Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-06-22
good when they come, but only ask for
money"
Haps and nIishaps.

good When they come, Dut only ask Tor
money"
Haps and Mishaps.
During recent storm near Dawson,
Ga, Miss Moore and Mrs. Smith were
killed by lightning, and three others in
the room were injured.
At Little Rock, Ark, Mrs. Mylen-
ger, her little daughter, and a neigh
boris child were horribly burned, the
little girl fatally, by an explosion of
coal oil.
George w. Croberger, farmer,
near Stanton, Va, was putting a piece
of timber in front of the saw, in saw
mill, when from some cause the timber
flew up violently, striking him and
breaking his neck.
Near Oil City, Pa, lightning struck
tree under which four men had taken
shelter during storm, killing Thomas
Dodson and his son, and severely in
Fink, the latter probably fatally.
William jackson Miller, at the Fa-
vorite Mills, Mount Vernon, Ind, was
caught in belt revolving 100 times per
minute, and dragged around the shaft
80 times, having both legs torn off at
the knees, his arms crushed, and his
body horribly mutilated. He died in
four hours.
"A young lady named Ida Murphy,
residing at Newportage, Ohio, was acci-
dentally shot and almost instantly kill
ed few days ago. 1t is not known
whether the gun with which the acci-
dent was caused was in her own hands
or that of an 8-year-old boy who was in
her company.
james Spicer, young man of
Smyrna Township, Jefferson County,
Ind, infeturning from squirrel hunt,
stopped by a rail fence to talk to young
lady, and, as he was climbing the fence
to move on, a rail broke, striking the
hammer of his gun, which was dis
charged, the whole charge of shot enter
ing his left side, infiicting, 1t is thought,
mortal wounds.
George Belts, IA years old, and
playmate started out from Lansing,
Mich, to shoot at mark, both having
loaded revolvers with them. Return
ing home, young Belts in tragic man
ner cried: Z" You villain, die!" and
snapped his pistol at his companion,
who told him not to do so again, as
some one might get hurt. Belts then
held the revolver to his own temple to
show it was empty, fired, and fell dead,
shot through the head. He was son
of the Rev. G. 1. Belts.
Foreign Notes.
You can get a nice room in Paris
hotel now for S14 day.
The beer-gardens outside the Paris
Exhibition grounds cover as much space
as the Exposition buildings.
Society in republican Paris seems
to be as brilliant as it could be under a
monarchy, and MacMahon costs only
5000, 900 year, against Louis Napo-
Icons S6,O00,000.
The Socialistic press of Germany
boasts no less than IS publications, with
1856, 900 subscribers-au increase of IS
in the number of the papers since last
year.
The French Government proposes
to spend 500, 900 francs in fetes in honor
of the Exhibition. The dates are not
fixed, but will probably come at the time
of the distribution of awards.
-Edll huSstll was lOI ndik u CcutuIy
the President of the British and Foreign
School Society, and the fiftieth anniver-
sary of his election was celebrated few
days before his death.
A singular and fatal accident oc-
Cured in Bladen County, N. c., re-
Gently, at funeral procession. While
the people were in the church, some
children went into the graveyard, and
one of them, a little son of Capt. Brown,
attempted to climb up tombs stone
which was not properly secured to its
base, when it suddenly fell on him,
crushing his head to jelly, killing him
instantly.
Concerning Prince Amadee, Duke
of Aosta, ex-King of Spain, some one
writes to the London World: al had
believed him, on the faith of authorized
sayings, to be disconsolate widower,
who could scarcely be dissuaded from
becoming monk, Prince half crazed
with grief; but l found him full of fun
and sparkle, brimming over with life,
and very willing to enjoy any chance
happiness that might fall in his way
Some ladies of high rank in War;
saw have started an Economical Dress
Club. One of the rules is, that no
member shall give more than S25 for a
morning dress, S50for an evening dress,
and % for a bonnet. Another is, to dis
countenance the constant and ever
varying changes recommended hy dress
makers and modistes, because, they are
usually without artistic value, and rarely
show any elements of picturesqueness
or beauty.
The future wife of the Duke of Con-
naught prince Arthur) is the youngest
daug ghter of Prince Charles Frederick
of Prussia. She is pretty, charming,
amiable, and II. The Duke now has
Government allowance of $4,000
per annum, which, on his marriage,
will be raised to S125,00 He is now
2S, is at the head of the first battalion
of the Rifle Brigade, with the rank o.
Lieutenant Colonel, and is very popular
with his officers.
Odds and Ends.
-"Does Death End ALP is the serious
text of one of Rev. Joseph Cooks lee
lures. 1t may end some; and in thi
thought there is encouragement. =
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