Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-01-18
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

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insured.
On the trip Of the steamer Moses Taylor
from San Francisco to San Juan, an irish
man shot two Englishmen who had denied
having any Fenian procllyltles.
A blind man was left in the second story
at recent fire in ST. Louis, and the STAIR
way being in flames, he was forced 10 leap
/ from the window, in doing which ne broke
his leg, and sustained severe internal IN
jaries.s %
Two men were executed at Pittsburg on
the 10Th for murder. Mrs. Grinder Will be
hung on the 18th. -. T
In Walworth county, Wisconsin, on the
9Th, three men entered the house OF a man
who had just sold his farm for $4,000, and
finding the farmer absent, murdered his wife
and child, and then proceeded TO ransack
the building While thus engaged, person
living near, hearing suspicious noises, went
to the house, saw what was going on, and
shot all three of the assassins, killing one
and MORALLY wounding the others.
From the Racine Journal, we hear of sew
eral narrow escapes of life at the late dis
astrous fire in that place:
4 Captain Charles Davis had narrow es-
cape from burning, and this incident will
show how excited and bereft OF reason men
sometimes are in such times of excitement
and peril Capt Davis had gone up on Top
Of the Episcopal church to try if possible to
put out the fire, but his efforts were of no
avail, and he was compelled to relinqnsh
his work, and seek safety in retreat While
the Captain was at work, some, seven or
eight men carried away the ladder, and
when he started to 60 down, he became for
the first time aware of his perilous situation.
The flames were approaching him from
all directions, and spreading with frightful
rapidly. But he retained his composure
and presence of mind in this dreadful stu
alton, and making his way through fire and
smoke to the side of the steeple, he man
, aged to get hold of the lightning rod, and
lowered himself in safety to the ground.
Mr. Tapley, the post master, also had a
, narrow escape. He was on the roof of the
Racine House, standing on the ridge throw
ing water. Very suddenly his feet slipped,
and he fell and slipped off the roof, striking
the roof below that from which he slipped,
still striking another roof and from that he
| fell to the ground, sustaining very slight
injury.
John NJ Osgood while working on the
roof of the Uuiyersalist chuch, slipped and
began sliding down, but his coat caught on
} large nail, and stopped him until he was
athletic regain the ridge. This was indeed
, narrow escape from instant destruction for
haG he fallen, he must certainly have been
dashed to pieces.
The Clarendon House, on Randolph street
Chicago, was destroyed on the 9th inst, to-
gether with several stores Loss 800, 600
During the past year III persons have
been killed in New York city by being rur
, over. During the same period 1853 persons
were drowned in the city, and 81 killed
/, most Of which were outright murders
!. Two men at South Amboy, n j., or
Christmas night, agreed to settle a quarre
by duel-weapons, razor and bayonet
, Both were fearfully gashed, and the razor
holder will die, having received bayone
thrust in the belly.
! A little child in Rockford, ILL.,, came neal
losing its life few days since, simply BY
I playing with an old stem Of tobacco pip,
e in its mouth. The poison of the Tobacco,
: almost producing death.
n A man has been sentenced to three month
! imprisonment at York, Eng, for attempt
. ing to hang himself.
A fire occurred in New Haven on the 9Th
in which a little girl came near bein,
i burned alive. She was rescued by a fire
s man.
q A disastrous fire occurred about O. clocl
on the morning of the 9th in Chicago
Eleven stores were almost wholly destroyed
and twenty families were rendered homeless
The total loss was about 100000, about on
half of which is covered by insurance.
u A terrible boiler explosion took place a
:, o'clock yesterday afternoon in the irol
: foundry Of H. NJ Brown, Chicago. TIL
building was constructed of wood, and tn
e greater portion of it was completely demol
d ished. The total loss of property is abou
IS $4,000. Fortunately no lives were lost.
$ On the I'd inst, John Hendly was exc
cuted at Lawrence, Kansas, for the murde
II of John Sutton, in June last. He died per
= fectly resigned, but protested to the las
: that the act was done in self defence, an(
: only after Sutton had shot him in the arm
s Hendly was refugee from Mississippi
. where he and his wife were bounded almos
to death because they refused to join the re
beFs. Finally he escaped to Kansas Wits
key and bad company, ne said, were hi
ruin.
: A large fire occurred at jackson, Mich.
on the 9TH. The loss amounts to ovel
$4,000 ''' =
: A man named Moore was bitten some
time last fall by a cur, supposed to be mad
but, in reality, suffering from the complain
known as the mad itch. Moore, who lives
about mile and half from Indianapolis
became very uneasy, went to Terre Haute
and had Mrs. Taylor's mad stone applied
: He was discharged after one or two appli
cations; but the fear of hydrophobia sc
preyed upon his mind that he had no rest
Last Friday he died, exhibiting singular
state of nervous disorganization for some
!. time prior to his death.
On the Bureau Valley Railroad, Dec. 28
near Snachwine, the engineer whistled q
1 drove of horses off the track, when in great
fright they ran down the track to the bridge
/, and attempted to cross it on the ties, but
made a bad failure of it, their legs slipping
! Through and leaving them perfectly hel pless.
The brakemen and express agents then
turned out with rails and pried them off the
bridge into the mud below. One struck on
: his side and was able to hobble off with diff
hculty. One struck ON its head and wasn't
able to hobble at all, and one BEGAN crazy
and started back to butt the en- line of
: the track, but running against connect
|, ing rod tore hole in its throat, from the
effects of which it bled to death
The Adams Express car in the train be-
tween New York and New Haven, on the
/ 9th, was robbed of about $500, 900. The
, thieves left $40, 900 on the floor of the car.
: The Harrisburg Telegraph of the 9th says