The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-17
REVIEW OF INDIANA

| she was ITO years old and for sixty
years slave, died at the Poor mfr
mary in Evansville after a short i'll
ness. She was a native of Daviess
County, Kentucky.
Seymour Swain, aged 40, a farmer
living near Burney, Nas probably IA
tally injured last week. Swain was
preparing to curry a horse when the
animal kicked him in the face, break
ing his nose, crushing his jaw and
splitting his left eye open.
A woman answering the description
of Mrs. Belle Guinness, the Laporte
murderess, is under surveillance at
Grand Rapids, Mich. Louis Richmond,
of the Michigan City police force, not
flied the police of Laporte that he is
reasonably sure he has discovered
Mrs. Guinness.
The large farmhouse belonging to
Benjamin Vestal, one mile west of
Plainfield. was destroyed by fire last
week. The fire originated from a de-
fective flue. Mr. and Mrs. Vestal have
been married fifty years, and during
that time their home has been burned
three times. The loss is partially COW
cred by insurance.
Robert Stroud, of Mitchell, who has
had charge of all the pumping sta
tions on the Ohio division of the Bal
timore & Ohio railroad, has retired on
full pay. Mr.. Stroud is one of the old
est employees. He had held this place
for fOrty-three years, and has the re-
markable record of never having been
off duty day in all those years He
has never been sick.
The traditional lodge goat is no
longer myth with the Fort Wayne
Lodge of Elks, which recently received
a handsome specimen of the animal,
mounted, as the gift of the social ses-
sion committee. The presentation adj
dress was delivered by Harry F. Hill
gemann. In the annual election of Of
ficers by the Lodge, Frank Z. Bough-
er, after an interim of one year, was
again elected Exalted Ruler.
When Mrs. Arthur Seymour, of
Terre Haute, advertised the loss of a
ring, offering $50 reward, she little
hoped to get it back. An old woman
came to her door with it, telling where
1t was found and declining the $50 She
said: Il am a poor old woman, but
do not wish to take advantage of your
bad luck, but if you give me 81 or so
| will be satisfied She was prevailed
on to accept $50. She refused to give
her name.
Chief of Police Brown, of Brazil, has
issued an order to the members of his
force to enforce rigidly the curfew sor-
dinance in the future. The ordinance
has been obsolete for a number of
years, but recently there has been so
much complaint filed with the police
department relative to gangs of boys
in the streets at nights, and of young
girls, scarcely in their teens, meeting
boys clandestinely, that the action was
decided on.
To save the lives of eight giant trees
that stand in front of the Wilson home
stead on the Yorktown pike, west of
Muncie, the trees being a landmark
known to all who use that road, a
monster petition directed to the coun-
ty commissioners is being signed. This
road is about to be improved, and, &C.
cording to specifications, the big trees
must come down, but so strong has
been the protest against this action
that the work of cutting down the
trees has been deferred pending action
by the commissioners. If the trees are
saved, 1t will mean that the road at
this point will be narrower than else
where.
Superintendent j. c. Sullivan, of the
Wabash railroad. has announced that
his company will during the present
week break ground in Fort Wayne for
the preliminary work of track eleva-
ton. 1t is said that the Pennsylvania
Company is also ready to begin work
lalong lines which have been agreed on.
Preparation for the separation of
grades at several of the more import
ant street crossings in the heart of the
city were begun more than four years
ago, and this week will witness the be-
ginning of the actual task of recon
struction of the lines of both the Wa
bash and Inc Pennsylvania companies
through that city
Undaunted by his previous expert
ence in q matrimonial way, Francis
Moore, ox ler of a 240-acre farm near
Leo, Allen County, is advertising for
wife. Moore, who admits that he is
past 60 years of age, has had one ex-
perience with a mail order wife, and
| the fact that the match was not a
dazzling success, has not soured him
on the fair sex. Il haven't any heirs
| or other relatives" declared Moore,
$50 l can please myself with the wife
select. l wish a good woman, between
the ages of % and 30 years, and adver-
Using is about as cheap a method as
any of getting a wife. My last wife
got through an advertisement that
saw in Detroit paper She was GER
tainly fine woman, but she was faith
less and / obtained divorce"
| The first croak of the spring frog
has been heard at Oakland City. The
robins, wrens and red birds have made
their appearance in numbers.
G. w. Durkiss, on Rural Route No. 2
east of Peru, owns Duroc half Ches-
ter White SOW that has narrowed twen-
| ty pigs. The same SOW raised twen-
ty-three pigs from the two preceding
| filters. At the present time there is a
scarcity of hogs in Miami County and
brood sows are selling at s45 to $40
| each.
The largest catfish ever caught in
| the Wabash river at Montezuma was
found in the ice recently by p L. Reid
while on hunting trip. 1t weighed
125 pounds and measured eighteen
4, inches across the body, 51a feet long
and fourteen incres across the head
/ Perley Pearson. one of the largest