The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-07
REVIEW OF INDIANA

merchant of Jackson, Tenn. and Mrs.
Mary Kelley, aged 80, of Connection,
who were sweethearts years ago, were
married in Evansville recently.
Judge Allen collars, of Fort Wayne.
one of the most eminent jurists in
Northern Indiana, recently underwent
his third operation for kidney trouble.
The physicians hold out hopes of re-
covery.
Burglars entered the study of the VI.
E. church at Shoals and robbed the
birthday box of the infant class of 81
in pennies. The box was being filled
with pennies representing the ages of
the children of the church.
Burglars entered the Office of the
Richmond Dairy Company, and after
| forcing open a safe got away with
500. The police believe the work was
| that of boys that have been causing
much trouble recently. Several arrests
have been made.
The Continental National Bank, of
indianapolis, has been appointed re-
serve agent for the First National
Bank, of Plainfeld, by the Controller
of the currency. The Controller also
announces the election of H. NJ. Sho-
walter as vice president in place of F.
l.. Farnsworth, of the First National
Bank, of Butler.
Genry Polin, living northwest of
Charlottesville, wealthy farmer and
breeder of race stock, lost twenty-one
head of fine horses last week by being
killed and manned by a Glover Leaf
passenger train. Many of them were
colts of the noted sire Billy Walters,
2:O614. They had wandered from the
pasture onto the railroads right-of-
way.
George W. McAninck, a Putnam
County farmer, whose neck was broken
several weeks ago, died at st. Vim
cents Hospital in Indianapolis. Nc
Aninck had a habit for years of duck
ing his head whenever he drove into
his barn. He had successfully lodged
heavy beam above the door hundreds
of times. On the last trip he failed to
duck far enough, and the beam pushed
his head back so far that his spine
snapped. He was AZ years old.
The three brothers, Louis, Harry
and julius Johnson, of Terre Haute,
who have built Recommending motor
boats on the Wabash, are building a
monoplane airship in secret and will
soon n'"'-~ .. secret trial of it's sailing
quail, The engine is patterned on
the one used in their motor boats, with
two cylinders at right angles and with
fifty horse power. 1t is said the engine
will weigh but $50 pounds. The broth
ers have built boats whose speed was
phenomenal, and if run on waters
where more publicity would result
they would have attracted wide atten-
ton.
Scott County can not boast of tree
on its courthouse roof, but it can we'll
be proud of something infinitely bet
ter. At the south entrance of the
county building in Scottsburg some one
dropped a watermelon seed in the
i d
thriving melon vine was the result
The vine at this time contains eleven
green watermelons and is rich in bios
SONS. Some of the melons are of good
size, and the main vine is more than
twenty feet long. The numerous
branches of the vine almost fill up the
twelve foot space between the building
and the walk for quite distance
Fire of incendiary origin at North
Manchester wrecked the Hoosier skirt
factory. The loss is estimated at
5000, covered by insurance. The
building was not badly damaged. A
pile Of partly burned kindling placed in
the engine room of the plant plainly
indicated where the flames started
From the pile of kindilng rolls of paper
were laid about the room and oiled.
thus communicating fire over the en-
tire building. A valuable stock of silk
in vault was saved The loss is most
ly on finished goods. Petticoats, ready
for shipment, valued from So to $12
apiece, were consumed. The heroic
work of volunteer fremen saved the
machines from damage. The stockhold-
ers are at a loss to account for the mo-
tive in Staring the blaze.
| At the home of Oscar Won Hatfield,
who says he is descendant of the
royal Won Hatzfelds of the Kaiser's
court, who lives in Evansville, can be
found running about each day three
snakes, one rattlesnake and two dead
ly copperheads. Afraid of them?"
queried Won Hatfield. why, no. And
/ have not even extracted their poi
sonous fangs, either. They run about
the house and nobody fears them. 1
feed them every day on rats and they
like the diet They are also fond of
young pigeons. / have liked snakes
ever since was 6 years DID, | played
with them when / came across them
during my ramblings through the
woods over In Germany" Won HAITI
field says he always had peculiar
power over snakes. He winds them
around his arms and body as If they
were ribbons.
The barking of the faithful watch
dog saved the lives of Mrs. Maude Will
son and family at Evansville, who were
awakened in time to rush from the
burning building. The fire is believed
to have been caused by an incendiary
Strolling from the barn lot and wan
dering into the woods a mile away, a
calf belonging to Austin Everhart. of
Sullivan, starved to death. The animal
became entangled in the brush by a
ring in its nose, and was found dead
five days later.
Milton Cook, farmer northwest of
Newcastle, is feeding the largest num-
Der of 2year-old steers ever fed at one
time by a Henry County farmer.
There are Ill, valued at $4,000. He
expects to feed them until February
and then place them on the market