Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-03-15
Incidents and Accidents.

Edward Ryan, formerly at La Sale, ILL.,,
committed suicide at Nashville, ILL.,, on the
9Th, by shooting himself
A fire on Front street, at Beaver Dam,
Wisconsin, on the 9th inst, destroyed stores
to the amount of 5000
Hank Wilson, one of Burbank's stage
drivers, was shot dead on the 9th, at La
noble, Mimi, by tavern keeper named
Hammond.
A great fire occurred in the suburbs OF
Yeddo, Japan On the 31st of January.
Thirty thousand houses were destroyed and
80 persons persisted.
John Jenness, of Manchester, New Hamp-
shire, went into a stuper of sleep on the
Goth ultimo, and all attempts to arouse him
have thus far proved futile.
A Miss Malcolm, at Saltwater, Mimi, was
struck by a coasting sled, guided by a
youngster one day last week, and seriously
if not fatally injured
On the 10th ult., while colored man and
his wife were at church, in Doniphan coun-
ty, Kansas, their house took fire, burning
three children to death.
General Hitchcock was knocked down by
runaway horse in Washington, ON the
9th, and severely bruised. He is not in
jured seriously.
A fire in New York on the 5th destroyed
1900 bales of cotton. Loss $50O,O0O. The
fire is supposed to have been the work of
incendiaries.
The steamer Mary Helm, from Shreveport
for New Orleans, was burned on the 28th,
in Red river, with 600 bales of cotton. One
U. S. soldier was lost.
On Saturday, the Sd, Mrs. Hill, of Pitts
field, Washtenaw county, Michigan, while
walking with her daughter in the street,
fell, ard expired instantly.
At Titusville, Pa, on the It'll, fire de-
stroyed an entire block, fifteen buildings in
number, among which was the Moore House.
Loss estimated at 100000; insured for less
than $4,000.
A desperate conflict took place q few days
ago OH plantation in Stewart county,
Georgia, during which three whites and
seven negroes were killed and number of
others injured.
A couple of belligerent roughs at Daven-
port, Iowa, last Friday, waded out into
water knee deep, so as not to be interrupted
and had fight, in which each was pretty
soundly thrashed.
The steamer Lockwood blew up and was
burned on the night of the 14th, Is miles
below Memphis. Twenty persons were
killed and 25 injured. The boat was valued
at 100000; no insurance.
The late disastrous fire at Olean originated
in lot of ashes left in a shoe shop of that
place, and that one little piece of careless
ness cost the village a half million of
dollars.
A barn belonging to Fred Bell, adjoining
Turner'S Hall, in Madison, Wis, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 5th. Four cattle,
three horses, and other property were burnt
up in it.
There was collision of freight trains on
the Illinois Central Railroad, between Car
bondale and Makanda, on the evening of the
8th. Several persons were badly hurt
James Place, engineer, had his leg cut off
At Bedford, Ind, on the 5th, DR.. Benja-
min Newland killed Prof j. Madison Evans,
who had seduced the daughter Of the former.
The Doctor first shot the Professor, and
then g cut him to pieces" with dissecting
knife.
A boy named Sedley, aged Is years, while
attempting to jump on the Alton g. Chicago
train, at the Junction, two miles south of
Springfield, missed his footing, fell under
the wheels, and was instantly killed last
week.
Taylor Headley, young man residing in
Springfield, H., in attempting to jump on
train of cars on the Chicago and St. Louis
Railroad at the junction, was thrown under
the wheels of the carriage, which passed
his body, severing it in twain.
The Seymour, Indiana, Times mentions
case in that town in which a young lady adj
ministered "love powders to young
gentleman in the hope of winning his affec-
tions. The consequence was that he was
poisoned and came near dying.
William English, an orderly to Gen. W.
Morgan, while crossing the track of the
Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad, near
Jiliopolis, H., on the 7th, was run over by
train of cars and instantly killed, together
with hofse which he was riding at the
time.