The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
REVIEW OF INDIANA

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| Fred Mintzer, a photographer of Ev-
ansville, had a bottle of sSphuric
acid to explode in his hands His
face was burned and he may lose his
sight.
While preparing 10 go hunting near
Clarksburg, John Stott, aged %, was
shot and killed by Jack Fasthing. One
Of the guns was out of order, and while
Farthing was attempting to fix it the
shell exploded.
G. n. Norris and w. G. Lamb, with
their wives, from Scottsburg, passed
Evansville few days ago in a case
line boat, and will make tie trip all
the way to Galveston, Texas, vhere
they will sell their craft and return
home by rail.
Eugene H. Miller, treasurer of the
American Trust Company, of South
Bend, and one of the leading bankers
in Indiana, was accidentally shot and
severely wounded while hunting near
Walkerton. A charge from his gun
lacerated his foot.
John M. Pearcy. of Martinsville, a
breeder of Duroc,Jersey swine, has
sold his herd boar, Johns Ohio Chief.
174S5, to d. B. Johnson & Sons, of
Mooresyille, for $500. Johns Ohio
Chief has gained great reputation
among stock men of Indiana.
Showing evidence of wealth, G.
weeks-old child was abandoned at the
doorstep of David Foutz in Wabash,
but later taken to an institution. The
affair has created mystery, for
man drove to the house and left the
basket, but cannot be traced.
Mrs. Eliza Coleman, aged 80, was
found unconscious in the basement at
her home in Princeton with a great
hole in her head and her spine frac-
tured. She died without regaining con-
sciousness. 1t is supposed she started
down the basement stairs and fell.
| Walter Long, a former Wabash
farmer, was recently sentenced to 35
years in prison at Culbertson, Mont.
and his brother, Milo Long, to Il
years, for heading a band of night rid
ers who shot down John Hayes and his
daughter. They went to Montana two
years ago.
julius Bell, who lives one-half mile
south of Knightstown, was arrested by
a Deputy Sheriff of Rush County for
stealing corn from the crib of Benoni
NJ Parker. A farm employe says ne
J discovered Bell stealing the corn Bell
and his family have lived in the vicin-
ity for many years.
Charles Campbell, aged Is, of Gen.
terpoint, was shot in the head and
back by Ross Giltz, while shooting at
flock of quail Campbell's coalition
is serious. Merle Miller, aged IL, of
Poland, was accidentally shot in the
face and breast by Charles Jones.
while quail hunting.
Maletis Fields, while coon hunting
near Princeton, climbed tree after
a coon and followed it out ON Mid
grapevine fifty feet above the ground.
: The vine broke and Fields dropped to
the ground and rolled down hill. No
, bones were broken, but he is suffering
: from the shock of the fall. The coon
; got away.
Mrs. Martha Norris celebrated her
ninetieth birthday last week, at the
home of her daughter. Mrs. Barton
Fulton. in Lyons. She has six chill
dren. Four were present, two sons be
: ing away. one in Mississippi, another
: in Tennessee. Relatives were pres
: ent from indianapolis, Sandborn and
: Westphalia- For the last nineteen
; years the children have held birthday
celebrations for their mother
As a result of reading Wild West
stories and seeking to initiate cowboys
in branding cattle. William Talbert.
aged 16, is under arrest at Evansville
He is charged by Mrs. Henry James
with cutting crosses on her COWS WITH
"a jackknife. When locked up Willie
could not see anything wrong In
branding the COWS in his neighbor-
hood in order to get in practice before
, he went to be a cowboy The hoy is
} charged with cruelty to animals.
Patrolman L. w. Campbell refuses
to resign from the Loganspors police
; force after repeated demands for his
resignation by Capt George H. Gra-
ham, and he nightly appears at police
: headquarters ready to go to work
When the resignation was first de-
manded Campbell asked why be shouls
resign and demanded to know If Cap
tain Graham and the police board had
any grounds on which they based their
, demand. An evasive answer was given
and he refused to quit.
The suit against the Rev. George T.
Butler, Of Albion. brought by Mrs.
! Belle Howard. of Peru, to recover
} money obtained from her by Mr. But
Ter for cement factory stock has been
dismissed. Mrs. Howard asserted that
the minister had misrepresented the
stock, and she, together with many
others in Peru, had purchased IN
amounts totaling $4,000 The cement
plant was never finished. and the
stockholders received no dividends.
The company was organized by Toledo
capitalists represented by Mr. Butler
in the sale of stock.
Because their parents had threat
ened to send them to the Girls Reform
} School for playing hockey Miss Mabel
Griffin and Lucille Yeo attempted sui
eide together at Bloomington. Their
recovery is doubtful.
John Scott, 20 years old. of Ander-
sonville, while hunting rabbits ran be-
fore A. ]. Farthing's gun just as the
latter shot at rabbit. The entire
charge entered his, abdomen. produc-
ing instant death. Scott leaves a wild
ow and two small children.
The new station of the Big Four.
in Franklin, is completed and in use.
The old station was destroyed by fire
about year ago, and since then a
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