The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-03-27

hHps ana Mfsuaps.
A Dubuque editor swallowed pen by
mistake the other day. and he il twice as
scared as If he had swallowed a gross of
scissors.
AT the laying of the cornerstone of
an Odd Fellows Hall at Three Rivers.
Michigan, recently, temporary floor
gave way. sending sixty persons to the
cellar bottom. None were dangerously
injured.
MIR. Mcmillan. OF Meriden. Miss.
while eating supper one evening. got a
piece of beef down his wind-pipe. from
which lac suffocated in an hour in spite OF
all efforts of physicians.
Henry Connors. of New York City.
aged 45 years. recently made wager that
he could drink pint Of whisky and a gal
lon of beer i'm an hour. He did il. and died
before morning.
One day recently. young man nam
ed Gibson Biggers. about seventeen wears
OF age. living near Berry county. Mo-.
while cutting down a tree for a coon was
struck on the head by falling limb and
instantly killed. his skull being complete
ly crushed To a jelly.
A boy named Wilson. residing near
Evansville. Ind. came to that city a few
days ago and gave himself up To the po-
lice authorities. saying that he had acct
dentally shot his mother, but had not hurt
her much. Ii was afterwards ascertained
that the shooting was intentional. being
the result of "A quarrel: that he shot her
four times. and that perhaps she was fatal
ly wounded.
During the absence of Anthony
Coggswell. of Championville, Pa, his
wife died and was buried. On returning
he had the coffin opened. and IL was found
the body had turned in its place. indicat-
ing that the woman was i'm trance when
Inferred. The discovery 80 affected the
husband that he Is now a maniac.
A family in Linwood. Ind. recently
lost a little child about two years old in
the following singular manner: The pa
rents were chatting I'm the sitting-room.
and the child came in and said. Good
bye. papa and mamma. I'm going away"
and went out OF the house. Not return
ing. they went To look for the child. and
found il In pail of water, head down,
dead. -
On a recent Sunday s0n of Mr.. r. A.
Champion. living between the villages OF
Orion and Coal Valley. Rock Island coun-
ty, H.. while loading brecch-loading re-
volver accidentally discharged the weapon.
the ball piercing the skull of his sister. a
beautiful girl of ten years of age, and she
died i'm few hours.
Mrs. Carpenter. a widow living at
Leavenworth. rs. was i'm her kitchen.
washing, the other day when John White.
of the Fifth Infantry band. stepped i'm.
locked the door. and made improper adj
vances toward her. She ordered him TO go
out. He refused. She then told him that
she would shoot him If he did not go. He
told her. with an oath. to shoot If she
dared. She went to another room. got
pistol. and shot him through the heart.
The coroner's Jury pronounced the act
justifiable.
-Gregory Yaeger. boy ten years old.
shot and killed a son of y III. Grubcn.
three years old. at Crete. Neb.. a few days
ago. Gruben. who is night wafchman,
on returning home in the morning LETT his
revolver on the table. laeger picked IL
up and pointed II at the little boy. remark
ing This is the way the Indians do
when they Gomez and pulled the trigger.
the ball entering the child's head, killing
him instantly.
AT Wauwatosa. Wis. :. =. smith. Prin-
cipal of the Graded School in that village.
a few evenings since committed suicide by
himself through the head with
pistol. This was the fourth attempt Mr..
Smith had made upon his life. No one
knows the cause of the act. but
n rImor intimafes that II was caused by an
termination 10 a love affair.
According to this rumor. Mr.. Smith had
been refused by lady to whom he was
deeply attached. and that from this arose
the melancholy that led to suicide. He
was widower, and IL years of age.
"A few days since. an explosion took |
place In the building 800 Broadway, New
York. occupied by Emil Gere, who LET his
to a parlor artillery COM
pany for the sale of new toy in the shape |
Of brass mortar. from which Is fired cap |
Illuminating powder and an In |
ball. There were three boxes |
Of these caps. containing over 1900. ex- |
ploded. A clerk named Charles Newton |
was badly injured about the face and arms. |
while his clothing was torn to shrcds. y.
VI. Even and Miss RI. Dunn. who were |
passing at the time. were also badly |
by fragments of the show-win- |
dow.
Foreign Notes.