Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-05-21
Incidents and Accidents.

Incidents and Accidents.
"A man in Cavendish, Vt, charged a
dollar for acting as pall-bearer at a fun
eral.
"A little girl in New Hampshire cut off
her sisters hand while playing with O
sharp Ratchet
"A man was bitten by a rattlesnake in
Baltimore, and died from the effect in fif-
teen minutes after. ~ Fl
"A boy in Shelbyville, KY, ran stick
through his neck, and fingered four days
in terrible agony.
"A Fort Wayne gander charged upon
ened one ofthem into commissions.
"A boiler attached to a pile-driver in
Chicago, exploded on the 18th. fatally in
juring one man and seriously wounding
another
"A student at St. Johnsbury Cvt. }
Academy broke both bones of his left leg
recently, while running the bases in
game of base ball.
"A San Francisco Chinaman blew out
the gaslight in his bedchamber, and was
rescued nearly suffocated His first words
on recovering were, Me no stealee gas =
"A child of Lowen Pierce, of jamaica
VT, only four months old, has been for
some weeks able to talk, its countenancc
and chronological developments indicating
three times that age.
"A little child eighteen months old, in
Elgin, ILL.,, pulled over pint cup ofhot tea
upon itself, scalding it from the forehead
TO the waist, so as to cause death on the
following morning.
A man living in Cohoes, n. Y, re-
Gently applied oil from the bowl of a to
baccO pipe to burn on the lip of his little
daughter, and the child died in csnvul-
sions twenty -four hours after.
The Lynn Mass Reporter says that
an aged lady who died in that city recent
ly, in the eighty fifth year of her age
was watched with, the night previous to
her death, by her twin sister.
Two orkmen in New London, Conn.,,
while recently repairing an old desk,
found one hundred dollars in bills on
the Bank of New York, dated 1916 They
were sent to New York for redemption.
"A gentleman in Grafton, VI, ut the
point of death, conveyed his property by
deed to his son, also in failing health. The
son died the next day, when the-property
reverted to the original holder The father
then died in a few hours involving third
change of ownership in twenty-four hours
"A correspondent of the New York
1imes mentions the case of a boy who
lived and died in Orange county, New
York. A post morton examination dis
covered q clock key, silver spoon, and a
pair of spectacles lodged in the esophagus.
He had lived some time with these singu-
lar deposits.
Miss Comstock, the young lady who
was brutally pounded a few weeks ago, in
Chicago, by Mrs Greer, as is alleEed, was
married on the 18th to her ~affianced, Mr.
Joseph Z. Moss, and has gone on an East
ern tour, the change of air being recon-
mended for the bride, whose Ehealth con
tinues to be affected by her injuries
i'm a certain section an anti-tobacco
club was formed by the young ladies, who
agreed not to walk home from church
with any one who used the weed. The
young men formed a counter plan not TO
walk with any girl who would not let
them smoke while walking. Next Sunday
morning the girls walked home alorc.
Sunday evening when they came home
their hair smelt strongly of smoke.
I'm Minneapolis, Henry Plumner, aged
five years, rescued little girl from drown
ing. There was no rope at hand, and,
with presence of mind and courage truly
remarkable in boy so young, the in
slant he saw her, fall into the stream, he
ran to the waters edge, and, holding firm
ly to a tree with one hand, grasped the
girl with the other, and. drew her safely
ashore He is every inch a, little hero
A boy about ten years old was recently
holding horse in Indianapolis, Ind, and
thoughtlessly tied the halter around his
body. The horse became frightened and
ran wildly about, dragging the boy with
him, finally throwing his head against a
post with such violence as to dash out his
brains. The strap pulled off over the
boys feet, drawing his clothes with it, and
he was left lying upon the ground most
shockingly nlutilated. III -
The following rather hard story is told
by Troy paper: The other morning q
gentleman found in trap he had set a
complete rat skin, and-nothing more,
The snap had caught the animal by the
nose, and in struggling to escape, he
walked entirely out of his skin. Attached
to-the skin were portions of the bones Of
the head, the hind feet, and the whole TAFT
Leading from the trap to hole near by
were tracks of blood
"A man hunting in the woods of Fair
view, near Eric, Pa, few weeks ago, dis-
covered human skeleton hanging among
the thick brush of hemlock tree. There
was rope around the neck, and a chain
fastened the skeleton by the waist. 1t was
completely dried up, like parchment, the
flesh having shrunk away, and the skin
cIeaying to the bones The remains were
identified as those Of John Simmer, "a
Swisss, who left his brothers house in the
neighborhood on the 10Th of August last,
and had not since been heardof 1t is sup
posed he hanged himself fhatd day
A-The latest swindie is a Rochester IN
vention When hay is sold by ton, man
oonceals himself in the load ard Il weighed
With 1t. While the load Is driven TO
the barn of the purchaser, the man leaves
his hiding-place and gees back 70 the haS
market to be sold over. The Unio7gof
dat city saws: "This trick was not dis
covered until last week, though it is nov
Understood that It has been practiced for
wears. It might have remained undiscov-
cad for, years to come but for the boldness
Of the Operators, who exposed themselves
and were noticed by mechanics employed
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