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

in HuusOn City, N. D., gave way on
night recently, and some forty children
were injured, some seriously.
"A powder mill, near Tamaqua, Pa.
was blown up the other day. Samue
Miller was killed. The shock was felt fol
several miles.
A gentle parent at G~reencastle, Ind.
lately broke the arm of his seven-year old
boy with a club. because he took a piece
Of candy without leave and divided IL with
his baby brother.
Three virtuous Chicago roughs at
tackled an old man whom they found fish
ing on Sunday, and sfter knocking him
down and jumping on him, asked him il
his Bible didn't tell him better than to
fish on Sundays.
Walter Howe, of Portland, Me. a
quarrel with whom recently led Ella
Batchelder TO commit suicide by drown
ing. ar Cumberland Mills, shot himself at
the same place a few day. ago.
AT Mattison, Coon County, H.. the
other dav, the elder of two boys by the
name Of Wedel, while playing with an old
pistol, shot the younger through the brain,
injuring him fatally.
AT Kirkwood, Mo-, an old gentleman
named Harper arose in his sleep and
walked out of a second-story window Of
his residence He fell a distance of fif-
teen feet. breaking his backbone. He was
nor expected 10 live.
"A young daughter of William Fall,
residing near Fulton Junction, Iowa. tried
10 kindle a fire with kerosene. The flames
communicated with the can, which burst,
scattering the burning oil all over her
body. Before IL could be extinguished
her flesh was burned to a crisp.
Some department watchmen were be-
ing exercised at Washington in the use OF
fire extinguishers. which they had
strapped to their backs. One man failed
TO open the vent of his machine, which
soon made one, ripping it from top TO
bottom, shaking the man considerably
and breaking his shoulder-blade.
Two men who had robbed a store at
New London, Wis, the other night, We're
subsequently, captured at Shawano, and
a vigilance committee of sixty citizens
them from the Sheriff TO the nearest
tree, puta noose round their necks. and
choked them till they confessed where the
goods and money were.
Isaac Logan was stabbed and killed
with a pitchfork by Michael Kearnen. at
Linden, Union County, N. j.. TIE other
day. Logan was in "A field loading a
with hay when Kearnen. who had
been on a spree, came up and took the
iork from him and Stabbed him three
lines in the lower part of the body. in
wounds from which he died the
same evening.
DIR. Thomas Dudley, First Assistant
the Eastern Lunatc Asylum, at Lex
lsgton. n.y.. recently committed suicide
taking three grains OF morphine. He
about forty years old. and had been
with the Institution nearly twenty years.
the past year or two he had shown
evidences of insanity. owing. il Is
supposed, TO his intimate relations with
the insane and the intense application to
bis duties.
James Cannon shot and killed his
wife az Louisville the other day. His
wife separated from him some years since
account OF Entertainment, but Cannon
GENE up from New Orleans a month or
ago, and she then came back TO him.
lived with him three weeks, and again
let him. Cannon went to the house
where his wife was staying. and, after
some conversation with her, pulled a pis-
iol from his pocket, placed it against his
Wlie's breast and fired. She died almost
Instantly. Cannon was arrested after a
chase, and lodged in Jail.
Stephen Hood, a negro, has been ar
rested at Cleveland. for the murder Of his
son, a boy about twelve years of
age, named Greenberrie. Hood took his
and adopted son and told them he
vas going hunting. After getting into
me woods he sent his nephew away TO
set some liquor. The boy, unable to find
saloon, returned to find his uncle alone. :
pc asked where his cousin was and was
on mat he was lost. The hoy reported
ms 20 Mrs. Hood, who informed the po-
Ice they, after searching about the
'lace where Greenberri was last seen.
Ouhd MS body buried about a foot under
round. The only mark Of violence on
ie oody. was a dent on the right temple,
: IL made by a club.
We have just heard of the attempt,
nale oy a negro boy, to murder a child !
" ouTylng Ii alive, in the bottom opposite :
~ place one day last week. IL appears !
the boy had for spite against its pa 1
en's taken the child and put it in a Role
,l lhen covered 1t up, all but its feet, |
tne family discovered him and start {
y 70 see what he was doing. The young I
: emn9n then took al AK and threatened
= AL any one who should intefere with
OUT the courageous mother of the
,nlu succeeded in getting to the spot and 4
iagglng the body from the ground i'm a
. 0ring back the life that had been h
nalty crushed out ofexistence. The negro h
Ue nis escape In a skiff which he stole at
is lAndlng. and has not been beard from .
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