Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-12-07

drag it's way along at Greenville, in the
accustomed style, longing for the day
of its deliverance, and the entrance on
it's new life.
Haps and
"A barrel of vinegar fell upon John
Shelton, at GAINESVILLE, Wis, crushing
MIN to death instantly.
Paul Jordan, aged 10 years, son of
Julius S. Jordan, residingin the suburbs
by the accidental discharge of his gun.
j. D. Lawton, aged 20, an en-
ployee of the malt works at Fremont,
Ohio, accidentally shot and killed him.
self with a revolver, while shooting ats
in the basement of the factory.
Mrs. Trimmell's terrible mode of
suicide, in Sterling, KY, was to saturate
her clothing with kerosene and set fire
to it. She was religiously insane, and
believed that the flames would watt her
to heaven without burning her.
George Cockerill was crushed to
death at Whitewater, Wis, by a piano
falling upon him while he was loading
it into a wagon. The horse started,
throwing him down, and the piano
struck him squarely in the face, break
ng every bone in the lower part of it.
In Statesville, N. c., a few days
ago, Miss Leila Armfeld, daughter of
Lieut.-Gov. Armfield, a young lady
about 10 years of age, was accidentally
shotby her brother. He was tryingt to ex-
tract a cartridge from a pistol, and the
former exploded. The ball struck her
in the forehead just above the left eye,
entering the brain.
Mrs. Fannie Miller, aged about 80
years, living II miles southwest of Iowa
City, had been i'll with consumption for
many years. The other night she COM
planned that she could not sleep, and
told her little daughter, who vas Sleep
ing with her, that if she had her hus-
bands razor to put under her pillow
she could sleep. The razor was given
her about 10 o'clock. The girl woke
up during the night, and found she was
wet with her mothers blood. Her
mother had cut her throat and bled to
death.
"A few days since, at Frederick
burg, Iowa, John King and Andrew
Goldsberry, two young lads, went TO a
blacksmith-shop to play. They found
an old musket, which was taken by An
drew, while John took a crowbar, to
have 8. sham fight. To make sure the
gun was not loaded, several caps we're
snapped under the hammer, and as it
did not discharge, they were satisfied it
was safe. But, unfortunately. when
their play began, at the first pull of the
trigger the gun was discharged, and it's
a1nton+o optaroI tho shoulder md l,,nco
of John, killing him almost instantly.
Foreign Notes.
"A statue to Won Moltke has been
erectedin Parchim, Mecklenburg, his
native place.
It's now reported in a certain cir
Gle in England that Arthur Orion has
been found alive in Australia, and that
a survivor of the Bella has also been
found. This may lead to more Itch
borne litigation.
Capt. Bedford PIN, M. p, told his
constituents in England the other day
that one sailor only in each of England's
$1,000 vessels vas an Englishman, and
that the foreign crews in the next war
would navigate the ships to their own
ports.
The Queen, during a recent Sun
day drive near Balmoral Castle, saw
some reapers at work-the weather had
been wet for a long time previous-and
"signiied her opinion" that it was a
work of necessity running counter to
the ermons of the neighboring kirk,
of which, blythe way, she is the eccle-
siastical head.
The oldest member of the English
royal family, the Princess Caroline,
hereditary Princess of Denmark, COM
pletes, on Oct. Is, her eighty-third year.
This venerable lady is the granddaugh-
ter of the unfortunate Queen Caroline
Matilda, sister to George Ill, and mar
ried to the King of Denmark, Christian
VII, but subsequently divorced. The
Queen was exiled to the town of Celle,
in Hanover, where she died very young.
The military force of England,
militia, yeomanry, and volunteers in
eluded, is reckonedat 470, 766, of which
191, 1874 are regular troops. The navy
numbers $4,000 men. Germany has
1857, eco troops of all arms and classes,
with a naval force of $4,000. The Aus
trian army, including all reserves, num-
bers 100000 men, with about 1850 in
the navy. Italy had 100000 men in
the army, and 10000 sailors; Greece,