The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-23
Brief State Items.

by the death of his mother in Germany he
will inherit $4,000.
Joseph Yobst, A years old, of Fort Wayne,
driver of brewery wagon, shot his wife
and then committed suicide. The woman
will live. She had applied for divorce.
Henry Hickman, while hunting ducks
four miles west of Rushville, shot seagull,
the bird measuring feet ~ inches from
tip to tip. The gull was not accompanied
by any other birds of its species. 1t will
be mounted and preserved.
AS result af police investigation, Miss
Thima Stone of Indianapolis, has con-
fessed that she wrapped her infant child in
blanket and threw it into furnace to
hide her disgrace. The charred remains of
the babe were found in an ash pile at the
rear of house where she was employed.
Mrs. James Stockwell, aged 20, was
burned to death at her home, six miles
west of BrowntOwn. While she was burn
ing weeds in the garden her clothing took
fire and she ran screaming to the house.
Her clothing was all burned off before her
hurband, who was at the barn, reached her
side
With smile at the mOtOrman an I'M
known man jumped from the roadside I'M
der fast flying traction car and was in
stantly killed. The suicide occurred be-
tween Whiting and East Chicago, and it
required the wrecking crew to extricate the
mans body. Meanwhile traffic was de-
layed.
j. w. Womble, a Wabash bOilermaker,
had three ribs broken, his pelvis fractured
in two places and his leg broken, the re-
suit of a collision with an engine of fast
passenger train that was entering the sta
ton at Peru. Womble tried to cross the
track when he was struck and pitched
into the air.
Otto Creason. working in the plant OF
the Sinner fence factory at Anderson. was
caught in one of the wire-fence reels and
was wrapped round and round with the
wire, which covered his head and shOul-
ders. A fellow workman, instead of cut
ting the wire, rushed to the engine-rOOm
and shut off the steam. Creason was ser
iously injured, two ribs being torn from the
spine, while his head and face were seri-
Ously crushed. His recovery is not antici-
pated.
Arthur Henry, the son of Capt. q. r.
Henry of Alexandria, has lain in a semi
conscious condition for twelve days, the re-
suit of an assault said to have been COM
mitted by young companions. Henry has
only been able to tell in disconnected SEN
fences of his mishap, but enough has been
developed to warrant the authorities in
holding William Whitehouse and Charles
WhitwOrth, both of Alexandria, for felOni-
Gus assault. 1t is asserted that they at
tackled Henry and threw him from a train
for the purposes Of robbery. None is over
q years old.
A man who is withholding his name was
drawing a pitcher of water from the city
! mains at Columbus, when be saw some OBJ
ject sticking from the nozzle of the hy
| drant. He jerked out about four inches of
an eel. The rest of the eel is in the by
drant. The man is now drinking water
| from his neighbor's we'll This is the wa
| ter which is being pumped through the city
mains for the use of local consumers, and
| there is great deal of complaint on ac-
count of its condition. The filter can not be
used and for that reason the unfiltered river
| water is being served for drinking purposes.
Mr.. and Mrs. IsOm Sanders, aged re-
! spectively 80 and So, one of the most re-
spected couples of Monroe County, died
| within few hours of each other at their
home. northwest of Bloomington. For
| sixty years they had shared each others
| joys and sorrows, and having travelled
! through life so long together it was their
| wish that death would not long separate
| them. Mr.. Sanders died first, his death
| caused by the infirmities of old age. The
| time for the funeral was set, and when the
| faithful wife learned the hour of separation
she was stricken and passed away. The
couple was laid side by side in one grave.
| A SNOWFALL, thrown in boyish fun, all
but caused the death of 2-year- old TheO-
| dOre Lerner of South Bend. AS result Of
the injury the nasal passages and roof of
the lads mouth began to decay. The teeth
also began to grow upward into the de-
cayed portions, affecting the nasal passages
and eyes, As last resort an operation
was performed by DR.. Nicholas Sem of
Chicago, and although the boy lowered be-
tween life and death for five weeks he is
/
lay" said DIR. Sem, "would have brought
on insanity; the teeth would have grown
up into the brain, as the bones intervening
were soft"
| Mrs. NJ. III. Ingram of Winamack pos
sesses breastpin made of a gold dollar,
the coin having been found by Mrs. In
grams father, soldier of Company A.
Sixty-third Indiana Infantry, while he and
his command were crossing the Potomac
River on the famous Long Bridge, i'm 1862.
A company of cavalry preceded the COM
mand, and riders horse stepped on the
coin, flattening and soaring it until the
date of coinage was almost obliterated Mr..
Drake ssnt the coin to his little daughter
at Linden, and few years later il was
converted into breastpin, leaving the date
side as it was after being trampled on by
| the cavalryman's horse.
| Edward D0nahue, convicted i'm Crown
point, of the murder of Armiter Northrup
| of st. Joseph. Mich, and condemned to be
hanged at Michigan City June 9, was re-
| ceived at the State prison and upon ap-
preaching the prison DOnahue, WHO had
been convict there before, said: al sup
pose the next time come out il viii be feet
| first" He heaved sigh when the inner
gate was slammed at his back and officers
began to remove his handouts. Donahue
was placed in the department for con-
demned prisoners with Berkipv Smith