Show New Tree On High Tower Tiny Maple May Thrive Like Mate Which Attains Large Size to Wonder of Scientists Greenaburg Ind Another tree has made Its appearance on the courthouse court-house tower In this city and bids fair to receive as much publicity ns Its mate which has caused Greensburg to bo mentioned In almost every corner of tho civilized world The tiny tree is believed to be a maple the same as the larger one that reposes near the pinnacle of tho tower and which Is now n sturdy tree ten or twelve feet In height The second tree was first noticed a few days ago and had sprung roma rom-a crevice just above the cornice on the south side of the tower It Is in plain View from two sides of the square and seen through a glass appears to be at least six or eight Inches high There arc many versions as to how tho first tree ever started to grow on the rock surface of the tower and the opinions are varied A plausible one seems that many I years ago some sweetvoiced songster In hurried flight over this charming little city dropped from Its beak n winged seed which lodged In a crevice crev-ice There warmed by the sun nourished nour-ished by the showers and cradled by the wind the little seed put forth tiny roots and frail shoots Growing courageous It added branches and leaves until it has developed devel-oped Into a sturdy litle maple Twenty years ago there were seven trees on the tower but from various causes all died excepting the one that stands proudly on the top of the tower Two of tho seven had to be cutaway cut-away owing to the roots spreading the stone work In such a manner that the tower was greatly damaged Others died probably from lack of nourishment nourish-ment but the lone tree still thrives through the summers heat and the cold blasts of winter The tiny tree that has made its appearance ap-pearance on the south side bids fair to live for many years if it can withstand with-stand the elements for Its position is such that it will be a long time before it will have reached such a size as to damage to any great extent the rool of the tower While in the act of eating A C Spalding a well known horsebuyer from St Louis a member of the firm of Spalding Yates expired suddenly sud-denly In a cafe at Miles City Mont Death was due to an affliction of the heart James H Donovan a brakeman has brought suit against the Chicago Milwaukee Puget Sound railway asking judgment for 75000 for the loss of his right arni It Is alleged that he was knocked under the wheels by a swinging door of a car while throwing a switch E C Ferguson a Butte man wants the Chicago Burlington Quincy railway to give him 2000 because one of the defendants employes struck him on the head with a beer t bottle Ferguson declares he was struck by tho bottle without provocation provoca-tion while riding In the smoker Alfred Wortman who claimed he was a member of n wealthy family in Portland Ore committed suicide in the county prison In Philadelphia where he had been confined rharged with obtaining money under false pro tenses He tore his clothes In strips and hanged himself to a cell door Wheat on the dry farms near Ontario On-tario Ore Is in excellent condition this year and Is expected to make a record crop While Malheur county farmers do not give much attention |