Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-06-14
Haps and NIishaps.

consume all the fruit, it has begun to
export extensively.
Haps and Mishaps.
"A young man named Thomas Evans
was instantly killed in La Grange Coun-
ty, Ind, by falling distance of 20 feet
from swing.
"A little child of Mr.. John Crabb,
living southeast of Casey, Iowa, was
playing with some shelled corn, when it
got a kernel in its throat, and choked to
death before assistance could be OBJ
tanned.
John Horstman, farmer, residing
near Lancaster, O., while shooting rats
in his barnyard, shot his wife in the
breast, inficting a dangerous wound.
She was milking, and was hidden from
his notice.
Howard Shingle of Kenton, o., was
thrown from buggy, and his feet
catching in spring he was dragged
half mile by runaway horse. When
the horse was caught Shingle was pick
ed up and found to be cut and bruised
in horrible manner. He lived but a
short time.
The other day while John C. Dew
ans, farmer who lives south of Shelby
vile, Ind, was plowing, the plow struck
a root, causing sudden check, forcing
the handle into his abdomen and caus-
ing his bowels to protrude. 1t was
thought he could not recover.
Willie Bramlette, aged IS, living
near Rushville, Ind, was playing with
his fathers loaded shotgun, when it
was accidentally discharged, the load
lodging in the temple of the boys in
FAINT sister, Cora, aged 4years, instantly
killing her. The top of the child's head
was entirely blown off.
"A farmer named H. w. Wilken-
ming, residing near Benton, Texas,
came to town, bought lot of powder
and tied it up in a paper. With it he
entered blacksmith shop, and stood
talking to the smith while the latter was
hammering hot iron. A spark fell in
the powder, blowing up things general.
ly, singeing off Wilkenning's hair and
whiskers and burning off his clothes.
His injuries were severe, but probably
not fatal.
AT Burlington, Iowa, Henry Voelker,
aged IA, was exhibiting loaded revolv-
er to a companion of about the same
age, named Michael Haggerty. when
the weapon was discharged and the bull
let passing entirely through young
Voelker's left hand, entered Haggerty $
right side. The wound WIS very Sc
rious one, and it was believed would
prove fatal. Young Voelker was ar
rested. T
Two boys, named O'Neal, went into
the house of man named James White,
at Mckinney, Texas, and thinking to
have little fun, Lit match and drop
ped it into keg half full of water. An
explosion followed, tearing the house to
pieces and scattering the contents in all
directions. The boys were badly, posi-
bly, fatally, injured. Their hair was
singed, and their skins severely burned.
"A little 7-year-old daughter of Jas.
Pratt of Maxtin, O., was playing in the
saw-mill of James Wells, when she was
caught by the hair upon shaft making
400 turns to the minute. The father, at
work in the mill, was the first to see the
child whirling upon the shaft. In hor-
ror he rushed to the throttle-valve and
shut off the steam, when the child's
body dropped to the ground, lifeless
The entire scalp was torn from the head
and securely wrapped about the shaft
by the hair, the line of severance being
across the forehead, taking off the left
ear and half of the right and to the
roots of the hair at the back.
Foreign Notes.
The Zulus have had a translation OF
the New Testament for 25 years. The
whole Bible is now nearly completed in
their language.
The Christian Brothers of Coblentz
who, without being expelled from Ger
many, had established recently a con
vent at Verviers, have been requested
by the Belgian Government to recros
the frontier.
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often contain fish scales that the author
tiles, always suspecting something tisby
made inquiries, and learned that thes
piscine morsels are held to be lucl
bringing.
One person in 45O in Prussia is al
fected with insanity. A Berlin profess
or attributes the result largely to in
temperance among he lower class, an
too much forcing of early educatio
among others.
M. Gambetta is called by some c
the most determined Paris reds, 9Th
Alcibiades of Paris" because he dwell
in a magnificent house, keeps the fines
of horses and the best of cooks, an
rumor says is building luxurious bath
room which is to cost $4,000.
No slight commotion has bee
caused among the pleasure.loving SCI
ton of the people in Berlin by polio
order decreeing the closing of all dam
ing resorts by midnight, messul
equivalent to their entire abolition
Hundreds will be ruined by this deere
The proprietor of one temple of Teri
sichore has already committed suicid
, AN English agricultural essayi
! declared the other day that Americs
competition, not only in respect to foe
supplies of all sorts, but manufacture
, articles as well-including cutlery
Sheffield--is the "chief reason" " wi
British farming has of late years becon
, so Improbable; and looking ahead, ,
the signs of the tunes point to still mo
abundant shipments from the proli
, States.
, Ru the overwhelminp majority