Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-05
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

The Rev. Silas Mason, Stuart Uowa)
clergyman, was recently killed by lightn-
ing.
"A child of Mr.. Irish, of Plainville,
Wis, was poisoned by eating the leaves
of the pie plant.
Mrs Susan Hannah, aged So, incura-
bly insane, hanged herself at Rock Island,
ILL.,, recently.
Two young girls were killed near
Asawottee, Kan, by lightning, while re-
turning from Sunday school.
-Liniment containing aconite is not a
healthy beverage. 1t killed Mr.. W. L..
Sehur, prominent citizen of Cold Spring,
New York.
"A two-year- son of Charles Hart,
of Cleveland, O., fell into tub of hot
water and was so severely scalded that he
died soon after.
Peter Anderson an lshpeming Mich
miner, was recently killed by the falling
of rock.
r Schiller, of Calumet, Mich, got
tired of life and shot himself dead after
the conclusion of an interesting spree.
Henry Fisher, of Washington, Ind,
thought he had beaten his wife to death
with shovel, and then shot himself. lie
died and she is getting we'll
During a severe storm on Long Is
land, recently, twelve laborers were pros
trated by lightning, two of whom were
killed.
AT Cedar Falls, Iowa, two Danes,
Christian Oleson and Hans Christensen,
went over the mill-dam in Cedar River, IN
boat, and both were drowned.
The air-gun business has broken out
-, Nouv VorE Two mon wbi La
riding in street cars, recently, were severe
ly wounded by shots from these noiseless
weapons.
Maria Anderson, respectable color
ed woman residing in South Hannibal
Mo, died from the effects of poison, swal
lowed under the sLpposition that it was a
cough mixture she was in the habit of
taking.
Two children of Mr.. Weidhof, resid-
ing at Lake View, near Chicago, were
recently poisoned by eating the leaves OF
some poisonous plants. One of them died
in short time and the recovery of the
other was considered doubtful
Two Swede men entered store in
Marquette County, Mich, where quaint
ty of nitro-glycerine was stored, and were
blown to atoms. The explosion original
ed from fire falling from lighted pipe.
"A fve-year-old boy of Springfield
Mass, was attacked and knocked down
by a rooster one day recently, one of the
spurs of the fowl inf1icting "a wound two
inches long in his head. The little fellow
had his revenge the next day at the dinner
table
"A youthful genius in Concord, n. H,
three years old, was recently found by his
mother in the bedroom busted in the OPP
Grafton of shaving himselfwith his fathers
razor, his hands and face covered with
blood, showing that he had pursued his
work with vigor
Frank Chandler, of Fryeburg, Me,
committed suicide a few days ago from a
singular cause. He secretly married his
fathers housckeeper few months ago,
but the old gentleman didn't approve OF
the match, and sent the bride home. He
soon after fell in love with another girl,
and wanted to marry her. To this the
father interposed objections, and he took
laudanum as the easiest method Of solving
the difficulty.
About five years ago little son of
Mr.. S. J. Mitchell, of Indianapolis, swal-
lowed a brass thimble, which lodged at
the base of the esophagus, and subse-
quently became inextricably imbedded in
its folds All efforts on the part of sur
geons in this country and in France to re-
move the obstruction have proved futile,
and the boy has lived On milk ever since,
being unable to take any other kind of
sustenance. He goes to school, stands
well in his classes, and experiences no in
cOnveniences aside from the difficulty of
swallowing, but the absence of color in
his face shows the need of more substan-
tial nourishment