Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-04-19

Hc lutcT-Oldtc oTdUOTlCdl COHGeSG
is to be held this year at Iowa City on
the 7th of May. The judges are Will
liam T. Harris of st. Louis, William
Cumback of Indiana and w. L. Gibson
of Ohio.
AT a recent meeting of the Chero-
kee Indian Baptist Association II
churches were represented, and 300 per-
sons were present. Addresses were
made by Revs. Jack Walkingstick,
Poor Wolf and Mr.. Whirlwind.
Miss Chandler, formerly teacher in
Laporte, Indiana, has been appointed
Professor of Mathematics in Wellesley
College at a salary of $500, with board.
Miss Chandler took the regular CLASH
cal course in Michigan University.
Prof. Mark w. Harrington, a grad
uate of Michigan University and re-
Gently a teacher in the Imperial Univer-
city at Pekin, has been elected to the
chair of astronomy in the former insti-
tuition.
There are in the Episcopal Church
in the United States four pastors who
have never changed their parishes, and
who have passed their fiftieth year of
service. They are Rev. DR.. Brown of
Newburgh, N. Y, Rev. DR.. Meade of
Norwalk, Conn, Rev. DIR. Edison of
Lowell, Mass and Rev. DIR. Shelton of
Buffalo, N. Y.
in 1918, 13 men gathered together,
Is prayers were said, and S13 subscrib-
ed for the establishment of place of
learning for Baptists. To-day Madison
University, at Clinton, N. Y, owns all
its buildings and 160 acres of land in a
beautiful part of the country. 1t has q
fine library, no debts and more than
S400, 900 drawing interest.
Haps and MIshaps.
A 4-year-old son of William Fies,
living near Beloit, Wis, was fatally
burned by falling into pail of hot
water.
AT Youngstown, O., Kate Moran, II
years old, was burned to death by her
clothes taking fire while pa sing too
pear CRATE.
"A little son of Mr.. L. johnson, of
Lawrence, Kas., died from the effects Of
kernel of corn having gone down his
windpipe and lodged in his lungs.
AT Fennell's saw-mill, in Harrison
County, Ky, VIM. F. Wheeler and
Frank Humphreys, the latter aged only
10, were crushed under an immense log.
1t was thought neither could survive.
/ AT West Union, w. Va, 4 year
old child of Mr.. Elevenger, who lives
near the railroad, crawled out upon the
track unobserved and was run over by
= passing train, his body being literally
cut in two.
/
Mrs. Lucinda A. Davis, living on
Hammond Street, Chicago, while light.
ing fire was so horribly burned by the
igniting of a shawl which she had
around her shoulders, that she died at AZ
early hour the next morning.
Miss Amelia Lowenstein, 20 years
old, was assisting her father in burning
rubbish at Iowa City, Iowa, when hel
dress took fire, and despite the efforts
of her parents, all her clothing wa;
burned except her shoes. Her injurie:
were fatal.
Miss Emma Greenwood, aged IS
daughter of farmer, George Green
wood of Carthage, Texas, while iu :
corn-ield, was burned to death, by he
dress catching from pile OF burning
corn stalks. Her father tried to saw
her, but too late.
Rose McCusker, 78 years of sge, o
New York City, was found at an earl,
hour the other morning impaled on
spike of an iron fence in front of he
residence, quite dead. The unfortunate
lady was a somnambulist, and durih.
the night had walked out of third
story window and met her untimely end
At Pekin, ILL.,, John Joyce, an EN-
ployee at Campbell's saw-mill, was acci
dentally caught in belt which carries
him to the shaft, where he became en-
tangled, stripping him of his clothes
breaking his back, both arms and leg
in several places. He made over 80 rev
olutions around the shaft before tn
machinery could be stopped. He wa
crushed to jelly.