The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-30
Brief State Items.

AAhhf AAAhoCil Will Al OldlhCt III llC jail at
Brazil.
The edge tool factory of Gas City was
destroyed by fire, causing a loss of So 900,
partly covered by insurance.
The state is threatened with a fuel short
age, owing to the inability of the railroads
to get the coal away from the mines.
Three cars of a Pennsylvania freight train
toppled over the trestle at Greenfield. I'M.
Liddy of Bradford, Ohio, was seriourly in
jured.
III. c. Price of Logansport, making his
first run on the Panhandle division, was
caught under the wheels at Leroy and his
leg was cut off.
Mrs. Edward Lafferty, aged "a, of Hart
ford City, died from the effects of a dose OF
paris green which she had mistaken for a
headache powder.
Mrs. Jacob Gable, age 6 ,wife of a farmer
south of Fort Wayne. was knocked down
and trampled upon by a herd of forty
COWS. She will recover.
The body of Christopher McRay, who
disappeared from bis home in New Albany
several weeks ago, was found in the river.
lie had been employed as a float tender.
A fire of mysterious origin entirely de-
stroyed a large barn on the farm of Ernest
Bauermeister, about three miles east of
Ossian. The loss is estimated at between
$4,000 and $1,000.
An attempt was made TO dynamite the
Armfield q Cartwright stone and lime
plant at Rldgeyille. Earl Collette and
Frank CLANCY were arrested and remanded
to Jail at Winchester.
Almond Miller, 5 years old, of near De
catur, fell from toe second story of a house
on an cid stove, fracturing his skull and
driving a piece of the bone one inch into
his brain. He cannot recover.
Henry Cover, a timer, who was famed
throughout the state for his fearlessness i'm
working at dizzy heights, was found dead
in his bed at Bluffton. Cover, who was
known as ''Deafy,'' was 63 years of age.
Johnnie, the S-year-Old son of Fred Bon
homme of Vincennes. was found lying on
the back porch with his skull crushed. He
refused to state how he had been injured.
There is little chance OF the lad recovering.
st. Francis Xavier Cathedral, one of the
historic spots of Vincennes, narrowly es-
capped destruction by fire. With great eff
fort the library, which is the Oldest in the
state, was saved. The loss is about 5000.
1t is said that pension irregularities at
Corunna are under investigation by the
federal grand jury at Indianapolis. A
| number of Corunna residents have been
| summoned as witnesses before the grand
jury.
Fred Clay, colored, who shot and killed
Frank POSey, also colored, at Evansville,
last May lust for fun, has been sentenced
to life Imprisonment. The murder was
unprovOked. The victim was a stranger
to Clay.
| While playing with an old revolver at
Richmond, Paul Overman, II, shot and
seriously wounded his brother, Homer,
aged 4. The bullet struck the top of the
! child's head. Physicians believe he will
recover.
A big $1,000 automobile belonging to J..
u. Dick of Huntington, was totally de-
stroyed by fire, while Mr.. Dick, in COM
pany with Ed Wickenheiser and a chat
feur, were making a trip from Huntington
to Warren.
The beautiful suburban home of Henry
Bruning of Seymour, county recorder, with
contents, was totally destroyed by fire,
while the family was absent. The loss is
$4,000, with So, 700 insurance on house and
furniture. Fred Bruning, a son. lost 500
cash. 4
At a special session the Bluffton city
council granted a franchise TO the Fort
Wayne. Bluffton & Marion Traction COM
pany for the passage of its interurban line
from Fort Wayne through that city. The
franchise provides for certain stops in the
! city and the use of the tracks by other
companies.
A grand jury investigation of the con
dition of Huntington county's infirmary
! shows the buildings to be in a very dilap-
idated condition, totally lacking in bath
rooms and other sanitary conyeniences.
| Recommendations are made for immediate
plumbing and the establishment of a water
works system.
Mrs. j. L. Shelter of Frankfort, while
cleaning a pair CT gloves with gasoline, AMI
with them still on her hands. lighted a fire
under the gas stove. The gasoline caught
fire and her hands were terribly burned.
John McCarty, a little grandson. caught
| his hair on fire at the same time, and he
was severely scorched.
Henry S. Cauthorn died suddenly at his
home i'm Vincennes at the age of 81. He
was one of the best known historians in
the West. Mr.. Cauthorn served four terms
in the Indiana Legislature and in 1879 was
Speaker. He also served as Judge in the
district which at one time comprised Owen,
Greene, Davies and Knox counties.
Ernest Sanderson, convicted of compile
ity in the murder of Preston Sanderson at
Hartford City, was refused a new trial be-
fore Judge Watkins at Bluffton and lorna,
sentence of life Imprisonment was passe<
upon him. He will take IN appeal. WIZ
liam Cook is now serving a life sentence
for alleged completely in the murder.
Rev. and Mrs. j.. Lapp and Rev. and
Mrs. NJ. C. Lehman, missionaries from Co
shen College to India, are stranded on Z
steamship at Fort Said, Egypt. Rev. Leh-
man is dying of typhoid fever and the
party is in sore stress Both couples were
married at Goshen just before sailing.
Tn hearing of the case of David Z. Sher-
rick. ex-auditor of state, has been post
poned in the Criminal Court at Indiana
polls, from Nov. "a to December IA at the