The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-02-06

"A little child of Daniel Ochern was
burned to death at Farmer City, ILL.,. th,
other day. by falling on a stove.
! ". i. Armstrong, .Jr.. son of promI-
nent merchant of Louisville. was brought
J home few days ago in very critical con
dtiOn. from "A blow on the head from 4
! baseball club in the hands of a school
mate. at Forest Home Academy. The
two boys were quarreling at the time.
AT concert in Buffalo small boy
! tumblcd off his seat. This was Interpreted
fire" and the audience made frantic
rush for the doors and windows. Women
and children were trampled under foot
and many lcapcd from the windows. a dis
tance of fourteen feet. After a general
alarm of fire had been sounded com
mittee was appointed to go and wake the
boy up.
Mr.. Applebee, an old and respected
merchant at Plainville. Athens county.
Ohio. was murdered few nights since.
He was called to 90 from ais house TO his
store about o'clock. by strangers. An
hour later his wife sent a messenger. who
found him hanging dead in the store. bear
ing marks of extreme violence.
DIR. Brown. of kcarney Junction. few
nights ago started TO call on sick man
near Overton. Neb., on foot. lie fell
through "a bridge, and was so badly i'm
iured that lac was unable To extricate him
self from the water. He lay there for two
nights and two days. and when found was
frozen fast and nearly dead.
"A sad accident recently occurred near
lakc's Prairie, in Maries county. Mo. DIR.
Edwin BowIcs and his wife were return
ing home from church during violent
wind storm. and when within quarter of
mile of their residence, tree was blown
down. striking Mrs. Bowles and the horse
she was riding. Both horse and riderwerc
crushed To the ground. Mrs. Bowlcs was
extricatcd from beneath the fallen tree n
quickly as possible. bit she had sustained
such injuries that she expired in few
minutes.
In Roman county, kentucky. John
Martin shot and instantly killed his BROTH
cr-in-law. Preston NJ. Blair. Ii appears
that Martin and Blair both belonged to a
large gang of horse-thieves. operating i'm
the Kentucky mountains. Blair was re-
Gently captured. charged wit; horse-steal-
ing. but let out on bail. He was writing
book claiming To be an expose Of the
deeds of the gang. and duplicating Martin.
Martin got possession of the manuscript
by taking it from under Blair's head while
asleep. and meeting him on the day mem
toned shot him twice.
"A terrible affair occurred recently at
jamestown. Boone county. Ind. the par
ticulars OF which are substantially as fol-
lows: short time since few young
men of jamestown organized a Young
Mems Christian Association. and began
holding meetings. Another body of
young men organized a dancing club, and
declared their intention of holding dances
Just as often n the Association held meet
ings. They carried out their programme
up to Saturday night, Jan. 10. when a
tragic event put a stop TO IL. a dance had
been held at house In town. and while
returning home the Assistant Marshal of
the town. named Briggs. and a young man
named Lain. had quarrel over some
girl. The dispute finally eliminated in a
proposition to settle ii by fighting a duel.
which was consented TO by all parties. IL
was arranged that they should stand back
TO back. advance three PAGES, turn. and fire
once. They did SO. and McIain fell, shot
through the neck. IL was IN evidence in
the preliminary examination that McLain
had fired first, hut he did not strike his all
versary. IL is also said 10 have been stated
in the trial that after Mclain had fallen
Briggs walked up To where he lay and de-
libcrately shot him twice. both balls taking
effect. The first ball passed clear through
the neck. but the other two the physicians
are unable To find. McI.ain's case was
considered hopeless. and his death expect
ed at any moment. Briggs was held to
bail i'm the sum of 5000, and being un-
able TO furnish il lac was committed to
Jail.
Foreign Gossip.
Under the new military law of Russia.