Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-10-17

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"A Wilson County, Ky, yearold
boy, was bitten by a rattlesnake, ran two
miles TO a house where he knew they had
alcohol, and is now gathering corn to pay
for the alcohol.
A little son of George Riley, of Buck.
heart Township, Fulton County, Ill, was
accidentally hit in the head with an ak in
the hands of an older brother, and instant
ly killed, a few days since
"A man lately committed suicide by
seating himself in his easy chair, with his
dressing gown and slippers on, and taking
in the contents OF the gas-pipe through a
rubber tube.
Three men and boy were seriously
injured at Portland, Me, the other day,
BY the premature Discharge of blast in
ledge on a street which was being
opened. 1t was thought they would all die
A man named Bolton died in the
town Of Quincy,'Wis., recently, from in.
iuries received few days before by being
drawn around the tumbling rod of Il
threshing machine, upon which the skirt of
his coat was caught.
"A man named Morgan, at work in
Williams saw-mill, near Benton Harbor,
Mich, was accidentally thrown against
the saw, and his body cut diagonally in
two from shoulder to thigh.
This is the worst year that has ever
been known in Kansas for pulling guns
out of wagons muzzle first. A woman in
Jewell County pulled one, and now has
to part her hair on the side that her only
arm is on.
While Mr.. Mordecai Reeder, of West
Branch, Wis, was feeding thrcshing
machine a few days ago, piece of some
kind Of a spider flew into his eve, poison.
ing it so that the eye has burst and he is
now blind, having lost the other eye be-
fore,
A section of the roof Of the convent
building being built at Quincy, IL, fell
in the other day, taking with ii a portion
of the walls and two carpenters who were
at work on the building, one Of whom,
Henry Feehotf, was seriously, il not
fatally, injured.
A, Knobel in the employ of G.
Pony, mineral water manufacturer, in
Omaha, Ncb, was fatally injured the
other day by the explosion Of a soda bot
tie that he was filling, a piece of the glass
bottle striking him in the throat and liter
ally cutting his throat.
A very strange death occurred in the
neighbCrhood of st. Omer, Ill.,, recently
young man named Roberts commenced
bleeding at the nose, then at the lungs,
and finally the blood ooZcd ont ut the
pores of his skin. In this sad condition
he fingered three or four days, when Nhe
died.
A fireman named George Wedge,
wood, running on the Toledo, Wabash e
Western Railroad, discovered little child
on the track ahead of his engine, and
running down to the pilot, reached for
ward and picked it up before the engine
touched it. The engine was moving at
the rate of fifteen niles an hour.
An atrocious murder was recently
committed near Corpus Christi, Texas
The assassin fired his victims house,
leaving him in it with his hands tied
behind him, clothing piled upon him, and
cultivator placed upon all. When found,
he was lying with his face downward,
with his head thrown back and mouth
open, giving indications of having been
gagged
Two young ladies from Lee County,
Va, while crossing the mountains at
Hawkins County, Tenn, to attend
school, were thrown over a preCipicc "A
or - feet high. The wagon turned a
complete somersault, and was dragged
bottom upwards fifty feet further down
the mountain; yet both the ladies We're
taken from the debris alive, though badly
injured.
!. A few days ago, young man named
Willard Bartlett, went down into well
at Chambers Mill, below Humboldt
Kansas, for the purpose of cleaning it
out The air in the well being foul, the
gentleman was soon overpowe1ed by the
tirs-damp,' and expired before he
could be got out The well was only
about twenty feet deep. His wife stood
at the opening of the well, an unwilling
witness of her husbands death.
Another victim of the foolhardy
practice of jumping on and off railroad
trains while they are in motion, was
brought to notice yesterday and should
be a warn NO to all boys who indulge in
this dangerous sport. This time 1t is
Richard Ham, lad nine years of age.
While attempting to Jump off the St
Louis & Chicago cars he slipped and fell
beneath the train, which passed over his
body, killing him instantly - Cdlca9o Inter-
Ocean.
The Knoxville (Tennl Times says:
"a few days ago Adam Harr, living near
Blountyille, Blount County, went into his
cellar to measure out fruit brandy which
he had distilled and stored, taking his lIt-
tie daughter to hold the candle. BY some
unknown means the brandy came in con.
tact with the wick of the candle, and Il
terrible explosion of the liquor was cGus,
ed, burning the little girl 50 badly that
she is probably dead by this time. The
fire was extinguished before damaging the
house much Mr.. Harris hand was pain
fully injured 1t is said that the child
lower limbs were burned to a crisp"
The emigrant train westward bound
had made the usual stop at Palmyra few
days ago, and upon starting again the rear
car, occupied by emigrants, became un-
coupled and remained stationary To this
car was attached the hell.Cord, which runs
through the whole train and communicates
with a gong on the engine. The end of
this cord had been firmly fastened to a
seat which was occupied by young wo.
man about twenty years of age, named
Dorcas Blunt. As the forward cars NOV
ed ahead, the rope, brought to a sudden
tension, tore away the seat, portion of
which struck the woman violently upon
the brow, crushing in the forehead and
side Of the head She was attended by
DR. kingman, who is of the opinion that
her injuries will prove fatal. The injured
woman's father resides at Ovid, Michi-
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