The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-02
REVIEW OF INDIANA

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Kiechle, aged Is years, of Evansville,
was thrown from his machine, striking
dog. He probably will die of his in
juries.
In three-sided banana-eating con-
test at the little town of Homesville, a
few days ago, the competitors ate re-
spectively, eighteen, twenty, and twen-
ty-two bananas, the one slowing away.
the least number, by previous agree
! ment, paying for the five dozens con-
sumed
Seventeen cars attached to an east
bound Southern freight train were
ditched on Georgetown hill, ten miles
west of New Albany None of the train
| crew was injured. Trains were de-
toured by way of the Monon to Or
leans and Huntingburg after the
wreck.
Sullivan prospectors in drilling for
oil near the Steel Triple mine, just
south of Shelburn, bored into the mine
to the great surprise of the well dig
gers. The drill had reached a depth
Of eight hundred feet when it pene-
trated a vacant room at the colliery.
The miners quickly came out of the
pit, but returned when they found
there was no danger.
Basil Cochrun, aged IA. who was sen,
| fenced in the Juvenile Court at South
Bend two weeks ago for stealing elec-
trio runabouts, but who was later re-
leased. pending a medical examination,
was again taken in custody on SIM
liar charge. The lad is believed to be
a kleptomaniac, his penchant being au-
tomobiles. The last machine taken by
young Cochrun is the property of Ed
mund c. Roche, and the lad was
caught in a distant part of the city
with several companions, all of whom
were thoroughly enjoying a ride.
AIDE, George AIDES new town, south
of Morocco. is causing Uncle Sam con-
siderable worry, it is said, in the mat
ter of retaining postmaster at that
place. The office pays $50 year, but
those who have handled the mail there
say that, with the present high price OF
food and clothing, the salary is insult
ficient. 1t is further asserted that the
wild waste" of cornfields around AIDE,
/ together with the prevailing solitude,
has a depressing effect, causing the
best-intentioned postmaster to forsake
his job after short experience.
Lawrence Pinkerton, aged Is, an
employe of the Butler Bench and Stool
Company of Marion, was killed by a
flying piece of timber, which struck
him in the forehead, crushing his skull.
Pinkerton was a finisher in the factory,
and while working at turning lathe
the chisel that he held cut deeper into
the wood than he had intended. The
force caused the wood to split and the
timber hurled with great force against
the wor.xman's head He lived only a
few minutes after being struck. Pin
kerton is survived by widow and an
| invalid son.
F. NJ. Murphey, secretary OF the
State Board of Optometry, has an
nounced the results of the last exam
ination at which time twenty-four ap-
plicants took the examination, four
! teen being successful, as follows: Ell
win c. Felt Chicago; w. ]. Rood;l,
Gary; Frank A. Hanks, Peru; Fred G.
Fitch, Warsaw: c. F. Gordon, Penn
Vile: Harry T. Parker, Dunkirk; Hugh
j. Davey, Indianapolis; Charles Boaz,
Nation. H.; William r. Christman,
Oxford; George V. Ridgway, Evans
vile; Earl C. Berry, Logansport;
Charles r. Brooner, Montezuma: Al
fred H. Boner, Greenville, Ohio, and
Hugh H. Osborn, Petersburg.
Edmund Hostetter, one of the Oldest
and best-known citizens of Crawford
County, will soon celebrate the eighty
sixth anniversary of his birth at his
home in Midtown. He was born near
Canton, Ohio, in 1882. He was an orig
inal ''forty-niner," having travelled to
California in 1S49 by OK wagon i'm
search of gold. and in single-handed
conflict shot and killed large grizzly
bear en- route. He served four years
during the Civil War in Company E,
Thirty-eighth Indiana Infantry Volun-
teers, and became captain of the COM
pany. Later he. with his two broth
ers, built one Of the largest Touring
mills in Southern Indiana and contin-
ued in business until 1896.
The pecan exhibit held In the court
house at Mt Vernon by the Expert
ment Station of Purdue University was
success. Professor Woodbury., of the
horticultural department of Purdue,
and Mason ]. Niblack, of Vincennes,
had charge of the display and they said
they were well pleased with the inter-
est taken in it. About one dozen spe-
cimens of fine pecans were exhibited
and the names and the owners of the
trees and the farms on which the trees
stand were taken and will be used for
future reference. The first premium of
SIS for the best exhibit was received
by c. F. Brown, of Rockport. Other
prize winners were: Roy Mitchell, of
New Harmony; Morton Elliott, of New
Harmony: Thomas J. Erwin, of Mt.
Vernon; Josie Crunk. of New Haven.
H., and William York, of Mt Vernon.
Mrs. Margaret Meyer. aged 81 years,
recited Scotch poem before the Gale
DOMAIN Society in Terre Haute and
died fifteen minutes later of apopelxy.
She was born in Scotland and came
to Terre Haute fifty-one years ago.
| Governor Marshall has announced
the appointment of Colonel George w.
Mccoy, of Vincennes, as Adjutant
General of the Indiana National Guard
and of Major Charles A. Garrard, of
indianapolis, as Quartermaster Cen
eral. Both are Democrats.
The barn of Fred Schwartz. of Pratt
vile, was destroyed by fire, together
with five horses. twelve hogs and farm
produce. Loss, $4,000, partly insured.
1t was fired by tramps.
The wild deer that has been causing
much excitement throughout Carroll
County for several days, has been cap