The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14

Eagletown, cracked the safe and got
away with $500 in stamps and some
valuable papers. They stole a horse
and buggy and escaped.
The Thornton Home at Newburg for
aged Presbyterian ministers and their
wives was dedicated recently, the prin-
cipal address being delivered by Judge
j. e. Williamson, of Evansville. The
home. was endowed by the late Mrs
Emily Thornton, wealthy woman of
Petersburg.
The report of DIR. Morrell Simpson.
secretary of the City Board of Health
Of Bedford. shows that during the year
1908 there were 206 births in Bedford,
of which 100 were males and 81 fe-
males, the list including two colored
children. There were sixty-seven
deaths of males and sixty-five of fe-
males. There were two suicides and
four deaths by violence, but no MUIR
ders.
Navy Recruiting Officer Kleinhaus,
who has charge of the Government re-
that more applicants for enlistment in
Southern Indiana are refused because
of fiat feet than anything else. I'VE
have refused many men because their
feet were as fiat as pancakes" said
Kleinhaus. The poor selection Of
shoes is one reason, this causing the
instep arch to break down.
Daniel Buell., farmer living near
Bowling Green, Clay County, sold a
hickory tree to representative of the
German government The tree was IS
inches in diameter and the distance OF
the first limb was seventy feet. IT is
the largest tree in Clay County and
was desired by the German govern
ment for cannon carriage tongues II
will be sawed up and shipped to Ger
many at once. The tree contains over
5000 feet of lumber
Miss Ava Mahoney, who has the dis
tinction of being the only woman sher-
iff ever serving in the State of Indi-
ana, has gone to Houston, Texas, to
spend the winter. A year ago her
iff of Huntington County, was SO az
fiicted he found it necessary to spend
the winter in the South. He was gone
several months, during which time
Miss Mahoney filled his place Mr.
Mahoney, now out of the Office, and
his entire family viii go to Texas for
the winter.
The Rev. George z. Hicks, superin-
tendent of the South Bend district of
the Anti-Saloon League, has been
tanning the feeling regarding a county
option election in Miami County. II Is
understood that the Good Citizens
League will not urge an election in
Miami County until after the Hagen
heck-Wallace shows leave In the
spring, fearing that the employees OF
the show will vote to keep the county
wet. The shows employ from $50 to
400 persons, most of them voters.
Bernard Norris, Is years old. living
in the country west of Shoals, was
burning brush heaps when his clothing
ignited. He was alone and succeeded
in tearing of portion of his clothing.
His dog, attracted to the scene. lent
its aid, and with its teeth helped strip
the flaming clothing from the hoy. Al
though suffering excruciating pain he
managed to walk home, accompanied
by his faithful dog. He found his par
ents gone and summoned help by tele-
phone. The flesh on his legs and body
from the knees to the breast is liter
ally cooked. Had 1t rot been for the
assistance of the dog he would prob
ably have died near the scene OF the
accident.
We'll mother, your boy has returned
to you once again." was the salutation
with which Grover Dale, IL years old,
greeted his parents at their home in
Linton. The boy had been absent for
many months and had been mourned
as dead by his relatives and friends.
His aged mother, overcome by joy,
tearfully welcomed her son, whom she
had supposed was killed in a wreck at
Brazil, Ind. in August. Following a
''tiff' with his sweetheart, young Dale
suddenly disappeared from the city.
Journeying westward, he became q
bookkeeper and declared that in a Wis
ion he foresaw his sweetheart iii,
which prompted his return. They have
become reconciled.
The monthly report of DIR. VIII H.
Kemper, secretary of the Muncie
Board of Health, contains lament be-
cause the stork during that month ap-
parently was not ION the job The
statistics show that the deaths exceed
ed the births by six, the former being
thirty-two, as against twenty-six of the
latter. The ratio Of births to deaths
in Muncie has been about eight to
five. The annual report of DR.. KEN
per, made at the same time, shows
that there were fifty-two cases of small
pox in Muncie in 1908, but that now
there is none. 1t is doubtful If 200
persons in the city aside from those
affected, knew that there had been a
single case of smallpox here, so qui-
city do the health officers conduct
their campaigns against this disease.
Only one death from it was reported.
John 7. Rice, farmer. aged 20, of
Hancock, KY, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Richardson, aged 20, of Evansville.
were married recently. They met sew
eral days ago. Both said they were
lonely in the world.
Fred Horton, an aged farmer, whose
home is near Albion, Ill, lies in an
Evansville hospital with a broken
neck. He was thrown out of a wagon
near Albion several days ago. when his
neck was broken. Physicians say he
has fair chance of recovery.
Cumberland Ridlin, of Liberty Town
ship, Shelby County, has a birthday on
February 2, which is grounding day,
and he is going to celebrate the occa-
sion by entertaining a number of his
friends at a grounding dinner
]. E. Hooten, a timber buyer of New