The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-06-05

"A young man in san Jose wondered
if he could get a billiard ball into his
mouth. He succeeded, but it took three
doctors To get il out.
A newly-married man in Banks,
Mich, while being serenaded with tin
horns. took his revolver and fired into the
musicians. hitting one of them in the nose
and another in the head.
AT Warrensburg. ". T.. David Mead
picked mp in the street what he supposed
was a stone. Upon throwing il II ex-
ploded. injuring him fatally. Ii was a
nitro-glycerine eXploder used in mining.
A yomg lady named Buro met sin
gular death at Ashley. MINI. She had
drawn "A pail of water from a well and bent
over to look in. when her foot slipped and
she fell TO the bottom Of the well. breaking
her neck.
"A little child of Henry Huer. of Day
export. Iowa. got hold of a cup of concern
trated I've and drank some Of the liquid.
It, mother Immediately administered anti
dotcs. but the child Went into commissions.
and it, recovery i exceedingly doubtful.
A singular accident occurred at White
hall. y. u. during the prevalence of a
high wind A little boy was blown from
the front steps of his fathers residence. ON
10 the picket fence Of the front yard. and
hung there suspended by the chin on a
sharp picket until his cries brought assist
ance.
In shelby county. Iowa. man re-
Gently had his finger bitten in fight and
had il amputaied subsequently he had
hi- hand cut of. then his arm al the FL
bow. and nowit j. found necessary To am
putate the arm Al the shouller-ioint 10
save his life. lie must be getting 80 that
he rather enjoys ampntation.
-Twenty-one wears ago a daughter OF
Peter Hawk. of ~troud>burg. Pa. was Bit
ten hy a mad dog. Although cattle bitten
by the same dog were seized with hydro
phobia. the girl did not show any symp-
toms of the disease. She grew To woman
hood. AMI was married. Recently. a. she
was raising a glas, of water 10 her lips. a
shudder ran through her, and in a few
minutes she was seized with hydrophObia
i'm its worst form. A number Of phy>i-
clans were called. but they but could do
nothing for her. She died in great agony.
A gentleman reports TO the Leaven-
worth Times terrible accident which hap
pened i'm the vicinity OF White Church. a
lew miles from there. Mrs. sally Mann.
the wife of farmer by that name. discov-
cred fire in fence corner some distance
from the house. and knowing the damage
il would do ii allowed to spread. started out
Ia cxtinguiSh il. While engaged beating
out the fire with a brush her clothes took
fire. and in an instant she was in flames.
Her piercing cries for help were unan-
swered. "a her husband and the hired help
were at work over a ridge some halt mile
or more away. Becoming perfectly fren.
lied by the scorching flames, the poor wo-
man lost her presence Of mind, and i'm
stead of throwing herself on the plowed
ground near at hand. she started on a run
for the house, some 300 yards away, the
flames gaining strength at every step.
Reaching the house the woman threw her
self on the bed. aud from thence rolled 10
the floor. where her husband found her,
burnt to crisp, when he returned home
from work ar night. Every vestige OF
clothing was burned from Der body. and
the remains looked more like mass oi
charcoal than anything else. A little
presence of mind would have prevented
this terrible death.