The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-31
REVIEW OF INDIANA

Ollie Craven, of Button, was kicked
by horse, and his leg was broken.
The Board of State Charities says
the Jail at Auburn is in bad condition.
Archie Lockhart, aged 32, boiler
maker of Fort Wayne, ended his life
with carbolic acid.
DR.. I. Mutt Plummer, the oldest and
wealthiest physician in Shoals, dropp-
ed dead from heart failure as he was
entering his home.
Charles Hickman, aged "a, foreman
at the Mitchell Cement Mills in Bed.
ford. fell from a thirty-foot ledge to a
stone below, and sustained injuries
which caused death in a few minutes.
t. z. Williams shot an eagle on his
farm, three miles northwest of Rock.
vile. The bird measured seven feet
and seven inches from tip to tip, and
was carrying away a young pig when
shot.
G. w. Kimmell, Of Kendallville, Sen.
ator-elect in the coming Legislature,
has resigned the agency of big in
surance company in order that he may
be untrammelled in his legislative
work.
Taylor c. Shobe, a horseman well
known all over northern Indiana, died
few days ago at his home in Ligo
nier. Mr.. Shobe had his spine injured
in a runaway accident year ago and
did not recover.
The barn on the farm of Mrs. Go
ben, two miles west of Linden, was de-
strOyed by fire last week. Thomas En-.
dine, tenant On the farm, lost all of his
farm implements. buggy, wagons. har
ness and quantity of corn. Loss 5000
partly insured
Mrs. Maud Stonecipher has asked
for decree of separation from DR.. AL
va Z. Stonecipher, a practicing physi
clan of South Bend She demands
$4,000 alimony, alleged the defend
ant is worth 100000 Both parties
have been twice married.
Owing to the failure of natural ga.
the Fort Wayne Gas Company has dis
missed all its employees in the Black
ford County field save two men. The
pumping stations were abandoned
some time ago for the reason that
there was no gas to pump.
Vernon Stidd, aged IA, son of Ben
jamin Stidd, and Hazel Allen, Is, the
daughter of Pearl Allen, widow, were
married at Columbus by Justice Kan
ney in his Office. The mother of the
two children were present and gave
their consent to their marriage.
When Perry F. Fields and Miss Amy
Nash were married at Washington the
third brother of the Fields family to IL
for his bride the third sister of the
Nash family. Often instances occur
where two brothers OF one family mar
ry two sisters of the same family, but
it Is unusual that three brothers mar
ry sisters. The ceremony was per
formed by the Rev. w. w. Moore.
To be run over by freight train
and escape uninjured was the queer
incident that happened to Ora Dyer
student of the Oakland City High
School. Dyer was walking over high
sestle on the Southern Railway, when
he heard the warning whistle of 10
connective. He lay as fiat as possible
to the ties. Az the train passed over
him ciHn frnr,, cffcht he
uninjured.
Elvet Rhodes, owner of the Rhodes
farm in southern Martin County, lost
valuable team of horses by drowning
at the Haysville ferry. John Rhodes
and some companions had been hunt
ing and were returning from the neigh
borhood of West Baden. When al
Haysyille they stopped and left the
team standing in the highway. The
horses became frightened and ran
away. plunging into White river and
in few minutes were drowned. The
team was valued at $500.
]. c. Ximmell, Noble County chair
man of the Agricultural Society, has
given notice that there will be five
farmers institutes held in Noble Coun
ty in January, as follows: LaOtto
nesday. January 20; Cromwell, Thurs
day. January 81; Cosperville. Friday
January %; Albion, January %. All
of these meetings will be addressed by
]. b. Burris, of Cloverdale, Putnam
County. and Miss Ethel E. Berry, oil
Jewel City, Kan. will address the
meetings at Cromwell, Cosperyllle
and Albion.
f. A Brown, formerly of Carmel
who recently Invented a rapid-fire gun
that attracted attention, has just ap
piled for patent on an ingenious de
vice for monograph. The new appli
ance is small not as large as an ordin
airy thimble. The device is attached
to the cylinder, on which the records
are placed. 1t holds the record sc
firmly that it is impossible for it to
vary, thus doing away with the rasp
ing noise. The record is placed on the
cylinder, a miniature gate is closed
and when the selection is finished the
gate opens automatically and the rec
ord Is removed. Mr.. Brown believes
his invention will bring him a small
fortune.
Joseph Mcbride, ex-Deputy Sheriff
of Shelby County, and for sixteen
years member of the Council o;
Shelbyville, has been adjudged insane
and will be committed to the State
asylum.
F. w. Barrett, night operator at the
Indianapolis Southern station at SUI.
livan, was held up by two men as he
was leaving the station. The highway
men took several dollars in money and
gold watch, then walked quietly
away.
James Bonner, aged 20 years, farm
err near Jeffersonville, and member OF
an old family, was found dead in the
barn lot by his daughter. Eliza Bonner,
soon after he had gone out to attend
to his stock Apoplexy was the cause.