The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06
Brief State Items.

IN w mte river. lie fell out OF boat.
The city officials of Huntington will en-
force the anticipating ordinance against
corner loafers.
Cracksmen entered the pOstOffice at Gym
thiana, blew the safe and escaped with $50
in stamps and S35 in money
James Williams of Lawrenceburg, while
driving spirited horse, was thrown from
his buggy and his left leg was broken
Grafton Johnson, owner of several can
ming factories in Indiana, has decided to
build $4,000 canning plant at Anderson
Fire almost totally destroyed the factory
of the Diamond Flint Glass Company,
northwest of Hartford City. The loss will
reach $1,000.
VIM. Myers, aged %, of Greenwood, an
electrician, came in contact with live
wire. His face was badly burned and one
side partially paralyzed. He may lose his
sight
The farm residence of Abraham Stanley,
five miles north of Richmond. was entirely
destroyed by fire. The family escaped
without injury. The loss is 5000, and
there is no insurance.
A MonOn accommodation train was
wrecked near Bedford by the breaking in
two of freight train The lost cars ran
back and collided with the passenger. No
one was seriously hurt.
By an explosion of natural gas in cook
ing stove, Mrs. Winburn r. Pierce of An
derson, was so severely burned about the
face and head that it is feared she may be
permanently disfgured. She is a bride of
year ago.
The City Council of Alexandria, at a
special meeting, decided to build $1,000
fire department building on the present
site. The work will begin Immediately.
The city has the cash and will pay as the
work proceeds.
While playing about the floor where the
mother was doing the family washing, the
12-mOnths-ol child of James Heaton,
wealthy farmer near Muncie, fell into tub
filled with boiling water. The child died
several hours later.
Fred V. Sweet, railroad brakeman,
employed by the Indiana Railway Com
pany, has sued the city of South Bend
for $4,000 for being knocked from the top
of Grand Trunk freight car by trolley
wire. He was permanently injured.
Jesse Mcneil, 20, living near Columbus,
after being i'll for several days, arose from
bed, and while standing he tainted and fell
forward his full weight, his chin striking
the floor with such force as to break the
jaw bone and dislodge several teeth.
Word has been received at Lagrange
from Congressman Newton w. Gilbert that
the PostOffice Department has ordered a
complete rural mail service for Lagrange
county. The county has sixteen routes and
about fifteen more will be established
Every building at the home of William
Robertson of Erie township, east of Peru,
was burned to the ground, the fire starting
from sparks coming from a sawmilll three
rods away, and alighting upon the house.
The loss is estimated at over $1,000, while
the insurance is $1,000.
Ross T. Luellen, a stenographer en-
ployed in the offices of the Union Traction
Company at Anderson, recently received
notice of his appointment as private secre-
tary to the secretary of the Panama Canal
Commission. He was told to report at
New York, where transportation to Pan
anna awaited him.
Mrs. Ward d. Walker, SO years old, who
lived with her daughter, Mrs. John Han
mum of WOrthingtOn, was found with
her head in the rain barrel. The old
drowned herself by holding her
head under the water. A granddaughter
of whom she was very fond had been away
visiting and was to have returned home,
t. i -.
appointment caused the old woman to be-
come respondent.
Charles Brown, 20 years old, a farmer,
living near Bluffton, entered the stall of a
yearling colt, and the colt grabbed him by
he forearm with its teeth and threw him
In the manger.~s The colt then seized his
eft hand, nearly tearing it off. While
Brown lay in the manger the animal reared
On its hind feet and attempted to trample
him with its forefeet. The man was un-
when discovered by his brother,
who drove the colt away with pitch
FORK.
The old American window glass plant in
Elwood, which has been idle for the last
i've years, will be torn down, and whatever
is of value will be moved to
The plant was started by
private parties eight years ago, but conten-
ion in the ranks of the workmen made the
Institution of no benefit to the city nor to
he owners. The trust took the factory five
ears ago and closed it. Its removal causes
10 loss to Elwood, as it was practically a
lead institution.
DIR. Thomas Ijames of Northgrove, died
He had been respondent since
lis wife died several months ago and the
general belief is that he committed suicide
~ taking morphine. He was alone when
lie died. The undertaken found 5000
ewed to the dead mans underclothing.
lie had real estate valued at $4,000. A
tepson alone survives him, Ijames was
he biggest man in the county. His waist
MEASURE was five feet two inches He
measured twenty inches around the
leck.
Miss Ivy Buckeye, Is years old, of Gen
va, attempted to lift the lid off a bucket
lied with hot water, sitting on a stove
The lid suddenly flew up, throwing the hot
water and steam against her breast and
lto her face. She was severely scalded,
nd may lose her eyesight.
Lena Baumgart, 20 years old, of l43 Lee
ia street, indianapolis, imagines she is
nder complete control of the devil. Asa
esult of her peculiar hallucination she has
to injure her little son and has
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