The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-10-22
REVIEW OF INDIANA

in marriage to Lulu E. Tucker, his own
sons divorced wife.
Ollie Woodruff, well-known saloon
man of Evansville, scratched his hand
several days ago on a beer bottle.
Blood poisoning has developed and his
condition now is critical.
Rear Admiral Dayton, of the United
States navy, is now living in South
Bend at the Oliver Hotel. He was
born in that city. His retirement will
take effect on October 20.
j. H. Kirkham, of Spencer County,
who celebrated his SEVENTEEN birthday
anniversary last week. has been para
lyzed for more than fifty-four years
and has been member of the NJ. E.
church for fifty-six years.
Thomas Moberly, after an illness of
several months, died at his home in
Shelbyville at the age of 81 years. He
was one of the old school teachers of
the county and many years ago taught
in little log cabin. He was once
justice of the peace. Five children sur
vive him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Casper Lipschitz, both
aged IS years, were hurt, when their
carriage was struck by an Elkhart &
Western train at the Jackson street
crossing in Elkhart, Mr.. Lipschitz was
not badly injured, but his wife suffered
fracture of the skull and other hurts.
II is fparod cha will dia
Sol Frank, while fishing in a small
lake three miles west of Petersburg,
landed six and one-half-pound LACK
bass. He was using only an ordinary
cane pole, and City Councilman Lge
Allley, who was with him. caught the
fish by the gills as he drew it toward
shore and safely landed it.
Wild ducks are very plentiful this
season, and some hunters kill eight or
ten In one afternoon. There is little
water in the streams of Pike County,
and the ducks have taken to White
| river, and several small lakes in
swarms. and are hunted at dusk, when
they seek water for the night
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton of Michigan City, which was or
| ganized early last summer, has begun
| the construction of a building which
will cost $4,000. All the funds have
been subscribed. The foundation will
be laid this fall, and the remainder of
| the structure finished next spring.
M orb
ously injured at Linton by teams
becoming frightened at an automobile
He was In wagon which was deliver
ing range. He fell from the wagon
and the stove fell on him. His right
leg was broken and badly crushed, a
bone protruding just above the anlle.
Several hundred men will be PLAYED
at work in Ball Brothers fruit jar fac
tory in Muncie within the next few
weeks, adding materially to the large
force that is now employed there. The
entire No. 1 factory has been over
hauled in ene last few months, and inn
provement costing 100000 have been
made.
The Roberts-C Conner Veneering Com.
pany at New Albany recently began
operating double turn and the EN-.
ployes will work in day and night
shifts for an indefinite period to get
out orders that have been received
from furniture factories throughout the
country About fifty men are on the
pay roll.
From the print shop of the Indiana
Reformatory there has been issued a
little booklet containing the names
and photographs of 1873 former inmates
of the institution who are wanted there
again on account of violated parole
There are also the pictures of eleven
others and descriptions only of eight
more who have escaped from the insti-
tuition and are still at large.
Huntington will soon have an auto
transit system instead of city street
car system, If the application to be
submitted to the Huntington Common
Council for franchise receives favor
able action. The city is scattered and
industries are distributed about in such
a manner that such a system is pro-
posed. John c. Curtis, now receiver
of the Cincinnati, Bluffton G. Chicago
railroad, is back of the move.
E. d. Hoeltke, who lives west of Co.
lumbus, was feeding his chickens
when a strange bird alighted in the
barnyard and began gobbling up the
grain. The bird seemed both tired and
hungry, and the farmer had no diff
Guilty in capturing 1t. He was unable
to classify the fowl, so he brought it
to Columbus, where he intended to
have Ernest Stahlhuth, a local orni-
biologist, pass judgment. Mr.. Stahl-
huth was not in, and clerk thought
he would see whether or not the
strange bird was a water fowl. He
placed the bird in a large tank con-
tanning gold fish and minnows and
went about his work. In little while
he returned to find that the visiting
bird had gobbled down every goldfish
and every minnow. He threw it out
and 1t few away without being CLASH
fed
While he was being initiated into
the Beta Phi High School Fraternity
in Bloomington, Wilbur Hobbs, IL
years of age, was dangerously hurt ON
the head and was unconscious for two
hours.
willard Haislup, who owns a farm
in the southeastern part Of Bartholo-
NEW County, has corn as fine as has
been seen In many seasons. On TWEEN
ty-eight acres of ground he raised a
corn crop this year that averaged more
than eighty bushels to the acre.
Three months after his fourth mar.
riage, which took place two weeks
after the death of his third wife, John
VanBuskirk was divorced by his wife,
who was given Sou alimony. Mrs.
Van Buskirk had also been married
four times, each time to old soldiers.