Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1875 — A French Madman Captured. [ARTICLE]

A French Madman Captured.

A French maniac is doubtless the maddest of all madmen, and the French method of capturing him may be classed among national novelties. It comes to us fresh and interesting as the announcement of the latest fashions. In a small town in France there was a French madman. He shut himself up in a lonely house and fired at the passersby. After several people had been wounded in this manner the police were informed of the case. A Brigadier and two gendarmes were dispatched to capture the madman. They found him guarding his door with a double-barrel gun. They appealed to his reason to surrender, as they were three against one, but he could not see cause and threatened to kill the officers if they approached. They approached, the madman fired, killing the Brigadier and blinding one of his men. The other man, supposing there were no more shots in the locker, sprang forward and received a pistol-bullet in his heart. This ended that squad of police. The telegraph brought all the magistrates of the neighborhood, the Captain of gendarmes and a large force of policemen to the scene. It was intensely dramatic. The force besieged the lonely house, and the siege lasted all day. Shut up in his house the madman dared any of the outsiders to approach. They kept at a respectful distance, and finally retired under cover of the night. The next day the siege was renewed. The madman fired a shot now and then to remind the force that his flag was still there. It was very uncertain how many arms and how much ammunition he had. Another Brigadier had been killed and several gendarmes severely wounded. The magistrates got out of patience, and they ordered the house to be fired. This was done. Now the scene was ravishingly dramatic. The madman refused to yield or come out of his fortress, and he died fighting the flames and defying the besieging army. But the madman was captured, and the last act was horribly dramatic.— St. Louit Republican.

—A New Compound Verb—Sudden apparitioff—“ I’apa, dear, yon know that mamma said that if we had butter with our toast we weren’t to have anything else! Well, George has not only buttered his toast, hut he’s actually been and Liebig’s-extract-of-beefed it as well!” The young aspirant for journalistic honors who came into our office four days ago abd wanted to learn to be a reporter has proved himself an indefatigable wofker. We sent him out after an item, and he’s been out after it ever since.— New York Commercial Advertiser. A Philadelphia man says that when his wife gets up in the morning with a jerk and, neglecting to do up her hair, goes silently about her work she is materializing her domestic row, which before night will sh&ke tbe house to its foundatiops. *-