The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-03
REVIEW OF INDIANA

| Inc general store ana pOStOmce at
Southern was destroyed by fire. The
building and stock of goods was owned
by William Stephens. Loss. $1,000
The Rev. and Mrs. Earl Davis, who
left their home in Greenfield three
years ago to become missionaries in
South Africa, have given up the work
and are on their way home.
Despondent because he could not
give up drinking, Philip Wilson, aged
40, of Vincennes, shot himself in the
head, death being instantaneous. A
widow and three children survive him.
The Knights of Pythias of Newcas-
tie, one of the largest lodges in the
State, is making preparations for the
annual roll call meeting, which will be
held this year on Monday evening, De-
cember II.
There is JOY in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harley Lucas, of Nashville. They
are entertaining a boy baby who ar
rived recently. The mother is 16 years
old, while its grandmother. Mrs. RAN
dolph Penrose, is in her thirty-second
year.
The mascot of the Indiana Universe
ty football team, which journeyed to
Lafayette recently, was a Brown
County hoot-owl, captured a week ago.
and since then adjoining a window of a
downtown store. The owl was be-
decked with cream and crimson rib
bons and taken to Lafayette by q
crowd of enthusiastic students.
was killed at Clinton after it had bit
ten six or eight other dogs and killed
a cat. DR.. c. E. Ragan, health officer.
sent the head of the dog to Indianapo-
lis to have it examined for evidences
lcs rabies. In case evidences are
found, an order will be issued for the
immediate muzzling of all dogs.
The churches of Covington united
and will hold big revival meeting for
a month. The building in Third street
belonging to James Slim, has been
overhauled and fitted with seats for
1000 people. The meetings will b
conducted by the Rev. I. e. Honeywell,
evangelist, who will be assisted by the
Rev. A. s. Phelps. The meetings are
to be non-sectarian.
Thomas Eiler, OF Bloomington, pres
ident of the Association of the Sur
vivors of the Battle of Stone River, is
arranging for a reunion of these vet
Grams at Danville December 81. There
are about 500 survivors of the famous
battle in this State and as many in
Ohio and Illinois. The principal speak
er, so far as Is now known, VIII BE-
Judge Howe. of Indianapolis.
4, Nicholas Darrell, a fur buyer, OF
Morocco. for time believed that this
season would eclipse all previous win
tiers in the number of black skunk, but
later he was chagrined to- discover that
fully twothirds of the supposed black
skins purchased by him were what Is
known as broad stripe" colored black
with printers ink. Darrell paid fully
double what the colored skins were
worth.
The rear seat of an automobile In
which Mrs. Henry Bradley and Mrs.
p. e. White, of Wabash, were riding,
! slipped off as the car was going at a
high speed. The ladies were left a
mile behind in the roadway before
Mr.. White and the chauffeur In the
front seat of the car learned of the
mishap. Mrs. White was painfully
hurt in the fall from the speeding
machine.
Typhoid is fast assuming the pro-
portions of an epidemic in Jefferson
vile, and the number of certain cases
can not be less than forty, with fully
that number more under observation
of the doctors, but not yet developed
} far enough for diagnosis. The water
, from various sources, contaminated on
account of the long drought, is under
suspicion, and Mayor E. N. Flynn. who
Is also a physician. is urging that all
, water shall be boiled. The following
| warning has been issued:
You'd better boil your water.
And mind what you're about;
, For the Typhoid Germ will get you
Eff yer don't watch out
Oscar Fur, a Muncie policeman,
has, he believes, the champion rabbit
dog of the State. When he goes
hunting he does not take a gun, his
sole weapon" being this Aerdale dog.
1t can catch any rabbit that jumps,
according to the policeman. One day
last week Furr and the dog went into
the country and FUR stopped at a
farmhouse to talk with the farmer.
While the two were conversing the dog
; disappeared and, search as they would
for the valuable animal, he could not
be found. A little while later they
heard joyful yelping and. looking out.
saw the Aerdale coming toward the
house with rabbit in his mouth. De-
posting the rabbit, the intelligent dog
; proceeded again to the woods and
while Furr sat on the doorstep at the
farmers house his dog brought to him
!, thirty-eight rabbits that he had killed,
alone, in the woods and fields. Putting
the rabbits in his game bags. Furr
came back to town and distributed
them among his friends on the police
force
The largest yield of corn reported in
the vicinity of Bourbon is that of c.
W. Shakes, who owns farm that was
formerly swamp land. The yield was a
fraction over one hundred bushels to
the acre.
The parsonage attached to st. Pet
er's German Reformed) church, tour
miles northeast of Clay City, was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss $500, no insur-
ance. About all the contents were
burned. also, including valuable H.
brary.
Henry Funk celebrated his ninety
ninth birthday at his home. near Eliza
beth, sixteen niles southwest of New
Albany. He lives on farm which he
obtained from the Government more