his
life TO the cool headed action of Frank
Wickham, his companion. The two were
crossing the tracks when Rayfs foot
caught in the frog. He tried TO release
himself, but was unsuccessful. He then
asked Wickham to help him. Wickham,
seeing there was no time to waste. grabbed
a switch light, and running down the track,
waved it frantically. The train was stopped
not more than six feet from Rayl.
Thirty EIGHT years ago Mrs. Marion Pyle,
living cas-. of Attica, canned several gal
Ions of spiccc peaches. All of them were
used but one can, and the mother decided
to keep that until the first child was mar
ried. At that time the Oldest child was
five years old. Nine children were born TO
Mr.. and Mrs. Pyle, and they often begged
for the can to be opened, but the invariable
answer was sect married first" Several
of the children seemed at different times to
be ready to get married, but the courtships
were long drawn out, and the first to enter
the bonds of matrimony was Miss Nora
PYLE. who was married a few weeks ago to
Schuyler Marks, of Indianapolis. The
children were all invited home to spend
Christmas, and the fruit was opened. 1t
was well preserved, but the liquid had
turned to jelly.
One of the fire department houses in
|, Alexandria, has a cat which sleeps on the
seat of one of the big wagons, and when
an alarm comes pussy takes it as a matter
of course and refuses to be d~islodged. She
, rides to the fire as unc0noerned as if it were
part of her daily life. Once on the scene,
the noise. smoke and crowd stimulate her
interest, she sitting erect and watching
everything carefully. She is fast growing
. in the affections of the firemen, who prize
|. her as they do their horses, and accord ner
: all honors as a member of the department,