Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-02-22

10 CotiLuotCu, VIII UC paio lOI CuttluS.
hauling and storing, and at least siz
times that amount for marketing in
spring and summer. H YsDtggk u -
"A little cotton mill has been started
at Westminster, s.. c., the machinery
costing. only about 81, 500 run by eight
hands. The capital was made up by 9
company of farmers and one mill own
er (who furnished the water power)
who manufacture their own cotton from
the seed, and turn otit about S25 worth
of yarns per day at present low prices
They have home market for their farm
products, and greatly increase the value
of their cotton.
Haps and Mishaps. H
Mrs. Caroline Davis, of Bay City,
Mich, fell dead while hanging ou,
clothes.
"A team of runaway steers killed 8
little son of Mr.. Peter Snyder, of Kent
City, Mich. ,--lL" hnt s..asa
"A young SON of the Rev. Oscar
Lupe, of Iowa City, Iowa, was fatally
burned while playing with some
matches. H. Zo,ii.'i i-'i' ga ~
"A daughter of James Robinson, who
lives near Stanford, Mclean County,
ILL.,, lost her life by her clothes taking
fire from CRATE.
Louisa Walter, Q years of age, was
choked to death in Chicago by one OF
those noisome toys termed balloon
whistle, which she accidentally sucked
into her throat
Miss Annie Truitt was thrown from
a Of OF
Ind. Her foot caught in the stirrup, and
she was dragged about 200 yards, re-
ceiving fatal injuries.
Marie Azurine, a female trapeze
performer, fell during performance at
the Theater Comique, Detroit, Mich,
striking on an orchestra chair 80 feet
below and receiving probably fatal in
juries.
"A e-year-old daughter of James
Robinson, near Stanford, Ill.,, was burn
ed to deeth by her clothing catching
fire from the stove while her parents
were away.
At Bosville, Hamilton County, Ind. !,
Denny Kearns, d miller, was attempting
to throw belt on corn-sheller, when
he was caught by the shaft and wS,rled
around several times, breaking both
legs, severing one foot, tearing one from
the socket, and otherwise injuring him
fatally.
Robert Smith and his daughter
were riding in wagon near Littleton,
W. Va, when the horses became fright
ered at an approaching train and ran
towards the railway track. The daugh-
ter jumped from the wagon and fell
directly in front Of 9 the locomotive,
which ran over and crushed her to death.
7 AT Joliet, ILL.,, Bridget and Maggie
Crane, sisters, were drowned in the Des
PLANES River. The girls were aged 20
and IA, and lived with their widowed
mother, near the river. The Younger
sister went to the stream for water and
broke through the ice. Bridget at
tempted to rescue her and both were
drowned.
Foreign Notes.
1T is reported that Prince Leopold,
the eighth child and fourth son of
Queen Victoria, now in the twenty y-sixth
yeat of his age, will enter the Church
of England. t''af
Princes Matilda, the niece of the
Rins of Saxony, is one of the few mar
riageable daHghtets Of Ronian Catholic
reigning houses, and has Been fer some
time spoken of as the future Crown
Princess of Austria. t..s,
The marriage of the Duke of Con-
naught Is definitely fixed for the 18th of
March. A fancy bali ON magnificent
scale is to be given In the Exposition
Palace, Dublin, on the occasion Of the
DUKES marriage. "7''''.i -. isa 1,a
-Garibaldi has written letter to the
effect that if the present King renders
Italy prosperous, he will deserve the
gratitude Of all Italians, including the
Republicans. The latter pretend that
the old man has sold out in his dotege.
1t is said that Princess Beatrice,
Queen Victoria's youngest child, will
soon visit Berlin, and it is further ru-
mored that the trip Is not entirely un-
connected with a matrimonial scheme
planned in her behalf by her eldest sis
ter, the Crown Princess of Germany.
The King of Spain recently met
King Louis II. of Braganza of Portugal
in Elva, on the frontier, on the occasion
of the opening of a new railroad from
one kingdom to the other, and it is said
that their meeting, ostensibly to honor
the opening of the railroad, was really
to treat upon the marriage OF Louis's
eldest son to the Princess Maria Pia,
second sister Of Alfonso. .-
French Newspaper Wit.
Translated from the Paris Journals.l
Mime. X, who has no teeth, is
in the habit of speaking very i'll of Mime.
I, who has very ugly ones. Theil
respective situations were thus pleas.
antly summed up by mutual friend;
eff Mime. x had teeth she would
be quite as ugly as Nine. L"
They were speaking of the pretty
Countess of X, whose beauty, alas! is
not equaled by her wit. "She never
opens her mouth unless it is to say
something silly" says friend. "Never
mind" was another friends reply
"she's woman that it's a pleasure to
see speaking"
"A gentleman who is no longer
young and who never was handsome,
says to child in the presence of it
parents: swell, my child, what d.
you think of me, ehp" The little on'
makes no reply, and the gentleman
continues: "Well, so you won't tel
me what you think of me. Why won
you." "'Cause 1 don't want to ge
licked"
There are Gascons in America a
everywhere else. One of them recentl.
said: SIN the State of Ohio the col,
is so intense in the winter that thi
happened to me: was attacked by
robber, took out my pistol. Their
was powder in it, but no ball. l wa
inspired by a lucky idea. l spit in tn
barrel and fired. The spittle froze oil
its way, and the malefactor was sho
dead!"
Mime. R-.a Parisienne, who's