Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-02-01
ANED ACCIDENTS

A fine boy, three years old, only son of
Mr.. John Henry, of Watts precinct, Craw-
ford county, ILL.,, recently fell into kettle
of boiling water, which his mother was u.s.
ing in scrubbing the floor. He was instantly
lifted out, but on taking off his clothes the
skin literally peeled off from his neck down
wards. He lived only few hours.
Last week, Friday, as the Freight Agent
of the Illinois Central at Bloomington was
about to hand money package to the mes
senger on the night train, he was set upon
by couple of ruffians, beat and choked IN
til he relinquished the money. The thieves
obtained $1,000. No!clue to them has been
obtained.
During the intense cold of Sunday night,
in New York city, woman named Lafferty
whose husband is Waterman, residing in
Fifty third street near Lexington avenue,
was frozen to death. The facts of the case
appear to be as follows: Mrs. Lefferty had
four children, one Of whom was an infant.
At late hour of the night she arose from
bed in order to cover her three children
more carefully, and again retired with the
infant at her breast. Next morning she
was found frozen to death with the innocent
babe endeavoring to suckle from the breast
of it's dead mother Her husband being
night Waterman, did not come homo until
daylight So tightly were the arms of the
mother elasped around her infant that
it REQUIRED the1 united efforts Of two
men to remove them from their close en-
brace.
An extraordinary accident has occurred
near Marseilles. Some shepherds were
driving flock Of l ,44O sheep to pasture
which lay at the foot of high hill the
sheep, instead of following the path, no
sooner came in sight of the pasture from
which they were separated by wall six
feet high which was protected by quick
get hedge, than they bolted for the wall, in
tending to leap over it. The first sheep were
checked by the hedge, but the whole flock
was in motion, and sheep tumbled over sheep
until 244 sheep persisted, sufocated by the
superintendent living mass. A shepherd
who attempted to check them was knocked
down and likewise persisted of suffocation.
George Huber, an old and highly respect
ed German citizen of Portage City, Wis,
committed suicide by shooting himself in
the head on Tuesday last, in temporary fit
of insanity.
The Union School House at Titusville in
the Pennsylvania oil regions was. destroyed
by fire on the 10th inst. Loss ten to twelve
thousand dollars.
Fourteen sea-going steamers have been
totally lost on or near our Atlantic coast
since October, sacrificing about one hum
bred and fifty lives.
On the 18th, four fires occurred with loss
es as follows; Richmond, Va, $40, 600; De-
troit, $4,000; East saginaw, Michigan,
$4,000; and Bergen, New Jersey, II
buildings.
On last Thursday night the 18th, fire
broke out at the Pennebacker well, Funk
vile, Pennsylvania oil regions, and commu-
nicated to Jenkins Nos l and wells, and
three tanks containing about thousand
barrels of oil, all of which were destroyed,
including three derricks and three engine
houses. The fire ragged at the Pennebacker
well three hours, and was then extinguish- |
ed by bending pipe, and conducting the |
oil to some distance and smothering the |
fame. The fire took from a lantern in the |
hands of a person crossing the ferry.
A plausible fellow called at a drinking sa-
loon in Cincinnati early the other morning, |
and after little parleying with the lad in |
charge, handed him bottle, uncorked, re- |
quegting him to smell of it and pass judg- |
ment upon it as good quality of gin
something new entirely. The lad applied it |
to his nose, and with energy inhaled the |
liquid several times. Failing to detect any
odor like that of gin he handed The bottle |
back with statement to that effect But |
as he did this he began to experience dull |
feeling of drowsiness-an indesribable idea |
Of nonentity. He, however, retained sense /
enough, though reeling like one intoxicated
to detect the stranger in an attempt to slap |
the TILL" and he fought with him with
what strength he had left for the possession
of the money in the drawer. Fortunately, |
q gentleman desiring an early drink hap