Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-10-30
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

Linton May, u prominent CltlZcn oi
Auburn, H., was burned to death few
evenings ago. by upsetting kerosene
lamp he was filling.
"A shanty, occupied by family named
Kelly, at Toledo, o., was destroyed by fire
the other morning, and Kelly, his wife,
and a grandchild persisted in the flames.
"A three year-old son Of Benjamin
Carpenter, of Cambridge, Mich, was
burned to death, a few days since, by his
clothing taking fire at the hearth.
A. e. Laughlin, of Kane County, H.,
was cleaning his pillow recently, when the
horses attached to it started, and the point
entered his abdomen, so severely wound
ing him that ne died
"A man in kalamazoo, Mich, named
Godfrey, became entangled in the
knuckle-ioint Of shaft, and was instant
ly wound up and whirled at the rate of
200 revolutions per minute. His body was
literally broken to pieces.
"A few days since, while a son of Rev
Mr. Havermeale, of Washington, H., aged
about IS years, was out hunting, his gun
burst, tearing his left hand into fragments
to the wrist joint. SO badly was the hand
mutilated that amputation was rendered
necessary.
Mrs VIM. S. Malloy, living in Has
tings township, Mich, who seven years
since lost her voice from the effect of a
shock Of lightning, was lately taken with
violent commissions, and when she emerg-
ed from them she was much astOnished to
discover that she had recovered her voice.
Dallas Parker was killed at Dubuque,
Iowa, the other evening, while descending
a mineral shaft to recover bucket. The
rope, being Old and rotten, broke, letting
him fall distance Of 108 feet His body
was brought TO the surface after some de-
lay, but lite was extinct.
Mr.. Joslin, of Langold, Mimi, while
out deer-hunting, recently, had his atten-
ton attracted by a huge pile of leaves.
On proceeding to investigate, he was sud
denly clasped about the waist by huge
bear. A terrible struggle followed, but
Mr. Joslin succeeded in breaking away
and escaping, denuded Of clothing and
considerably wounded
The vicious c. cular saw and the care
less thrcshing n hine are still in the
manning busine~ The record for one
week shows seventeen serious mishaps
by contact with the former, and thirty
eight by being caught in the tumbling-
rod Of the latter-all in Illinois,
Cora Wilson, girl of fifteen, died at
Shoreham, Vt, recently, after suffering for
year from a very singular disease, and
one that was beyond the ken of the phvsi-
clans; She was completely paralyzed-
could not even move her little finger
and every particle of her hair, even to her
eyebrows, dropped off, and thick in
crustation formed over her entire body.
This scab was white as snow, and would
drop off regularly every month, leaving
her skin soft and tender, but a new one
would form within twenty-four hours
Her appetite was even good, and she has
suffered little pam. No physician who
attended her ever heard of similar case.
Miss Lucy Ferguson, a wealthy lady
OF Fincastle, Va, was burned to death a
short time since in manner which
strongly suggests spontaneous combustion
A report Of the occurrence says: cit is
known that she was subject to fits She
was about thirty years of age Her house
being seen open excited suspicion, when
Mr.. James Mcdowell and a colored man
named Jameson instituted search They
visited the kitchen. but saw nothing Of
her, but finally procuring a light, they
made a further investigation, and were
horror-stricken to find only left the
head of the unfortunate lady, which was
dressed as she appeared at church, but her
entire body, bones, entrails, etc, had been
reduced to ashes. She, or what remained
of her, was lying across the old-fashioned
hearth, but in the fireplace, some eight
feet back, and of stone, there remained
scarcely a handful of Goals. How the
catastrophe occurred, and how her re-
mains could be so effectually DESTROYED
without the burning of the kitchen, is
matter of coniacturo