The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-06-26
Haps and Mishaps.

A little boy named Hover. in Bay
City, Mich, went upstairs to play the
other day and found loaded revolver,
with which he immediately shot himself
through the heart.
A young girl named Carrie Helm was
fatally burned at Cairo. ILL.,. the other day,
by the explosion Of "A coal oil can. Ii Is
supposed she was using the oil TO kindle a
fire Jacob Martin had his hands seriously
burned in the attempt To extinguish the
flames.
"A little child. while attempting to leap
into his mothers lap, in Tennessee. re-
ccived a stab from pair of scissors, and.
As the local paper expresses il, Z" ere the
sun had filled rs course again. that flower
that had doomed so beautiful in the morn
ing had faded To death"
Two girls. daughters of VIM. Wolf,
and young daughter of John Hohensey.
took boat on RIDERS Creek. near De-
troit. Iowa, on Sunday. for sail. The
boat began TO fill. and the girls got out to
wade ashore, but sunk in the deep water.
and, their feet fastening in the mud. were
held there until drowned. A son of Mr..
Hohensey. 10 years old, went To aid them
and met the same fate.
During the parade of John Robinson's
Circus through the streets of indianapolis
the other day. two bufialoes became fright
ened and got away from their keeper. rush
ing into the crowd on the sidewalk. knock
ing down Mrs. Sarah Harold. an elderly
lady. who was holding a baby belonging
To Mr.. Shpley i'm her arms. Mrs. Harold
was struck upon the head by one OF the
bufialoes. cutting a terrible cash several
inches in length. She also had her right
hip broken. The baby received a terrible
blow upon the temple. rendering it uncon-
scious and producing spasms. from which
il is feared it would not recover. The
bufialoes ran down the street and were
soon under the control of their keeper
The excitement at the time was intense
and quite number were crushed and
bruised by the crowd. A team became
frightened and ran into carriage (which
were two ladies and a child. who were
thrown out and dragged some distance
with the wreck. but escaped unhurt.
An escape from death us wonderful as
any ever related by the pen of fiction was
made by an individual on the Detroit and
Milwaukee Railroad few nights ago. rs
chronicled by the Free Press of the former
city. 1t seems that an unknown man was
permitted 10 rid. on top of freight train
TO pay his way To Grand Rapids. and was
willing to do anything he was called on to
do in compensation. The brakeman for
got 10 tell him of the several low bridges
on the route; and about midnight, when
the engineer. having discovered cattle on
the road. whistled "down brakes" the
stranger was the first up from the caboose.
In running forward over the ears, he sud
denly observed the dark form of "A bridge
close above him. There was scarcely time
10 think. and as by instinct. he sprang of
when within foot of the overhanging
structure. and striking sloping embank
mcnt, fell down and rolled to the track,
where one of the wheels caught his boot
heel. crushed il off close to the sole. and
whirled him around so that the next wheel
sheared off the rim of his hat. When the
train was stopped he climbed into the ca
boose entirely uninjured in person. but
with some such feeling a he may have
who has risen from the lightning stroke
which has tumbled the house about his
ears, but left himself uninjured.