The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-08-12

OF new wheat IN smear stored In george
Summers barn near New Albany, de-
stroyed the structure with its contents,
including horse.
Colonel Clinton P. Ferry, formerly
of Fort Wayne, who figured conspicu-
ously in the development of Tacoma,
Wash, and amassed immense wealth
denly at San Diego, Cal. He was 70
years of age.
John A. Brown, a farmer living
south of Milton about one mile, got
into den of snakes in his field while
cutting hay recently. He killed eight
big reptiles. They were blue racers
and blacksnakes and were from six to
seven feet in length.
In a fit of dependency, Thomas
Bump, aged 60 years, of Owensyille,
committed suicide by jumping into
the Wabash river near Crawleyville.
The body was recovered. A divorced
wife and four children survive him.
They live in st. Louis. At one time
Bump was a wealthy farmer.
The Rev. Mr.. Willoughby, pastor Of
the First Christian Church in Fort
vile, is seriously i'll from tetanus,
caused by running rusty nail in his
foot three weeks ago. The wound
had healed, and all danger was
thought to be over, until last week,
while in the pulpit, he lost control of
the facial expression, and has been
growing worse ever since.
A charivari party at Greenfield
went to the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Jeffries, who were recently married,
and placed them in a cage arrange
ment, in which they were hauled
through the streets and taken to News
roof garden. The cage was duly pla-
carded and was followed by their
friends ard two or three hundred at
tracted by the novel procession.
Efforts of the Wayne County Fish
and Game Association to put a stop
to alleged depredations committed by
dynamiters along the county's bass
streams, has begun in earnest. Earl
Doddridge, of Washington Township,
has been charged with dynamiting
fish. Prosecutor Ladd said that sew
eral other young men were implicated.
Doddridge has been released under a
$4,000 bond.
William Lawson, aged Is years, a
wealthy farmer of Anderson, who two
months ago got a divorce from his
fifth wife, has eloped with his house
keeper, Mrs. Carrie Sutton, aged 81
years, to st. Louis, where they were
married. Mrs. Sutton came from
Knoxville, Tenn, year ago. Lawson
buried four wives before he met his
fifth and sixth. He has several sons,
all well-to-do farmers.
Suffering from the hallucination
that he is a candidate for Mayor, w.
L. Clement, so years old, escaped
from his home at 1923 Holloway ave-
nue., Indianapolis, and the police have
been asked to look for him. Clement
has been reading politics exclusively
the last few days. and told relatives
he intended to get out and finish up
the work of his campaign. They have
been watching carefully, but he evad
ed them.
w. B. Barefoot G. Co., a poultry firm
of Cambridge City, has in the last six
months paid to farmers, for chickens,
eggs and butter $4,000. Poultry was
by far the heaviest part of the bust
ness. The Barefoots this season paid
the highest price for chickens ever
known in the county. They made
weekly shipments to New York.
Spring chickens have been in active
demand at tic to zoe, until this week,
when heavy receipts caused decline
to lac.
A Brown County rattlesnake is prov
ing the central attraction at Green
wood The snake was captured by
William Watson, formerly of Green.
wood, who found it near Bear Wallow
and brought it to Greenwood. The
snake is more than four feet long and
twelve rattles and button, indicating
that it is thirteen years old. Mr.. Wat.
son said he extracted its fangs, and
the people here are willing to take
his word for it without examination.
Headache powders are said to have
caused the death of Mrs Mollie Riley
wife of Charles r. Riley, of Middle.
town. Mrs. Riley was found dead in
her bed. She was subject to severe
attacks of headache and especially for
the last week had she suffered intense
ly. On this account she was con
slant user of headache powders, and
these are believed to have caused her
death. Coroner Hiatt went to Middle
town to investigate the death and is
inclined to this opinion. Mrs. Riley
| was a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
| ert Lanyan, of Greenfield, and is sur
vived by her husband and two chill
dren, ages and years.
Thinking that the yellow tufts on
brightly colored patent fly killer
were flowers, Josephine, the baby
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Stump
of Union City, pulled one of them and
| chewed it. She died in a few hours.
A hot box in the machinery at the
plant of the Acme Glass Sand Com
pany at Rosedale, started fire which
| caused loss of $4,000 on the building
| and machinery. The plant, which was
partly insured, will be rebuilt immedi
ately.
Herbert Bell, 35 years old, one of the
most prominent young men of Rich
mond, was found dead in bed. Heart
disease was the cause. He was owner
of large nursery east of the city and
was also engaged in the automobile
agency business.
Richmond won the 1910 session OF
| the Grand Lodge of Colored Knights
of Pythias over Terre Haute. The In
| diana Representatives to the Supreme
Lodge meeting at Kansas City in Sep
fapaho, u,oro ;ncfprotad ~ unrI for In