The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
REVIEW OF INDIANA
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The Erie railroad police have ar
rested four lads near Rochester whom
they charge with having plotted to
wreck trains on that road.
Oscar Armstrong, a young man east
of Lafayette, awoke to find his bed in
flames. which had caught from a
lighted cigar which he had in his
mouth when he fell asleep.
Ernest Smith, years old, tumbled
into a rain water barrel at Huntington
and would have drowned but for the
timely aid of his little companions,
who dragged him from the water.
Georre Tremain, aged % and I'M
married, was blown to atoms at his
home II miles east OF Columbus He
was blowing stumps with black pow
der, when a spark from his pipe
caused six pounds of the powder to
explode.
Dr. Robert Smith, of Greenfield, a
veteran of the Mexican war, has two
silver dollars he received in the City
of Mexico in 1S4f. They were coined
in 1884 and DR.. Smith has always kept
them as souvenirs OF his experiences
in General Taylor's army.
Working through The great South
marsh near Ash Island a hunters
guide named Hall reported at Renssa-
lear that he had found a skeleton of
man partly under water. The man
had been well dressed. In one pocket
was a nickel watch with an elk's head
on the back. On the coat lapel was a
Woodlands pin.
A dog left tied in room at the
home of Sanford Snodgrass, in Green
field. while the family was away,
knocked chairs containing clothes
against stove. The house was filed
with smoke before neighbors discov-
cred the fire. The dog was almost
suffocated and had pushed his head
under bedclothes to escape the smoke
The bridge over Brandywine creek.
near Greenfield, collapsed and went
into the stream, carrying with it three
teams and wagons loaded with logs,
belonging to the Greenfield Lumber
company. The teams were in charge
of Bert Smith, Albert Reece and w.
II. Tony, all of whom remained on
their wagons and escaped serious in
jury The bridge was one hundred
feet long, without any middle pier
Frank Hogue was killed and Isaac
Morris was seriously burned by an
explosion of a key of powder at Wa
bash mine, west of Terre Haute.
Hogue was sitting on the key contain
ing twenty-five pounds of blasting
powder when it exploded 1t was
caused by the explosion of a small
quantity of powder in an open keg over
which Morris had leaned. A spark
from the lamp en- his cap fell into the
loose powder
During the absence of Mrs. Ted
Riley at the home of a neighbor in
Elwood, leaving her doors unlocked.
tramp who had called for a hand
OUT entered the building and in ran
sacking the drawers of a dresser in a
containing $500 in bills. which the
wife had placed there until the bank
! o2eaed, intending to deposit it. Two
revolvers that were in the drawer were
also taken and the hobo made his
escape. leaving no clew
A peculiar and serious accident hap
pened to Rex Strawn. young man
living northeast of I.oogootee. With
his wife, he had been to the home of
neighbor, and, on returning home
about 8 o'clock, a bird flew in his face,
striking him in the eye The birds
bin passed entirely through the eye
ball, totally destroying the sight II
is thought that it was attracted by
the lantern carried by Strawn, and
when in close contact with the man
was blinded. He did not capture the
bird, but thinks il was a whip-poor-
will. Physicians say that the eyebali
viii have to be removed.
Dickson Thompson, of Plymouth,
owns watch that in years of service
surpasses that of any other timepiece
known. 1t is older than the Declare
ton of independence, was running
when the first battle of the revolution,
in 1775, was fought at Lexington, and
was probably in existence when Gen
eral Braddock, with then Colonel"
Washington. met defeat by the French
and Indians in 1854. The watch is at
least $50 years old. This ancestral
relic has been preserved for genera
lions In the Thompson families. II
was carried by Mr.. Thompson's great
grandfather. who came to the colonies
from Scotland. At his death it be-
came the property OF his son, William,
who died at the age of seventy-two
years, and left the watch to its pres
ent owner. Mr.. Thompson carried it
when, near Maxinkuckee lake, he
courted and married his present wife.
| fifty-nine years ago, and he has new
er carried any other. II was made in
France, has a silver case with ornate
designs, and, though larger than the
watch of today, it is not CUMBERSOME
Mr.. Thompson is eighty-two years old,
and is one of the earliest settlers of
Marshall county, coming from Fay
cite county seventy-three years ago.
The Lake Shore railroad win con-
tribute $1,000 toward the charging OF
the Y. M. C. A. building at Elkhart,
and the establishing of a gymnasium
there If citizens of the town will raise
$1,000 for the same. purpose.
The large Touring mill of Kannapel
Bros, at New Middletown, five miles
southeast of Corydon was destroyed
by fire recently. About 200 bushels
of wheat were burned. The building
was insured for $4,000. The loss was
about $1,000
Matthew w. Avery, Of ST. Paul, be.
lieves he is the first man in Indiana
to plant corn this season. He planted
five grains on February 10, his seven
ty-eighth birthday, in a large flower
urn in DR.. Towards Office The stalks