Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-28

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caught running wild in the woods. The
meat was supposed 10 be poisoned.
BY the awkwardness of a wood chop.
per, AIR. Teggerdine, of White Lake,
Mich, was badly hurt. The AK struck
back Of the ear, cut through the Jaw, laid
bare the chin, and barely missed the jug
ular vein.
"A little gir;, seven years old, daugh.
ter of J. d, Ball, of West B~rookfeld,
Mass, while at play, fell from a ladder,
striking on her head and receiving inju.
ries which it was feared would prove
fatal.
Horace HOughton, a lad, died at
Providence, r. l., in consequence of in
juries received from a piece of wood
thrown from q railroad train by a brake
man, fracturing the lads skull.
- tive-year-old daughter of Deb S.
Atwood, Of Dunlap, Iowa, went out with
an elder brother to see the prairie on fire,
andin spite of all her brother could do,
she was fatally burned, living only a few
hours.
Miss Judy Batsell, of New Madrid,
Mo, a young lady of fifteen years, exhib-
tied r bale Of cotton at the St. Louis cot
ton fair, picked ~ herself and entered in
her wi name.
st. Louis parties have leased the pond
in Pekin, III, known as "Worley lake, -
for the termof twenty-five years, and are
going into the ice business on an extend
ed scale.
An engineer in Gold Hin, New, hes
invented a safety candlestick, which
promises to be an adequate protection to
mines and boarding houses against the
possibility of a fire originating from a
lighted candle.
A little girl, aged FIVE years, named
Maggie Esslick, Of Leslie, Mich, was
frightened tc death by a couple of bows
while returning home from school. The
boys chased her, and threatened TO kill
her. On arriving she went into spasms,
and lived only four days.
y Texas steer got loose at Blooming,
ton, HI, knocked down three N
collided with a two-horse team, tried to
demolish a switch engine, got peppCred
with three loads OF buckshot, took in a few
revolver bullets, was lassoed, got knocked
on the head with an axe, and had his
throat cut. 1t then "lit OUT for the hap.
Ply cattle grounds.
A singular accident happened in
Peoria County, H., a few DAYS ago. A
young man, named Henry Jones, Il far.
mer, was whiting a stick with a large
~Jack-knife. A companion, who was Il
short space distant, playfully threw IA
apple at him, at the same time calling to
MIN to Look out " Jones, in attempting
to dodge the hal mless missile, stuck the
blade Of his knitc, up to the hilt, into his
stomach. he IS reported to be very badly
injured.
Accounts from Goldsboro, n. c., say
that during II performance of a circus
near there, an old colOred oman while
looking on from the outside, fell into a
disused well. The Waterman of the cir.
Gus, who ran to the spot, accidentally let
fall his lantern, when, instantly, the
whole void was one sheet of roaring
flames. Subsequently an employee of the
exhibition descended and brought up the
woman, who soon expired. The rescuer
himself was at the point of death.
AT Evanston, Ill.,, while the Baptist
Church was crowded with people the
floor gave way, dropping about half the
congregation into the basement, fourteen
feet below. The shrieks of the people,
the binding dust, and the noise, made
it a scene Of Understandable confusion and
i"lIol' olbuhdteiy only t"p PERSONS
were seriously injured. One lady receiv-
ed severe internal injuries, and Il student
by the name of Wood had his foot
crushed.
"A young man about nineteen years of
age, named James Sullivan, of Fall River,
Mass, met with a shocking'accident. He
had been in the habit every morning of
taking the cotton out Of the "beater' be-
fore the machine started. Being a little
late one morning, the machine was in
operation when he arrived, and, without
thinking of the hazard, he thrust bis
left hand as usual under the machine. 1t
was Immediately caught by the revolving
knives, and his arm was being gradually
drawn into the machine, when he placed
his right hand against it and pushed with
such desperate energy as to throw the
belt Oft the pulley and stop the machine.
His arm was drawn in up to or above the
elbow, and was so terribly lacerated and
the bones splintered so badly as to re-
quire immediate %amputation above the
elbow.
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