The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-10
REVIEW OF INDIANA

Elmer Rummel, an Elkhart County
farmer, lost an arm in a corn shredder
recently.
Seventeen hundred hunters licenses
have been issued by the Vigo County
clerk, which is greatly in excess of the
number issued last year.
Nelson Foster, near Kendallville.
was badly injured when the belt run
ming corn shredder broke and struck
him. knocking him senseless.
The first hunters license ever is
sued to woman in Vanderburg Coun-
ty has been granted Mrs. Theodore
Pfeiffer, of Evansville She is crack
shot, and has frequently taken part in
clay pigeon shoots.
A divorce suit has been filed in the
Adams Circuit Court at Decatur by
Jennie Kirkwood for divorce from VIII
liam Kirkwood. The couple were mar
ried in 1907 and neither was much
over 16 years of age when the wed
ding took place. A son has been born
of which the girl wife asks the Gus
tody.
''This horse and buggy belong to a
liveryman at Rochester, near the
waterworks. Goodbye" was all that
was written on a note found under a
seat of buggy that had been left at
the Ffshback livery barn at Peru re-
Gently, to let the local officers know
that the horse and buggy had been
stolen.
William r. Wright, of Muncie, has
young goose. more than half grown.
that not only has four legs, but uses
all four of them in locomotion. The
fowl has attracted wide attention. Its
gait is somewhat awkward and wab-
bling, but 1t gets about in a lively
manner, at feeding times and can hold
its own with the other inhabitants of
the chicken lot
One hundred and thirty hunters IL
censes were issued by the clerk Of
Grant County in one day recently. All
told, over 1900 hunters licenses have
been issued at Marion this year. Game
is very scarce in Grant County, and ii
is estimated there are not enough quail
to go around II they should be distrib-
uted one to each hunter who has OBJ
tanned license.
The people of Saline City, Clay
County, were thrown into a state OF
terror recently by an insane man, al
most naked, appearing suddenly upon
the streets there and running wildly
about, chasing frightened men, women
and children into their homes, where
they barricaded their doors. The man
was finally captured by the officers.
and proved to be Charles Smith, OF
Terre Haute.
| The SEVENTEEN anniversary of tho
marriage of David and Susanna Ed
wards was celebrated at Newcastle at
the home of Arthur W. Swain. Thirty
relatives of the aged couple were pres
ent. Mr. Edwards is "a years old and
his wife is &c. They were among the
early settlers of Henry County, and
were married seventy years ago in the
Elm Grove meeting house, according
to Inc Quaker form of service.
Messrs G. Donahue and b. w. Par
ker, trainmaster and chief train dis
pateher, respectively, of the Baltimore
& Ohio Southwestern Railway Com.
pany, on coming to Milan to look after
the water supply OF the company.
were surprised to find the big lake.
which had been supposed would never
fail, contained only sufficient water to
meet the demand of a few more days.
| Arrangements were at once made TO
bring water to Milan from Cochran.
Herman and Herschel Merrick, ac-
companied by their dog, stopped at the
store.of James Turner, at Fierlac. The
boys were thirsty, so was the dog.
They drank from the cup and then in
vited the dog to drink from the cup
and the dog accepted the invitation.
Mr.. Turner saw the dog drinking from
the cup and went out and slapped the
boys jaws and in Circuit Court he sat
isfied judgment of S. and trim
mings" for each slap. one for Herman
and one for Herschel
Bob, the Boston terrier of NJ. Blick-
enstaff, barber of Marion, died last
week and after the body lay in state
in neat satin-lined coffin at the
Blickenstaff home for two days it was
taken by Mr.. and Mrs. Blickenstaff to
! North Manchester, where II was bur-
led They drove from Marion to
North Manchester, distance of thirty
four miles, that the dog might find
last resting place in their burial lot.
They had owned the dog two years and
had become much attached to il.
During the month of November six
ty-four marriage licenses were granted
in Madison County. IN the same month
twenty-one divorce complaints were
filed. but nearly twenty complaints
were dismissed. Because of the dis
missal of a majority of the divorce
complaints after they are on the court
dockets from one to three months
there Is a belief that the divorce laws
are being resorted to as a club in set
Ting disputes over property or other
interests and that many plaintiffs file
complaints with no real hope that they
might win decree or divorce.
While on her wedding trip in st.
Louis. Mrs. Joe Scheidel. prominent
young lady of Mt. Vernon, died sudden
ly as a result of a rupture OF a blood
vessel. The couple were married last
week.
The Fort Wayne Country Club was
organized recently with Frank L.
Smock as president, and c. d. Tillo
secretary. The club has purchased the
Young property, four miles southwest
of Fort Wayne and will build club
house, golf links, etc, next year.
Announcement was made at Indi-
annapolis last week that the next expo
sition OF international scopeis planned
to be held in Indianapolis between May
and November, 1911. The project will
be left in the hands of twenty leading
business men of the city.