St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-01-27
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Shocking and Fatal Accident.

On Thursday Of last week, an acct.
dent occurred in our village, resulting
in the death of Mr.. James IIillman,
and a were injury to Mr.. George
Lines. Both were residents of Union
in this county. They were in a lum,
Der wagon, just starting for home,
and driving at a brcak-ncck rate down
Mill street. Making rather a short
turn around Mr.. j. kclly's granary,
at the foot of the street, the hind
wheels slucd around upon the ice and
bare ground, and about the same in,
slant the right forward wheel struck
some slight object so as to nearly
o%vcrturn the wagon, throwing both
men out upon the left side, intlicting
a severe but not dangerous wound
upon the head Of Mr.. Lines, and Mr..
Hillman's head striking the end of a
saw log, with great force, just back
and above the left ear, so as to frac,
ture and dcprcss the skull to Il cOnsid'
cradle extent, he was rendered entire,
ly scnselcss. He was imm" iiatcly
carried into the City Hotel and prop.
crly cared for. An examination OF
his injuries was made by Drs. Smith,
Parsons and ~Fcsscndcn, and the ope.
ration of trephining was performed,
with some apparent benefit for a time,
but he remained unconscious and died
the next morning.
The wife Of Mr.. Hillman, with her
infant child, arrived a few minutes be-
fore her husband brcathcd his last.
The scene was truly affecting. He
leaves q wife and five young children
here {; and three daughters by a form.
or marriage, and his mother, who re,
side in Illinois. His age was forty,
eight years. lie is said to have emf,
grated from England some fifteen
years since to Illinois, from which
State he went to California, where he
acquired u handsome property. He
has been u resident of Union some tive
years, and has made extensive i'm
provements upon his farm. He is
highly spoken of as u kind ncighbor
husband and father. Unfortunately
he had formed an appetite for intoXI
eating drink, and truth and justice re
quirc it t. be stated that at the timt
of the accident lie Il partially un
der its influence. Let this be a solemn
warning to the unfortunate lover o
spurious liquors, and also to him wllc
~tratfics in them.
We appeal to our citizens to deter
mine whether something cannot ant
ought not to be done to stay the in
iquitous traffic in liquid poison whicl
prevails, not only in this town, but il
a greater OF less degree throughout
the State.
We see 10y the Wavcrly RcpublicaI
that a convention of agricultural SC
c~icties, and Of all persons who are in
tcrcstcd in the planting and cultiva
ting of Chinese sugar Cane and til
manufacture of sugar and molassc
thcrefrom, is called by order of til
Bremen County Agricultural Society
to meet at Wavcrly on the third da
of March, and to continue as long a
it may be interesting. There will b
a general discussion of the best mctI
Cd OF planting, cuItivating, and MAJ
ufacturing sugar and molasscs, all
Il free interchange Of views O
this important branch of agricultur'
Specimens Of strip and sugur Of IA:
seasons crop, with mode of manufa
turc, are called for. We hope a GOO
delegation from Floyd county will
in attendance.