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

ulpIeu, anu III failing DTOhS HIS lell
arm in two places and fractured his
shoulder blade, besides receiving other
injuries. His condition is serious.
The following changes in officers of
Indiana banks have been reported TO
the Controller of the Currency: The
Howard National Bank of Kokomo,
John A. Jay, president in place of Ma
than Pickett, deceased; Henry c. Da-
Wis, vice president in place of John A.
Jay. The First National Bank of Mad
ison, Edward Kampe, president in
place of Richard Johnson; David John
son vice president in place of Edward
Kampe.
Two girls bitten and forty dogs in
fected represents the work of rabid
dog in Cayuga, Vermillion County. DR..
j. n. Hurry, secretary of the State
Board of Health, who was appealed to
by the health officer of that place to
advise as to how to handle the situa-
ton, told the officer that he
had not only the right to kill all ami
mails suspected of having been infected
but that he had the right to call on
the Sheriff of the county to assist him.
John w. Mclaughlin, of Seymour, %
years old, a student fireman in the
employ of the B. & o. Southwestern
Railroad Company, was instantly
killed while freight train was passing
fh,opch 7 Mol m
had gone out on the runningboard of
the engine to put up the markers on
the pilot He was watching the demon
stration of a large crowd of people
who were celebrating the Democratic
victory of the city election, and fell
from the engiE. The wheels passed
over him.
William Filoy and James Kellam,
workmen employed on the Benjamin
Beeson, Jr., farm near Milton, in max
ing an excavation unearthed several
skeletons and stone pipe. The stem
of the pipe is six inches long, while
the bowl is two inches high and one
inch in diameter. During the war of
1912 the settlers of the southern part
of the township erected blockhouse
in the vicinity to protect themselves
from the attacks of Indians, and it is
thought the skeletons and pipe I'M
eatrhed were those of hostile redskins.
The Spiceland Academy has in it's
possession tooth of a mammoth. Re-
Gently while excavating for ditch on
his farm in Spiceland Township, along
the Blue river valley, William Beard
unearthed the specimen, and he pre-
sented it to the academy. The tooth
is similar to several which are exhib-
tied at the home of the Henry County
Historical Society in Newcastle. In a
number Of instances teeth of the mann
moth and of the mastodon have been
found along Blue river, leading to the
belief that both these animals in pre-
historic times were numerous in that
vicinity.
While excavating for the foundations
of new cement bridge on the North
Salem road, mile northwest of Dan
vile, few days ago, Charles Hall un-
earthed what is apparently an iron
nugget about the size and having all
the appearances of hickory nut 1t
is very heavy and shows indications
of being filled with iron pyrities, but
many people declare it is petrified
hickory nut. 1t was found nearly
eight feet below the surface of the
ground and nc one is able to account
for its presence there. 1t is now on
exhibition. Professors at the Central
Normal College are unable to agree on
what it is.
This is the last week for the Hagen.
beck & Wallace shows on the road this
season. At the winter quarters, east
of Peru, there is much activity in anti
cipation of the Homecoming next
week The Wallace farms, constitut
ing 1900 acres of bottom landA have
yielded bountiful crops this year, and
hundreds of tons of hay and thousands
of bushels of corn have been stored
at the winter quarters for feeding dur.
have been unusually successful this
year in a financial way and have had
no accidents of consequence. This is
the first time since the shows have
been organized that they have not
been home on election day.
During the oil boom at Marion sew
eral years ago one of the best oil wells
in the neighborhood was that located
on the grounds of the Marion MALE
able iron works Several years ago the
oil became so low that the well was
abandoned. When the plant was re
built a year ago the old oil we'll was
converted into a water well, which has
since furnished the water used at the
plant. The water has been forced
from the we'll by an air compressor II
was noticed few days ago that the
tank was filling up faster than usual
and after the power was turned off the
water continued to flow. A large
stream poured over the top of the tank
which is 50 feet above the ground, and
flooded one of the buildings and the
surrounding ground.
While pairing potatoes, Lee Shep
herd, miner, of Sullivan, severed an
artery in his left forearm and almost
bled to death before a physician ar
rived. He is in a critical condition
from the loss of blood.
Milton Rhyan, of Clinton, has a six
footed pig, now four months old and
weighing seventy-five ponds. II goes
about on five feet, having one extra or
each fore leg, but one leg is an inch
too short to allow the foot to reach the
ground.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Chafee es
capped serious injury at their home in
Shelbyville, when several stones thai
had been placed in an open CRATE fire
exploded. Particles of stone were
blown about the room. The cause Of
the explosion is not known.
Shocks Brothers auction sale o.
loose leaf tobacco at Madison wa!