The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-16
Brief State Items.

new school building at Peru, to cost $4,000.
Mrs. ii. g. Lynn of Rushville, was pain
fully burned by the explosion of gas
stove.
/ Cleo Hughart, aged 9, fell under the
wheels of wagon at Valparaiso and was
fatally injured.
Eastern capitalists have leased rooms
preparatory to opening bank at Muncie,
to cater especially to oil men.
Philip Carmen, al employ of the Big
-Four Railroad, was killed at CovingtSn, in
attempting to get off moving train.
A majority of the taxpayers have Pc
titioned for special election at Daleville,
to pass upon the question of incorporation.
+ Mrs. James Curtiss of Shelbyville, has a
broken arm, the result of an accidental
fall. Her husband is very ill with pneu-
mOnia.
The Sixty-seventh Indiana Infantry sur
vivors will hold reunions at Madison
during the State Encampment of the q. A
X. in June
Mrs. Mary A. Sust wants 5000 damages
from the city of Muncie, because of de-
fective sidewalk, by which she was per-
manently injured.
Cutler Shirrell, "a years old, of Shoals, is
under arrest, accused of stealing a sack of
flour, which he carried to a saloon and
traded for whiskey.
An explosion of dynamite near Fall
mouth, broke many windows in that VIII
lage, and the debris was scattered i'm every
direction, but no person was hurt.
Charles Lambert, near Harrisburg, while
driving along the highway, lost one Of his
horses. the animal dropping DECD through
frighton seeing an interurban car
While Louis Helderman was handing a
shotgun to Curtis Gillian of Oaktown, the
weapon exploded. Gillam's head was torn
off. The men were hunting for duck.
Mrs. Omer Hurst, wife of well-known
farmer of Milton, was badly bruised in
runaway accident, the bit breaking and
the driver losing control of the horse.
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Nicholas Rembush of Lafayette, while
visiting at the home of William Thrasher
in Shelbyville, was badly scalded by the
overturning of tea pot
John Carl, struck by an interurban car
running rapidly through the streets of Ko-
kOmo, which demolished his vehicle, is de-
handing $1,000 damages from the Indiana
polls Northern Company.
Zenia Long, Millersburg young man in
the regular army in the Philippines, COM
mitted suicide. He was 20 years of age
M 10 IN how sa.1 TO
a native woman in the Philippines.
James Freel, 35 years old and married, of
Weisburg, while crossing the Big Four
railway track, watching an approaching
train. was struck by one coming in an OPP
posite direction, and instantly killed.
Lon Dugan, employed in the plant of the
Kokomo paper mill, fell into a vat filled
with boiling water, and, although quickly
dragged out by fellow workmen, he was so
badly scalded that recovery is scarcely
possible.
The first test of the Wabash city crem-
atory plant was made, collection of
dead bodies of animals being used. The
plant has not yet been accepted, there be-
ing much controversy over the question of
its real need.
Through habeas corpus proceedings,
Francis Wood Of Greencastle, has recovered
possession of his 6-year-old son, who had
been cared for ly an uncle, Lewis Young,
near Alexandria, since the death of the
lads mother.
Mrs. Ellen Shirk, widow of the late Mil
ton Shirk, has presented a lot valued at
1000 to the Wabash Railway Y. VI. C. A.
at Peru, and nearly $4,000 has been sub
scribed, looking to the erection of a gym
nasium on the new site.
Charles Wilson and William Trenepohl.
employed at Frazees lumber yard at Rush
vile, were caught by pile of lumber,
toppled over by the wind, and were un-
conscious but not fatally hurt when res
cued by fellow workmen.
The largest class in the history of the
Wabash High School will graduate June
2. DR.. Hughes of DePauw University.
will deliver the address and, during COM
week, the seniors will present
a play at the opera house.
The suit for breach of promise brought
by Miss Gladys Cox against Edwin Garst.
both of Waltz Township, Wabash County,
has been compromised out of court and it
is understood Miss Cox accepted $500 in
settlement for her lacerated affections.
Lying, as its mother supposed, in peace
full sleep in her arms, Mrs. William Politz
Of Kokomo, was Mortified to find her s.
babe cold n death. The little
one had been dead for several hours while
the parents slept in ignorance of the fact.
Fletcher Peak of veedersburg, six months
ago lad no hair on his head, aud now he
has a full growth. He he'd been bald
of years. being So years of age.
The remedy is made by recipe written by
his mother, he claims, years ago, and
which he discovered in the old family
Bible.
j. w. Whitehead, merchant at New
Paris, Elkhart County, was sandbagged
while going home from his store. The
thieves secured between $50 and 500 in
cash from Mr.. Whitehead and made their
escape. The victim says it was so dark
that he could not identify his assailants.
John Childress, rs years old, died at
Upton, from the effects of injuries received
several days ago. He was found uncon-
scious on the floor in the storeroom i'm !
which he was employed, and indications
e that heavy package of hardware had
fallen from shelf and struck him on the |
head. He never regained consciousness.
b. o. Wells, one of the superintendent
'or the contracting firm of Caldwell &
Drake, while supervising the remodeIinp