The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-16
REVIEW OF INDIANA

kicked by horse owned by Curtis
Conner, while trying to unharness the
animal. He managed to crawl out of
the way of further harm, but it was
some time before any member of the
family heard him calling for assist
ance.
With a telegram in her possession
saying her mother had just died at her
home in Barberton, Mrs. Hugh Bea-
yer refused to desert her role as Ruth
In the cantata at the First M. Z.
church in Fort Wayne, and thrilled
her audience by her sympathetic rem
dering of the solo, Mother, l Must
Leave Thee"
Henry Newport, aged 49, a Vigo
County farmer, living near Terre
Haute, and Mrs. Marietta Petit, aged
AZ, of Evansville, were married at Mt
Vernon. 1t is the third marriage ex-
perience for each of the newlyweds.
The couple met in Evansville several
weeks ago for the first time and it was
a case of love at first sight"
Mrs. John Shafer, aged 81 years, was
burned to death at Winamac by the
explosion of a can of kerosene which
she was pouring on the fire. She was
alone at the time, and when the wom-
an was discovered by neighbors the
fire had spread so that it was within
few inches of her 3months-old son,
who was asleep on bed near by.
Mrs. Frank Hawkins, of Carmel,
who accompanied her husband on
coon hunt last week, captured the
largest possum reported this season.
1t weighed almost twelve pounds and
Mrs. Hawkins captured it alive. Mr..
Hawkins and two other hunters recent
ly captured a coon which measured al
most three feet in length and weighed
seventeen pounds.
Following a custom of pioneer days,
neighbors of Mrs Esther Hayes, aged
rs, gathered at her farm home near
Hagerstown and prepared her winters
supply of fuel, chopping and splitting
twenty-five cords of wood. While the
men worked the wives and daughters
of the generous farmers provided
dinner that was enjoyed by seventy
five guests. Mrs. Hayes is a widow
and lives alone.
The Warner Gear Company, Of
Muncie, manufacturers of automobile
parts, which employs about 500 men,
has announced a voluntary increase
| Of oil m
the tern of service and the promotions
received by each on the next pay day
/ The amount of increase is greatest
for those who have been longest with
the concern, the schedule being based
on graduated system.
Mrs. Libbie Miller. aged 20 years,
fell dead at Blooming Grove under pc
culiar circumstances. An aged widow,
who was her friend, died suddenly,
and Mrs. Miller went to an upstairs
room to dress for the funeral, which
was to be held directly across the
street. When she delayed coming down
her friends went to her room and
found her dead. She was fully dressed.
excepting her collar, which was
clasped in her lifeless hand.
The congregation of the Twelfth
Avenue Baptist church of Evansville
have opened a grocery store and meat
and will attempt to run the business
"as Jesus would do" A member has
been placed in charge of the business,
and members of the church and their
friends are expected to patronize the
store. The proceeds of the sales will
be used to pay off the church debt.
Goods will be sold at a small margin
and there will be no short weights
given to the customers
The annual corn contest under the
auspices of the First National Bank
was held at Fortville recently, with
F! twenty entries. OFT Kincaid received
| first prize on yellow, Clarence Petit
grew first on white, and j. L. Vail first
on mixed varieties Superintendent
Haines, of Noblesville, did the scor-
ing. Elevator men say that corn has
been much improved in the last three
years, and declare this annual show
has been no small factor in bringing
this about Thirty-fve dollars in pre-
miums were given by local business
men.
1. H. Norman, 1896 Dawson street,
Indianapolis, made an unusual dis
covery a few days ago when he found
a bees nest on a grape vine about
eight feet from the ground, on his
farm, north of Paragon, Morgan
County. Mr.. Norman says old set
tiers told him they had never before
known of bees building a nest and
making honey in the open air and on
grape vine. The nest evidently had
ben there for several months, as the
bees haG quilt three large pieces of
comb and made considerable honey
for the winter. Mr.. Norman photo
graphed the nest and then he wrapped
mosquito netting around it and cut it
down, capturing with it all of the bees
in the swarm He brought the prize
home with him in box where the
bees will be kept until warm
| weather.
The supposed panther which had
been annoying the residents of the
northern and western parts of Carroll
County, proved to be a Canadian
lynx. The beast was captured by
hunters a few days ago and killed.
Nine COWS were stolen from George
w. Williams, south of Connersville, a
day or two ago Williams did not dis
cover the theft until he visited his
pasture. The missing animals are val
ued at $500. No trace of the thief has
been found.
There have been twenty-three cases
of appendicitis in Lawrenceburg dur
ing the last two years and some physi-
clans are of the belief that it is caused
by people drinking too freely of water
from the city pumps, which contains a