Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-27
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

ell into a kettle of boiling Lard, ana "as
badly burned that it died soon AFTER.
"A Dubuque boy was arrested ano
fined 25 cents for hitting another boy
with a SNOWFALL. His father refused tc
pay, and sonny went to jail.
"A souaw of the Santee tribe OF Sioux
Indians committed suicide recently oy
hanging herself to telegraph pole al For
Randall, Dakota.
AT Ferrysville, Wis, recently, two
farmers. named William O'Hera and MI
chael Conway, had an alteration, when
O'Hera struck conway over tne heau
with a sled stake, killing him instantly.
Mrs. Van Bergen, of CharlestoWn,
Wis, heated limestone 10 rest her feet
on during sleighride. 1t exploded IN
her hands, destroying one eye and other
wise badly soaring her face.
"A hawk recently flew into the pantry
of a gentleman's house at North Star,
Mich, and fought the proprietor so hard
that he had to summon physician to
keep from bleeding to death.
"A little somnambulist of Shellsburg,
Iowa, who was sleeping away from home
got up in the night and walked half a
mile with only one garment on. He woke
up at home and found his bare limbs
badly frozen. ...r.
"A woman named Stacey, whose bust.
ness is performing on trapeze attached
to balloon, tainted and fell from the
trapeze at San Francisco, recently, a
distance of fifty feet, and is still alive
and kicking.
in Nevada, lately, a child three years
old, when playing at the door OF its home
was seized by panther and carried OFT
A mastiH owned by the child's par ents
stopped the beast in its fight, and fought
and finally killed it.
"A German woman named Wilhelm.
ma Woltman, young, beautiful and intel
ligent, was recently publicly beheaded al
the city of Stade, in the presence OF
90, 600 spectators She was convicted OF
no less than seven murders, all by poison
ing.
Mrs. Hannah Berg, of Chicago, while
engaged in ironing one evening recently,
tainted and fell on kerosene lamp,
breaking it and causing the flames to
communicate to her clothing, by which
she was so badly burned that she died
the next day.
Miss Leonora Methuen, young girl
Of sixteen, residing near Marysville, Cali
fornia, took her little gun and dog the
other day, and, sallying out, bravely pur-
sued and slew thirty-pound wild cat,
the destroyer of her pet lamb.
There is one lady down on rubber
bustles. The slippery condition of the
Milwaukee tagging, the other morning,
neCessit4ted her sitting down with enthu-
siastic suddenness, and the rebound that
followed drove her head through a sixty
dollar showcase.
"A beautiful and beloved young lady
of Montgomery, Ala, the daughter of
Doctor s. E. Norton, was killed few
nights since by the explosion of a kero-
sene lamp. The disaster occurred while
Miss Norton was on her knees in prayer.
Neil Clark, carver and photographer
of Philadelphia, poisoned himself, his
wife and child, because, as he explained
in note, "a proud-hearted Highlander
could not submit to be slave to his fell
low-worm and toyle for miserable exist
ence"
"A Chicago burglar, one night recent
ly, went through gentlemen's residence,
collecting all the spells he could find,
after which, to pass the remainder of the
night agreeably, he went to the servants
room, where two girls were sleeping,
woke them up, and chatted pleasantly
with them till daylight, when he took
his departure.
"A. L. Davis, ex-policeman of Mo
berry, Mo: attempted to force admittance
to the private room of Mrs. Pullon, a mil
liner IN that town, one night recently
She warned him to desist. He then
threatened to burst in the door, where
upon she shot and killed him instantly,
the ball penetrating his heart. The cor
oner's jury exonerated Mrs. Pullon
The Seguin (Texas) Times gives an
account OF gentleman who dis
otto disease. The gentleman had slight
fracture on his hand, which absorbed
some of the matter from the throat of the
horse. 1t produced Inflammation, which
extended up the arm, making amputation
necessary, and ending finally in the death
OF the gentleman.
"A Nashville (Tenn) gentleman,
who habitually places his gold watch and
chain under his pillow before retiring, on
waking one morning found it missing.
He OF course at first supposed it had been
stolen. Upon investigation, however, he
discovered the missing watch drawn half
way into rat hole, and upon pulling it
out, found the larcenous rodent entan gled
IN the chain in such a manner that life
had become extinct.
In Fayette County, West Virginia,
recently, a party of roughs went to
''serenade" ewly-married couple named
Potter The bride went to the door to
invite them in to take some refreshments,
when almost simultaneously the reports
of four guns were heard, and Mrs Potter
was struck by a hard tow wad, which
entered her head, causing her death in a
few hours. The perpetrators of the out
rage were all arrested
The Carson New Appeal has the fol-
lowing cheerful item: 1--WE learn that be.
sides the Chinaman shot through the head
and the one chopped into mince-meat by
bowie-knife in the hands of a second
Infatuated pig-tail, there was another one
shot in the melee, through the stomach,
who seemed doomed to get out of this
world before the others, for we heard
that he died about twilight last evening.
The man shot through the head fingers in
commissions. The one stabbed may live. -
"A young man named John Huston,
confined in the Cleveland CO., city prison
for intoxication, hung himself by the
neck to bar in his ell door, the other
night. He was discovered and taken
down in time to resuscitate him. He was
handcutfed, and, being left alone, in some
way he managed to twist his vest around
so as to choke himself, and was found
just in time to save his life. He was then
securely ironed and left until he became