Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-03-22

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no teacher should be allowed to punish
a pupil during the same session in which
the offense was committed, and that he
should be required to report, not only
the reason for the use of the rod, but the
reason for choosing this punishment in
preference to any other, and also the
effect of the punishment npon the pu-
pills conduct and behavior.
Superintendent Wickerham, of
Pennsylvania, in comparing the ele-
mentary schools of Europe and Ameri-
ca says that the foreign schools are
more carefully inspected; their course
of study is better; their terms are long
er; the teachers have made more special
preparation for their work, and more
attention is paid to moral and religious
instruction. The American schools, he
thinks, surpass the European ones in
these particulars: We have better
school-houses, our school -fuEniture is
superior, our textbooks are betts,, our
schools are thoroughly free, our teach
ers have more tact and natural aptness
for their work, and more is done to
form character-in America the school
is a social force, always moving up
ward.
Haps and Mishaps.
Benjamin Flynn, farmer who re-
sided near Miami City, O., was instant
ly killed while adjusting some machinery
in a saw-mill in which he was working.
"A little daughter of Marion Kline,
of Middleport, O., drank quantity of
concentrated lye which had been pre-
pared for washing purposes and left on
table. She died in few hours.
DIR. E. N. Plummer, of Havana, Ill,
went out to his barn to fill bed-tick
with straw, and by some mishap slipped
and fell out of the barn-loft on to a hard
floor and broke his neck.
At Newburn, N. c., during q re-
vival meeting a young woman named
Alice Allison fell in an ecstatic fit, strik-
ing her head upon a pew, fracturing her
skull. She died in short time.
Miss Sallie Mittong, aged 1S, who
lived near Summitsville, Ind, after
dancing all night at a party lay down
in front of the fireplace to sleep. Her
clothing took fire, and she was burned
to crisp before assistance could reach
her.
AT Mitchell, Ind, as John Baker
and family were moving a tall tree
which had been cut down and was lying
close to the roadside, branch caught
in the harness, springing back and strik-
ing the baby, which Mrs Baker held in
her arms, instantly killing it.
Mrs. Catherine Louisa Voelker, of
Buffalo, N. Y, was combing her little
daughters hair, when lamp standing
on a bureau near by was overturned.
The mothers dress was saturated with
the burning oil and she was fatally injur-
ed before the flames could be extin-
guished.
While seven men were at work on
the new United Brethren Church at
Elkhart, Ind, the scaffolding gave W y
and precipitated them to the ground, in
turing three fatally. The names of the
injured are Loren Fredericks, John
Weir and G. Slower. The fall was forty
feet.
"A few fatal shooting accidents: At
Sterling, ILL.,, Heaton Bressler and
Charles Thompson, two young men,
were preparing to trade revolvers, when
the one in the hands of Bressler was &C.
cidentally discharged, the ball striking
Thompson in the region of the heart,
killing him almost instantly.-Evan
Jones, of Palmyra, o., shot himself
through the head while hunting coons.
William Guy, of Woodstock, O., was
driving home, when he stopped to take
in Homer Taylor, who had been hunt.
ing. In getting into the wagon Taylor's
gun was accidentally discharged, the
contents striking Guy in the forehead
causing instant death.-John McNulty
of Columbus, O., killed himself with hi:
own gun while duck hunting
James Roring, of Dennison, o., was ia.
tally shot by a companion while hunt
ing.-At Anderson, Ind, Frank Rich
wine, son of Deputy Sheriff Richwine
while toying with revolver in hi:
pocket shot himself, inficting serious
injuries.-Emma Thornberg, aged II
years, adopted child of Thos. Thornberg
living near the same place, was found
dead in the room of her brothers leaning
over a trunk in which lay revolver witt
one chamber empty. The supposition i
that the young lady shot herself acci
dentally.-At Goliad, Texas, a negrt
boy, carelessly handling six-shooter
accidentally shot Archer TAFT, the littl
SON of Robert TAFT, through tn
neck, severing his windpipe. Th'
negro had also wounded
Mexican with the same pistol
In Wise County, Texas, little brothe
of Miss Ellen Brewster was playin!
with some old rusty pistols. One o
them happened to be loaded, which tn
boy laughingly went to snap at his sis
ter. The weapon was discharged, tn
bail piercing Miss Brewster's heart, in
stantly killing her.-At Eufaula, India
Territory, young man, James Graf
tree, with a revolver in his pocket, wa
sitting in drug store, when the reyoly
er fell to the floor, one barrel being az
cidentauy discharged, the ball passin
through Crabtree's body, and MORTAL
wounding him.
Foreign Notes.