The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-01-09
Hnps aud Mishnps.

Charles Tennias. a German living near
Watscka, ILL.,. gave his sick wife morphine
instead OF quinine, from which she diedin
four hours.
AT Montoursville. Pa. recently man
was standing by his horse, eating an APP
pie. when the animal opened his Jaws and
seized the apple, biting the mans thumb
completely OFF.
"A little child died near Riley Centre,
Mich. a few DAYS ago. from the effects OF
poison extracted from cork which it was
chewing. The cork had been used in a
bottle containing the deadly drug.
"A genteel appearing loafer addressed
an insulting remark TO "A married lady in
Troy, n. Y. the other evening. She had
a pail OF yeast in her hand, and answered
his impertinence with dash of the lively
liquid which covered him from head 10
foot. His friends now regard him as a
rising young man.
"A man i'm Vernon county, Mich, sent
his two children, "A few nights ago, after
the cows. They did not return. and the
next morning the father started IN search
of them. He found the feet of one and
the clothes of the other. they having been
devoured by two bears. The animals were
tracked to their dcns and killed.
A Lafayette Ind boy is out of luck.
Recently he drank pint of I've, thinking
il was cider, and rs soon as he was well.
while he was playing " shiny" had two
fingers on his right hand dislocated by a
blow from club. and while on his way
home. bowling with pain. fell down and
broke his arm. That is all TO date, but he
is an invaluable boy for an editor.
AT Carbondale, H.. the other evening.
John NJ. Brush. i'm registering his name at
the Planters House. spilled ink ON the
register, which provoked the clerk of the
house. They got into a quarrel. in which
the proprietor Of the house, j. W. McDon-
add, took the part of the clerk and the re-
suit was that Brush was shot and instantly
killed by a revolver in the hands of Me
Donald. The affair creates intense excite
mcnt. ewing To the popularity of Brush
and the fact that the provocation was
trifling. Brush was an old army telegraph
operator and highly esteemed by all who
knew him.
E. W. STATION. a well-known resident
of Titusville, Pa. and prominently known
in business circles, committed suicide re-
Gently. while laboring under mental aber-
ration. He had been sick three or four
days. and on the morning of the fatal
tragedy. he requested his attendant to 30
for pitcher of fresh water, and rs the lat
ter crossed the threshold on his return he
saw Stratton standing before the looking
glass with a glistening razor in his hand.
which he drew twice across his throat.
nearly entirely severing the head. He ex
pired almost Immediately.
One morning recently Vance Dent
went TO a school-house az Quincy. Owen
county. Ind. and asked Salem &. Hardin.
a teacher employed there. To lend him
broom to sweep the Christian Church.
They got into quarrel about the broom
and Dent struck ut Hardin with knife.
Hardin ran of pursued by Dent. who
again struck at him, iniictinga bad wound
and telling him to the earth. Hardin
grasped a stick of wood as he rose and
brought it down oa Dents head with
frighuul force, causing instant death.
Vance Dent has always been "A peaceable
man and is a wealthy farmer and old clti-
zen. Hardin is we'll known and greatly
esteemed. and the affair has created great
excitement in Quincy.