Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-07

nearly an acre and hall, and contains
1000 machines. These, being self
acting, five or six can be kept going by
one woman.
Haps and Mishaps.
-Rollin Church, aged II, accidental
ly shot and killed himself while hunting
near Lansing, Mich.
Ora Cook, aged II, was accidental
ly shot and killed by the discharge of
his own gun while hunting near Omaha,
Neb.
An infant child of Mrs. Williams, of
Leayenworth, Kansas, was fatally scald
ed by the overturning of a,kettle of
boiling water.
John BARLEY, aged 1S, of Clifton
o., was instantly killed by the discharge
of his gun, which he was pulling out of
the wagon with the muzzle towards his
body.
ID. G. Sattler, prominent German
merchant of st. Paul, Mimi, committed
suicide by jumping off the bridge into
the Mississippi River. Financial
troubles were the cause.
-"Sandy" Keefe, well-to-do farm
ming horses with a neighbor was thrown
from his wagon, the fall breaking his
neck.
WIN. Lahey, young man living
near Two Rivers, Wis, was accidental
ly shot while cleaning his gun, the
wound causing his death in few hours.
Edward Trees, aged 46, of Terre
Haute, Ind, was accidentally shot and
instantly killed by the discharge of a
gun which he was holding in his lap
while riding in wagon.
Dana Hyde, a youth of IS years, at
Oswego, N. Y, could not keep up with
his fellow-pupils in his studies, and
therefore, discouraged, absented him
self from school. His parents punished
him, and an hour later he was found
dead in their barn. He had first inef
fectually cut his throat and then thrown
a rope over beam and hanged himself.
Foreign Notes.
"A Brazilian boy of II years, in
whom Dom Pedro discovered musical
talent that he has tried carefully to de-
velop, is playing the violin in the Roy
al Opera House, Berlin. The Germans
predict the very highest artistic success
for him. In Sweden, where he played
before going to Germany, he awakened
great enthusiasm. Eugenio Mauricio
Dengremont is the name of the young
virtuoso.
The present King of Holland was
not to be found upon the death of his
father, William III. Dispatches were
sent to all the Dutch consuls througout
the world to make inquiries regarding
him, when suddenly it was recollected
that the Prince had become enamored
of an actress in an English travelling
company. This was in 1849, and he
was then 80 years of age. The troupe
was found in small city Of Scotland,
and the Prince for a month had been
acting as prompter.
The Duke of Westminster has erect
ed a church at Halkin, Flintshire,
Wales, at his sole cost, and on the 3Oth
October laid the foundation of another
at Mold. England is fortunate in her
"wealthiest son" in these days. A
very different sort of wealthiest son is
he to that selfish voluptuary, Fonthill
Beckford, immortalized by Byron un-
der that title. The Duke of Westmin-
ster is all that q great nobleman should
be. In London workingmen spend
their leisure on Sunday amid the gal
leries and drawing-rooms of his palace,
and make acquaintance with the great
masters on the walls. In the country
he is foremost in every useful and kind
| ly work.
The Swiss Government having re-
Gently permitted Roman Catholic
priests who had been deprived of their
livings to present themselves for renom'
ination, thus modifying its previous de-
cisions against the Roman Catholic
clergy, the Vatican has taken steps to
ascertain if there were any favorable
prospects of opening negotiations in or
der to re-establish relations between
Switzerland and the Holy See. Mgr
Bianchi, formerly Papal Nuncio to Ba.
varia, has been sent with this object tt
Switzerland, in order to study the stu
alton and convey instructions to thu
Bishops with view to pave the way fol
an understanding. Should occasion
offer, Mgr. Bianchi is also authorized
to open negotiations with the Swis
Government.
An old legend asserts that the grea
| GOullC CdUneuTdl VI SOlOSuo, VI WIlCl
the devil, it says, furnished the plan
will never be completed. The grea
advances toward completion which hav
been made during the past 40 year
have unsettled somewhat the old belle
in the legend. This however, has c
late been revived by the assertion c
Prof. Helm, of the University of Zurich
that the blocks of stone, taken from tn
Drachenfels, which were employed fo
the foundation and pillars, are fast ur
dergoing a chemical decomposition, an
that probably before this century close
the edifice may fall to the ground. Al
other fact which has excited superst
ton is that the new clock, constructe
from cannon taken from the French, hi
not been in working order for a yea
: and that all efforts hitherto to rendt
it serviceable have proved abortive.
= Odds and Ends.
. 1t only takes popular song thrt
a weeks to get 20 years old in this coui
Q try.-Ha,Obeye.