The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24

Miss Mary L. Jay, for nineteen years
assistant principal of the Fort Wayne
High School, is dead Miss Jay was
one of the best-known teachers in the
State. having held several Offices In the
State Association.
That a cat can live five or six days
without anything to eat or drink was
demonstrated at the home of Frank
Turner, in Owensville, where the fam
lily cat was held priosner in closet
almost a week before it was released.
William Mcbride, an old soldier. Of
Washington, has a pumpkin that
when cut open showed that the seeds
had sprouted and little vines had
grown to four inches long. There
were no holes in the pumpkin to give
the sprouts air.
Opossum and raccoon hunting las
become a popular e-ort around Oak
land this winter, a. almost any night
the baying of hounds on that trail can
be heard. Trappers are having bad
season, the fur on the weasel and mink
DeinS unusually light.
Representative Barnhart intends to
introduce bill asking $4,000 with
which to establish a fish hatchery In
Indiana He would locate it in the
Thirteenth district, in which, he says.
are more good lakes than in all the
rest of the State put together.
Rapid transit was the experience OF
Mrs. Belle Convey in the lawrence Cir
cult Court at Bedford, when she was
granted a divorce from Perry Convey
and married to Homer Hittenberg by
Judge j. B. Wilson, the time of both
incidents requiring but five minutes.
According to poultry dealers. moro
Gibson County turkeys will be market
ed for Christmas than during the
Thanksgiving trade. Thousands of
turkeys are pouring in for shipment to
the East. Iyia Trippett, a dealer OF
Hazleton, bought more than 1000 tur-
keys in two days.
The women of the First Congrega-
tional church in Indianapolis conclud-
ed their Christmas fair last Saturday
night, realizing almost 5000, which will
be added to the church Christmas fund
The six booths represented the days of
the week, all of which were well pa
tronized. The women in charge say IL
was one of the most successful fairs
ever given.
While Eugene. the S-year-old son OF
Grant Smith, colored, was looking at
some toys in a show window in Co
lumbus, white boy, whose name is
not known, appeared and. pointing a
blank cartridge pistol full in the face
of the colored boy, pulled the trigger.
The colored boys face was badly pow
der burned and the paper wad made
an ugly wound in his forehead.
One of the best herds of cattle. il
not the best for its size, ever fed in
Rush County, was shipped to the Chi
cago market recently. There were
fifty-five head, and all choice Herefords
averaging 1880 pounds. They were
fec by Oliver and Frank Mcgee, we'll
known farmers and stock growers, on
their bluegrass farm, just east of Rush
VILE The cattle were bought by Ira
bue & Ryan. of Mays, at s7.25 hun
dredweight.
Great excitement was stirred up In
the streets of Brazil by horse be-,
longing to ]. M. Halstead. IL frothed
freely at the mouth and endeavored to
bite every one with which il came in
contact. 1t is believed the horse was
suffering from rabies. Finally the
horse was driven into a barn and q
to prevent people from entering. At
the request of the owner the horse
was shot 1t is thought the horse had
been bitten by dog suffering from
hydrophobia.
A mad steer on the Lewis Grant
ham farm near Delphi created consid-
cradle excitement. 1t succeeded in
running everybody from the place, and
broke down fences and gates as IL
they were mere sticks. Mr.. Grantham
finally got a commanding position in
a tree top and shot the animal. 1t Is
not known whether the steer was bit
ten by one of the numerous mad dogs
In the county during the last few days
or whether it became mad from some
other source. An examination will be
made to ascertain whether the animal
had rabies.
An unusual interest IS being shown
in the case of Herbert Reynolds, aged
Is years, of Brazil. who was taken to
the Methodist Hospital at Indianapolis
recently, for treatment. The boy has
been very sick for eight weeks, and,
though very frail, has withstood four
serious operations. The tenacity with
which young Reynolds clings to life
amazes the physicians that have at
tended him, as they have given up
hope of saving his life several times.
After undergoing the last operation.
and when it was believed he would die
within few hours, his home took fire.
and it was necessary hastily to carry
him from the house in a blanket. He
rallied, and it is now believed he will
recover. A fund was raised at the
lllcciOu IlOllCr III Di dLll W QtlIdt HIS
expenses in the Indianapolis hospital
Handkerchiefs donated by Mrs.
Charles w Fairbanks and Senator Al
bert ]. Beveridge brought fancy prices
at bazar conducted last week by the
Christian Endeavor Society of the Fair
mount Congregational church
When Miss Mary Stotten, of Mt
Comfort, attempted to lift pail of
hot water from the stove the steam
blew the lid off, throwing the water
over her face, neck and arms. She
was severely scalded. but her condi-
ton is not serious.
Tripping and falling headlong
through hole at the sliding pole of a
| fire station, in answering an alarm,
Earl Carl, fireman of Elkhart, re-
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