The Anthony Weekly Bulletin Harper County Friday June 25, 1897 A Painful Accident. Jas. J. COSTA, the well known hardware merchant, was out riding Monday evenign and was accompanied by his small boys Charlie and James. Mrs. Costa was driving a colt to a cart, and just south of the Missouri Pacific tracks he started the colt from a walk to a trot, but soon checked him up thinking the gait was too fast; the colt stopped with a jerk, and some of the harness breaking Mrs. Costa and James were thrown out and Mr. Costa bruised about the head and body pretty severely. Charlie stuck to the cart and the colt was stopped by some movers, when Charlie started back to see what had become of his father and the boy. His screams were heard by Mr. COOK and Mrs. Costa who and they went to the aid of Mr. Costa who was helped to his home very weak form the loss blood and in a dazed condition. Tuesday he was resting fairly well and the physician and family think he will be all right by the last of the week. It is indeed fortunate that the injuries to Mr. Costa were so light an! d that the boys escaped serious injury.