Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-07-03
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

"A woman at Scranton, Pa, put her
tongue to tiat-iron to see if it was hot.
While moving house at New
Sharon, Iowa, the cable snapped and the
lever flew back and hit man named
jackson, breaking in his face, fracturing
his skull, and cracking his jaws.
Two Chicago men had wordy alter
cation about a two-foot rule the other day,
which finally eliminated in blows, and
one of them died the next day from com
preston of the brain caused by fracture
of the skull
John Babb and Thomas Thompson,
OF Burlington, Iowa, placed their aitec-
tons on the same object, and soon con
GUIDED that there was one man too many
in the world They exchanged pistol
shots the other day, and a boy who was
standing short distance off received the
only injury. The principals fled,
1.-Two German servant girls in Chicago,
attempted to hasten the ignition of some
spllnters of wood the other day, by pour
ing on Kerosene. Both were removed to
the county hospital.
Two little children of Miles Goddard,
OF North CRANKY Conn, while playing
with matches beside a barn, set some loose
straw on fire, and becoming scared 1t is
supposed, hid themselves in the barn,
Where they were burned to mere clnders.
The fire communicated to the dwelling
house, which was also burned.
An exchange says: John Franklin, a
farmer of New York, deliberately threw a
valuable plowshare into the river on ac-
count of his wife's incessant scolding.
Mr. Franklin, it might be well to add,
was attached to the weight by rope;
consequently Mrs f. has lost a husband,
a piowshare and three feet of good rope,
just through chronic propensity to wag
her tongue.
The Athens (Ga) Waterman says: "a
recent quarrel between Thomas Hurst and
John Scruggs, of Rabun County, resulted
in fight, in which, after Hurst had cut
Scruggs four times with a knife the latter
turned him over, wrenched the knife from
him and proposed to quit. Hurst replied
that he would kill him or die. Where
upon a struggle ensued, during which
Scruggs killed Hurst with his own knife
Scruggs has been tried and acquitted.
Isaac Freez, resident of Wheeling,
W. Va, was shot by his wife the other
night. She first attacked him with a
poker, and then with a re-shovel. He
took them away from her. She then drew
a revolver and fired four shots, one of the
balls striking him in the breast, inflicting
a dangerous wound. Family difficulties
are the cause.
The Lexington (ky) Gazette, under
the head of Convincing Proof" publish
es this; "a man of the colored persua-
sion, living in the suburbs, sent his son,
night before last, to watch his cherry trees
About eleven O'Clock he went out to see if
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the boy, without seeing him, toward the
cherry trees. The bang of a gun and a
singing sensation Convinced the old man
that his son was there. He now amuses
himself extracting fine shot from his per-
son, and, meanwhile, stands up to eat his
meals"
One Smith Rambo, wealthy farmer,
but a VIGOROUSLY bad character, living
near Chilicothe, Mo, recently arranged a
plan with some cOntedcrates to seize the
cashier of the bank at that place, and hold
him as hostage and compel his wife to
open the bank and vault. a pretended
confederate named Brook disclosed the
design, and when Rambo went to the
cashiers house, about 10 30 at night to
carry out the plan, he was confronted by
a party Of citizens, and after some parley
instantly killed, being riddled with bullets.
Two confederates, named Monso and
Monroe, were captured and are now in
Jail.
A short time since two men, one white
and the other colored, entered the house
of Mr. ID. O'Donnell, about twelve miles
from Sidney, Neb., while all the members
of the family were absent except Mrs.
ODonnell and two small children After
robbing the house they shot Mrs. O'Don-
nell in the head and arm inficting serious
injuries. On the day following twenty
FIVE mounted citizens and six soldiers
started from Sidney in pursuit Of the vii
lains, whom they overlook near Patler
station. While they were endeayoring to
escape, the pursuers fired on them, killing
the negro instantly and mortally wound
ing the other. Names unknown.