Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-08-23
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

Mrs. robert Adams expired at Ches
ter, ILL.,, the other evening, from the effect!
of spider bite.
james Brown, of Shullsburg, Wis.
cut his arm with a scythe so severely as
to cause lockjaw, of which he died.
"A child four years old was scalded to
death in st. Louis, few days ago, by
falling into kettle of boiling catsup.
An infant child of Wallace Reynolds,
of Bonneville, Ind, was bitten by a rat a
few nights ago, and died the next day.
"A bright little two-year-old son OF
John Dunlap, of Springville, Iowa, was
drowned In swill barrel few days ago
"A fiery, untamed velocipede threw
it's youthful rider in Jefferson County,
N. Y, the other day, breaking his arm.
Miss Eva Falkenburg, of Alpena,
Mich, was drowned the other day, by
being backed from a bridge by fractions
horse.
"A Nashville man recently shot one of
his most intimate friends, mistaking him
for a policeman who had come to arrest
him.
"A pocket-book- containing 800, 900 in
old State bank bills was recently found
under log in the old camping grounds at
Indianapolis.
"A party of young ladies who were
bathing in the sea at Gloucester, Va,
were driven to the shore by shark, bare
ly escaping with their lives.
Two children of Cornelius Holsmer,
of Lafayette Ind, set their bed on fire
the other night, and the younger one and
its mother we're badly burned.
"A child of Mr.. Sweet, of La Crosse,
Wis, while playing around the stove, set
its clothes ON fire, which were burned en-
tirely off, and the child injured fatally.
John H. Harr, of Auburn, Kansas,
fell from a swing at Sabbath School
picnic, and was instantly killed, falling
upon his forehead and breaking his neck.
"A little German boy in Buffalo bled
to death from the effects of wound in
the leg caused by a glass bottle which
was thrown at him by a playmate.
"A two-year old child of Mrs. Cymbal
of Manchester, Mich, pulled a pail of
hot water upon itself few days ago, and
was so severely scalded that it died next
day.
"A harvest hand at Sandstone, Mich
knocked the ashes out of his tobacco
pipe, and burned two haystacks which
his employer had carelessly left in the
way.
Marion, the daughter of M. Carmody,
of Chicago, was badly burned the other
day by the explosion of a can of kerosene
which had been stupidity placed close to a
stove.
Willie Barnes, aged fourteen, office
boy of DR.. J. E. King, of Fairfield, Iowa.
took some belladonna in the absence Of
the doctor, few days ago, and died il
great agony.
The other afternoon the iron bridge
across the Shenango River, at New Castle
Pa, broke down during heavy thunder
storm. One man who took refuge under
it was killed.
"A young son of Daniel HI. Wells
Mayor of Salt Lake City, while trying to
shoot some pigeons with pistol, The
other day, shot himself in the abdomen
and died the same day.
"A lad named Prince tried to swim the
river at Shelbyville, ILL.,, with child
named Offenhouse six years old, on his
back. The rider became frightened, fell
into the water, and was drowned.
james Karnie has been arrested in
Williamsburg, N. Y, for the murder OF
her, which exploded, cutting her fearful
Two Terre Haute Qnd) boys were re.
Gently nearly starved to death by being
locked in a freight car by companion
and then being suddenly carried west
ward. They broke out at Nation.
"A little girl in Keokuk, Iowa, went
between two buildings close together the
other day, to recover a fan, and got so
wedged in that it was found necessary to
cut hole through the wall of one of the
buildings to get her out.
Miss Stricken, aged seventeen, while
picking blackberr1es near Columbus,
Ohio, recently, was bitten by rattle,
snake, and before the doctor arrived the
poison had spread so that she subsequent
ly died.
"A little girl in Linden, N. j., while
playing with an India rubber balloon, at
tached to it her mothers pocket-book con
tanning several dollars in money. She
carelessly let go her hold, when balloon,
pocket-book, and all assembled swiftly out
of sight.
- "A son of Mr. G. Vurpillat of Logans-
port, Ind, about twenty years old, rode
horse with only a halter in search of
his fathers COW, the other morning. Al
eleven a. M, the horse was found drag
ging the lifeless body of the young man
by the halter, which was tied around his
body.
Two Chicago boys, named Frank
Crosby and Arty Nancy, aged respect
lively twelve and thirteen years, went in
bathing in the South Branch the Other
day. Crosby waded into the water be-
yond his depth and was drowning, wher
Manney went to his assistance, and both
lost their lives.
"A horse hitched to an iron hitching
post few days ago at Coatesville, Pa.
became restless, and in rearing and plung
ing about, finally landed on the top of thu
post, which penetrated the body, passing
through the bowels and nearly touching
the back bone The horse was with diff
Guilty taken from the post, and died in
few minutes afterwards.
WIN. Sproal suffered an awful deatl
near Durant, Iowa, few days ago. HI
was at work about threshing machine
and stepped upon the apron while the ma
chine was in full motion. He slid agains
the cylinder, and was drawn in and hor
ribly mangled before the machine wa.
stopped. He lived fifteen minutes afte,
being taken out.
An ex-Alderman of GAINESVILLE, Wis.
was called upon to assess damages agains
the owner of cow that had committed
depredations In garden. After examin
ing the premises, he promptly estimated
the damage at twelve dollars, but wa
somewhat taken aback, on going to tn,
back of the house, to find that his owl
cow did the damage. He concluded tt
pay what was assessed.
Mrs. Hurlbut, of Winsted, Connect
cut, arose from her bed about midnigh