The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07
REVIEW OF INDIANA

Kerstein's store and residence at Ire
land were burned. Loss $4,000. In
surance $1,000.
Charles Caldwell, farmer near Ter
re Haute, was killed by a falling tree.
which he was cutting for wood. His
son narrowly escaped the same fate
Farmers in The vicinity of Linton
are blowing for spring planting. For
the first time in twenty years the soil
is in such condition that it admits Of
easy blowing.
A Certificate has been issued author
izing the First National Bank of Fort
vile, capital stock $4,000, to begin
business. John G. McCord will be
president; William R. Rash, vice pres
ident; o. /. Morrow cashier, and w. S.
Todd and John A. McComas assistant
cashiers
The Terre Haute police have round
ed up band of boy burglars, the old
est of whom is Joe Seayey, aged 10.
According to their confessions they
have committed many robberies. Four
of the older boys were bound over to
the Circuit Court, and the others were
placed In charge of the Probation OF.
ficer.
Mrs. Emma Steele, of Greenfield, has
brought suit against John F. Spaun-
hurst and Charles NJ LaRue, of In
dianapolis. doing business under tho
mama IF the CDo,rb,,-v+ Tncfffufo NJ
Osteopathy. demanding $4,000 dam
ages. She alleges ner health has been
permanently injured by the Institutes
system of treatment
Raising the window OF his berth in
a sleeper on the Monon to get fresh
air, r. d. Winsey bent out too far and
fell from the car while the train was
going at the rate of fifty miles an hour.
near Reynolds. Winsey was found ly.
ing near the track unconscious. He
lives at 331 Wells street, Chicago. and
was en- route to French Lick Springs
to take treatment His condition is
critical.
The large barn on the farm of Ste
phen Sparks, south of Connersville,
was destroyed by fire. The origin of
the blaze is unknown. The loss
amounts to $4,000 with $500 insur-
ance: A span of mules, for which Mr.
Sparks recently received an offer of
$500, was burned, together with 1.600
bushels of corn, fifteen hogs ready for
the market, farm implements and a
large amount of hay.
While dredge boat was excavating
to Marsh creek. five miles southwest
u Princeton. a number of bones Of
what had evidently been a mastodon
were unearthed. The bones are In good
state of preservation, and include a
front leg bone, a portion of the jaw
and an almost perfect tooth of large
size. The jaw bone was about two and
one-half feet in length The bones
were taken out by Charles Dougan.
about six feet below the surface, and
we're turned over to Mayor Cushman.
of Princeton.
Albert c. Newsom, a farmer, who
lives near Columbus, estimated that he
had lost $50 bushels of corn from the
field, so he decided to watch He sent
two of his men to the field. where they
made themselves as comfortable as
possible. In short time William and
Daniel Shatto, It is charged. drove in
to the field and began shocking corn
As soon as they had loaded some OF
the grain in the wagon they were cap
tured and an officer called from Colum-
hus. The men were placed in jail and
charged with larceny.
After seeing moving pictures in a
vaudeville show in Evansville, where
Indians were represented killing white
people, Landry Brandley. aged 9. and
George Huskey, aged 9, tried TO xiii
Roy Berry, aged 6, with an ak They
tied the Berry boy to log in his IA
theirs stable and had heavy ak raised
and were going to cut OF his head
when another companion rushed into
the house and informed the lads
mother. The mother reached the sta
Bile in time to throw herself on the
boys neck. in -Pocahontas fashion, and
save his life. The Berry boy was
willing victim. and said he would have
left his companions kill him had not
his mother arrived on the scene.
BENJAMIN Mullican, of Macy, had
surprise for party of rabbithunters
4 few days ago in the way of a rabbit
hunting pig. He carried sack with
him and told his companions that the
bag contained a ferret When the
party had tracked rabbit to its hole
in the ground and Mr.. Mullican drew
the pig from the sack his companions
were much surprised and hooted the
idea that the pig would go into the
hole and chase out the rabbit. But his
pigship did that very thing, and the
hunters were SO surprised that net
one of them managed to kill the rab-
bit and all five or them shot at it,
The pig is two years old and is known
as dwarf hog. Mr.. Mullican bought
the hog few months ago while visit
ing in Iowa. Since returning home
Mr. Mullican has taught the little ami
NAL many tricks. rabbit-hunting being
one Of them. The pig is about the
size of 2-months-old kitten.
A movement has been started at Sui
Ivan to purchase two bloodhounds to
be used in trailing thieves. and to do
away with the night Waterman who
has been patrolling the business dis
tricts in recent years.
More than 1000 men entered the ar
my in the last six months through the
Terre Haute recruiting station This
gives the station the sixth place among
cities of the country, New York Chi
cago. Philadelphia. st. Louis and San
Francisco being ahead.
Orbie Grippe was held up and robbed
of SIS in Smoky Road, near Goshen.
Citizens are arming themselves and
carrying no valuables after dark. as
hold-ups have become numerous.
Henry Bundy, of Charlottesville. who
is just recovering from typhoid fever,