The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-24
REVIEW OF INDIANA

ter, the fruit in Lawrence County has
suffered severely. George Vantyle, as
SCISSOR of Perry Township, says that in
his township all the tender fruits are
killed. Reports from other townships
are of about the same nature The ap-
pie crop is said to promise well.
The prompt action of Harley East, a
farmer living several miles east of Bed
ford, on the Southern Indiana rail-
road, prevented a serious wreck when
he tagged a north-bound passenger
train within a few feet Of string of
runaway freight cars that broke loose
on grade in Bedford None was in
jured.
Residents of Hope are excited over a
large eagle which made its appearance
in that locality over a week ago. The
bird visited the poultry yard of M. o.
Wooley, a farmer, and carried off a
goose. Afterward it was seen by Will
liam Holloway in a graveyard. The
bird is said to measure seven feet from
tip to tip.
Three Lake County pioneers, who re-
sided in that locality when Chicago
was Fl. Dearborn, died within a few
minutes of each other at Crown Point
recently Mrs. E. H. Taylor, aged "a;
Milo Burge, aged 80. and Mrs. Mary
Hartman, aged 20, are the decedents.
All were schoolmates together. Each
had relatives residing in Chicago
The high price of meat at Columbus
is causing people to eat fish and eggs.
Grocers say they are selling more
white fish than they ever did. Fish
markets also report large sales of lake
and river fish, There is also a big de-
mand for eggs since the price dropped.
Grocers are paying Is cents a dozen,
which is 2 cents more than the Colum-
bus shippers offer.
The Allen County Sportsmen's
League, organized for the protection of
game and the enforcement of the game
laws, is preparing to broaden into an
organization which shall include the
entire Twelfth Congressional district.
The league has opened war on manu-
featuring concerns which are alleged
to be polluting streams by permitting
poisonous refuse to drain into them.
A smooth graft is being worked in
Southwestern Indiana by agents sell
ing wire fence to farmers, the price
agreed on being usually cents foot
The farmer thinks this a small price
for the fence, but when the bill comes
around he finds that the cents relates
| to every wire of which the fence is
composed. The fraud has been sue
cessfully pulled off" in few cases.
The pyromaniac who for the last few
weeks has been setting fire to at least
one stable a week, set fire to another
stable in Evansville and two negroes
who were sleeping in the barn were
nearly cremated. The fire was discov
cred just in time to get the colored
men from the burning barn. The fire
bug first used a large quantity of Goa
oil on the stable and then applied q
torch.
The Rev. Robert Burns, pastor of the
M. E. church at Windfall, received an
unusual surprise at the parsonage last
week in honor of his twenty-ninth
birthday anniversary. A COW and calf
a sheep, hog, some geese, ducks
guineas, chickens and Belgian hares
with $11 in cash and a quantity o.
stock food. were presented to the cler
gyman by members of his congrega
ton, after which dinner was served
DR.. ]. n. Hurry, secretary of the
State Board of Health, has evolved a
plan to have the churches of Indianap
oils and other cities of the State OBJ
serve tuberculosis Sunday" April "a
The plan, as adopted by number OF
cities, is to have the ministers talk on
the topic and to present explanations
of the ravages of consumption and
best known methods of prevention and
cure. The day will be observed gen
orally throughout the United States.
Five horses, a COW, and valuable
farm implements. valued with the barn
at total of $4,000, were burned in
Perry Township, Marion County, on
the farm owned by James Norwood
clerk of the Criminal Court in Indi
annapolis. The barn caught fire al
about 8 o'clock and was totally de
stroyed, with everything in it. The
insurance will cover about half the
amount of the loss. Mr.. Norwood SAID
he had no idea as to what caused the
fire unless it was started by tramps
who might have been lodging In the
barn.
A physicians prophecy made fifty
years ago came true recently wher
John Elliott, prominent farmer nea,
Connersville, died suddenly of apo
plexy. Half century ago. when Mr.
Elliott was small boy, he fell from
the loft of a sawmill, striking his head
against a beam. His physician, the
late DR.. s. w. Vance, prophesied a,
that time that he would die suddenly
of apoplexy, but that the time of his
death might be distant. Mr.. Elliott
was 62 years old when, as had been
forewaraed, he suffered a stroke OF
apoplexy and died few hours later
He leaves a widow and four children
Charles Miller, minor, has sued the
Evansville Veneer Works for $4,000
damages for the loss of four fingers
He alleges he was injured while work
ing in the plant of the company in Ev
ansville.
Peter Grippe, direct descendant of a
Revolutionary War hero and for eighty
years a resident of st. Joseph County
died last week, aged Sc years. He was
well known throughout Northern Indi
ana, especially among older politi
clans.
Omer Binford, farmer near Green
field, is holding bunch of forty two
UNDERGROUND hogs for a higher
price. He has been importuned to sell
every day since hogs started on the
high stride. A few days ago he turned
down an offer of s10.25 at the farm.