The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-08-01

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ger-shaped fan, bought AZ some fancy
fair and Of no intrinsic value, which hap
pened 10 be her sons last gift TO her.
She listens to all that is said to her,
steadily regarding the flower painting
on the fan. The immediate concern OF
those about her is not for the fate Of the
dynasty, but for the health Of her mind.
OF the House Of Commons at the
Queens accession only eight members
survive, Of whom Mr.. Gladstone is one.
Two we're members prior TO the Reform
bill Of 1881. Mr.. Mansel Talbot is, we
believe, the senior and the father Of the
House. He has sat from the age Of ~
for Glamorganshire, Of which county he
is also Lord Lieutenant, and has seen his
property quadruPle in value through the
extension Of colliery and other mineral
enterprises in the principally.
The Empress OF Austria likes SOL
itary hunting expedition. With her IA
vorite rife in hand, she goes deep into
the wooded mountains and solitary val
ieys which stretch round the Imperial
domain in every direction. Dressed in
the rough costume Of the Tyrol, she will
often make excursions Of two or three
days duration, staying at night at some
distant cot, where the only fare, besides
the game The brings with her, is goat
cheese and milk, with black bread.
Guinness, the brewer, lately gave
the most brilliant entertainment of the
London season thus far. Rank, fashion
and wealth were mingled. The feature
Of the evening was the floral decora-
tons. Even the cornice Of one room was
hung with garlands of summer roses
to the number of 10000. The house is
in Grosvenor Place, and was built by the
Duke Of Westminster for his eldest son,
Earl Grosvenor, but passed into the
possession Of Baron Stroussberg, who
figured there for three seasons, and then
drifted into the hands of his creditors.
Haps and Mishaps.
Near Fredericktown, o., William
Frey's child fell into boiler Of hot
water, and was scalded to death.
Mrs. Ellen McDermett, residing in
Harrison County, Ind, was bitten on
the arm by large black spider, and
died in great agony six days afterward.
Thomas j.. Hilbert, drug-clerk at
Detroit, Mich, was fatally wounded by
the explosion Of self-cocking pistol
while engaged in making up his bed.
While loading wheat on farm near
Frankfort, Ind, Charles Talbot,
young man, fell from the wagon and q
pitchfork penetrated his abdomen, caus-
ing fatal wound.
AT Canal Winchester, o., two boys,
named Burgoon and Selby, aged and
IA years, were playing with revolver,
when Selby shot Burgoon, infiicting
mortal wound
dence, r. L., John Campbell, IL years
of age, was struck in the stomach by
bat in the hands Of William McClane,
and died in short time.
While a colored boy, aged ~, was
bathing on Judge VOLTS plantati on,
near Dublin, Ca, be was bitten on the
foot and hand by moccasin snake.
He died in great agony.
"A 3-year-old child OF James Shan
nahan, at Dudley. Iowa, drank bot
tie Of carbolic acid, which had careless
ly been left in IFS way, and died three
hours later, in terrible agony.
Mrs. q. Krauss Of Mendoza. MINI,
wen. into her cellar to get some pro-
visions, and being gone long time her
little daughter went TO see what had
happened her. She was found lying
dead at the bottom Of the steps with her
neck broken.
A little 5-year-old SON Of James
Cramie Of Utica, Mich, ran in front of
the mowing-machine and struck one of
the horses, starting them up. Before
he could get away the knives caught
and literally CIT him in two. He died
in few minutes.
Aaron Pfaffenberger, blacksmith
Of Jonesville, Ind, while shooting re-
fractory mule, was kicked BY the ami
NAL and raised clear off the ground, the
mules hoof striking him in the mouth,
cutting his lip, knocking out his teeth
and crushing his gums, and when
alghting striking the back Of his head
against the wall and fracturing his
spinal column.
The wife Of Horace Jones, farmer
living l6 miles south Of Greensburg, Ind,
went out the other evening to catch
a chicken she had put in box. When
she thrust her hand into the box, It was
seized by large rat, which held her
hand until choked TO death by her. Her
hand healed up and nothing more was
thought about il until some days later,
when her arm began to turn black and
she became violently sick, and has since
died.
Odds md Ends.
The removal Of the duty on quinine