The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-04-09
Haps and Mishsps.


son County. KY. few days since, Sam.
Hahn cut Merritt Lepiere with knife,
when Lepiere took up a spade and split
Hahn's head open, killing him Instantly.
William Donahue an employee at
Johnson's camp on the Chippewa River.
Mich, was instantly killed few days
since by a falling tree, which crushed in
his skull. Deceased resided at Burnt
Rapids, Ont.
AT Kalamazoo, Mich, one morning
recently, Mrs. Wheeler left her house on
Ransom Street to go to a neighbours for a
bar 81 soap. While absent the clothes OF
her little girl caught fire from the stove,
and the child was fatally burned.
Mary McGlain, a girl aged 10 years,
living in Ann Arbor, Mich, while play
ing with some matches the other day, ac-
cidentally fired her clothing, and. in her
fright, rushed downstairs, thereby fan
ming the flames until they were beyond
control. She was terribly burned, and
died In great suffering.
"A man. somewhat intoxicated, lay
down the other evening in a bowling
saloon in Ellis County, Texas, stretched
his body across an alley and went 10 sleep.
A bystander amused himself by bowling
heavy balls At his PROSTATE figure. Three
struck hm-one on the feet. another on a
hip, and the third on the head. On trying
to wake the sleeper shortly afterwards it
was found that he was dead.
A farmer named John Williamson.
who resided near keokuk, Iowa, under
took. in company with his son and his
two grandchildren, named Frank and
Maggie Maxwell, aged respectively Is and
IL years, to cross sugar Creek on a two
horse wagon. The stream was very much
swollen. and floating ice was running
thick and fast. When about half way
across the horses. wagon and occupants
were swept rapidly down stream by the
current. The son managed to swim
ashore and escape. but Mr.. Williamson
and his grandchildren were all drowned.
Foreign Notes.
"A French writer ascribes the prevail
ing vine disease in that country TO the
scarcity of small birds.
"A verilable Cyclops Is reported to be
in London. His only eye is in the middle
OF his forehead. His name is Piper Will
son, aged p. and he came from Australia.
The recent report of an attempt to as
sassinate King Alfonso is contradicted as
utterly without foundation. The person
who started IL Is known, and has been ar
rested in Spain.
The accumulation of specie In the
Bank of France has reached the enormous
suns of 800 100000 francs, or near S270,-
100000.
In Kent, England, the British gentle
man is in distress for want of foxes TO
hunt. His game is the victim OF the steel
traps and strycbninc of the small farmers.
"A man in Paris hospital was lately
transformed into goat, screaming for
grass and butting with his head, by means
OF TRANSMISSION OF blood from one of those
animals.
1t was stated the other day in the Brit
ish Parliament by Sir II. James that the
debt owing by bankrupt foreign States
amounts TO no less than f2l0.000.0 900, OF
which the greater part-almost all--is held
in England.
The installation OF the Prince of Wales
as Grand Master OF the Freemasons will
take place at the Albert Hall on Wednes-
day. April Is. 1t j. expected that about
1000 or 5000 Masons will be present at the
ceremony.
The Court Journal asserts that the
arctic regions, especially Iceland and
Northern Norway, will be the fashionable
resort during the coming summer. 1t IL
expected the Prince of Wales will venture
across the charmed circle OF Ice and snow.
The London Atheaeun states that
Mr.. George Smith has discovered among
the Assyrian tablets in the British Museum
the legend OF the building of the Tower
of Babel. The discovery Is quite as inn
portant as that of the tablet relating To
the Deluge, made known last year by
the same gentleman.
Panama Bay has been unusually
phosphorescent during the past month.
At night, it Is said by local newspapers,
every wave as II breaks on Shore and on
reefs looks like a wreath OF blush fire.
The star.like light thus given out an
nounces the presence Of myriads of the