Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-03

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school; the recitation benches being in
front of the teachers desk, between
him and the school, and the backs of
the pupils toward each other, communi-
cation by look or sign is out of the
question. The only special rule made
is that pupils shall not look around.
Haps and NIishaps.
Anna Fischer was burned to death
at Lacrosse, Wis, by the explosion of
kerosene lamp.
"A little daughter of Joseph Good
man of Findlay, o., fell in cistern
and was drowned.
james Stephenson. well known
Ill, was killed by kick of a horse.
Christopher Barley had his skull
crushed in a saw-mill near Marion, Ind.
He was caught in the belt and thrown
violently against a log.
"A little girl, daughter of Mr.. j.
Cross of Mosalem Township, Dubuque
County, Iowa, was choked to death by
a piece of an apple.
The 2-year-old daughter of Jacob
Minnick of Pilot Township, Kankakee
County, ILL.,, fell into q four foot well
and was drowned in 80 inches of water.
Two little children of farmer
named Jones, who lives near Napoleon,
Lafayette County, Mo, were crushed to
death by the blowing down of section
of the frame of barn which was in
course of erection. Both were instantly
killed.
Father Vineyard, of the Church of
Assumption, at South Bend, Ind, while
asleep swallowed an upper set of teeth,
consisting of four teeth in gold plate.
When he awoke they were so far down
his throat that he could not get them
out, and as the surgeons have since fail
ed to extract them, the probabilities are
that he will die.
An S-year-old daughter of Dennis
Sullivan of Joliet, ILL.,, was burned to
death by her clothes coming in contact
with a bonfire.-Henry Utter's 5-year-
old daughter met q similar fate at Mount
Carmel, Hl.-Another victim was Hat
tie, the eldest daughter of A. S. Brewer
of Tampico, Ill.-Still another was q z.
year-old daughter of Schurn Weber,
living near Carroll, Iowa.
Foreign Notes.
"A marriage is arranged between his
Spanish Majesty and the Archduchess
Maria of Austria, daughter of the late
Archduke Charles Ferdinand. The
Princess was born on the 2lst of July,
1858. The marriage will not take place
until after midsummer.
"A police order recently issued in
Berlin directs that every traveller arriv
ing there in the company of lady to
furnish satisfactory evidence that the
lady belongs to his family, or that hi:
relations with her are of legal kind, ,ol
that they are otherwise. The order has
caused great trouble among foreigners
reaching Berlin.
The Beacons6eld Administration
has spent $1S, 100000 on law and jus
tice, $17, 100000 on the national deb
600 for reduction of debt and S29, 800,
600 for public education more than the
previous Government during the same
period of five years.
The Pope is making great reduc
tions in his personal household, observ
ing that it is useless to keep up an enor
nous kitchen where nothing is cooked
His dinner consists of soup and one
plate. OF personal service he require.
very little, so that his retainers will be
reduced to one-third of their number.
"A retired lawyer in Paris, consider
ing himself ibelled, brought suit agains
Sc newspapers, and piled up his de-
mand for damages to an aggregate OF 9
million and a half francs. The specu
| lation was not brilliant success, as he
only won two of the suits, and in those
the damages allowed were 25 francs
without costs.
The idea of the separation of AL.
SAGE and Lorraine is gaining ground. |.
Prince Bismarck personally conferred
on the occasion of the Emperor's fett
with several German Princes who haG
gone to Berlin, including the King o
Saxony and the Grand Dukes of Baden
Mecklenburg, and Weimar, and they
are all said to view the plan with ia.
vorable eye.
The omission to invite Mr.. Glad
stone to the marriage of the Duke o
Connaught is made the subject of mucl
comment in English society. He i
personally disliked by the Queen, ant
both the Prince and Princess of Wale
share her antipathy; but somethin!
was due to his eminent position. Ill
has been Al years in the House of Com
mons, and it is As years since he frs
served the Grown, having filled tn
highest offices of State under four Pre-
miers---Sir Robert Peel, Lord Aber
deem, Lord PalmerstOn, and Earl Rus
sell. He is, moreover, the only livin
man who has been Premier save Lor
Beaconsfeld.
| Odds and Ends.