The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-28


Veedersburg, was run down and in
stantly killed by train at Danville
cid junction.
Thomas S. Jones, of Clinton, found
a tortoise several miles west of the
city a few days ago, bearing on its
back the inscription, &C. c. G., 49,"
Mrs. John Berry, age fifty-six. of
Veedersburg, was fatally burned
while attempting to start fire with
kerosene. She died soon after the ac-
cident. A husband survives her.
Charles Bishop, of st. Francisville,
made the first good pearl find of the
forty-five grain rosebud shaped pearl.
A local buyer offered him 5000, but he
thinks it worth double
Melvin Faris. formerly connected
with the Sells-Floto circus. and Miss
Helen Belle Bates, of Indianapolis,
surprised their friends by marrying at
Bloomington. The newlyweds are now
en- route TO Denver where Faris is
now connected with the Denver Post.
W. A. Swihart, a merchant of Silver
Lake, tells the first snake story of
the season. He was out fishing and
when he started home, he says. a
large blacksnake attacked him and
put up a stiff fight. He finally sue
ceeded in killing the reptile. which
was, he says, about ten feet long.
The third tragic death in the family
of Mr.. and Mrs. Raper French, of Az
derson. occurred last week, when their
son, Benjamin. French, aged %, was
ground to death beneath The wheels of
a Pennsylvania train at Cincinnati.
Two years ago daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. French was burned to death at
Chicago, and six years ago son COM
mitted suicide
Separated when they were infants
and not having seen each other since,
Jesse Mcguire. age twenty-one, OF
Muncie, and Miss Mildred Mcguire.
age eighteen, of Milwaukee. brother
| and sister, were reunited in Chicago
few days ago. While he was in
Pittsubrg recently young Mcguire got
trace of his long lost sister and ar
rangements were at once made for a
meeting.
Pensions have been granted to the
following Indianians: Lawson V.
Brown, SIS; Rebecca Bunner, sl2;
William d. Burns. SIS: Isaac E. Car
min. $40; Helen Chadwick, s12; John
T. Eyerhart, $40; Angelina Gray, s12;
Silas A. Lambert, s24; special act.
William NJ Mcclure, s12; Alivia Nell
son, s12; James Reynolds. S12: Ira c.
Sowles, $40; John Thomas, SIS; John
Trinkle. SIS
William Green, the Oldest resident
OF Knox county, celebrated his niety-
| eighth birthday anniversary recently
He walked five blocks to the First
Presbyterian church, where he attend
ed the morning services, and in the
evening entertained relatives at his
hime. Mr.. Green works regularly
every day, having the contract for
hauling mail 10 and from the station
to the postofice- He came from Eng
land and was pioneer stage driver.
At a recent meeting of the city
council an ordinance was presented
reducing the license fee for. circuses
from $3.50 to 5000 and provision was
inserted in the new ordinance that in
case circus gave a parade along
Main street the license would still be
reduced SIS, making the total license
S175. The business men say that the
sound of the calliope along Main
Main street will tend To wake up the
dead ones and add new life TO the
city
Elmer Lake, of Muncie, employed in
the dye works of Charles Leihtshuh,
with his clothing afiame, ran back
through the fire that was consuming
the establishment and turned a faucet
that connected the flaming gasoline
with a tank beneath the ground that
contained 1900 gallons of the fluid, pre-
venting a serious casualty. As it was.
Lake and Dickson Bird, another en-
ploye, were severely injured and a
damage of $1,000 was done to the
plant Several persons were at work
near the scene of the blaze whose
ably had the reservoir of gasoline un.
der ground let go.
Last week was busy week in Peru.
because the initial performance of the
season of the Eagenbeck & Wallace
show was given there. The week be-
} fore the opening date is termed busy
Week, because nearly 1000 show peo-
pie pack the hotels, boarding houses
and restaurants. The two advance bill
cars have elft the city, taking a route
toward the southeast, Marion being
the first stop. and Murcie, Anderson,
Dayton and Columbus, O., following
At the winter quarters there has been
much activity for many weeks. The
} shows will travel on three trains of
! tweDty-four cars each this year. The
officers of the circus are: BENJAMIN b.
Wallace, general manager; Charles E.
Cory, assistant manager and Bernard
l.. Wallace, treasurer.
Because he narrowed a small field
one Sunday last June, Samuel Ship
ley, a wealthy farmer, living near
Newcastle, was fined s25 in the circuit
court. Shipley was recently indicted
for working on Sunday.
A large barn on the farm near Green
field, owned by Mrs. Elmira Keaton, OF
Fountaintown, was destroyed by fire
with oil f,n11
horses, grain, hay. farming implements,
buggies. The loss was $500, insur-
ance $1,000.
All members of the family of Mari
on Gaines, farmer south of Bedford,
were stricken with measles last week
Mrs. Gaines, the mother and wife, died.
leaving the husband and eight children
belfast with the disease. Mrs. Gaines
was so years old