The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-08-15

accidents and Accidents.

A Georgia veteran of 1872 was lately
ripped up by one of bis pigs, and died
In consequence oil n iall.
A Baltimore duck swallowed a lighted
dre-cracker. and shortly after felt decided
ly patriotic In Its stomach.
"A four-foot snake was recently killed
In a saloon at Kilbourn, Wisconsin. He
was hunting for an eligible boot.
MIR. Teuber, of LAGRANGE, Texas, has
committed suicide at the grave OF his wife,
one wear from the time Of her death.
An Ohio man who was riding to pay
bs taxes was struck by lightning the
other day and killed. Is there not a moral
in thisg
Girls ought to be more reasonable.
Minnie DAYTON. of La Crosse, fell and
broke her neck the other day while try
ing to escape being kissed.
Miss Fannie Endsley, of Burlington,
Iowa. knocked a burglar down with a
goblet, in her fathers house, and held
him until assistance came and he was ar
rested.
A woman at Wheeling wanted straw
berries for supper. while her husband
didn't, and she settled the dispute by
shooting him through the shoulder. He
is a strawberry man now.
sebastian Mercy, while drunk, was
carrying his four-vear-old boy In his arms
in Cincinnati. He staggered, fell, and
killed the child. Then remorse suggested
the oath. ~ will never drink another
drop"
Two Peoria boys filled their fond faith
er's pipe with gpnpowder, and just after
the display of fireworks the old gentle
man called up his class i'm dancing and
kept time with the halter-strap.
A threshing machine boiler exploded
near Nashville, Ind. recently, killing
Archie Downey. William Anderson and
George A. Ward. -Four or five other per-
sons were hurt.
A melancholy accident occurred re-
Gently at the West Point Military Acade-
my, by which Cadet Israel w. Pennis was
drowned while bathing. The deceased
was from Illinois, having been appointed
from the Fifteenth Congressional District.
AT st. Cloud. Mimi. a short time
since, Robert Leach and Theodore Stein
burg got into a dispute In the saloon
owned by the latter about a goat. Stein
burg was standing behind his counter at
the time. some angry words were ex-
changed between them, when Steinberg
took a loaded revolver from a drawer in
the counter. and leaning forward rested
his elbow on the counter. He pointed
Tie weapon at Leach, who was but a few
feet distant. Leach said, "Shoot away,
you want to-" whereupon Steinburg
llred, the ball entering Leach's breast,
killing him almost instantly. The MUIR
derer was arrested and Is nov in jail.
The Sedalia Democrat says We gave
an account Of Mr.. Buckner's death by
lightning near Greenridge a few days ago.
Rev. Mr.. Smith preached his funeral SER
mon on the day following. and three days
thereafter he was killed by the same
subtitle fluid. This was considered strange.
but the most singular thing connected
with these deaths remains to be told.
The clothes worn by Mr.. Buckner at the
time Of his death were hung upon a very
thrifty willow bush In the yard, and from
that hour the bush wilted and Is now
dead, though only one week has elapsed.
Who can explain this remarkable phe-
nomenon?
AT Atchison. Kansas. the other day.
a little boy of Col. Quiggs, aged three
years, fell into a cistern in his yard. The
cister, was twenty feet deep, and had
five feet Of water I'm it. A little niece of
the colonel named Nellie, aged fourteen,
witnessed the child's fall and Immediately
jumped into the cistern after him. Seiz-
my TIE ltiie DOy she nelu MIN aDONe Inc
water until a ladder could be procured,
and both were taken out. The little he
rome was somewhat bruised and almost
exhausted, but the child was unhurt.
The girls clothing buoyed her up on the
water or she would have been drowned
before she could have been reached. as
would also the child. The courage and
presence of mind of the little girl excite
universal praise and admiration In the
community. 1t was a remarkable exhi-
bition of heroism.