The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-01-13

will of Mrs. Susan Cythora Twombly. /,
who died December u, in Boston, and
fled in the Surrogate Court, are Mrs
Frances c. Pope, of Portland, Ind. a
| daughter, and William Hays Foff
| Twombly, a son, also of Portland.
John Orr, contractor of Greenfield,
removed his false teeth that he might
better enjoy an apple, and laid them on
a paper with the apple parings. In a
few minutes his gathered up the paper
and put teeth and all into the stove.
Before he realized what he had done,
his teeth were destroyed
There was a panic in the public
school at Charlestown, when an alarm
Of fire was sounded. All the children
left the building in safety. The blaze
was due to a defective flue and was
| extinguished by volunteer firemen. The
building was formerly courthouse,
and is brick structure over fifty
years old. The damage was nominal.
James Pattee, of Connersville, is ill
from blood poisoning, following the re-
moval of blackhead from his face by
mis- little niece. The child, a few days
ago, begged her uncle to let her re-
move a black speck which was imbed-
ded in the skin. Soon after the blem-
| sh had been removed Pattee's face be-
gan swelling. He is now unable to see
and his condition is serious.
| AS he was about to cast into a stove
a paper pouch that had contained
scrap chewing tobacco, Horace An
| Trim, a liveryman of Portland felt
something hard in one corner. Investi-
eating, he was surprised to bring forth
a diamond valued at SIS. How the gem
happened to be in the package is
mystery that Antrim has not attempt
ed to solve. He expects to have it
mounted for his own use.
Mrs. Mary Glutz, aged SO, one of the
oldest women in Southern Indiana,
| died at her home in Evansville. Death
was due to heart disease and senility.
Mrs. Glutz was a native of Switzer-
land, and had lived in Evansville for
thirty years. Mrs. Glutz had always
boosted that outside of headache
| once in a while she had never been
sick day in her life, and that she was
never forced to call in physician. She
is survived by one son, one daughter,
eight grandchildren and twenty great
grandchildren.
The worlds champion ear of corn,
the man who grew it and the 81 200
gold cup he won, will be features of
interest at the corn school at will be
held in Evansville January "a to %.
The champion corn grower of the
world, as settled by the corn contest
held at the Omaha national corn ex-
position December 16, last, is John Pa
lin, of Franklin. His single ear of
corn won the Kellogg cup, valued at
81, 900. Along with Mr.. Palm will come
his neighbor, L. p Clore, who for four
years prior to 1909 took the worlds
trophy for the best ear of corn.
Col. Isaac Brown, the Bird and Bee
Man," has struck it rich. He recently
purchased fifty acres of land near
Rochester from Indianapolis residents.
In brushing the land it was discov-
cred that there is peat bed or it. The
State Geologist who examined the find
says it is fern peat, and that there is
as much fuel quality in it as If the
peat were that much anthracite coal.
Colonel Brown declares that as the
peat bed is overgrown with bushes in
which hundreds of his little feathered
friends nest they will not be disturbed
by mining, as the birds are worth
more to the community than the peat
is to him.
"Wanted-At the Vendome hotel, a
red-headed boy, from 10 to Is years
old" This was the want ad inserted
in several of the Evansville papers by
the management of the New vendome
hotel there. Manager Johnson of that
hotel says he preferred red-headed
boys around the hotel to any other
kind; that one red-headed boy will put
ginger in all the rest, and that blond
boys pay too much attention to love
affairs, while "brunettes are inclined
to be lazy and lack enterprise" Mr..
Johnson says if hotel manager wish
es a real bellboy, one who will fill the
bill, he should pick some lad with red
head and he will not be disappointed.
Professor w. H. Denote, for sixty
years one of the most prominent edu-
Gators of the deaf and dumb in the
dianapolis. He was so years old and
was born at Harrodsburg, Ky. Profess
sor Denote was at different periods
superintendent of the Wisconsin and
the Kansas Institutions for the Deaf
and Dumb and for many years was an
instructor in the Indiana institution
He went to Washington as Indiana mil
itary agent during the civil war and
was in Ford's theater the night Presi-
dent Lincoln was assassinated. Pro-
fessor Denote did not often describe
the scene in words, but he wildly re-
produced it in the sign language and
pantcmine for his pupils.
E. p Daniels, an Anderson road
contractor, was robbed of big steam
roller which he used in the construc-
ton of the streets in Muncie. The
roller was stolen from vacant lot. 1t
is valued at $4,000.
Five couples tripped the light fantas-
tic at double quick time for two hours
and 40 minutes in a marthon dance at
a dancing academy in Fort Wayne. At
the end one of the young ladies faint
ed, but no i'll effects from her exper-
fence are expected
Jackson Baker. aged 80, died at his
home in Clay City of general debility.
He is survived by his wife and four
married children Mr.. Baker was a ma
tive of Coshocton County, Ohio, and
had lived in Owen and Clay Counties
for half century.
There are forty cases of measles in
Bowling Green and a canvass of the
homes shows that seventy-five more
persons have been eXDOSed to the dis