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

arrived.
The large two-story frame house
owned by Lige Rumble and occupied
by c. l.. Mcdaniel, near Petersburg
caught fire from a defective flue and
was burned with contents. Loss,
$1,000; no insurance.
Miss Luella Posey, daughter of
County Clerk w. A. Posey, and Ar
thur l.. Yakey, traction line conduct
or, were married last week by the Rev.
]. c. Beck, of Arlington, at the brides
home, west of Rushville.
For operating blind tiger" in La
Grange-selling liquor illegally-Doug-
las Heddin, of Kendallville, was fined
$50 and costs in three cases-a total
of $176.45-and four additional cases
against the man were continued.
While playing in the room where his
mother was doing the family washing,
Everett, the 4-year-old son of Mrs.
Mary Mullis, of Linton, fell head first
into tub of boiling water. The child
was badly burned about the face and
body and its recovery is doubtful.
Miss Minnie Mounce fell down a
stairway into the basement at her
home in Princeton and was seriously
injured, several bones being broken.
Three weeks ago Mrs. Eliza Coleman,
the aged grandmother of the victim,
fell down the same stairway and was
killed.
John Moody, DeKalb County farm
er near Spencervile, is suffering from
peculiar affliction. In August last he
was stung by bee on the back of his
neck, and in less than ten minutes he
suffered stroke of paralysis. which
completely disabled his right side.
Early in November he went into con.
vulsions and has not been able to
speak word up to this time.
Christian yesterday, aged 70 years
one of the pioneer residents of Port.
land, has never had BARRIERS razor
| on his face. He now wears a snow.
white beard. When a young man he
shaved himself, but he has not shaved
himself since Washington's birthday in
1862. Two days later, on his thirty
third birthday, he enlisted in the Union
army. serving for three years and ten
days. Since that time he has allowed
his beard to grow.
The bones of a mammoth mastodon
have been found on the farm OF
Thompson Deller, four miles north oil
Ashley. Ditchers uncovered the an
| cient monster while at work on Del
ler's farm. Mr.. Deller has been daily
besieged with curiosity seekers and
many who wanted to purchase ii. He
has refused all offers to sell, he want
ing to preserve it himself He has
placed it in his cellar to prevent van
dals from destroying it.
William Bristow, northwest of Don
ovan, bought new buggy and took II
home. While Bristow was eating din
ner turkey gobbler passed the buggy
and seeing his reflection in the side Of
the highly vanished buggy box, at
tackled it furiously. When Bristov
came out, the gobbler had scratched
all of the varnish OF one side of the
buggy and was moving around to be
gin hostilities on the other side The
gobbler was eaten at dinner the mex
day.
Longing for home and though SUI
tering with the fatal disease of luns
trouble in its last stages, Miss Emma
Myrtle Shuler, aged II, bravely under
took the ride from Hendricks County
to the home of her mother, Mrs. Mary
Shuler, near Wakeland. But she was
too weak, and died on the way wher
she was within one half hours ride o.
her home. She had been suffering
from lung trouble for more than q
year and had been away from home
Tor treatment.
Hester CUP, hunter and trappel
Of near Walesboro, is hunting rabbit:
with an old firearm. The gun was {
1intlock of the old-time pattern, anC
Nathan Mccormack carried it through
the war with England in 1912. McCor
mack settled near Walesboro and dice
about twenty-five years ago at the age
of nearly 100 years. Culp says McCor
mack told him he bought the gun sec
ond-hand, so it must be considerably
over 100 years old. 1t has beer
changed from q flintlock to a NOR,
modern weapon, and now 1T shoot.
well. The barrel is four feet ding.
Members OF the Improved Order o
Red Men at Noblesville gave their an
lnual rabbit supper last week. One hun
dred and eighty-seven rabbits wer'
slaughtered for the feast. The men,
also included 4s3 mince pies, 315 pump
kin pies and seventy-nine gallons o
sweet milk and cream. Seven hundred
members of the lodge were seated a
the tables. Addresses were made b.
Judge Christian, Auditor-elect Georg'
Griffin, w. r. Fertig, Capt. T. ]. Gra.
and others. Over 100 large basket
of pies and meat were left and thes'
were distributed arong the poor pee
pie of the city.
George Myers, an old-time trappe
and fisherman, of Elwood, sent t,
President Roosevelt a snow-whit
stoIk, which the hunter found In tn,
swamps adjacent to white river
south of Perkinsville.
Mrs Lou Stagle, for the past .thre,
years stenographer for the law firm
of Marshall, McNagny & Cluggston, p
Columbia City, has been appoint et
stenographer to Governor-elect Mn
shall and will have a place at Indiana
polls during his term.
John Stout is the second of the quar-
to indicted for the murder of Columbu
Croy, marshal, at WOODBURY., on Jul,
z, 1907, to be convicted and sentence,
for life. The jury returned its verde
after having been out only forty-fiv,
minutes.
Wesley Durham, aged SO years an,
formerly mayor of Anderson, is suffer
ing from a peculiar ailment. A few
days ago he was bitten on the han,
by a common house fly, from which
| hlnod pOiSoninp has deyelonpd and ha