The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-12
REVIEW OF INDIANA

During raid on restaurants at |
in search of liquor by
posse of Constables Alva Ice became |
involved In quarrel and was shot and |
slightly wounded by Frank Hundley, a
special constable.
Albert Mock, principal of the Oak
land City High School, has rendered
his resignation to the School Board
and will enter the United States
Weather Service. He will leave al
once for Washington, D. c.
While William Chesser, As years old.
of Princeton, and his brother were
cleaning a shotgun preparatory to an
election celebration, the gun was acct
dentally discharged The calf of Will
liam Chesser's left leg was torn of
and he bled to death. The victim was
a preacher.
Fire, thought to have been of in.
cendiary origin, destroyed the large
barn owned by Sylvester Cantrell
near Oakland City. The contents. con-
sisting of hay, corn, oats, wheat and
wagons, were burned. The loss was
estimated at $4,000, which is partially
covered by insurance.
Ned z. G. Haines' livery barn in
Wabash burned to the ground, and six
horses were cremated The building
was a mass of flames when the fire
was discovered, and it was only by
hard work that any of the horses were
taken from the building. Many bug.
gies were burned and all of the har.
ness was destroyed. The loss is part
ly covered by insurance.
Roaming somewhere in Eastern In.
diana is a herd of about fifty Hereford
calves valued at more than 81 900. The
owner is c. w. Cecil, residing four
miles southwest of Muncie. He had
sold the calves to a Muncie butcher.
and was delivering them when the
herd became frightened by crowd of
children and stampeded. The animals
which were of large size, although not
full grown, rushed pellmell toward the
country. A half dozen stargglers have
been picked up, but the others can not
be found. 1t is feared they may suf-
fer for water before they are located.
The novelty of holding mayors
court over the telephone was observed
at Greenfield and at Cambridge City
last week and as a result the city of
Greenfield received check for $40.
The amount was for fine assessed by
Mayor John Hinchman against an au-
tomobile party, which passed through
there hitting the high places and bare
ly missing the mayor and the city
marshall. The persons were then held
at Cambridge City. They talked to
the mayor over the telephone, ac-
knowledged their guilt, left the fine
assessed by Mr.. Hinchman and went
on their way.
| Terre Haute has its share of freak
bets, including the rolling of a peanut
around the courthouse with a tooth
pick and wheelbarrow ride over the
same course. At Rose Polytechnic one
student is to wear socks which are not
mates, with his trousers rolled up, the
remainder of the term. Another stu.
dent is to give the winner rub downs
in the gymnasium baths. A Normal
student is to get the lessons of Taft
adherent in particular study for the
remainder of the term The women
students at the Normal bet pillows
pennants and candy. Two lose Poly
students who are rivals for the affec
| fiopc IF uo,,p0 woman oo..ooI Of
the loser in bet on the governorshir
should cease calling on the young
woman.
John OFT, who for ten years was SUI
perintendent OF the Bartholomew
County Poor Farm, and who is now q
farmer near Lowell, Bartholomew
County, believes he has fortune on
his farm. He employed LATE Burns, a
well digger, to drill deep well on his
farm. and at a depth of about fifty
feet a rich vein of soft coal was
struck. The coal was shown to ex.
perts and they pronounced it as good
as any coal on the market. The drill.
ing was continued and the vein was
found to be twenty-five feet thick.
There is big hill running back from
the place where the well was drilled
and it is thought the vein extends in.
to the hill. Prospectors are of the
opinion that one of the best coal mines
in the State is awaiting development
on the OFT farm.
Traffic on the Indianapolis. Colupl.
bus & Southern Traction Company
was delayed recently while a house
was moved across Washington street
in Columbus. The house was formerly
| occupied by Mayor James Cochrane
and family, and was on the site which
the United States Government has sc.
lected for the new Federal building
Wolf Brothers bought it and moved
the two-story, nine-room house without
even removing the porch. In crossing
Washington street a high trestle OF
crossties had to be built, as the lots on
each side of the street are much
higher than the street level. Traffic
was tied up and passengers trans.
ferred while the trestle was being built
anu the mousse mONeu over. rlIty teie-
phone wires had to be cut 70 get the
house across the street.
Climbing a tree in an effors to get
a pet owl, which had perched high up
on a limb. Victor Culp. age twelve
years, Of Evansville, fell TO the ground,
broke both his arms and was badly in
jured internally.
Ten citizens of Waveland have
formed private water company and
are putting down bored wells to get a
supply. A large pressure tank will be
put in at a central station, from which
the water will be distributed. A gaso-
line engine will operate the pumps
Officials of the Markle M. E. church
have filed suit at Huntington seeking
to collect from w. S. Smith and Efie
Smith subscriptions to the erection of
a new church at Markle. 1t is al
legged that $500 was subscribed, but
that only $75 has been paid.