The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-10
REVIEW OF INDIANA

Rev. William Z. Hunter, just grad
uated from the Mccormick Theologi-
cal Seminary, has been called as pas
tor of the Ossian Presbyterian church.
Harrison F. Crabill. Sc years of age.
residing in Smith Township, Whitley
County, suddenly lost his hearing a
few days ago. Mr.. Crabill retired in
his usual health, awakening the fol-
lowing morning to find himself totally
| deaf
Ezra Kendall, comedian, has gone to
Martinsville to spend the summer
writing book to be called Top Soil"
Kendall proposes to get inspiration for
his chief character from Jap" Miller,
made famous by James Whitcomb
Riley.
AS F. ]. Rump, a Fort Wayne con-
tractor, was, driving on Fairfield ave- :
nue. recently his auto struck Elva
Woods, milkman, and knocked him
40 feet. Woods legs were broken and
he was injured internally, but he may
recover
Henry Hall, of Evansville, was heav-
lily fined in Police Court recently for
striking his father-inlaw, James Sar-
tin, an old soldier, with club and
breaking his arm. A year ago the
arm was broken in the same place by
another son-in-law, who struck the old
man with club.
Miss Leona Pearl Acton, a Button
blind girl, will soon be graduated
| from the State Institution for the
Blind. Until two years ago, from the
time she was years old, her educar
ton was provided by the Woman's
Home Missionary Society of the First
M. E. church at Button
A family reunion out of the ordi-
nary was held near Greenfield, when
the twelve children of Mr.. and Mrs.
Benjamin F. Shelby assembled at the
family dinner. Thee remarkable fea-
ture of the reunion is the fact that in
the fifty-fve years the Shelbys have
been married death has never visited
their home.
Alfred Bordaman, of Marion, Al
years old, while engaged in pulling
drive pipe from an abandoned oil well,
three miles southeast of Van Buren,,
was instantly killed, by being struck
in the head by flying pulley which
broke from its fastenings. The top of
his skull was torn away. Bordaman is
survived by widow and four children.
Uncle" William Kelso, of Peters
| hrrr0 h.
in Pike County, died recently. He
could easily shoulder a two-bushel
sack of wheat with one hand and car
ry sack on each shoulder, until a
few years ago. He was the strongest
man of his time there and during his
life, through hard labor, amassed a
small fortune
]. F. Stensil, aged 60 years, of Mt.
Carmel, H., killed himself in the St.
George Hotel at Evansville. He took
beth phenol and laudanum, and. to
make death certain. shot himself in
the temple. He conducted a hotel at
Mt. Carmel, H., where he leaves a
widow and one daughter. He was for
merly a railroad conductor and be-
longed to the Conductors Union and
Eagles.
George /. Winans, of Shelbyville, re-
Gently bought a number of chickens
from Ben Kokentied, who lives in
F1atrock. Shelby County. Thomas ].
Noblitt purchased two of the chickens
from Kokentie6. When one of the
chickens was cleaned a nugget of pure
gold was found In it's craw. II is
thought the hen picked up the gold
where more of the precious metal can
be found, and the feeding place OF
these chickens will be closely watched.
William Jennings Bryan refused to
give the Ladies' Aid Society of the
Ripple M. e. church. in Shelby Town
ship. near Sheibyville, 10 cents for
their festival held the latter part of
the week. In kind letter he said he
was called on so much for. small dona-
tons that he had to refuse them all.
The women had silk quilt with 1.026
names on it, and ii was sold to Perry
Amos for ST., The names of many
prominent men were on ii, each per-
son whose name was on the quilt pay
ing 10 cents. The society received
s119.60 for the quilt.
That an old hen will put up a strong
fight in defense of her little chicks
was shown at the home of ID. E. FL
lerton, south of Owensville, when a
large chicken snake moved noiseless-
Iy to point where the hen was stand
ing with her chicks nestled closely
about her. The hen was on the de-
fensive before the reptile was aware
of it. Clucking at her chicks two or
three times, the mother waited for the
snake to make the first pass. The rep
tile advanced a little farther and
quick as a flash the hen sprang at the
enemy in a manner that made the
snake crawl for the tall grass The
hen continued the onslaught and the
, snake was driven out of tho yard be-
fore the old hen returned to her
|. chicks that were chirping with all
their might as If applauding their
mothers bravery.
The City Council of Ligonier has
granted the Ligonier School Board the
square opposite the Carnegie library
for the purpose of erecting the pro-
posed High School building Work
will commence on the building at once.
: Joseph Cooprider, of Clay City,
picked up in the bed of small water
course a formation which all who
have seen it believe is a petrified hui
man foot In outline the object resem-
bles a foot, although the toes are miss
ing.
A Clay county farmer reports that
} few days ago two crows made an as
sault on a brood of month old chicks,
} but the mother at once attacked the
crows and at times both crows were
on the hens back. The mother hen