The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-11-07

ried young wife. with whom he lived un.
happily.
"A man In kalamazoo. Mich. named
Godfrey, became entangled in the knuckle-
joint of a ~hafl, and was instantly wound
up and whirlcd at the rate OF 200 rcvOlu-
tion~ per minute. His body was literally
broken TO pieces.
By the bursting Of a large iron wheel
which was revolving al high rate OF
speed in Springfield III. planning factory,
three men were seriously in,urcd-onc,
James Ward, IL was thought fatally.
--Farmer Moody ofNew Hampshire said
10 his wife Mary. this bread Is not fiji
for the dog 20 eat. = and the tender-hcarted
Mary dropped dead beside the loayes.
Out West here, says an exchange, she
would have dropped him.
Perry Allen, of Niroqua. H., went out
the other day TO shoot some game for his
sick wife. and accidentally Killed himself.
The wife has become insane. blaming her
self n the cause of her husbands death.
Carl Smith. of Burlington. Iowa. hay
ing become tired of life, bought some
laudanum. went home and told his wife
that he was going 10 take something 10
make him sleep; asked her 10 get some
sugar 10 take the medicine in and a. she
left the room swallowed the deathly dose.
aud was soon beyond the reach of human
skill.
e harles Fisher. son OF John G..
Fisher. OF Lexington. Mo-. went out bird
shooting in company with man named
Osgood. few days ago. and while at
tempting 10 cross fence OSgOod's gun
was accidentally discharged. the whole load
tearing away the top Of the skull and mutt
lating the brain feartully. Death was in
Simultaneous.
While engaged IN playing about the
premises of Mr.. McSherry. al Jacksonville.
ILL.,. the other day. a number Of children
sci fire 20 some straw in the cellar. when
a child Of Mr.. McSherry. four years ofage.
was 80 badly burned that il died the next
morning in terrible agony. Another child
belonging 10 a ncghbor was 80 badly
burned that il was thought impossible for
il 10 recover.
a Hartford bricklaycr let fall brick
from a fourth story upon the shoulders OF
a man passing beneath The man paused
for moments and then, with a voice
trembling withcmotion. shouted: Iii
YOU dropped a brick The brickaycr.
who was looking over the edge Of the
~,ailold 10 see If the brick was damaged,
cheerfully answered. "Ali right, you
needn't mind bringing II up"
AT Bloomington. H., recently. two
yOang boys. sons of the Hon. Lawrence
Weldon and +. II. Cheney. were out
riding when the horse on which they
We're both mounted became frightened and
threw them on. killing young thcncy in
stanily. Weldon was injured some. but
not seriously.
In IT. Louis few days ago a young
man named George y. Stevens made a des-
persitr attempt 90 cut his throat with a
knife in Che public street. The weapon
was taken from him before he had COM
pletcd his purpose. and hc was removed 10
4 neighbOring drug store and thence 10 the
City Hospital. He was twcnty-sIN years
OF age. and had come from Lexington. Ky.
He viii probably recover. The knife was
not taken from him without struggle.
and he had 10 be knocked down with a
rock.
"A dreadful tragedy was enacted N
Bedford. Lawrence county. Ind. not long
since. the particulars of which are n fol-
lows: a one-icggcd blacksmith. named
Thomas Christopher. il j. said had for some
time suspected an improper intimacy be-
tween a ncighbor named John Morrow
and his wife, and one night recently hay
ing his suspicious verified by catching
Morrow i'm hi> wife'- bedroom. in a iii Of
frenzy. armed with knife. he first stabbed
hiS three children. then his wife. and turn
ing on John Morrow dealt him two gashes
In the face. Morrow then threw him down.
tooh the knife from him. and plunged i in
hi- body ten or eleven times, killing him
Instantly. Mrs. Christopher was stabbed
ia the abdomen and her bowels protruded
from the wound. II was thought that She
and one child will die.