Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-07
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

-"Non explosive gasoline" was the
cause of the death of William Pepper, in
Chicago lately.
A fellow has been arrested at Hudson,
N. Y, for splitting tobacco juice on the
back breadths of a young lady's dress.
She had declined his company from
church and SO he walked behind and had
his revenge.
"A recent rain storm at Newark, NJ,
caused damages estimated at $2Oo,ooo.
Hundreds of poor people IN the lower
part of the city were drowned out OF the
cellars. several having narrow escapes
from drowning.
Twenty two Chinese females recently
brought from Hong Kong, were lately
sold by auction in the San FRANCISCO
Chinese quarters Young girls brought
as high as $3.50 each; middle aged and
old women from 800 to 5000 each.
Patrick McGrath was recently killed,
at Chicago. in this singular manner: He
was standing near coal-pile from which
supply was being taken, when slip"
occurred on the heap and buried McGrath.
Several tons of the coal fell upon and
crushed him dreadfully.
In Chicago, recently, man named
Croninger, while passing the new Massas-
soft House, at the foot of South Water
street, near the Union Depot, was struck
on the top of the head by brick that fell
accidentally from the wall of the building,
and was seriously if not fatally injured.
"A frightful accident occurred at the
North Division Rolling Mills, in Chicago,
recently. 1t seems that the blast furnace
was being cleaned of clinkers by five men
who used crow bars and other implements,
and that while they were busily engaged
in clearing away these distractions be-
low, the immense mass of molten iron
above gave way and was precipitated upon
them. OF course they were fearfully and
fatally burned.
Yves" Allen, Sing-Sing, n. Y, con-
Wet recently refused to join a party of
his fellow convicts who were being sent
to Auburn State Prison, and drew his
knife upon the officers who followed him
to his cell to coerce him. When they were
about to proceed to extremeties there, he
pointed to a can Of nitro glycerine, which
he had with him in his cell, threatening
to blow up the prison if molested. The
officers then retreated.
The wife of Henry F. Norcross, coal
dealer of Derby, Ct, while sitting in her
parlor on recent evening rocking an in
FAINT child to sleep, suddenly felt an I'M
usual warmth about her feet, and looking
down discovered that her clothes were on
fire. She put down the child in place
of safety, and then attempted to extinguish
the flames, but they had by that time so
far enveloped her as to be beyond her
strength and she was fatally burned in
consequence, dying during the night. The
mysterious origin of the fire is supposed
to have been parlOr match on which she
unconsciously trod while rocking her in
FAINT child.
-Messrs. Harrison and Camp were
partners in the jewelry business in Gin
cinnati. Not long ago these fell out, and
agreed to wind up their partnership. Mrs.
Camp took a hand in the settlement, much
to the disgust of Mr.. Harrison, who did
not hesitate to tell her husband so in
terms more energetic than polite. Of
course Camp told his wife, and there was
a commotion in the Camp family. She
procured a small rawhide, visited the
store and cut him twice over the head
with it. Mr.. Harrison was mortified and
told his wife She asked why he had not
knocked the woman down Upon his
saying that he did not like to raise his
hand against a woman she declared she
had no such scruples, and then announced
her intention Of doing a little reciprocal
tiogging. She hastily donned her hat,
took the whip and started for the store.
There she found Camp, and then and there
proceeded to give him a beautiful flashing.
Mrs Harrison allowed herself to be taken
off when she considered herself complete