The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23

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cry is involved in mystery. 1t is be-
!ieved to be the hand of woman.
When Mrs ]. A Taylor thought her
husband had lost control of an auto
mobile in which they were riding in
Muncie, she jumped from the rapidly
moving machine, suffering a broken
leg and other injuries
While Charles Bronneberg and o. X.
Brennick, of Chesterfield, were driving
in Anderson their horse was struck
and instantly killed by suburban
street car. The occupants of the bug
gy escaped with slight bruises.
In an attempt to recover a piece of
bread which had fallen into tub of
water, the 2-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Hile, at Kendall
vile, toppled over into the tub and
narrowly escaped death by drowning
Oswald, the S-year-old son of Rev.
A. A. Turner, at Elkhart, narrowly es-
capped death when he tumbled into
deep cistern at the rear of the house.
A younger brother saw him fall and
gave the alarm in time to get assist
ance.
Herman Freshman, the 13-year-old
son of DR.. Lyman Freshman, of Cory
don, lost his right arm while operat-
Ing a moving machine The horses at
tached to the machine became fright
ened, throwing the boy in front of the
knife.
Mrs. Bert Hadley, of Logansport,
was i'll in bed when her home caught
fire, and the invalid was carried from
the burning house to the home of a
neighbor. The fire was eXtinguished
In time to prevent the destruction of
the home.
Mrs. William Fletcher, of Waterloo,
was frightfully burned by the explo-
sion of a gasoline stove, but is ex-
pected to recover. The corset the
woman was wearing is believed to
have protected her body sufficiently
to avert fatal consequences.
Ira Imler, of Decatur, who deserted
from the United States Navy, was ar
rested in Fort Wayne recently by Mar
shall Butler, of Decatur, and was
turned over to the naval officials. I'm
Ter had been working as brakeman
on the Pennsylvania railroad.
Swine are dying by the score in JEFF
ferson Township, Whitley County,
from some mysterious malady. Henry
Crowell has lost twenty-five hogs from
the disease; Frank Shinbeckler has
lost twenty-seven, Gus Shinbeckler has
lost seventeen and other owners suf-
fered similarly.
Hon. Emory G. Melendy, long a
prominent resident of Fremont, died
last week. He was a veteran soldier
having served in the Twenty-ninth and
the 10th Regiments of Indiana Vol
unteers, and later was a representa-
tive in the State Legislature from
Steuben County.
In settlement of damages which re-
suited when he took another's automo-
bile and INDUCED in Joy ride" Hugh
Baker. an Elkhart young man, has
Just paid $500. When he agreed to
make damage good. Judge Van Fleet
dismissed the charge of larceny
against him which grew out of taking
the machine belonging to Charles Meg.
ley
! Jacob Wagner, aged "a, farmer liv-
ing in Fosey County, near Evansville,
committed suicide. He had just re-
turned home from Evansville, and tax.
ing bottle of carbolic acid from his
pocket, said in the presence OF his
family: Here is my last drink" He
drained the bottle and was dead in a
short time. No reason is assigned for
his act.
In the suit of l. H. Lee against w.
M. Dunn, that has been filed in the
Circuit Court at Noblesville, trouble
over a patent right has been brought
to light In his complaint Lee charges
that Dunn recently had patented a tip
for a pool cue. Lee asserts he fur.
nished the money to get the patent
through on condition that he receive
half interest in the invention. Judge
Christian has issued temporary re-
straining order prohibiting Dunn from
making any disposition of the patent
until Lees claim for half interest is
tried In the courts.
Ex-Congressman c. G. Conn, of In.
diana, broke all previous sword-fish
records at Avalon, California, landing
339 FOUNDER while fishing for tuna.
Conn was trolling when sword-fish
took the bait and made of for a fight
lasting an hour and thirty minutes.
This is the largest sword-fish ever
caught at Catalina and probably the
largest ever caught on this coast. The
fish measured ten feet seven inches
from the tip of its tail to the tip OF
four feet across. Conn will have the
fish mounted and add 1t to his collec.
ton at his home in Elkhart. He will
receive many prizes offered by the
Tuna Club.
Owing to the epidemic of scarlet
fever in Bedford, the School Board
has postponed the opening of the pub
lie schools. There are twenty-five
cases of the disease in the city.
The Winona & Warsaw railroad d.
rectors have announced the following
election of officers: j. Z. Beyers, pres
ident; w. B. Frazier, vice president;
Sol Dickey, secretary and general
manager; c. H. Worden, treasurer; j
C. Spade, assistant treasurer; ]. F
Beyers, general superintendent.
Tobacco that was grown in Wander
burg, Spencer and other counties in
Southern Indiana has matured and the
cutting and storing is progressing rap
idly. The growers expect higher prices
than they received last year.
John Edwards, aged II years, re
siding a few miles south of "Hell's