Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-09-30

county, H., while recently attempting to
climb fence, was attacked by hog and
horribly mutilated. There were small
hopes of her recovery
"A few days ago a Mr. Camp, of De
kalb county, Ga, saw in his yard what he
took to be a large ratteNake's pilot, and
fired at IT, Upon going to it, he discov.
cred twentyone snakes closely knottcd to.
gethcr.
In Philadelphia, a few mornings ago,
two women were found dead and a man
in an insensible condition, caused by sleep
ing in close room with n coal fire burn
ing in the CRATE. The man would proba.
bly, die,
A little girl, named Real, living in
Syracuse, aged eleven years, was recently
sent into the street to pick up coal. She
was ashamed to pick up the coal, and de
clared she would run away, The next day
her body was found in the Oswego canal.
"A man was recently killed ut Perkins
Station, Mo-, by the falling of a two
hundred pound weight used at the water
tank, directly upon his head, distance Of
eighteen feet. He had barely time to say
my God I'm dead Do you think III
have time to write u lctterg' when he eX-
PRED.
The engineer of a switch engine at
Madison, a few days ago, was lying in the
shade OF his engine asleep, with his head
on the track in front Of his driving wheel
The fireman, ignorant of his presence,
started the engine and the mans head
was severed from the body, causing in
slant death.
"A few days ago, q man who had
registered his name at the Cataract Hotel,
Niagara, as Carl Schur2, New York, pro.
ceeded to the Table Rock at the Falls,
placed his coat, watch, and money in
charge Of boy standing by, and walked
into the water few feet from the brink
He was soon carried over the prcCipice and
dashed to pieces in the whirlpool below
During the recent terrific gale j. lady
in Providence, r. l., became alarmed for
the safety of her two little children, who
were at school, and sent "A servant to bring
them home. The teacher refusing to trust
them in the streets in such tempest and
the mother, seeing the servant coming
back alone, believed that her fears were
true, and that something fearful had hap
pened No explanations could satisfy her
and she went into commissions from which
she soon died.
Two young men were out in q harvest
field, near Youngstown, Ohio, recently,
when heavy thunder storm approached
and they started towards the barn, one of
them carrying pitchtork on his shoulder
AS the lightning flashed wildly, his com
panion asked him to put the fork down,
as it was dangerous to carry it. He replied
that God Almighty wouldn't strike him"
and Just as the words were uttered, he was
struck dead, the stroke mangling him in a
terrible manner. The fork tines were
melted, and his boots were torn from his
feet
The Western Daily Mall reports that
on August % a young man threw himself
over the Clifton Suspension Bridge into
the mud bed of the river. 1t was very
deliberate act on the part of the suicide
rs he took off his hat, coat and waistcoat,
and placed them on the footway. He then
climbed over the iron fence, and hung on
for few seconds by both hands, and then
by one hand, presently letting go alto
gether, and dropping into the mud, as it
was low water a depth of nearly 300 feet
below the bridge. Many people saw the
act, but no one was on the bridge near
enough to make an effort to prevent it.
There is sometimes an advantage in
being late, and two men found it so at
hvondale Ii was a rule of the managers
Of the mine that any man arriving
a. the mouth Of the shaft for the purpose
on descendrg after the bell had tolled
seven, should not be allowed to work that
day, On the morning of the terrible dis
aster two men came late, but only by a
few minutes. The person in charge of the
cage refused to let them 90 down, at
which they grumbled and swore, and
threatened to be even. one day with the
accommodating official. Their lives
were saved by their being few minutes
too late
One day, gentleman living in Lime
stone County, Ala, was called from home
on business to be absent two days About
nightfall Ct the day OF his departure, two
travellers stopped at his house, and asked
permission to remain over night. The
lduN ODjtCtCN, dllcGlHS us ItdSOH lllhl lltT
husband was absent, but on being assured
that the applicants were gentlemen, final
~ consented that they should remain
Late in the night there was loud knock
ing at the door, which aroused the lady, as
it did also her guests in another part of
the house. Upon opening the door, she
was seized by five masked men and drag
gcd into the yard with evil intent. At
this moment the guests, who had APP
preached the door unperceivcd, fired, kill
ing two OF the assailants, and the other
three Immediately fled.
"A few months ago an engineer Of an
express train on the Pennsylvania Central
Railroad going west discovered an engine
approaching him at such a rate Of speed
that he was Mt once convinced that II was
without an engineer. He instantly
whstled his breaks down, at the same
time sending his fireman back TO uncouple
his slender" from the train, while he at
the same time uncouplnd his hose and en-
CINE and opened his trottle wide, with his
red FLAG iumDed back on his tender. He