The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-22

James II. Bacon, lineman for the
Central Union Telephone Company, liv-
ing at SOC West Twenty-seventh street,
Indianapolis, was killed by an electric
current while working on the wires
near Central avenue and Forty-sixth
street.
1t cost W. H. Kingery Sal to kill a
redbird at Terre Haute That was the
amount of the fine and costs when he
was arraigned by a deputy game war
den. 1t is not commonly known that
redbirdS may not be killed or Gagged
and that The fine is heavy one.
Edward R. Floyd, of Frankfort, one
of the best known men in the county,
died at the Palmer Hospital of an
acute attack of indigestion. He served
one term in the State Legislature, was
postmaster at Middle Fork for a num-
Der of years, and also served in the
army. He was about So years old and
leaves a widow and family.
Members of the Masonic order in
Uncle Silas Helms, aged 81 years, liv-
ing north Of the town. at the "Old
MILL" near which he has lived for
more than seventy-five years. He has
been a Master Mason for more than
fifty-five years, and is the only living
charter member of Fortville Lodge No.
207. The members presented him with
a handsome gold headed cane.
Begging for an AK, knife or razor, so
that he could keep away the elephants,
tigers and enemies that were attack
ing him, an insane man supposed to be
Fred A. Mitchell, of Indianapolis, was
placed in Jail at South Bend. Judging
from his talk, the man, who Is about 30
years old. is we'll educated 1t is be-
lieved that he has escaped from some
hospital. as he begged piteously not to
be put in the straitjacket. All the Jail
officials could get out of him was that
he was from Indianapolis. When asked
his name, he crouched to a sprinter's
position and said: ITO the general
public, I'm Fred A. Mitchell, but conf
dentially I'm John the Baptist"
Charles F. McClelland, a Danville
undertaken has had the unusual exper-
three homes in Danville within the last
three months. On April 5 he buried
Alfred Alice, and on July g. Mrs. Alice.
his wife. On June 2 he buried George
Gentry, and on June IL Mrs. Gentry
was carried from the same house to
her last resting place. On June he
conducted the funeral of Mrs. Samuel
Moore at the home of her son, John
w. Moore, and on June Is he had
charge of the funeral of Mrs. Lizzie
Scott Kowlski, which was held az the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Moore.
The prize nature-faker story comes
from this State and is as follows: A
cat, owned by DR.. Charles l.. Stevens,
of Corydon, is living barometer, and
by it's peculiar antics residents can tell
what kind of weather is coming. Due
to this fact Dr. Stevens home has be-
come the Corydon weather bureau. A
peculiar feature is that the cat trans
mits her barometrical characteristics
to her young, and for this reason her
kittens are in great demand. DR.. Ste
vens frequently receives telephone
calls inquiring of the cats antics, as
all residents have come to depend up
on the animal for weather predictions.
Two little English sparrows whipped
q large bald eagle, according To H.
Benton and L. ID. Simons, who say that
while hunting in the woods east of st.
Anne they saw a bald eagle perched
on the limb of dead tree, vainly try
ing to beat off two sparrows that were
attacking him fiercely. Presently, the
hunters assert, the eagle started to fly
away. the sparrows pursuing and pick
ing the bird savagely under the wings
and about the head. The eagle uttered
loud and frequent screams. either of
fear or rage, or both, the men said,
and when last seen was making rec
ord time" in an effort to shake off his
pursuers.
Property owners in the vicinity of
the farm owned by Robert Baker, near
Idaville, a town short distance west
of Logansport, threaten an Injunction
suit if Baker persists in his purpose of
starting skunk farm. Baker is a trap
per. who has made mucn money from
skunk oil and skins. But skunks are
getting scarce, and this has led him to
believe that he can make more money
in raising them than in hunting. Ex-
periments which he has made con-
vinces him that they can be success
fully and profitably raised. and he is
now arranging to go into the business
on a big scale. He is going to fence
in five acres with fine meshed screen
ing, which will be sunk in the ground
three feet and which will be six feet
high Baker figures to raise about one
thousand skunks every year, and he
has contracted for machinery to ex.
tract the oil. This is almost as val
liable as the skins, which average
about one dollar each. Neighbors fear
that the odor from the skunk farm
will make life unbearable in that vi
cinity, and wish to prevent Baker
from going into the business.
Chris Reigler, of Greensburg, has a
hen that has a taste for English spar
rows and catches them and kills them
Mrs. Reigler is authority for the state
ment and she says she has seen the
hen catch the birds.
Once wealthy, owning several Wa
bash County farms, Sampson Hoch
who lost his fortune through bad in
vestments. and was made cripple fol
! life in an accident several years ago
died a few days ago at the County In
Urinary in Wabash.
Miss Oakley Brown, the 14-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Margaret Brown, a
widow of Evansville. committed sui
eide because she was disappointed in
not getting a new dress.
The Panic Hair Cut" a new style
! IL, bait. draccinU hoe made ire amman