Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-08-17
Haps and Mishaps.


Lydia Berry, charming young Ia
dy OF Charlestown, near Boston, Mass,
was fatally poisoned, it is supposed, by
wearing striped stockings.
"A daughter of Thaddeus Frost, of
Boston, about 27 years of age, commit
ted suicide, while insane, by pouring
kerosene over her head and clothes, and
then setting fire to it.
"A young man named Amos Greegor,
of Fredericksburg, o., was shot through
the head and instantly killed while
blowing into the muzzle of his gun to
see if it was loaded.
Near New Paris, Ind, an S-year-old
son of John Brumbach, while fooling
with revolver, shot an elder brother
through the head, killing him instantly.
james Quann, tramp printer, was
run over and killed on the railroad near
Vincennes, Ind, while intoxicated His
foot caught in frog and he was unable
to extricate it, before the train was up
on him.
Samuel Mesick, aged 81, of DAN
vile Junction, KY, shot himself through
the head because his girls parents OBJ
jected to his keeping company with her
He is said to have been young man of
good habits and well connected.
AT Port Huron, Mich, John Holt
and his son were removing piece of
machinery weighing GOO pounds down
a flight of stairs in his grist-mill, when
it slipped from their hold, knocking the
father to the floor below, striking him
on the head and smashing his skull.
Joseph Lewis, farmer living one
mile north of Bronson, Mich, while
moving marsh, met with an accident
which resulted in his death. While at
work on the marsh his team and mower
began to sink. Getting off the machine
to Tighten it, he forgot to throw it out
of gear. His horses foundering, threw
him down in front, the knife coming in
contact with and cutting off his foot
just above the ankle.
Foreign Notes.
-Englishmen are all dreaming of
going to Cyprus and making money
there.
The Spanish Government has just
secured the extradition from France of
n mysterious lady of high rank, said to
have been engaged with several illustri-
Gus accomplices in theft of S4, 200, 900.
The death is announced of the Mar
quis de Vibray, one of the leading agri-
culturists of France. He was proprietor
of the Chateau de Cheverny, near Blois,
and reclaimed large tract of land which
was at one time waste; he was also a
very eminent geologist and a great pa
tron of art.
The Countess Ilona, daughter of
l.l. :. Il
was lately betrothed to Prince Alfred
Montenuovo. The Prince is a grandson
of-the Archduchess Maria Louisa, who
married the first Napoleon, and, subse-
quently, the Austrian Count Neipperg.
From this second marriage the Prince is
descended. His father, the Prince Will
liam, is still living.
1t was recently announced, appar-
emily upon good authority, that mar
riage had been arranged between Prince
Louis Napoleon, son of Emperor Ma.
poleon III, and Princess Thyra, third
daughter of Christian TX, King of Den
mark. The report has since been con-
tradicted.
Lord Beaconsfield occupied with his
suite at the Kaiserhoff, during the late
Berlin Congress, 63 rooms at $1,000 a
month, and his food bill was $4,000.
He gave $500 to the walters. The cor
respondent of the London Times took
| 900 with him for expenses, and ex'
pended SO, ,440, in addition to 81, ,41O fol-
| kilograms The wife of M. Blowitz OF
the Congress induced her husband to
obtain the signature of each member
upon fan which she intrusted to him
She considers that she possesses treas
ure of especial value.