The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-10

Inc new city directory OF Evansville
just published shows Evansville has a
population of $500, an increase OF
more than 5000 in a year.
Knox County Democrats in conven-
ton at Vincennes adopted resolutions
In which they recommend Governor
Marshall to the next National Demo
cratic Convention as their choice for
the nomination for President. a coun-
ty ticket was named
A stubborn and destructive fire
broke out at Milford in the cold stor-
age plant. The building was badly
damaged and four carloads of onions
were destroyed The loss is covered
by insurance. A cigar stub is thought
TO have started the fire.
Marion Ayers, of Lucas County.
Iowa, came to Oakland to visit his
brother Will Ayers. He had not seen
him for forty-three years. While the
brothers were children Will Ayres was
adopted by an uncle and moved to
Marion County, this State. while his
brother Marion Ayers went to Iowa.
The store of s. w. Redmond, at Will
son, burned recently. Redmond car
ried small insurance on a $500
stock. Thomas Coyle, owner of the
building, carried insurance. The loss
is $4,000. Twenty-Five men prevented
the flames from spreading by using
wet blankets. The origin is unknown.
James NJ. Cockrum, whose appoint
ment as postmaster at Oakland City
was confirmed recently, will take his
office within a few days. He was at
the time of his appointment engaged in
farming, but was formerly marshal of
that city. George NJ. Burbank served
three terms and has made a satisfac-
tory record.
Mrs. George Williams, FIVE niles
south of Logansport, has brood of
twelve chicks, and two more hens are
sitting. Because of the severity of the
weather, sitting hens are scarce, and
Mrs. Williams, with her little brood
of twelve fluffy ruffies and two sitting
hens, is regarded as a wonder by local
poultry raisers.
Harry Clark has been appointed
claim agent for the Pennsylvania lines,
with headquarters in Fort Wayne, sue
ceeding H. T. Swegman. advanced to
a similar position at Chicago a few
days ago. Clark is captain of Battery
B, Indiana National Guard, in that city
and is well known in the younger mil
itary circles of the State.
Elijah b. Martindale, of Indianapo-
lis, aged 81, who was one of the prom
inent residents OF Indianapolis, fell
at his home on North Meridian street,
and never recovered from his injuries.
He leaves eight children. Judge Mar
tindale was born in Wayne County, In
diana, in 1928, and was closely identi-
fed with the development Of Indiana.
polls.
A check for ST. sent by John Il.
Sessler, treasurer of the Typographical
Union at Fort Wayne, to John w.
Hayes, national treasurer at Indianap-
oils, stolen with the two mail pouches
at the Wabash depot, has returned tc
the First National Bank, having beez
cashed by the Lima Tailoring Company
of Lima, Ohio. The signature of Hayes
was forgery.
Edgar Willis, OF Carlisle, while
hauling rock in a road one mile north
of that place. met with a peculiar &C
cident. One of the horses he was driv-
ing stepped on a dynamite cap, which
exploded and threw stones and dirt in
all directions and slightly injured the
other horse. Willis escaped injury.
How the dynamite cap CHANGED to Je
in the roadway is a mystery.
The body of Mrs Anthony Chamness
that weighed 435 pounds, was buried
ct Elwood- An opening had TO be
ED in the side of the house in or
to remove the conn to the hearse
,er the funeral services. Mrs.
Chamness was 70 years old, and had
lived in that city fifty-four years. She
had made arrangements to celebrate
her golden wedding on March &c, a
few days before her death from dropsy.
DIR. w. j. Holland, director of the
Carnegie museum at Pittsburg, Pa,
and son of the late Professor Hol-
land, of Hope, has been honored
again. This time the king of Italy has
oOpforraJ tha o0vrp,ondar IF tha
crown decoration on him because OF
scientific service done for that coun-
try at the direction of Andrew Carne.
gle. The decoration was given DR.
Holland by Joseph Natal, Italian vice
consul at Pittsburg.
Lewis Watson's love of reading good
| literature caused him to be brought in
to court at Nashville, where he plead
ed guilty to stealing ten Young PEG
pies Reading Circle books from the
Hamblen school He was fined 81 and
costs and sentenced to serve ten days
in Jail. Watson is 16 years old an6
had read and reread all the books he
could find. Getting tired of the same
old stories he took ten books from {
schoolhouse in Hamblen township
/ Grown County, and was indicted by
the grand jury.
The Terre Haute Aerie of Eagle!
has taken an option on a residence
property in Cherry street, TO be uset
as clubhouse and which will cost il
the neighborhood of $4,000.
Members of the German Alliance o
Evansville, fearing that the German
language is not being preserved b,
sons of Germany in this county, have
sent out circular letters calling upol
all German American citizens to hav'
their children take up German in tn
public schools.
The Controller OF the Currency ha
approved the application of Alfred A
Hoff, William Alleman, Louis n. Scha
fer, Aso Forsythe and Charles Nj. Sai
Der, to organize the First Nationa
Bank of Argos, with $4,000 capital.
Mice gnawing matches in the atti