The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-08-13
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Incidents and Accidents.

] "A little boy at Hartford, Conn, was
scalded to death by the contents of q tea
| pot, the other day. fa-.rrl +, 4ea4sS Sre,T /.
| "A young man in New York frightened
his wife into suspending a curtain-lecture
| by taking Seidlitz powder which he in
| formed her was arsenic. Sfivf s-f .s,4sI
The Cedar Falls Qowa) Gazette states
| That man engaged in harvesting was re-
Gently bitten by a rattlesnake, and imme-
dlately applied tobacco and salt to the
wound and went about his work. "a d5a5E
| The Hartford Post says a number of
| big stories =" have recently been told in
That vicinity concerning the recent heated
term, but the most incredible ore is that
| OF q gentleman who says he blistered his
fingers tending a thermometer. s9M
/ "A scientific experimentalist in Chica-
go was quite seriously injured, a few days
ago, by the explosion of gas in a reser-
voir. The escape of gas after the explo-
and child before they could escape from
| the room. % bn8a HaE sdE2W 29i lo
"A man in Dover, N. H., who boosted
| that If his house was entered by burglars
there would be funeral or one less black
| leg, was recently robbed of gold watch
| hanging over his head, and his empty
| purse was placed upon his revolver, lying
| in chair close beside his bed.
| The Baltimore San says that by the
| recent flood three to four thousand people
have been deprived of their means of sup
| port, and of their houshold and personal
effects, and will be compelled to seek new
| employment, especially those who have
been enga ged in the esLs blishments wholly
| destroyed, some of which may not be re-
built for year or more, if at all.
The Port Byron IN. " Times says a
man IN that village went to dentist the
| other day to have tooth extracted, and
inhaled ether. He became exhilarated and
| capered out of the office, down stairs,
| across the street, into the National Hotel,
travelled the stoop railing, and performed
various antics which would puzzle him to
| 90 under ordinary circumstances He Was
finally secured without injury.
"A few days since, a long, lank and
evidently hungry Canadian went into a
store at North Troy, VT, and approaching
a quantity of eggs upon the counter, de-
liberately sucked % of the number, in
| Guiding one rotten one, in less than a
minute He followed this installment with
| copious draught of whisky from bottle
| in his pocket, and then declared himself
ready to dispose of nine dozen Immediate
| ly, i'll the same manner, provided any
| person would bet 81 against him.
Six hundred and one women sent in
one day six hundred and one letters to a.
| man in Brooklyn, from whom they ex-
| pected to receive likenesSes of their future
| husbands. For this the person who re-
| ceived the letters, or would have received
! them, had not detective unkindly pre-
| vented him, promised to do in return for
lock of hair and specified sum of
| money. It appears from the examination
that the man sent in every instance his
| own photograph as the picture of the
| " future husband" of each woman.
"A Philadelphia firm has been playing
! queer>jokes on the burglar fraternity. In
their office they keep time-honored safe,
which haSfbeen robbed three times Ever
since it was first robbed they have left the
key in the lock. This was the case on
Tuesday night. Somebody entered the
| counting room by prying off a shutter.
They laid a train of powder four feet long,
| cut hole in the safe, and filled it with
powder. The next day morning the safe
looked as if it had been struck by light
ming. The key was still in the lock.
There was not cent of money in it, nor
any paper of value to any one The
books alone were kept in it.
About three years ago, while the
family of Henry E. Hurd, of Stepney,
Conn, were at church, their residence was
entered, and numerous articles of iewelry
and silverware were taken Although
diligent search was made, no clue to the
robbers was obtained. A short time since
at about 8 o'clock in the evening, the fam
lily of Mr.. Hurd were disturbed by re-
peated knocks at the door of their resi-
dence. On going to the door, Mrs. Hurd
saw before her tall and slim young man,
who inquired if that house mad not been
robbed several years since. She replied
that it had. The unknown visitor then
asked Mrs. 81. to name the articles that had
been taken. She did So whereupon the
chap turned partly around, and, handing
her packages, left the premises instanter,
not accepting the invitation of Mrs. II. to
come in" Upon examination, the pack
age was found to contain all of the ar
ticles taken by the rogue, saving cary
ing knife and a pepper box cover.
A few days ago, says the Louisville
Journal, the attention of the Matron of
the Protestant Orphan Asylum, situated
on Fifth street, was directed to her little
boy, child four or five years of age who
was seated in the yard, gai]y and busily
feeding large rat that had climbed upon
his shoulder, while both parties appeared
to be on the most friendly and familiar
terms possible. Upon inquiry, shelearned
that this singular acquaintance had COM
menced nearly six weeks ago, and that
frequent meetings had since occurred be-
tween them. About midnight on Satur-
day last, the lady was awakened by the
child, and informed by it that "there was
rat in bed" AS may be readily believed,
she sprang hastily out, and, lighting the
gas, found the rat snugly ensconced in the
arms of her darling! OF course the ami
NAL was soon put to flight, and since that
time no new developments in this strange
attachment have occurred. That this lit
tie boy should be singled out from group
of forty or fifty children as the object of
this animals affection seems strange.
Personal. -
"A son of Ole Bull is living in Ben
nington. VT.
-Oxenford, dramatic critic of the Lon
don Times, gets $4,000 year.
DIR. Kirwan, the Dean of Limerick,
has died in Turkish bath.
The title of John B. Coughs next
lecture is circumstances"
-K&suth is said to be engaged on a his
tory OF Hungary in twelve volumes.
jerome B. Fellows, of New York
city, is going to give Napoleon the fastest
fourth hand in the world eGf
Prof S. F.. B. Morse has secured
$4,000 to the Yale theological depart
ment, for the erection of new hall.
John B. Cough has received more
than eight hundred applications for his
services as lecturer the coming season.
Charles Dickens has eight children