The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-04


The fur season has arrived and
many raccoon, muskrat and opossum
skins are being delivered at Evans
vile, selling at good prices. Dealers
are expecting one of the best seasons
in many years. T1appers say fur
bearing animals are more numerous
than for many years.
DR.. Charles Davidson, son of Dr. and
Mrs. G. N. Davidson, who were resi-
dents of Pendleton for many years,
died of tuberculosis at the home of his
sister, Mrs o. H. Thomas, in Pendle-
ton. Dr. Davidson, Jr., who was AZ
years old, formerly practiced medicine
in Indianapolis. He later moved to
Grand Rapids, Mich, and came to Pen
dleton last May.
A night blooming cereus, owned by
Miss Nellie Jonas, of Seymour, has
the distinction of blooming in daylight.
which, according to persons acquainted
with the habits of the plant, is an I'M
usual occurrence Three buds opened
on Wednesday night, which remained
in bloom Thursday, when, about noon,
two other buds opened, making five
flowers on the plant at one time.
Mrs. William H. Lehnhard, aged 6e
years, is dead at Evansville. The
woman spent the last years of her life
writing Bible studies in support of the
millennial dawn. Her belief was that
death was a sleep from which there
would later be a resurrection. The
doctrine denies that there is a place
of eternal punishment. Mrs. Lehnhard
is survived by a husband and three
children.
Mistaking gasoline for water, Mrs.
Alice Piatt, of Jackson, Miss, who is
visiting her mother, Mrs. ]. w. Zahn,
in Lafayette, poured some of the liquid
into kettle sitting on a stove. When
the gasoline took fire Mrs. Plat threw
the blazing bucket from her, and ii
struck her mother, and Mrs. Zahn is
dying of her injuries. Mrs. Plat and
her daughter, Dolores, aged years,
are in serious condition.
Zachariah and Priscilla Fries recent.
ly celebrated their golden wedding
with a few invited guests at their
home in Charlottesville, where they
have lived nearly all their married
life. Both are members of the Friends
church. Mr.. and Mrs. Fries have two
children, Mrs. Cynthia Peacock, q
teacher in the public schools there
and Miss Clara Fries, who is at home
with her parents. There are two
grandchildren, Donald and Lois Pea
cock.
The annual fall pilgrimage from Bar
tholomew and Brown Counties to the
corn fields of Illinois is on. During the
last week seventy-five young men from
Bartholomew County and Brown Coun.
ty started for Illinois to husk corn.
The young men make it a regular bust.
ness to go to Illinois each fall and husk
corn. They say they are well paid
and In addition they take the work as
a sort of vacation. They will all re.
turn when the corn husking season is
over.
The Wilcoxen and Coers families
have been having trouble at Morris
town for a few days, and a dead cat
started the trouble. The animal died
on the premises of one of the families
and as it belonged to the other family
it was thrown into the neighbours yard
Then the families started an argument
and Mrs. William Wilcoxen, who be
came angry, struck John Coers with a
stone. Coers filed an AFFIDAVIT for as
sault and battery against the woman
and she was fined SIS.
The contract for a new county jail
at Bloomfield has been awarded to the
Stewart Jail Works Company Of Gin
cinnati, Ohio, for $2S 900. 1t was neces
sary to call the County Council in spe
cial session to get an additional appro
priation of $4,000. The plans for the
new building were drawn by Herbert
L. Bass & Co., of Indianapolis, under
the supervision of Amos w. Butler
secretary of the Board of State Chair
ties, and DR.. ]. N. Hurry, secretary oil
the State Board of Health. The build
ing will be located on the new site
across the street, south OF the court
house.
Simon Walters, 40 years old, living
near Urbana, was kicked in the head
by a horse and his skull fractured. He
was found several hours later lying I'm
conscious where he had fallen. 1t Ii
feared he was fatally hurt.
Ray Polston, aged 16 years, was
probably fatally injured while assisting
William Hart, a contractor, move &
house on the ]. w. Lawrence farm
northwest of Auburn. He was pinned
under heavy timber for half an hour
and was seriously crushed.
The 5-year-old daughter of Mr.. ant
Mrs. William Symonds, of Princeton
was fatally scalded when she fell back
was only partially dressed, the mothe
having removed the outer clothing pre-
paratory for the childs bath.
When Fletcher Medearis, of Greens
| fork, reaches his one hundredth birth
day anniversary, on November 16, thu
event will be celebrated by the gather
ing of two hundred members of thu
Medearis family. The centenarian 4
| in good health and is taking much in
terest in the plans for the celebration
An unknown young man was strucl
| and killed by Big Four train at tn
| station in Terre Haute. He had an IN
| terurban ticket to Paris. H., and a pho
tograph of woman. He was about 2
years old, and of good appearance.
| One of the most important land deal
made in this section was closed las
week, when the deeds for lis acres O
fine oolitic stone land were trans
ferred to the ingalls, Stone Compan
by Mrs. Mary S. Dalton, for which sh
received the sum of s13,5O0. The Ian
j ia located neer OO1ffic and ia rudz