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


his throat while he was feeding the
chickens caused little Leverne Starke,
aged three years of Scottsburg, to
choke to death.
Roderick Henry, age eighty, is i'll of
measles at his home in East Column
bus. He is the oldest person to be
reported ill with measles since the
epidemic started some time ago.
The Central Christian church, of
Terre Haute, will receive $4,000, ac-
cording to the provision of the will of
Mrs. Laura Halbert, age sixty-nine,
who died recently. Mrs. Halberts
body was buried according to funeral
arrangements made by herself before
her death.
Trinity Episcopal church was dedi-
Gated few days ago at Bloomington.
Bishop Francis, of Indianapolis, con-
Quoted the services. An address was
delivered by Henry Hopkins, of Chi
cago, and this was followed by a re-
ception at the home of Rev. John
Burrows. The church is in East
Kirkwood avenue. 1t is built of stone
and cost $4,000. The congregation
membership is fifty.
Verlin j. Gross, of Logansport, air
brake inspector on the Panhandle, who
was making preparations to go to Gin
cinnati soon, and marry Miss Frances
Grunkemeyer, was called there to at
tend her funeral. He received a tele-
gram stating that his fiancee had been
killed at a grade crossing in Cincin-
natl while returning to her home from
the jewelry store where she was en-
ployed. Gross left OF the first train.
After having completed all arrange
ments for her funeral and burial, Mrs.
Anna NJ. Council, age seventy-one,
died at Muncie, as she had predicted
The body was taken to Chattanooga.
Tenn, for burial. Mrs. Council suf-
fered stroke of paralysis a few days
ago, but it was not fatal attack. She
insisted, however, that it would be fol-
lowed soon by a stroke that would
kill her and she made ready for her
funeral and awaited the second at
tack.
Mrs. Eva Phillips, age thirty-eight,
of Cottonplant. Ark, who is visiting
her brother, Will Sage, of Lawrence
burg, was strickel, blind Mrs. Phillips
was reading when a windstorm blew
shutter against a window near
which she was sitting, breaking sew
eral panes of glass and extinguishine
| the lamp. The woman called for help
and Dir. Sage went to her room, and
found that while his sister was unhuri
she was unable to see. Physicians can
not explain the womans case.
For the first time in years the How
ard county Jail is without an inmate
The last prisoner vas released last
kweek and since then the cell doors
have stood ajar. The temperance
people say that this condition is due
to the fact that Kokomo is dry.
Whether the elimination of the saloon
had anything to do with it or not, il
is fact that there have been fewer
commitments to the Jail within the
last six months than in any previous
period of like length in years.
Dick Conway, a well known sport
ing man of Lawrenceburg, lost hi
valuable bird dog, Duke, in a peculiar
way. The dog had been trained Il
play bali and when Mr. Conway wa
playing billiards a ball was accident
ally knocked off the table The do:
made a bound for the ivory ball
caught it in his mouth and the bal
slipped down the dogs throat, chok
ing the canine to death before it coult
be removed. Mr.. Conway had VOL
several field prizes with the dog ant
valued him at $3.50.
The German societies of Terre Haut'
at meeting last week voted to bull,
handsome new home to cost 100000
A stock company is to be formed t,
finance the scheme, and number o
the city's most prominent bushes
men have agreed to take stock. A sit
in the downtown district has been oh
tanned and plans have been accepted
Maennerchor Hall in Indianapolis. Tn
building is to be three stories high
with a large concert hall on the to-
floor, and handsomely fitted up.
Erie Bird. age seventy, a wealth,
farmer arrested at Muncie on a bencl
warrant from Newcastle, charging
him with defacing cemetery that ad
joins his farm land, has a peculia
record as a ''homebody." Until h
was escorted to Newcastle by an o.
ficer. Bird had only been outside o
Delaware county twice in his life
and he had never journeyed outsid
the state. He was born in Delawar
county, end has been content to spen,
his life there. Once, however, he Wis
tied Indianapolis, many years age
and on another occasion he went t
Richmond. His arrest and trip t
Newcastle to enter his plea were i
the nature of an outing to him. g
never was much of a hand for tray
cling" Bird confided to Sheriff O'Hara
but maybe this trip will do me good.
While drilling water well. nea
Kempton, on the farm of walter Wi
Hams, James M. Fishback reports tina
at depth of seventy-one feet he en-
countered an obstruction, which late
proved to be a heavy log
The Norris & Rowe circus, that win
tered in Evansville, has closed dea
for the Tri-State fair grounds Their
and will make that city its permanen
winter quarters. There are fifty acre
in the grounds and the consideration
was $4,000.
Mrs. Josephine Osterman, age Sc, o
Evansville, who remembered seein,
Halley's comet in the thirties, in de
scribing it to the members of her fam
lily, was stricken with heart disease
in her excitement and fell over dead
Isabelle RODer the 6-year-old dauqh