The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-23
.FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENTS.
Forty Persons POisossd by Drinking
Iafsctsd MIX.

case of wholesale poisoning occurred az
0wensboro. kentucky, on last saturday night.
The paI tiCulars, as iurnlsbed to the New Albany
Ledger by the officers OF the steamer Tarascon,
and Mr.. Wiley Browning, who came up as a
passenger from Rockport. are as follows
Ut appears that tSo OF the hotels-Planters'
and Natlonal-N ere suppllei WI h milk ny the
same man. who lives opposite y Vensboro, in
this state. This mix, 1t appears, was diseased
or poisoned in some way, perhaps BY some
weeds the COWS had eaten, and the result was
that every guest who Darto)S OF 1t was taken
vloltnllY i'll with lever and vomiting, shortly
alter supper Up TO the time the boat lett,
about iorLy persons were reported sick, and
some we've very dangerou-ly VI.
Among III" guests at the Planters Hotel that
evening were three 'izens OF thus CITY, Lafay
ettc Frederick, OF the drm OF Frederick d
Sbelper, George Long, travelling agent tor the
drug house Of Scllbuer Mag nne s. aud MID
dleton HUtchngs. OF the erpCerv house OF Kent
d Bro. MIR. Frederick for'uuately did rot par.
take OF the milk, aud e-caDed the fac OF his
friends, who we're taken violently III with vo t.
ing aud fever. MIR. Hutch,ngs was reported very
vi, be having vomlted blood at intervals during
the night, Mr.. Long, aud ruhper from Gin
cinnati named Davis, were not SO oqdlv affectei
az Mr.. Hutchngs, but were not out of danger at
st accounts, yet strong hopes were enterta neu
OF their recovery.
We also understand that Mr.. Thomas s. Petit
eGi'or of the Owen borO MOni or, and General
Murray were among tho-e dangerously affec ed
slight hopes belug entertained for their recov.
ery. Some of the phv-lcians we're OF the
opinion that arscuc had been put in the milk
caus by some one, but as the mater had not
been iDves igated thev we're unable to deter
mile. The affair c"ea ed considerable excite.
meIt end CONSERVATION among the people OF
OwensbOro, who wed with each other IN render
ing every assl.tance to the unfortunate persons.
A Father asd Son SuGbcatsd Ia q Well,
The Dubuque Times of July 10 says:-
terrible accident, resulting III the death of a
prosperous aud respectable farmer ramed
Kreally, who resided on the Old military road,
about fourteen miles nor Invest of thus CITY, aud
his son, a young man 90 years of age, occnrre !
the prenIse-, between twenty and thirty
feet IN depth had become filed up, aud au effort
was MADE to clean II out. The hired man lie
sCeDded hTst, and had nearly reached the bot
ION when he became faint aud sgnalled to he
parties above to draw him ont. When he
reached the surface he was much eXha1s'e l.,
ana declared that the well was dlied with foul
air 10 such an extent that it. was unsafe 10 90
down. Both IA her and son ridicuIed To idea
ana prepared to perform the work then nSelves,
the young man going down first. He had no
sool er reached the bottom than he dropped for.
ward op his tace in the water, apparently liip-
less. Alarmed for the safety OF his son
the father fastened down, only to fall second
victim, both men being sudoca ed to death by
The carbonc ACID gas w th which the well was
filed. Ihe irlgh'ened family at once notified
the neiohbors, who reoaired in numbers to
the spot, but bef re either OF the unfortunate
men could be rescued life was perfectly extinct.