The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-10

ery. and "a lat accounts one 0f hi. arm
had been amputaied. and n was feared III
could not live.
At Carrollion. Mo-. a few days ago,
the horses attached tOa carriage contain
ing Mi.s SarhCrank. VIM. Gncenstrert.
wiic and daughter. VIM. Lambert and
Miss MARI Burke. ran of and pr,cipitatesi
the carriage over an cmbankment fifteen
i,st high. fatally ~injuring Miss Crank.
The other were slightly wounded. Miss
Crank has since died Of her injuries.
Il little daughter OF Ignatius Seeger.
Of dubuque. Iowa. crawled under the
porch of a new house her father had just
built. and. having a match with her. set
fin- "a a pile Of ,hayings. burning herin a
frightful manner. The father heard tire
/ ehild's crie~. and ran 10 her nscue. burn
img himself terribly ia hi, endeayOrs 10
eNiingui-h the flames. The little sufferer
hal her nose burnt OF. her eyes blinded.
AMI her face almost charrcd. and liz, in "A
piiiihle condition. with no prospect OF r.
cOyery.
At Bloomington. H.. the other day. "A
lad named .Iames Bride. in company with
two other BOYS. secured a pistol and went
out 10 the suburbs Of the cify To- practice
shooting az a mark. IIi- companions had
each fired a shot and il came Bride. turn.
lie RAISED the weapon. took aim. but for
some cause il did not 20 on. While in the
act 81 nmeriying the defect, the contents
Of one barrel exploded and entered hiS
bnea~i. killing him instantly.
Nancy Hill. the notorious female horse
thief ami ranger. SAYS the Gainesville
Texas Gczefts. of sept. ,. was hanged
about six mile, from this place. 81 Denver
Greek. several days since Her body has
Just bccn discovered suspended from a
pO~r-oak. Her saddle anil bride Were "
ing near upon a rock. and her pony was
found "A mile or 80 away. IL i supposed
that Dave Porter. Her cou~Ort. was killed
~ the same time. but hi body has not a.
vet ften found. The woman Hill and POr-
ter wen. together only "a short distance
ahead Of their pur~uer- when last secn
which wa- al Victoria Peak. on Thursday
evening last
Jennie VI. Bate. q student Of the Az
riculfural Collegp. az Manhattan. Kansas.
and daughter 81 Charles A. Bates. Of
Marysyiie. wa, found dead in her bed a
few mornings ago. Ms >weringrn. her
reom-mate- on rising. thought she noticed
4 fzaliOr 0u Jennie features. and Ouslsak-
ing % awaken her received no rply.
Looking more closely She became alarmed
alllA ~ftliNWtttl lAt EMILY #. WHO III tlt'N
used IN eff,rt- 10 rs-~torr Mis- Bate. whose
body was not yet entirely cold. Medical
aid was ciilsrL bar the vital spark hadiled.
The phy stefan pronounced IL a case OF
heart disease.
-Mr.J. q. Nalli~.a well-to-do and highly
respected citizen 81 Johnson county. Mo-.
leff iii. home afternoon recently 10
20 20 a n,ighbor'S 10 pay some money.
When a short di-tane. from hi house ne
Wa >hot through the heart by some
cowarlly assassin. Hi horse returning
home without him VI family supposed he
was thrown and hurt. Ills little daughter
followed back AMI found the terrible fact
of her aged father numbered. There Wa
no clue Ia the murderer.
Columbus ana Reynolds Beam. broth
err went 10 ~amuels' station. near
Be-iniStown. Ky. q few lay since. and at
tackelG. W. >amuel~ 81 that place with
IN front 81 hi> house. >amuels r.
the fire with q shotgun. killing
Beam instantly: Reynolds
Beam then fired several shots AZ >amueiS /.
then VIM. ~amuel~. his son. ran out Of the
house with a douhle-hgrrelcd shotgun.
and d~i-.harging the contents az Beam. L.
tally woun,icl him. >amuels and M ION
rode 10 Beard.town and surrendered them
selves 70 the authorities. 4 he dlUlclltl or
ia too great intimacy between
~amuel- and the " IT, Of Columbus Beam
lnd the shooting had been Threatened
time hy the Beams. who. il j. stated.
lre highly respected parties.
AT independence. No.. on "A recent
SUNDAY. jaime. y. Chilcs came up 20 Mar
James Peaoo@k. upon the west side IF
fle square and slapped him in the face
peacock resented BY striking ChilcS. They
then grappled and fell over q goods box.
IN the Scuffle ONE If Chile>' rcyolvers fell
from hi t--lt. ami was picked mp by his
iftlc son Elijah. q boy of about fourteen
year ~ ag,l. who shot Peacock in the
Peacock gained hi. feet before
hiles. drew hs revolver and fired. shoot
ne Chile> IN the left side Of the nose. the
kali running up and going out M the hack
the head. Charles Peacock. -on Of the
Marshal. came up with a pistol
lnd fired and wounded Chiles' son. il j.
thought fatally. Marshal Farrow then
.r1a upon the scene and was wounded
in the breast by pistol shot. Tfic
flair created intense excitement.