Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-05-24
Incidents and Accidents.

ter 10 death 1Or clandeStlne sparkling.
"A Boston servant girl stepped upon
glass skylight the other day, fell sixty feet
and was picked up dead.
"A young lady of New York, on the
morning after her marriage, hung herself
with the cord of the bridal bed.
BY the accidental falling in of an old
building in Chicago on the 10th, lady
named Watkins was crushed to death and
five men were badly injured.
AT recent fire i'll Cincinnati, ten
thousand boxes of candles were melted in
the basement. The grease, puddle is val
ued at thirty thousand dollars.
Mary p. Chambers died in Brooklyn
OH Tuesday, the 18th, in consequence of an
overdose of nur U0mica, given by mistake
of drug clerk, who was arrested.
After desperate fight of two hours,
a lobster was captured near Flint Island,
last week, which weighed three hundred
pounds and was four feet long, with claws
nine feet.
The Newburgh Journal notices a
birth on the cars, and heads it, Born at
Thirty Miles an Hour" If that youth
isn't fast it won't be becausche hadn't
good start.
The body of Louis Fox, the billiard
player, who mysteriously disappeared in
December last was found floating in the
Genesse river at Charlotte, seven miles
from Rochester.
The mother of Samuel Case, the lad
who was hung in Cincinnati, recently, for
the murder of James Hughes, died two
weeks after, of consumption. Her death
was greatly fastened by the execution of
her son.
"A resident of New Albany, Ind, APP
piled for divorce on the Sd instant, on the
ground of an obstinate and incuIable
propensity 10 steal on the part Of his wife.
After long discussion, the justice refused
to grant the divorce.
The soap and candle factory of Messrs
James s Kirk K Co, of Chicago was de-
stroyed by fire on the 18th. The total loss
is estimated at S105,00 on which there is
an insurance of S66,515, in various Eastern
and Western companies.
The other day dog got into the sheep
fold of General Singleton, near Quincy,
ILL.,, and destroyed four hundred dollars
worth of his valuable South Down sheep.
With hydrophobia and sheep killing, dogs
are pretty generally becoming nuisance.
Frank Delong. of the Greenleaf saw
mills, Meeker county, Mimi, was engaged
edging off a lot of boards, when his foot
accidentally became entangled, and brought
in contact with the saw, which run the
length of his leg. He did not long sur
vive.
"A little daughter of sheriff DisSosway,
of Bethlehem, Penn, during school hours,
complained of a sudden pain in her eyes.
and was permitted to return home. She
had only gone about five hundred yards be-
fore she became totally blind, and all efforts
to restore her sight have proved fruitless
"A street-car was left standing alone in
Rochester, N. ", on the lst, and il started
ION its own hook down steep hill, and
gathering velocity as it went, ran with full
force against tavern, smashing one end of
the car considerably. The tavern will re-
cover.
The extent of the oil product is thus
stated: During the past six years there
have been sunk, up to January l, 1861,
1880 wells in the United States, and there
has been produced total of crude oil equal
to about II, 640,670 barrels, which would
make a total amount for each well of !, ACT
barrels.
The Taunton Gazette says that a valua-
bic horse belonging to baker in Dighton
was lately killed in a singular manner. A
boy who had been playing with hoe left
il in the street, and the horse stepping on
the blade, the handle flew up with such
force as to penetrate his bowels, and it was
necessary TO kill him.
"A brother in law of Dennis Mccarthy,
who was drowned in Fall River in FEB
ruary, had a dream lately, that the drowned
man came to him and told where his body
could be found. So strongly was he i'm
pressed by the vision that he followed its
directions in the morning, and found the
missing body in the spot described.
"A firm, DESTROYS of finding out the Pc
cuniary statue of person who wished to
purchase goods telegraphed for the infor-
nation. Tie answer came back. "Note
good for any amount" So large bill of
goods was sold and shipped. The note
became due and went to protest The
firm found with disgust that the dispatch
should have read, Not good for any
amount"
-Cadez, who shot Conductor Barker in
sleeping car at Niagara Falls, recently,
has presented Mrs. Barker with $500, and
SAYS that if the wounded man dies she shall
have all his property. He remembers
nothing of the shooting, and thinks that
the liquor which he drank had been
drugged by party of rascals who intended
his person.
The Atlanta Ne,a Era states that, on
Sunday, the 10Th, Ira II. TAYLOR, ESQ.,, au-
ditor of the Western & Atlantic Railroad,
committed suicide near Station No. 10, on
the Central Railroad. He left a note stat
ing that he found he was tending toward
insanity, and, rather than become an in
mate of a lunatic asylum, he would end his
existence. He leaves wife and two chill
dren.
"A youth of sixteen and girl Of four
teen eloped in New Britain, Conn, Mon
day night, but the girls father caught them
at the doorway of a justice in an adjoining
town, horsewhipped the lad, seized his
daughter by the arm, seated her on the
horse behind him, promised her "good
spanking" when they got home, forbid the
would-be husband from ever being seen in
New Britain again, and slowly galloped
home.
Isaac Davis, a prominent halter of In
| dianapolis, was shot and seriously hurt by
| a burglar on Sunday night, May 18TH The
fellow was endea Voring to force an entrance
| into the house, when Mr. Davis opened the
door and endeavored to hit him with a
poker. The burglar fired two shot at him,
one ball passing through the right breast
near the shoulder. The wound is a severe
one, and Mr.. Davis condition is very
critical.
"A gentleman in New England town
buried his sixth wife last week Shortly
after the funeral he met the minister who
officiated, and offered him three dollar
| greenback. The minister declined to take
| il, saying he was not accustomed TO
accept pay for such services. The gen.
tleman cody replied Just as you say;
but that's what I've been in the habit of
paying"
Bridget Gleason, meat cook at the