The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-06-29
Brief State Items.

Mis- Earl Null of Rushville, has been de-
clared insane, due to a blood cl0t on the
brain, the result of an injury received in
runaway accident.
Mark Mogan, IA years old, while diving
in a pond west of Teue Haute, struck a
stone and was drowned. He is the fifth
Terre Haute boy drowned this season.
Henry Rounds, 5-year-old lad, while
scuffling with his brother Charlie, Z years
old, for the possession of a revolver, was
shot and almost instantly killed at 0oltic.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Adams of North Salem, was seriously in
iured by the overturuing of large lamp,
the globe of which cut a cash in the child's
head.
The town people Of Brook have guaran-
teed $4,000 with which to hold a harvest
festival, beginning August 80 and closing
September 1. The festival last year was a
great success.
l.. n. Stultz of Terre Haute, was fined
twenty-five dollars for selling cigarette
wrappers. He carried them i'm grip"
and had regular customers in the ''red
light" district.
The residence of Peter Writ at Yung,
caught fire and burned so rapidly that
the family barely escaped. The house had
just been built at a cost of 81, 800 and was
partially insured.
Clarence Orn, son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Orn, who reside near Milford,wa drowned
in the st. Joseph river at South Bend 0rn
was only 10 years of age and was attending
the Commercial Business College at that
place.
The Merchants Association of Anderson,
with view of broadening its operations,
has reorganized as the Manufacturers and
Business Mems Association, and it Will
hereafter act along the lines governing a
chamber of commerce or board of trade.
An unusually bright meteor was seen at
HagerstOwn, striking the earth north of
that place. The head was apparently as
large as cocoanut, while the tail was
many yards in length. After the light dis
appeared trail of smoke was distinctly
visible.
Fire of unexplainable origin did 5000
damage in the livery stable of Fisher 81
Richardson, Evansville. Seventy eight
horses were saved with difficulty, and a
large number of privately owned buggies
were damaged. 1t is the second time in
year that the stable was burned.
u. G.. Moore, 10 years old, is in Jail at
Lafayette for assaulting his stepmother,
Mrs. Henry Moore, who had occasion to
correct Moore,s little brother, and was
knocked down by the defendant and Sc
verely beaten. She declined to prosecute,
but the authorities took the matter up.
Joseph Davis, farmer, residing near
Rochester, was struck by train on the
Erie railway, instantly killing him and his
horses. Mr.. Davis was returning home
ward from the city in driving rainstorm,
and ii is presumed that he did not realize
that he was approaching the railway track
until too late.
Uriah Nichols. 65 years old, was acct
dentally killed while unloading logs in the
MonOn railway yards at Monticello. He
was alone at the time The indications
point to the fact that when the stay-poles
were removed the logs fell ON him. Mr..
Nichols was long resident of that place.
He leaves wife and four children.
Herbert 0chSenrider. aged 81 years, OF
Button, committed suicide by hanging
himself with clothes line. Before COM
hitting the act he wrote his obituary, Sc
lected two pallbearers, stated Xhere he
wished to be buried, requested that two
familiar songs be sung at his funeral, and
named the Rev. l.. a. Beeks to preach his
funeral sermon.
Local detectives of Evansville drove sew
eral miles into the country to arrest Fred
Williams. wanted on an alleged felony
charge. They met Williams near the house
where the latter worked, and not knowing
him told him to guard their rig while they
went in search sor the fugitive. Williams
drove away with the rig and is believed to
have escaped into Kentucky.
But for the unusual presence of mind of
lizzie, the 3-year-old daughter of William
Mountain of Alexandria, her S-mOnths-old
sister Helen would have drowned in tub
of water into which she fell. While older
children ran screaming for assistance,
Lizzie went into the water unhesitatingly
and pulled her baby sister out. 1t took an
hour to resuscitate the baby.
Sheriff Whiting intercepted jail deliv-
cry at Princeton, when he appeared at
window where the prisoners were engaged
in saving through the bars. There are
thirteen prisoners in Jail and few minutes
more would have seen majority of them
at liberty. Two saws were found to have
been smuggled in. Two of the prisoners
are awaiting trial for attempted murder.
Harry Hatten, 80 years old, of Lafayette,
shot and instantly killed his sweetheart
and niece, Lulu Hatten, IL years old, ia
tally shot the girls father, Daniel Hatten,
and then running a mile in binding
rainstorm to the home of his sister, Mrs.
Cornelius Cadwallader, sent bullet
through his own head, dying instantly.
The tragedy, it is claimed, is the result of
the refusal of Daniel Hatten to give his
consent to the marriage of the suicide and
his daughter.
The G.. a. r. and w. r. C.. members of
Clinton may erect soldiers monument in
that city. Congressman E. 5. Holiday of
the Fifth district, will obtain some cannon
and balls to be used to decorate the base of
the monument
A. c. Barley, who conducts a large de-
partment store in Marion, known as the
Big Store, has purchased the Lee Hall de-
partment store and will consolidate the
two. The consideration is said to be
$lo0,Ce0. Mr.. Hall will retire from the
mercantile business and will devote his
time to interurbans, in which he is inter-
ested.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence WissIer,