The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-09
REVIEW OF INDIANA

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Three cases of measles have devel-
oped at Bowling Green and many per-
sons have been exposed to the disease.
1t has been fifteen years since an cpl
demic of the disease struck the town.
Fire of uncertain origin destroyed q
new barn owned by Peter Weiland, a
florist, located a mile west of New
castle, entailing loss of about $500,
with insurance to the amount of 81 800.
In addition to the barn horse, thirty
tons of hay, over two hundred bushels
of corn and other grain and farming
were consumed.
Willis Hale, stock buyer of Mum
Gle, has created a sensation there by
petition addressed to
Governor Marshall, asking for a par
don for Dr. Nelson b. Ross, who, a
few weeks ago, was sentenced to the
Michigan City prison for life for the
murder of Daniel Under, MMncie &
Portland traction conductor
A gray eagle, weighing twenty
pounds and measuring seven feet from
wing tip TO tip, was crippled and cap
tured alive by Henry Mauck and John
knight, farmers north of Owensville.
Both farmers shot twice at the huge
bird as it swooped down a short dis
lance from their homes. The eagle
fought furiously before the farmers
made it prisoner.
While in a somnambulistic sleep on
croft, aged 20, of Redkey, Ind, walked
off the train while it was running sixty
miles an hour, near Chesterton, and
was practically uniiIJured. He fell on
parallel track, and while getting
up was struck by another train He
received a slight scalp wound, and was
able to continue his journey.
At the marriage in Greenfield of Mel
son B. Cliff, aged 20, wealthy farm
er, and Mrs. Lesha E. Russell, a COM
pany of unlimited friends of the couple
called at the home of the bride and
ordered an elaborate wedding supper
which had been prepared without the
knowledge of the newlyweds and
charged the bill to the elderly bride
groom. Cliff saw the joke and paid
the bill.
The Rt. Rev. Herman ]. Alerding.
bishop of the diocese of Fort Wayne,
recently began the tenth year of his
episcopate. He was raised to the
bishopric in Fort Wayne nine years
ago, coming from Indianapolis, where
he was pastor of St Joseph's church.
The anniversary was made the occa-
sion of celebration program rendered
by the students of st. Augustine's
Academy.
Mrs. Lulu Alexander, aged years,
is dead at her home in Columbus. A
few weeks ago her husband, Vincent
Alexander, commit 90 suicide at his
home in Franklin. When his wife was
told of the suicide by reporter, Mrs.
Alexander said she haa expected ii, be-
cause her husband had told her he
could not bear to see her die first, and
as she was then fatally III Alexander
took his own life.
The Hoosier Fanciers' Association
has announced that il will give its an
nual exhibit of poultry and pet live
stock on February 1921, in Anderson.
Various poultry clubs of Ind. ana will
also hold their annual meeting and ex-
hibit in connection with the local Hoo
sier Fanciers' Association. ID. T. Vein
tick, of Jacksonville. H., and George z.
Ewald, of Cincinnati, have been en-
gagged as judges of the exhibits of
poultry.
John c. Albert, aged 9S, one of the
Oldest residents of Paoli, is dead at
his home in that city following an ILL
ness of over year. Albert was born
in Pennsylvania and came to Indiana
about the time it was first organized
as a State. In 1853 Albert was APP
pointed treasurer of Orange County,
and was afterward elected for two
terms to the same Office. Nineteen
years afterward he joined the newborn
Greenback party, and was its nominee
for Congress from his district in 1880.
He is survived by a wife and two
daughters, Mrs. George A. Buskirk, of
Indianapolis, and Mrs. Volney Hudles-
ton, of Emporia, Kas.
From the vicinity of I.adoga comes
the story that hog lived for three
months covered completely by several
hundred bales of straw that had acct
dentally been stacked on top OF the
animal as it lay under a manger In
the barn on the farm of Robert Miller
The hog, it is said, lived all that time
with no water TO drink and nothing to
eat but straw. The hog was discov-
cred by George Hines and James Da-
Wis, neighbors of Miller, while they
were engaged in naming straw The
straw was stacked there August % and
Miller claims that the dog could have
crawled under the straw after ii had
been stacked in the barn. When dis
covered the hog was almost famished,
Hines and Davis say. During its inn
prisonment the hog had evidently
eaten bale of straw or more. When
released from the straw the hog took
its fill of water and became sick.
Later it revived and now seems as
healthy as ever.
Work on the construction of the
buildings at the 1ri-State Fair Grounds
in Evansville, to be used this winter
by the Norris-Rowe circus, has begun.
The performers will arrive about the
first of the year for winter practice.
The Muncie Poultry and Pet Stock
Association is arranging to give its
first annual exhibit the last week in
January. The Association has about
fifty members. Pet stock of all kinds
will be included and the dog exhibit
is expected to be complete.
The fifth annual exhibition of the
Young America Poultry and Pet Stock
Association will be held at Young
America from December 81 to January
l. j. c. Long will be the Judge.