Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-12
HAFs AND MIsHAPS.

Edward Kinney. of Royal, WIS, was
h,omn't TO death by the bursting OF gun
a few days since.
urs Eherbousen, near Peoria, poured
kerosene on her fire, and hence II Is un-
necessary for the reporter 10 s.ato ai'y
further particulars. ~ :.
BY the explosion of a single mill "a az
J,oomis. Mich, Henry Anderson was d.
most instantly killed.
A barber liz Washington, VINO was
shaving q man who refused to enter into
conversation with him, dropped deao' IL
is supposed, from despair
In Baltimore, the other day, aDoy
named Harry Berkeley examined Pis'ol
in the presence of boy named James
KEYS James had large 1unerai' anu
Harry said he didn't mean to-
Joseph Gautzler, of Buffalo, sala ne
would Jump further than his companions
or die trying, and he ruptureo plooo
vessel and died in two minutes.
"A farmer named Henry Valentine,
living near Pendleton, Ind, while sltting
on the railroad track, was struck by the
express train and died soon after
A twelve-year-old boy played base
ball at Brodhead, Wis, and then lay down
on the damp grass, from which ne caught
a cold that caused death in few days.
"A young girl named Jennie Ribble,
residing in the lower part of Fond du Lac,
Wis, was killed one day recently by the
falling of portion Of the framework OF
swing.
Edward Couch, boy of fourteen,
living near Bradford, Floyd County, Iowa,
was killed the other day while playing
game of base ball The bat slipped from
the hands of the batter, and striking the
boy in the stomach, caused his death IN
few minutes.
Theodore Webb, of Norwich, Conn,
was drawn into the machinery of steam
elevator. He had presence of mind to
throw up his arms so that his two coats
were drawn off and disappeared in the
gearing, while he escaped.
An elderly couple named Hoepfer,
while driving home from Lansing, Mich,
recently, were thrown from their carriage
by the carriage wheel striking stump.
TIE woman was killed almost instantly,
and the man dangerously injured.
The gristmill Of Fred Sage, ten miles
from Independence, Iowa, was recently
the scene Of horrible accident His lit
tie six-year-old daughter strolling into
the mill from childish curiosity, was
caught in the belt and rapidly drawn
round, crushing the little one into an al
most shapeless mass.
Joseph Townsend, aged thirteen, liv-
ing at Princeton, Mimi, teased his invalid
sister Mabel aged sixteen, by throwing
grains Of corn at her. She flung large
pair of shears at her brother, which struck
him in the left breast, penetrating his
heart, causing instant death. The girl
was almost deranged with grief.
"A Tennessee paper of recent date
states that locomotive struck the wagon
of farmer of that State, and himself,
wife and child were deposited on the
other side of the fence, somewhat hurt in
spirit but not in body. T. e wOman's
first act was to knock John down for run
ming into the locomotive" and to shut
up both eyes for insisting that he didn't.
AT GreencastIe, Ind, the other night,
boy was elected from a hall where an
entertainment was being given. He
sought revenge ny Selling a coal-Oil lamp
which stood in the lobby and throwing it
into the body of the nall, where it eX-
ploded A stampede ensued, and in leap
ing from the second-story windows, many
persons were seriously injured.
Two children living in the town of
Lake View, near Chicago, were recently
poisoned by eating the common parsnip,
few plants of which had been left grow
ing in one corner Of the garden from year
to year until they had grown wild. One OF
| the children died, and post-mortem ex-
animation sf the body and an analysis OF
| the stomach, left no doubt that death had
| resulted from eating of the poisonous root
The Hamilton (Ga.) Visitor says that
| a negro boy, on Mr.. j. NJ. Kimbrough's
| place, was bitten by moccasin on the
finger on Friday night and died on Sun
day. After being bitten he frequently
blew like an adder, protruding his tongue
| and struck at everything within his reach
| always striking everything he hit at. He
would seize the bed clothing and shake ii
and in every way initiate the actions of a
| snake.
"A young lad named Willie Higgins
| in company with some other boys, was
passing saloon in Chicago the other day
when they noticed lot Of pop bottles sit
ting on the sidewalk, some of which still
contained a few spoonfuls OF that useless
liquid. The little fellow playfully snatch
ed one of the bottles and drained it of its
down the street, to escape any unpleasant
interview with the saloon keeper They had
hardly gone half block, however, when
the boy fell to the sidewalk in convul-
sions, and in fifteen minutes after was
dead.
A druggist in Savannah, Ga, had a
young man in his store teaching him the
drug business. The young man had a
pistol and one day thought he would
amuse himself by shooting the load out
of his pistol into the bung of a barrel full
Of nOn-explosive kerosene. The pistol
barrel went off and so did the kerosene
barrel, and the young druggist-where is
he? He was very low at last accounts,
and it is thought it will become necessary
to bury him. He is evidently the kind of
stuff that laundering druggists are made
| off who deal out poisons without knowing
their names.
The Kansas Tornado.