The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-09-19
Haps and NJ

A lady near Logansport, H., vomited
forth "A snake fourteen inches long, and felt
relieved.
A Kentucky engineer got to jawing
with a woman. neglected the boiler, and
there was an explosion which killed three
men.
An Ohio boy who tried to walk over a
creek on a clothes-line. in imitation OF the
Niagara man, is in bed with dislocated
shoulder and Il broken nose.
Matilda Nolan. employed in the family
of LYMAN Baldwin. nj Hamtranck. near
Detroit. kindled the fire with kerosene, and
was burned To death.
A woman named Ernestinc Thurman.
while working around "A threshing-ma-
chine, in Wauwatosa, Wis, got caught in
a tumbling-rod and was almost instantly
killed.
A man in Marshall county, Tennessee,
died from the effects OF dropping hot seal
ing wax on his thumb. The inflammation
extended up the arm, and two successive
amputations proved useless.
AT Detroit. the other day. Mrs. Glass
brook bought some rope. went into a barn
and adjusted it round her neck and a beam,
and jumped of Il box, but a boy who was
watching her called in some men, and she
still lives.
Mrs. Milton j. Smith. of Blooming
ton. Ind. in dismounting from a horse, had
her hoop-skirt caught on the pommel of
the saddle. The animal became frightened
and dragged her some distance. bruising
her head and shoulders severely.
An impressive temperance sermon was
preached at Hampton, New Brunswick,
recently. a crowd of roughs were there
on "A picnic. James ;. Campbell sold them
liquor. They got drunk and ugly; a row
followed and they killed him.
A little girl named Anna Wiser. aged
eight years. was fatally burned. Il few days
ago. at the house of her uncle. in Mud
Creek, st. Clair county. ILL.,. in attempting
To start a fire with a can of coal oil during
the absence of the family. She died in a
few hours afterward.
AT Glenwood, Mimi. recently. a boy
named Amandus Rue was practicing with
a revolver. when his mother walked i'm
front of the mark and received the shot.
The ball struck her right wrist, penetrated
her side. and CHANGING upward, lodged UNI
der her shoulder-blade.
While working with a threshing-ma-
chine near Council Bluffs. Iowa. William
Granville frequently threw the bundles OF
wheat nj the face of Thomas Davis. whose
duty il was to cut the bands. Davis at last
expressed the idea that he could whip
Granville, and. in the alteration which fol-
lowed. fatally wounded his antagonist with
the butcher-knifc which he had been using
on the bundles.
james b. Jamison. the original owner
of the celebrated Jamison oil farm. upon
which the town of Petrolia. Pa. Is being
built. committed suicide the other morn
ing. and was discovered soon after with .
navy revolver lying by his side. and a bul
let hole in his temple. also a letter in which
he stated that the cause of his suicide wa
his having been detrauded out of a larg,
amount of oil and money.
A widower of Clayton county. Iowa
eighty years old. was recently inveigleo
into matrimony by u female adventures
who. on the nuptial night. gave the ole
man a druggcd draught which rendered
him o%blivious to all things earthly, whcr
she slopcd with his purse containing tive
hundred dollars. and has not been seen ol
heard of since.
Mrs. Kate Ferguson. the wife of
Cleveland printer. was frightened to dealt
a few days since. She wa walking on tn
street. followed by n small dog. when
dog-killer. seeing a chance To make a fee II
his vocation. aimed the gun at the dog
which 80 frightened Mrs. +. that she RAJ
screaming home. was seized with conyul
sions. and died in a short time.
-AtGlouccstcr. Virginia. the other sun
day. at a coloredc church. just rs the preaclie
had gotten under way. the gallery cracked
and an old woman cried ont Bless God
judgment day done come Then ensuc'
a scene Mt which human nature shoulders
Strong men and weak ONE leapcd frol