The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-19
REVIEW OF INDIANA


home of his father in Shelbyville. by
being trampled under che. hoofs of a
horse. -
James Conner, a fisherman of Can
melton, found valuable fresh water
pearl in the Ohio river several days
ago. The gem is of unusual luster and
weighs "a grains. II.
Henry Bowman, aged 40, living on
Bald knob, ten miles northwest of JEFF
fersonville, was killed while driving
home in a wagon, from which he fell.
He was alive when found. but was so
badly crushed he soon died.
Albert Hogan, aged Is, of Harrison
County, shot himself in the foot with
shotgun. He was holding his gun
with his finger on the trigger, looking
sykward for hawk when the weapon
was accidentally. discharged.
While Rex Cotner, aged IL, and Leon
Cotner, aged Is, brothers, of Logans-
port, were playing with a revolver. the
younger boy accidentally discharged
the weapon and the bullet struck Leon
in the chest The boys condition is
critical.
While the members of Benjamin Nc
Carty's family, in Washington Town
ship, Shelby County, were asleep, a
coal oil lamp in bedroom exploded,
causing carpet to ignite. McCarty
extinguished the flames before much
damage was done
Abram Nicholson, an aged farmer
near Pendleton, is dead after years
Illness of paralysis. He leaves two
daughters. Miss Blanche, at home, and
Mrs. Louisa Pike, of Marion, and two
sons, Homer Nicholson, an instructor
in Leland Stanford University, at Palo
Alto, CAL, and Watt Nicholson, who
is travelling in Europe. The widow al
SO survives.
Amid a swirling throng of women
hunting bargains, NJ. w. Alder, who had
been brought along to Indianapolis by
his wife on shopping excursion from
| their home at cambridge, dropped
dead in department store. EN-
ployes and police vainiy searched the
crowded building for Mrs. Ader and
she presumably was hunting franti-
cally through the store for her hus-
band.
| Rats are more numerous in Evans
vile this season than ever before and
they are found in great numbers in
hotels, restaurants. livery stables and
department stores. 1t is no uncommon
sight to see large rats running across
Main street during the busy times of
the day Old residents say they can
not recall the time when rats were so
numerous. Dealers are enjoying a
large sale on rat traps
John Bell, farmer living southeast
of Charlottesville, was bitten by a cop
per head snake while working in
field. The fangs of the snake were i'm
bedded in his right hand and Bell tied
a handkerchief above his wrist, twist
ed it tightly with the use of stick
and then hurried to the house and
drove to Charlottesville for medical at
tention. Among several snakes Bell
ran across were three copperheads-
The farmers faithful dog, which was
with him at the time, attacked and
killed all three reptiles.
| Contracts for twenty-five bridges
have been let by the Gibson county
commissioners, fifteen to be of con-
crete arches and ten of steel. at total
cost of S17,026.36. The A. E. & w.
Construction Company, of Evansville.
obtained seven of the concrete bridges
on it's bid of 1878; Frank Duncan, OF
Princeton, got eight concrete and five
steel bridges for 9,500.36 and the Vim
cennes Bridge Company got contracts
on five steel bridges at 1883 Othe.
bids were submitted by the Attica
Bridge Company, and George NJ Chen
ey, of Indianapolis.
Mrs. Laura Myers has on her farm,
near Cambridge City, Barred Ply
mouth Rock hen and Poland China
SOW, both occupying the same quar-
ters. The hen made her nese> in the
pen and prepared to set, but after a
day or so the SOW beat her by show
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hen then adopted the pigs. She roosts
near them at night and scratches for
them in the day time. No mother hen
could be more proud or attentive to
a brood of little chicks. The sow pays
but little attention to the hen and all
live as one happy family.
Oscar Engleman, aged 81, son of
County Commissioner Jefferson Engle-
man, committed suicide at his home in
Georgetown, ten miles west of New
Albany, by hanging. He went to the
cellar and, doubling a piece of binder
Irvine, looped one end around a rafter
and the other around his neck, and
stepped off box. His body was found
half an hour later by his mother.
Young Engleman had been i'll for sew
eral days and had appeared despon-
dent, but had made no threats of self
destruction. He had recently complet-
ed a course in dentistry and was pre-
pairing to open an office.
William Brooking, for ten years sex
ton at Green Hill Cemetery in Bedford.
has rendered his resignation TO be-
come effective June /. During these
years of service he has buried eigr>
hundred residents of that vicinity.
Charles Smith, a salesman off Cam
bridge City, was painfully hurt when
an automobile he was driving collided
with a Pennsylvania construction
train The accident occurred at a
grade crossing six miles east of Cam
bridge City.
The race course at the fair ground
in Shelbyville will soon present
scene of activity. Already there are
thirty horses on the ground and as
soon as the track dries sufficiently the
animals will be put to work for their
summer and fall races.
William Titus, of Richmond, has be-
come blind in one eye as a result of
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