The Jasper weekly courier., 1877-11-09

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poison which she had procured ~
poison rats 70 sweeten her Tea, suppos
ing II 70 be sugar. She died In great
agony.
The 9-ycar-old son OF John Moul
!. ton. Esq, n La Porte, Ind, was seri
ously and probably fatally injured b,
being struck in the back Of the head b,
q croqlet-ball which was bit with great
force by young man named Salinder
Mr.. Bcnnish and TWO other men, oI
Grant County, Wis, were digging At ths
foot u . cliif, preparatory % setting .
lwolEtrap, wliefI rock overhead gave
way and fell upon them, killing Mr.
Ben nkh Instantly injnring one Of the
others SO that he died in short time,
and terribly lacerasng the breast o. the
third 9tA @f
Shooting casualties James Han
ncr, of Springboro, o., accidentally shot
and killed himself. while hunting. Will
liam Wood, aged rs, residing at East
Cleveland, O., was cleaning 4 double
tbarreled shotgun, preparalory 10 going
hunting, when one of tile barrels, which
ho supposed was not loaded, was dis
charged, the. cpntenS striking him in
the face, killing him instantly, and al
most tearing his head off.--O r. Clark
was killed al Jamestown, Ottawa Coun-
ty, Mich, while hunting squirrels, by
the accidental discharge 81 gun IN the
hands Of one Jackson Kriedler At
South Adams, Mass, as Martin T., Mi
chacl, a butcher, was putting lap-robe
into his buggy, pistol which he ear
ried In the breast pocket Of his coat
was discharged, and the ball went into his
heart causing death almost instantly.
The accident occurred in sight Of his
wife and son.--At Fort Madison, Ind,
three boys, while playing with bon
fire, We're seriously injured By an explo-
sion Of powder, which was thrown into
the fire BY fourth boy. y.-While Mr..
Thomas ~ Brunson, Of Clay County,
Georgia, was cutting down tree, his
ax-handle struck against his left breast
coat pocket, in which he had pistol
The striking Of the ax-handle fired OFF
the pistol, lodging bullet in his body.
which produced death in a few moments
Mr.. Charles Kramer, the boss of the
Lake shore and Michigan Southern
Railroad round house At Collinwood,
Ont, went ont 70 get pail ~ water,
and, in STOPPING over, a revolver fell
out Of his pocket and exploded, the ball
passing through bis neck. The wound
was not necessarily fatal
The suicidal mania: b. Ripline, Of
MEhawaka. Ind, aged 65. shot himself
on account of the death of his wife. As is
supposed. George NJ Davis. Of the
firm Of Irwin 4 Davis, mllers. Brazil.
Ipd. hangedhipself on account of larHe
losses by speciflAton in grain .--,Jehn
Patterson, aged 80, carpenter. hanged
himself at Indianapolis lie had pre-
viously been insane The wife II Wm.
l.. Dearfh. 4 prominent business man "a
Frankfort. Ind. killed herself with
poison without any known cause.-Jake
Smith, a cigar maker Of Brazil. Ind !,
shot himself. -. Nan Horne Wiles. a
dry-goods merchant of GAINESVILLE. O.,
shot himself Cause not stated. Willis
Hazen, hard drinker, shot himself At.
Geneva, Pa-Mrs. Celia Harris, AGED
50, of Point Pleasant. W. VA, took 7s
grains Of arsenic. Cause. do
mestic unhhppiness. ~ Miles b.
Hackctt. a well known busi-
ness man ~ Newark, Wayne County. n.
~, and formerly member of the State
Legislature, killed himself with jack
knife. Tbs. wife IF Moses h, Moves. Of
Haverhill. Mass, cut her throat with
razor, on account Of chronic invalid
Ism. Mrs ElizasC Clemens hanged herself
A Greenshurg, Ind, on account d do
nestle truuhles.A man who registered
his name as v. $. Smith. hanged him
self AZ the United States Hotel, Column
5us. O. Miss SchofeId, young lady
from Toronto, while partially crazed, a.
i supposed, from brain fever. jumped
into the river at Niagara Falls and was
drowned. Some of the clothing was
found upon the bapk Of the river. but
her body was not recovered and proba-
bly, never Wal be-
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