The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-08-22
GENERAL PARAGRAPHS.



DIR. Amos Westcott, the inventor OF
the Cardiff Giant, committed suicide re.
Gently, ut Syracuse. N. Y.
Mr.. Wallace, of Minnesota, dressed
up as an Indian and skulked around a
neighbours house. and the neIghbor drop
ped him with rifle ball.
All Jon Flulu lung. and LAX Zud
Oui Cam, two Cinnamon, fought duel in
Lincoln county, Ark, recently, In which
the latter was killed, and the former ar
rested and lodged In Jail at Pine Bluff.
"A servant girl named Anna Roth, In
the employ Of +. w. Mathtesson, of La
sale, ILL.,, was so seriously burned by the
explosion of coal oil lamp, the other
evening, that she died In few hours.
Joseph Hastings was found dead In a
barn near Petersburg, Tenn, recently,
having cut his throat. Several weeks ago
his wife found him on his knees praying,
with rope attached, In readiness to
swing by the neck. Mr.. Hastings was
the father OF tripets, who were exhibited
in Nashville at the exposition and fair last
year.
AT Warren. ILL.,, a few days ago, son
Of o. j. Ausdahl was drilling some of his
playmates as soldiers, using pointed lath
for a sword. In running he caught his
foot in croquet arch and fell forward. the
pointed end of the lath penetrating the
socket of the eyes, and entering the brain
to depth of three inches. He died after
forty-eight hours Of great pain.
Cyrus McCarty, of Fulton county,
Ind. shot his mother-in-law through the
chest, inflicting probably fatal wound.
Afterwards he fired five times at his wife
without effect, and then shot himself in
tha IN nha - .
separation of Mr.. and Mrs. McCarty,
which he claimed was caused by Mrs.
Wright, his wife's mother.
Nelson Whitmarsh and Patrick Con-
gan. coal miners, stepped into the large
iron bucket at the top of the shaft, to de-
scend to work In the Union Coal Mines.
near Peru, ILL.,, when, In consequence of
some defect or failure In the machinery,
the bucket fell with them to the bottom,
$50 feet, crashing through platform of
twoinch plank on the way. Both were
badly bruised, and IL seems wonder they
were not instantly killed.
The Louisville Courier-Jo,unal reports
the fatal shooting of w. III. Dean, at
Worthwhile station, on the L., G. and l..
Railroad, by one Whitaker, OF Eagle
station. There was an old grudge be-
tween the parties. Whitaker arrived at
Worthwhile on the afternoon train and was
accosted by Dean. After some words
Whitaker shot Dean through the left
breast. Dean died in few minutes. Ii
Is represented that Dean attacked Whita-
ker first. Both men were widely known
in that section.
The wife of Henry f. Norcross, coal
dealer at Derby, Conn.,, while sitting in
her parlor one evening, rocking an infant
child to sleep, suddenly felt an unusual
warmth about her feet, and looking down
discovered that her clothes were on fire.
She put down the child in a place of
safety. and then attempted to extinguish
the flames. but they had by that time so
far enveloped her rs to be beyond her
strength. and she was fatally burned in
consequence, dying during the night. |
The mysterious origin Of the fire is sup |
posed TO have been a parlor match on |
which she unconsciously trod while rock
ing her infant child
AT Fort Wayne, Ind, few nights |
since, man who was half intoxicated |
performed the dangerous feat Of climb |
ing to the top Of the timbers which |
have been erected for the purpose of CON-
plehng the towers on the Catholic Cathe-
dral. These towers are already one |
hundred and twenty feet high, and the /
timbers made an addition Of eighty-five |
all. The space on the top Is not larger
than the top of beer keg. A large
crowd assembled, expecting to see the |
man fall. but he offered to bet dollar
that he could stand on the top. He finally /
reduced the bet to glass of beer, but |
nnding no takers came down In safety.