The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-21


he became so i'll that hopes for his re-
covery were abandoned, he divulged
the hiding place of hundreds of cigar
ettees that he had prepared to smoke,
and they were destroyed.
Game Warden Rigney. of Goshen,
brought a man from that place to Elk
hart, and had him arraigned as John
Doe on the charge of killing a deer in
Elkhart county on Nov 80. The &C
cused was fined $50 and costs, $50 of
which was promptly paid. The identi-
ty of the man was kept secret.
Crawfish have often been found deep
underground, but it is seldom frogs
have been discovered alternating far
beneath the surface. Last week, how
ever, sewer contractors in Elkhart
found several batrachians twelve feet
underground. They were dormant
when picked up, but soon came to life
The killing of stray dogs on the
street in Alexandria because OF fhe
mad dog scare which followed the
death of 12-year-Old Helene Ward, was
begun by the police and a half dozen
dogs have been killed The majority
IF dog owners needed the proclama-
ton of Mayor Edward sand either muz-
zled their dogs or kept them confined
So far no additional cases OF rabies
nave developed.
Three trees from the tropical zone
which are owned by Homer Gaddy, the
Manila druggist, are attracting consid
cradle attention. They are a 12-year.
old orange tree which, at present, has
thirty-six oranges on it; 3-year-old
lemon tree having two lemons on it,
one being fourteen inches in circum
ference; and also a Japanese orange
tree which produces fruit only once in
every three years.
Shooting on State game preserve
south of Terre Haute cost. Dan Lynch
and Walter Bledsoe, of that city, S43
each in justice court, according to
q report made TO the Office of the State
fish and game warden. Lynch and
Bledsoe, it appears, had bagged fine
lot of game. particularly quail, while
hunting on the preserve. and escaped
without notice, as they thought. How
ever they were arrested soon after
their return to Terre Haute and plead
ed guilty.
Mrs. Mary A. Schooler, widow of the
late Benjamin Schooler. who is dead
at her home in Columbus, at the age
of eighty-fve years, knew William
Henry Harrison. Her maiden name
was Hughes, and she was born on a
, farm which is now covered by the city
of Cincinnati. Her fathers farm joined
the farm owned and occupied by VIII
| liam Henry Harrison. Her father
served with General Harrison in the
battle of Tippecanoe, and Mrs. School
er used to tell of the early days of the
man who afterward became President
She used to see him every day when
she was child.
Grant County is rich i'm women who
do things She has women who write
paint, sing, engage in commercial life
preach, edit papers and do almost
everything else and are successful al
it, too, but Gas City has added a new
| one to her list in the person of Mrs
y. G.. Fort, who for some time has
been conducting her husbands barber
shop in Third street. Business was
| not so good as it had been at one
time and Mr.. Ford got work and went
to Chicago. During his absence Mrs
Ford took charge Of the shop and the
! customers say she can cut hair, shave
| and massage as well as her husband.
A letter received at the Richmond
postoffice a few days ago bore the
postoffce address, "Seeder Rabbits.
| There was no other guide to the place
of destination meant by the sender
The mailing clerk who attempted t.
route, the missive cast it aside, bu
! after several attaches of the Office haC
viewed the curiosity and scratched
| their heads, it was decided that the
writer evidently intended that the let
ter should go to Cedar Rapids, Ia, anC
in his inability to spell correctly haC
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There was no State indicated, but. &C
cording to the postoffice directory low:
has the only "Seeder Rabbits
| Henry AlloueZ. southwest of st
| Anne has an old sword, the blade O
which, the owner asserts, contains "a:
| sheets of metal. The sword was made
in Japan and was brought to thi:
country by Mr.. Allouez's grandfathe
seventy-five years ago. The blade. &C
cording to Mr. Allouez, is made from
magnetic iron ores. The steel is pro
| duced in small sheets, as thin as it j!
/ possible for them to be, and solderet
| together until the mass forms the de
sired length and thickness. The blad,
is then brought to white heat. dou
bled and hammered to its origina
thickness, this process being repeated
| fourteen times. Mr.. Allouez asserts
that the sword has been handled dow
| in the family. from father to son, TO
! the last 120 years.
| Messrs. Everly e. Wallace, of Plym
outh. have received the contract from
the United States Government for con
structing the new postoftce buildin.
at Niles, Mich. Their bid wa
l,S46, 900.
| John Jones, 10 years old, of Mitchell
| died in terrible agony of lockjaw re
sulting form his toe being cut off by
train. He was with crowd Of boy
near the track when, it is said, the,
told him if he did not get on the trail
then passing they would throw at him
Joseph Massing, aged 43 years, Will
hunting near Madison, leaned on hi
| rife, and his dog in paving at hin
pulled the trigger and the bullet en-
tered Musings side He will recover
The Oldest man in Bartholomew
| County underwent a surgical operation
| at his home in Huntsville recently am
his physicians believe he will recover
| He is John Wesley Pottoroff and will
be SO years old if he lives a few week
| IopUor Until a sborG tiY,oo GOO he xro