The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1871-01-28
Incidents and Accidents.


Mary Holihan, of Des Moines. Iowa.
used Kerosene to start a fire. Result, fatal.
The wife of Biship Stewart and her
four children were burned to death al
kanab, Utah, a few days since.
james Putnam, of Charleston, N. II.
committed suicide the other day, because
he was not allowed to go to Sunday School
"A hunchback named ID. X. Emerson.
about so years old, residing at ~Stoughton,
Wis, was frozen to death a few nights ago,
Ada Durkee, of Galesburg, Mich, was
recently bitten byIa savage dog, and in a
few days afterwarU1led Of her Injuries.
Three lamp explosions at indianapolis
the other night, and nobody burned to
death Il
-" Fooled with a Chinee," was the re.
cent verdict of a coroner's jury in San
Francisco.
A Detroit sport offered a policeman a
fifteen cent scrip the other day for saving
his life.
May Bellard, Of Lacrosse, Wis, took
a hot brick to bed with her to warm her
feet, and burned up a $1,000 house by SO
doing.
Mary Magoe, Of Lafayette, Ind, at
tempted to start a fire with kerosene. The
doctor in attendance says she may possibly
recover.
Caroline Jordan was burned to death
a few nights ago, at Mount Vernon, Ohio,
while attempting to fill a lighted lamp
with kerosene.
"A Detroit husband mistook a wife's
shadow for a negro burglar, and blazed
away at it for an hour. The wife enioyed
the fun amazingly.
William Cox, an insane youth, wan.
dered from his home near independence.
Mo-, a few days ago, and when found two
days after, his body was frozen stiff.
An Efingham, ILL.,, man got on o spree
the other day the whisky he drank set him
to vomiting, and he vomited himself to
death before relief could be given him.
"A pair Of twins six weeks old, be-
longing to a family named Kreager, in
Milwaukee, were frozen to death in their
bed a few nights ago.
"A man in Sullivan County, Ind, wit
messed, a few days since, the rare spectacle
of a wild turkey being attacked in mid air
by a couple of young eagles, and killed.
A Pittsburgh lady swooned, when, at
the funeral of her husband, the bungling
assistants let the coffin tumble into the
grave, and the corpse fell into the rough
wooden box at the bottt m.
"A brave conductor on the railroad near
Wilmington, Del, recently jumped in front
of a locomotive and snatched q child from
the track, at the imminent risk of losing
his own life.
"A boy, named Cooke, who had gone
quite recently, was mistaken for a wild
beast by an affrighted brother, and had his
brains blown out with a shotgun.
"A courageous lady, named Tile, saved
the life and property Of her husband, at
Philadelphia, a few nights since, by putting
a burglar TO fight after he had made the
husband insensible with chloroform.
"A farmer named John Klaun was
frozen to death a few nights ago, ON the
road between Pleasant Plains, ILL.,, and the
line of the Springfield & Southeastern
Railroad.
"A boy named Lauer was seriously In
iured In Cincinnati, the other day, by the
explosion of a boiler in a cooking range.
Frozen pipes are supposed to have been
the cause Of the accident.
Two boys were playing with a pistol
in Joliet, ILL.,, the other day, when 1t went
off, the ball striking one Of them, named
Patrick Sutherland, in the eye, from the
effects Of which he died soon after.
"A lafayette, Ind, man, his wife, and
babe went sleigh-ridiEg The other night.