The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-16

champion comet egg. The yolk was
large and perfectly formed, but the
white part that should have surround.
ed the yolk took the form of a tail and
extended from the yolk for a length of
six inches.
While building a toy telephone line
at his home, Paul, the twelve-year-old
son of Charles n. Neff. business man
ager of the Anderson Herald, fell from
a cherry tree, alighting on his hands
and breaking both wrists The boy
was in such pain that it was necessary
to give chloroform to him before TAX
| ing him into the house.
The Greenfield public library is in re-
ceipt of an autograph copy of the
Greenfield edition of Riley's poems, in
! case, present from the author Mr.
! Riley has presented numerous volumes
of different character to the institul-
ton, but always with the stipulation
that there be no publicity made Of the
matter. No person in Greenfield did
more and perhaps not so much toward
establishing the library there several
years ago as did James Whitcomb
Riley, and he has never lost interest
in the institution that recently re-
Gently received $4,000 from Andrew
Carnegie for a new building
Riley Mcbride, an old soldier. who
fell from his window. at 427 East Ohio
| street, Indianapolis, while sleeping,
Several nights ago, died at the city
hospital as the result of his injuries.
Mcbride was sixty-eight years old and
he served through the war with an H.
llnois regiment. He came to Indian.
apolis few years ago. He will be
buried in the old soldiers plot at
| Crown Hill. Just how the accident
happened is not known. 1t is thought
however, he got up in his sleep and
stumbled from the window. His leg
was broken in such manner that
amputation was necessary. Mcbride
leaves a son living at 9O1 East Georgia
street.
| The four-old-son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wesley Milligan, of Portland. was the
victim of a thief last week The man
relied an the child's credulity to rob il
of but three cents. A nickel was given
the little boy by his grandmother, and
later he started to a nearby grocery
| to spend it. On the way the child
proudly showed the coin to number
of people, including the stranger. The
man told the child that he would give
him two coins for the one. Believing
he was obtaining a good trade, the lit
tie boy gave up the money. He re-
turned to tell his mother of his sup
posed good trade, when the deception
was discovered. The man had made
his escape.
"Rat-Killing Day" was observed
| throughout Gibson County recently,
and Ward Mitchell, twenty-five, living
west of there, is in a serious condition.
Mitchell was standing on a pile of
boards when rat ran under his feet.
Two dogs jumped at it from opposite
directions and collided between
MitchelFs legs. In the melee he was
thrown on his back and the scrambling
Oh the dogs Jared heavy timber
! down on him. He sustained a frac-
tured arm, while rusty spike tore a
deep hole in his back and one of the
dogs accidentally bit his hand The
rat in the meantime got away. Thou
sands of rats, mostly in the farm dis
tricts,, were killed, and many rat har-
bors were torn out and cleaned up.
Frank Bennett, farmer, who lives
short distancewest of Columbus, is
relating an experience with rat that
causes him to shiver>SYhenever he tells
the story. He was doing some work
near his barn yesterday when a big
rat approached him, and as he reached
for a club the rat ran up his right
trousers leg. The rat was a climber.
and did not stop until it was perched
midway between the mans shoulder
blades, 1t kept dropping back every
few seconds, but by constant scratch
ing it held on and endeavored to come
outNat the top of his shirt Bennett
grasped the rat as firmly as he could
and ran to the home of a neighbor for
assistance, but the neighbor's aid was
not needed, as Bennett had choked the
rat to death.
Health officers, the police and resi-
dents of Seymour, are alarmed for fear
there is to be a prevalence of hydro
phobia in that city. Eddie Hooper, the
seven-year-old son of Mrs. George Can
ner, was bitten by a dog whose head
was sent to the State Board of Health
for examination, and which was report
ed to be affected with rabies. Another
dog attacked George Meyer, the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Meyer recently, and
il is believed that this animal was also
suffering from hydrophObia. The
Hooper boy was taken to indianapolis
for treatment. The mayor has issued
an order that all stray dogs shall be
shot and that all owners shall provide
muzzles for their dogs. The two mad
dogs bit several other animals in the
city and it is feared that serious trou-
bic may result.
RlcnSru wise, aged seventy Nv
ing two miles west of Pittsboro, while
milking a COW, suddenly fell dead. He
leaves a widow, four sons and two
daughters. The body will be taken to
Glenns Valley, his old home, for burial.
Elihu Mills. OF Cambridge City, who
was a victim of runaway accident a
week ago, suffered the loss of a new
buggy a few days ago when the same
horse ran away. Mr. Mills was not in
the buggy when the second accident
occurred
Heavily armed, large party of men,
with dogs, searched the woods around
Evansville i'm an attempt to find the
wild animal that has been killing stock
in that vicinity. The animal is sup
posed to be a panther or tiger escaped
from some circus
A large dog has been seen killing
number of sheep belonging to farmers