The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01

What is claimed to be the best nat
ural gas well in the state was drilled
in on w. E. Lambs farm, one mile
south of Petersburg, at a depth of
1921 feet. In volume it exceeds Jum-
DO, that supplied Petersburg for seven
years.
Luther Click, aged Is, fell dead from
heart disease in the schoolroom in
West Terre Haute and his father and
mother were informed as they were
in funeral procession near the
school building attending the funeral
of Frank Hague, a miner who was
blown to death by the explosion of a
keg of powder on which he was sitting.
A spirited contest is going on among
the members of the Grand Army of
Indiana for grand commander to sue
coed Capt. John d. Alexander, of Bed
ford. The candidates are NJ NJ. Lacey,
Of Fountain City; Colonel c. G. Thorn
son, of Lafayette and o. A. Somers, of
Kokomo. The election will take place
at the annual encampmelt at Craw-
louisville, May 10.
I'm bleeding to DEATH" calmly re-
marked John A. Haines, fifty-six years
old, as he raped at the door of the
home of Clarence Ross in Muncie
Then he sank down on the doorstep
and was dead when picked up. He had
suffered hemorrhage, although he
had been apparently in good health.
His death leaves his family in desti-
tute circumstances.
Winter cholera" or whatever H. is
that is causing SC much distress an ong
the people of South Bend and creating
so much business for doctors, can not
be attributed 10 any foreign matter in
the city water. Many Mishawaka peo-
pie are affected, and the fact alone sill
ences all protest against South Bend
water as being the cause of the cpl
demic which the doctors do not seem
to understand.
Mrs. Madge /. Wallace, who applied
for a divorce from her husband, Bern
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the Has enbeck-Wallace shows, and
sued for $4,000 alimony, received q
verdict in the form of a decree and
the sum of $50. The defendant had
filed cross-complaint, alleging cruel
treatment and abandonment, Mrs.
Wallace continues her residence in Lo-
gansport, where she is employed as a
stenographer.
The town of Henryville, eighteen
miles north of Jeffersonvilie, boasts
two hale and vigorous nonagenarians.
Thomas Montgomery was in town one
day last week, driving in himself from
his home nearby, although he is nine
ty-three. Thomas Freeman, who makes
his home with his son, RAINY Free
man, is also in his ninety-fourth year,
but is able to get around lively and
spends much of his time reading, even
the small print of the newspapers be.
ing easily within his power to de.
cipher.
Several young men who live in the
neighborho0d of Ogilyille, Bartholo,
NEW county, saw a strange light one
night last week, while they were re-
turning to their homes from a social
gathering. The young men say they
saw bright and intense light in the
sky which continued to approach them
until it struck the ground a few rods
away. The night was made so light
that the young men say they could see
as plainly as in daylight. They has
tened to the spot where the light
seemed to disappear in the ground,
but could find no trace of anything.
Mrs. John Kuchowiz, of South Bend,
accidentally killed her five-weeks-old
baby by giving it dose of soothing
syrup with the intention of curing a
cold from which the infant was suf.
fering. The baby took i'll suddenly,
and Mrs. Kuckowiz, not being familiar
with the use of medicines, gave the
child large dose of a soothing syrup
which contains one-tenth of a grain
of sulphate of morphine to the ounce
The condition of the baby remained
Tic SAINT III a ddes WHICH, d1lCi duOlll-
err dose, commissions set in. A doctor
was Immediately summoned, and on
his arrival found the baby in a dying
condition.
John Elliott, animal trainer for the
Hagenbeck & Wallace shows, is un-
dertaking a difficult task at the winter
quarters in Peru. Not content with
teaching lions, tigers, leopards and
jaguars to ride horses bareback, he is
now busy with bulky polar bear
weighing more than 400 pounds, teach
ing it to ride horseback. The bear has
frightened the horse so many times by
SO closely hugging 1t that the traine,
has almost given up the task of getting
ly. The bear had a narrow escape re
Gently when the horse lay down and
rolled over trying in this manner to
shake the bear from its back. The
bear was angered and did considerable
growing, but was conquered by the
trainer before any serious damage was
done. The shows probably will open
the season in Peru Saturday, April %
Ollie Chronister, of Decatur, was
kicked by a horse while attending a
horse sale there. 1t is believed that a
memorandum book which he carried
in his vest pocket saved him from
serious injury.
Her clothes ignited from the ho'
Goals in a pan of ashes. Mrs. Eliza
beth Hollowell, a wealthy South Bend
recluse. was burned 20 death while
alone at her home. Mrs. Hollowell was
Is years old and was known for hel
charitable acts.
Mrs. DR.. l.. ]. Baldwin, fifty years
old, a well-known physician, is dead oil
dropsy at her home in Hortonville
She was a sister of the Rev. Mr.. White
who died suddenly at Indianapolis two
years ago. She leaves a husband, one
daughter and two sisters.
The explosion of glass test tube
with which c. A. Wildman was work
ing in the chemical laboratory at Earl
ham college at Richmond last week