The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-07-27
Brief State Items.

mulnS gOld near ana about SpearSVllle.
While wading in White river near Mum
Gle, Oryille Griffith, aged s, was drowned.
William Flynn. aged q. of Crawfords-
vile, was killed by train at Veedersburg.
Fay Arms, years old, of Elkhart, died
of lockjaw, a result of stepping on rusty
nail.
Thomas Mooney of Vincennes, found
perfect pearl in his pigsty and sold it tc a
New York buyer for 5000.
The sewerage question at Angola has
been compromised and the city will expend
$50, 900 in the construction of three trunk
line sewers.
DR.. Philip j. Tesch, shot by Alexander
Kennedy, in his store in Lafayette, is
dead. Kennedy is under arrest charged
with murder.
Burglars plundered the safe in the post
office at Judyville, securing 500 worth of
stamps and $75 in currency Gypsies are
under suspicion.
Miss Mamie Mcfarland of Nashville,
daughter of Benjamin Mcfarland, ex-
Sheriff of Rush county, was accidentally
drowned in Blue river
John Moses, Jr., a 15-year-old miner was
caught by falling slate in the Indiana
Southern mine at Gilmour, and probably
will die of his injuries.
Clyde Greeger, IA, of Goshen, died in
terrible agony from lockjaw. On the
Fourth of July he accidentally shot him
self in the palm of the left hand
The army worm has appeared in Starke
county in such abundance that farmers are
alarmed. An appeal for relief has been
made to the Purdue agricultural depart
ment.
While working in the Brazil Block Coal
Company's mine at Knightsville, Samuel
Anderson was crushed to death under a
fall of slate, his neck being b. Ken and his
body mashed to pulp
Andrew Swadner, 80 years of age, well
known resident of Frankfort, was instantly
killed near his home bya Monon passenger
train, while endeavoring to save valuable
hog from being run over.
The body of William Flynn of Craw-
louisville, aged %, was found on the Big
-Four tracks near C0vingtOn. 1t is supposed
he attempted TO board a moving freight
train and fell under the wheels.
Within the next sixty days the govern
ment will ship 100000 black bass to Mobiles
vile. with which to stock Cicero creek. The
creek has been selected instead of White
river, because the water is purer.
Surveyors have begun running the line
of the Lob ditch, in Jay and Adams coun-
ties, which it is proposed to redredge.
The channel of the Wabash river in Adams
county will also be cut for two miles.
| E.Z. Hunt, farmer and amateur photo
grapher, near Boonville, Warrick county,
has been arrested by POstoffice Inspector
r. NJ. c. HOsford, accused of sending i'm
proper letters through the mails. Other ar
rests are anticipated.
John Martin of Somerville. has been or
dered by the United States fish commission
to deliver 1000 striped bass to Rogers Sta
ton, and 5000 striped and black bass TO
Lincoln City. The latter will be placed in
a pond covering several acres.
Thomas Hudson, 80 years old, was struck
by a passenger train on the Grand Rapids
& Indiana railroad, near Collett. and in
stantly killed. Hudson was partially deaf
and was crossing the track at the time.
He leaves wife and six children.
The large new barn of j. h. Shook,
southeast of Sharpsville, was destroyed by
fire. In the barn were fifteen tons of hay,
several bushels of corn, farming nipple
ments and four horses. Nothing was
saved Loss, $1,000; no insurance.
Spontaneous combustion is the cause as
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barn near Bourbon, in which some valu-
able horses and several head of cattle were
cremated. New clover hay had been re-
Gently stored in the barn, in which the fire
started.
Albert Melton, colored, who was prize
fighter while living in Marion, is wanted
for supposed connection with the murder
Irwin Dye, white, in the ''Black Prince"
saloon, in November, 1900. Dye was a
youth of is. His murder was a mystery,
but the authorities now think they have a
tangible clew.
S0uthb0und passenger car No. IS, in
charge of Conductor Eph Foster of Eaton,
and work car No. 103, northbound, in charge
of Conductor Lee Stacey of Eaton, crashed
into each other on curve on the Muncie,
Hartford City and Fort Wayne interurban,
two miles north of Hartford City. Several
persons were injured, two seriously.
The National Manufacturing Company
at Elkhart is manufacturing cotton-pick-
ing machine, working out the idea of a
IChicago expert, which it is expected will
revolutionize the industry in the South.
The machine will not be ready for a pIac-
teal test for several weeks. but the pro-
moters are confident of success.
Mrs. William Shultz of Dunkirk, was
stabbed by Miss Dolly Morgan, and is now
in a serious condition. Mrs. Shultz was in
her yard when, it is alleged, Miss Morgan,
her mother, Mrs. Nate Morgan, and her
sister, Mrs. Putney Taylor, passed. Mrs.
Shultz says all three attacked her. Dolly
Morgan using dirk, which entered Mrs.
Shultz's breast. Miss Morgan escaped.
Her mother and sister are in jail.
Mayor Charles g. Covert has issued or
ders to the effect that there shall be no
more German villages conducted in Evans
willie. Some time ago the Deutsch Gesell-
schaft, German society, appealed to
Mayor Covert to put stop to German vii
llages during fair time arl other celebra-
tons in the city, sayin, they reflected on
the German people. Mayor Covert took
the matter up and has notified the Sec
rotary of the association that the society's
wishes will be respected. The action of
1.-THE mayor will bar the German villages