The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-16
REVIEW OF INDIANA


ment of the Indiana Machine Works
in Fort Wayne, dropped dead OF
apopleXy while at work He was the
son of prominent Lutheran educator,
now retired.
Henry l.. Eaton, a well known farm
er and the father OF twelve children,
committed suicide by hanging himself
in barn on his place west of Bloom
ington. The body was found by lit
tie daughter, Margaret Worry over
financial affairs caused the suicide
One night last week Mrs. John ia
CODY, of Connersyille, awoke at mid
night impressed that he son Jesse had
met some accident. She was unable to
sleep during the rest of the night
Early in the morning she received
news that her son had been killed by
freight train near Cambridge City.
Lieutenant Theodore Kittinger. son
of Attorney w. a. Kittinger. of Ander-
son, and Miss Mary Smith, daughter of
a pension attorney in Washington. D.
c., will' be married there soon. The
bridegroom has been stationed in
Washington three out of the ten years
he has served in the navy, and will go
to sea again in October
Miss Minnie Hawkins. age seven,
teen, of Bedford. who was accidentally
shot by her sister Mrs. Grace
Meadows, two weeks ago is dead of
her wounds. Mrs. Meadows pointed
shotgun at her infant in the arms of
Miss Hawkins and playfully pulled the
trigger. The shot struck the young
woman in the thigh. Mrs. Meadows
said she didn't know the gun was load
ed
When the Rev. Z. T. Sweeney. state
fish and game commissioner, visited
Fort Wayne recently the fact leaked
out that Mr.. Sweeney, who rendered
his resignation to Governor Marshall
some weeks ago, has reconsidered the
matter and has agreed to retain his po-
sition until January /. 1t is said that
in all probability an effort will be
made to have the next legislature in
crease the salary of the position.
Governor Marshall was in Kokomo
the other day to deliver an address at
the laying of the cornerstone of the
new Y. NJ c. a. building. The Cover
nor is being swamped with invitations
10 make speeches all over the state
Dozens of places have invited him to
speak on the Fourth of July. Besides.
the open season for the old settlers
reunions is about due to open, and
many of them are after the Governor
While standing in the floor of wet
sand in the shop of the Muncie Foun-
dry and Machine Company, in Muncie,
John SarQuaharson, age twenty-eight,
molder, turned on an electric light,
and was shocked to death. II is sup
posed that the electric light wire had
become crossed with high tension
wire. The electricity entered the lit
tie finger of the right hand ard pass
ing through the body, apparently came
out the great toe of the left foot. Sew
eral workmen say the accident. Sar-
quaharson leaves young bride.
Charles Allison. of Nashville. relates
a peculiar experience with a snake and
an owl He was walking along the
creek carrying his gun, when he no.
ticed a large owl sitting in an old dead
tree. He shot three times and says he
knew he hit the bird each time, as it
would drop its wings when he dis
charged the gun. On going closer to
the tree he found why the owl did not
fall A large blacksnake had wound
around the bird, and had its head
hanging down the tree He shot the
snake, then the owl and reptile both
fell into the water.
Mayor Zimmerman's promise to veto
a sane Fourth of July" ordinance, if.
in his opinion, il curtailed the freedom
of the boys on that day was fulfilled.
the mayor announcing his purpose at
meeting of the Richmond council The
council promptly passed the ordinance
over the mayors veto. The ordinance
puts cannon crackers. cannons, ex-
plosive canes and several other dan
gerOus devices for making noises UNI
der the ban. Mayor Zimmerman said
he saw no real reason for passing such
an ordinance, as it did not eliminate
many OF the forms OF fireworks that
do injury.
Mrs. Zelpha Feaster, wife of Charles
Feaster, Of Lafayette. was burned to
ht-t Io
lamp at Eldon, Mo-, where she was
visiting her mother Mrs. Feaster was
formerly Miss Zelpha Walters, pop
ular telephone operator of Lafayette,
and was married about two years ago
She left here last week to visit her
mother Mrs. Feaster's mother was
engaged in the chicken business and
the daughter went into an incubator to
examine the lamp with which the eggs
were kept heated. Without warming
the lamp exploded and the woman be-
came enveloped in flames, her burns
causing death a few hours later. She
was only nineteen, and besides the
husband is survived by "A baby
In order that he might work up to
the required weight to join the navy
John hays, aged twenty-six years, of
Mt. Vernon, drank a gallon of water
and was accepted by the Evansville re-
cruiting station.
Raymond, the three-year-old son of
Bode Davis, of near Alquina, ate
three strychnine tablets and died an
hour afterward. The tablets were in a
drawer or the sewing machine and the
child got them secretly, thinking they
were candy.
Whlle Henderson Pritchetc, age sew
enty-hve, was taking a nap at his home
in owensville, pocketbook containing
$50 In money and bank checks to the
amount of $4,000 was stolen from the
inside pocket of his vest. The identity
IF the thief is unknown.
hiram Yount, aged sixty-three, a
farmer OF Green township, died of in