Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-04-11
incidents and Accidents.


"A lady at Allentown, Pa, last week,
had a pin removed from her arm where it
had been imbedded for the last six years,
though constantly moving from one place
to another, and keeping. her in continual
pain w .eE.II T9eI6
"A little girl, aged about four years,
named Bowers, an inmate of the Home
of the Friendless, in Springfield, Ill, was
burned to death recently, by her clothes
taking fire. --,-oNT ~.o~fa-- E
"A man named Besselmen, confined in
jail at Centerville, Ind, for having attempt
ed to murder his wife, committed suicide
on Friday, tie goth, by cutting his throat
with razor.
The new Academy Of Music in New
York was the scene Of a gas explosion, re-
lrcently, aboutan hourprevious to the night
| ly performance, which came near causing
another serious fire.
Six cases of trichina have occurred in
Springfield, Mass, all in the family of Rams
ey Hall, from the, eating. of ham, and a
daughter of Mr. II. died on Monday, Both,
from the terrible disease. Mrs. Hall is in a
critical condition. The ham had been pur-
chased about a week, and was eaten with
out being cooked.
The indianapolis Herald says that
"abOut three weeks since Mr.. r. G.. Ha-
worth, of Liberty, had fifteen teeth extract
ed by nitrous oxide dentist of Cincinnati,
and has been confined to his bed ever since,
from the deleterious effects of the gas"
The extraction of the remainder of his
skeleton would probably rid him Of the
-"deleterious effects"
"A plaster manufacturer, Of Montpel-
lier, France, named Lionnet, has just met
with his death while handling pistol
which he had taken from his secretary,
where it had been lying for long time in
a drawer. He appears to have forgotten
that the arm was loaded, and in playing
with the trigger, the charge went off and
blew out his brains. M. Lionnet had only
been fortnight married.
On Monday last, Mr. McCarrol, one of
the hands on the Eleroy section Of the
Illinois Central railroad, was instantly
killed. Uappears that freight train, while
switching at that station, was cut, and Mr.
passed, stepped on the track to commence
work, when that part of the train which
had been cut off ran against him, knocking
him down and passing over him, complete
ly severing his head and shoulders from the
lower part of his body. hfs r..
"A horrible suicide is reported from
Lorida, in Spain. A few days ago man
was brought into the hospital of that place
in dreadful state Of mutilation. It ap-
peared that he had locked himself up in
his room. ripped himself up with knife,
and tore out his intestines, cutting them
into fragments, and throwing them about
the room. He then opened the door and
called in his wife, whose horror may be
easily conceived. At the hospital, being
asked his motive for the act, he said he was
driven to it by violent pains in the stomach.
He lived until the following day.
=" Professor" Macallister, a wizard"
has had an amusing crow" in Buffalo. 1t
seems that his partner takes the money,
and refuses to disburse Macallister's dues
at Macallster's convenience The other
serve his necessary occasions, which was
denied him. Thereupon, the audience be-
ing assembled, the "wizard" declined to
call spirits from the vastly deep until he
" saw his way" advising the people to fall
back on the cashier for their money.
They evinced and avowed, instead a deter
mination to punch the wizards" head and
thereby finally won upon him to go on
with the performance.
"A painful event has just occurred at
Murville (Moselle, France The cure had
performed the funeral ceremony over the
body of Nine Jean, who had died the
previous night at the age of seventy-one,
and the men had partially filled up the
grave, when all at once they heard a dull
sound apparently arising from the coffin.
They fetched at once the person who lived
nearest the cemetery, and he in his turn
heard the same noise The Mayor was
sent for and gave orders for the exhuma-
ton. The coffin was opened, and the body
was found to be warm, but no other sign
of life was to be perceived. A medical ex-
animation fixed the moment Of actual de-
cease at the time at which the elimination
was being made.