The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-09-18

found 10 be Miss Walker. an American
medical practitioner, and two of her pll-
pills. She Is said To be on her way 10
Turkey, where she has just accepted the
post OF private physician of the sultan's
seraglio."
One would think that English people
Were hard driven 10 find names for them
selves, both Christian and surnames. To
judge from the odd ones that crop up con-
tinually. Looking over a volume OF wills
at Doctors'Commons the other day, came
upon those OF three testators bearing re-
spectivcly the names of "Flight Scurry, :"
Swift Fleet" and "North SOUTH Only
the day before | turned up marriage IL
cense authorizing a Mr.. Pickle to marry
Miss Onion. Not long ago gentleman in
Devonshre named Pine was compelled. on
succeeding to the estate of relative, to take
the additional surname OF Coffin, and the
whimsical result Is in newspaper before
me, which records the marriage of one OF
his daughters as Miss Pine Cofn.-Lon-
don Letter.
AT the Bristol assizes Ia England, on
August IL, MIR. Broad. gentleman living
at Falmouth brought an action against
DIR. Lyle, the medical superintendent of a
lunatic asylum near Exeter. to recover
damages for injuries sustained through the
alleged negligence of the defendant. The
plaintiff Went mad through being 'crossed
IN love affair." and was confined in the
defendants asylum. While there he jump
ed out OF window, the shock brought on
paralysis, and he had entirely lost the use
OF his legs. One singular feature Of the case
was that Immediately after the accident
the young man recovered his reason and
had been perfectly sane from that moment.
II he medical Nifpaceac go III hfa xpnplI =, evar
be able TO walk. Mr.. Justice Brett held
that there was no evidence of negligence
for which defendant was legally RESPONSE
bic. and the plaintiff was nonsuited.
From statistics collected by the Ma
tional A gricultural Iaborers' Union as to
the recent lockout in the Eastern coun-
Ties OF England IL appears that the strug-
gle lasted about eighteen weeks, and cost
the union in money expended for lockout |
pay, migration, and emigration, nearly l
f25,OO0. Originally 2.400 men were lock- |
ed out. of whom SO have returned TO |
work without surrendering their tickets:
400 have migrated, 440 emigrated. and $50 |
have returned TO work since the lockout |
pay was stopped, several OF these last hav-
ing abandoned the union. There are still
800 unemployed. The secretary attributes
the failure of the struggle TO want of I'M
iVii dHb NoHtNiOl dinOlg int ln0I. the
refusal OF laborers to migrate to districts
where work and better wages could be
obtained and the injudicious admission
into the union of old men, who expected
life annuities from its funds.
Ladies of "A certain age NAV take cour-
age from the fact that, i'm England, at all
events. il is becoming quite the fashion for
men TO marry women Older than them
selves Thus the brilliant wife of the
brilliant Secretary of india the Marquis
of Salisbury, is several years his senior.
and now the Earl of Pembroke, the great
est catch in England. who is "a. is to be
married To Lady Gertrude Talbot. who Is
"a. Lord Pembroke is the son of the late
well-known Sidney Herbert, and inherited
vast estates of both his uncle and father.
He is the greatest property owner in and
around Dublin, and has at least 100000 a
year. Lord Pembroke's mother. Lady
Herbert of Lea, who is well known as an
author. Joined the Catholic Church soon
after her husbands death.