South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-12
ODDITIES IN HoosIER NEWS.

ODDITIES IN HOOSIER NEWS.
LOGANSPORT. - A 24-pound
catfish caught by r A Heron. a
Pennsylvania railroad emploVe
mere, was placed In a tank i'm the
display window Of the F'lanegin
hardware store. The big fish
swished about with its tail strik-
ing the plate glass front OF the
window until il shattered the glass
WABASH. - Byron Jones and
two friends were fishing in Yellow
creek near here Jones bafted his
hook and dropped II into the water
lie pulled up and found the bait
gone and the hook bare. He bait
ed again and repeated the same
performance every few minutes
for nearly three hours. Then he
examined the hook more closely
and found that there was no barb
on the end Of It. That was why
the bait wouldn't stay on.
WABASH Warren Allison has
a peach that grew on a tree I'm
his yard which measured nine and
one-half inches in circumference.
1t is the largest that ever grew in
Wabash.
MARTINSVIILE.- beet that
weighs seven and one-half pounds
is on display in a grOcer's window
here. 1t was raised on William II.
Wooden's farm In Gregg township.
FIT. WAYNE.-As a result of
falling from her go-cart and break
ing her arm. the four-year-old
daughter Of II. G. Sheefel may
have to submit TO an amputation
operation. The bone in the child's
right arm was shattered in such a
manner that physicians fear il may
result fatally unless the arm is
amputated.
RICHMOND. - Considerable
alarm was caused here by a report
that gained general circulation in
one neighborhood that a German
Zeppelin had dropped a bomb on
this city. Investigation proved
that a shade attached TO an arc
light had crashed to the pavement.
striking the bricks with a noise
like an explosion.
FRANKFORT-Joseph ATetzger
a teamSter. was the victim Of a
serious accident when he bound up
a cut on his hand and then satur-
ated the cloth with turpentine.
Then he struck q match TO light
his pipe. The soaked cloth was ig-
nited and doctor is trying to save
his burned hand.
GREENSBURG. - Bird Seton
drove into town with his mule
team, hitched the mules TO a rack
and went to do some shopping.
The mules, seeking diversion, de-
cided TO run away. They started
and dragging the heavy wagon
after them, gallopped the whole
length of Franklin st. Zig-zagging
about other parts Of the residential
section of the city they finally re-
turned to the rack where Seton
had left them. The only damage
to the wagon was a broken
coupling pin.
ATUNCIE.-Apparently trying to
achieve fame like that won by
Mary's pet lamb. young cow
owned by Sheriff Jesse White fol-
lowed him to the courthouse one
day this week. The COW stood
outside the office of the sheriff and
plaintive mooings announced her
presence. The chase about the
courthouse yard in which a score
of county officials and citizens par
ticipated was thoroughly enjoyed
by everyone except Miss Cow FL
nally she was captured and return
ed to her place in the sheriff's
barn.
REENFIELD.-A shower bath
for prisoners in the Hancock coun-
" jail was included in the recon-
mendations for improvements in
the report of the county board of
charities just made public The
board also recommended that a
bath room be installed in the sher-
ifs residence.
CONNERSVILLE. - An exDen-
sive new f1ve-passenger Oakland
automobile which was found aban-
doned in a briar patch near here.
is at police headquarters awaiting
its owner. The machine had been
pulled off the roadway into the
briars so deep that it could not be
seen from the highway. a bundle
Of infants clothing. a wool shawl
and two robes were found in the
rear seat.
RUSHVILLE-Joseph l. Cow
ing. not to be outdOne by the La
fayette man who swears that snow
fell in TippecanOe county early this
week. declares that he saw snow
on the ground in his yard Thurs
day. He says It was about 8 a. m.
when he arose to close a window
and he saw snow on the grass. His
wife. he says, can vouch for the
truth of his statement.
GREENCASTLE - Jesse Nc
AnaIly is nursing a seriously in
iured knee He was handling
bales Of straw at the Big Four
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