The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-02-27
Iinps mud Nishaps.

AT a debating society al Liberty, Wis
con~in. one of the orators got 20 excited
that a revolver in his coat-tail pocket went
Oh and shot X. Tate in the leg. That
closed the debate.
"A farmer named Rice. living near
Dunleith. Iowa. was recently attacked By
a bull while feeding cattle and severely in
iurcd. Ills horse. tied TO fence near by
was killed by the infuriaIed animal.
Before drowning herself. Ida Wheeler
wrote 10 the Louisville Courisr-JourHai
announcing her intention. Her grievance
was that her father was going 10 send her
to a convent for schooling and discipline.
Two little boys Of Alton. H.. were
poisoned some days since by chewing coal
tar which was intended for roofing. After
several DAYS Of severe sickness they are
able 10 be about again with an earnest de-
sire 10 lei coal tar alone in the future.
a Louisville dispatch says that a child
Of John EaiZ. ten weeks old. was found
dead one morning recently In bucket OF
water placed al the head OF the parents
bed. II j. supposed the child fell from the
bed into the bucket. and thus drowned.
A SchOolmistress in Mahaska county,
Iowa. reprimanded one Of the big boys"
several times for chewing tobacco. and still
he persisted. She az last cured him by col
laring him and washing out his mouth
with soap and water. He's good boy
now.
Mary Evans. siXteen-year-old girl.
Of Harrisburg. Ohio. went 10 Cincinnati
and Joined variety show. after which she
became so disguised with herself that she
took dose Of laudanum and ended her
brief career a. an actress.
"A singular horse accident occurred at
AftleborO'. Mas. recently. Two last
horses attached 10 Sleighs met each other.
head 10 head. Both fell stunned. and one
of them. valued al 81 900. was 20 para wed
in the headquarters that It was necessary
70 kill him.
"A boy living al ~lopertown. Iowa. was
fatally injured a short time since IN the fol-
lowing singular manner: lie had made a
gun out Of a piece Of gas-pipe by pound
ing piece Of iroH into one end OF Il FOR .
breech. and when he fired it of this piece
Of metal was blown out. entering his fore.
head aud burying itself in his brain.
Miss Duffy Workum. OF Cincinnati,
was using a liniment containing alcohol
for rheumatism. The bottle dropped,
broke and caught fire. the flames commu.
illt'Hft7i 10 Btr tlDtiull-- dlu -ur Nd~ -
severely burned that She died in conse-
quence.
"A twelve-year-old daughter Of James
Watkins. residing near Coatesville. No,
hang herself a short time since. Her
parents were away AZ the time. and she,
tying a strap around her neck. fastened il
70 a ioist overhead. II j. supposed that
the unfortunate affair was brought about
accidentally through her childish freaks
but. al any rate. she was found rigid In
death when the parents came home.
"A Sioux CITY man noticing his wood
pile grow small and beautifully les through
the combined efforts of several Of his neigh
borS. charged several sticks with blasting
powder. In blissful ignorance his faithful
spouse put two Of those loaded sticks N
the kitchen stove and commenced 10 pre-
pare her dinner. In about ten minutes she
started out through the top of the hous'
attended by a griddle. frying-pan. and par
Of the oven. 10 Interview the moon. III,
Is expected back the Last Of next week.