The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-08-08

"A boy six years of age, son of J. G.
Sperry, of New London, Mimi, was re-
Gently crushed to death under some logs,
which his brother set rolling in order to
uncover squirrel.
his team ON the railroad, near Ypsilanti.
Mich, sudden whistle from a passing
engine frightened one of his horses to
death. The horse gave one leap and fell
dead.
"A little two-and a-half- year-old daugh-
ter of John Budd, of Abba, Iowa, the
other day, in the absence of her mother.
got hold of a cup of I've and drank it.
from the effects of which she died soon
after
Hermann and Peter Stockman, of
Jefferson City, Mo-, aged fifteen and sew
enteen, went out to hunt turkeys the other
day. They separated, and the elder
shot the younger in the bushes for tur-
key.
"A former New York State Senator,
once promising and talented citizen, but
now deserted outcast, fell down cellar
in New York City, the other morning, in
state of gross intoxication, and was
seriously injured.
AT recent fire in Fond du Lac, Wis,
one man with great difficulty carried
barrel of flour from the burning house,
and, after emptying its contents in the
yard, removed the barrel to place of
safety.
"A gentleman in Syracuse took nap
upon his parlor sofa. A little daughter,
who was eating cherries, playfully
snapped a cherry stone at him, and It
lodged in his ear. The only way to get it
out was to bore hole in the center of it,
wit fin win
AT Columbus, Ohio, few days ago,
young boy, named Charles Marion, de-
scended into a well to recover a water
bucket he had dropped, and, as he did not
return, neighbor, Frank Dolan, went
down and found the boy dead, and before
he could ascend became suffocated by
damp air, and was himself dead before he
could be rescued.
Two Pennsylvania women called for
their husbands at a bar-room the other
evening. One broke the ice-pitcher over
her husbands head, the other satisfied
herself with doing the same for two de-
canters, but made up for it by throwing
the cat and her kittens into a barrel of
cider; these little bursts of playfulness
over, they took their husbands to their
quiet homes.
"A well authenticated case of spon-
New York warehouse, originating in
some silk twist, which had been packed
while damp in tight case, with two lay
ers of thick paper and one of oil cloth be-
tween the goods and the inside of the
case. Goods similarly packed, which
had not taken fire, were found to be char
red so as to render them worthless.
"A woman has been found in Mercer
County, Penn, courageous enough to
give up her life rather than her money on
the demand of robbers. She was found
alone in house by two rufians, and,
though choked until she was insensible,
refused to tell where the money was. She
was finally rescued, and both her money
and her life were saved. She gave as her
reason for not giving the desired infor-
nation that she might as well be dead as
alive without money.
Some five years ago, a Saginaw
(Mich.) boy, then about sixteen years of
age, was employed as clerk, and, beng
charged with stealing fifty cents and
threatened with exposure, paid twenty
five dollars and gave mortgage for one
hundred dollars on a city on, his own
property. The latter was good for moth
ing, being executed by a minor. He has
since behaved himself in all respects prop
erly, and, on coming to the age of twenty
| one, sued his former employer for the
twenty-five dollars taken from him, and
has just recovered it.
Mrs. Angelo Bazini, of New York
City, had child which was troubled with
very sore mouth. The other evening
an honest-looking countryman passed
Mrs. Bassini's door, noticed the child s
aff1iction, and offered to cure it. The
mother, anxious to do anything which
could possibly relieve the child, accom-
panied the man to drug store, and
bought something-she was ignorant of
its nature-which was to be applied to
the child's mouth with brush. The ap-
plication was made in accordance with
the accommodating strangers directions,
and the baby died within twenty-four
hours. The stuff was oil of vitriol