Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-22
HApS AND MISHAPS.


debts in Arkansas A man presented a
bill of 81 to another, the other day, and
on refusal of payment, stabbed him so that
it is probable he will die.
"A Berks County pa undertaker's
horse ran away and killed him, while he
was taking an empty coffin to farmers
house, the other day
Mrs Scott, Of Quebec, dropped dead
| the other day while racing to catch her
boy by the hair and "chug" him. VIII
mothers still persist in the face of such
warnings?
Mrs Brown, living near Pikcville,
Ohio, was struck by lightning the other
dav and instantly killed She had child
| in her arms at the time which escaped I'M
| hurt
"A Cleveland Ohio woman rose so far
superior to sex as TO fracture a burglar s
| skull with a bootack, but delayed giving
an alarm till she could put up her back
| hair and the intruder had escaped.
"A commercially neat Massachusetts
man, having occasion to cut his throat
last week, CONSIDERABLY went out on the
| back piazza with pail, over which he
held his head during the operation, in or
| der 10 avoid making a muss.
| J ;
| Conn, which is not funny Geo Barkley,
a resident of that place, accidentally struck
| himself in the back Of the head with a
dumb-bcli, while practicing recently, IN
| nicting fatal injuries.
"A Hartford schoolboy, who had fallen
asleep at his desk, suddenly jumped to his
| feet, and shouting Look out there, I'm
| going to the fire. started on a run, and
| brought up against the blackboard with
sufficient force TO awaken and astonish
him.
-Ames Scott, aged seventy-fve years,
| died recently, at Marshalltown, Pa, from
| the effects Of arsenic He ate some meat
which had been poisoned to kill rats and
| left on the kitchen table, thinking that the
arsenic was flour.
| Twelve years ago a Connecticut farm
er killed himself by placing the muZzle Of
a gun against his breast and discharging
it with poker; and the other day his
| son, also a farmer, in the same room, with
the same gun, and in the same manner,
| took his life.
| The Lrst thing a little girl did, whose
| mother was shot by her father in Maiden,
| Mass, last week, was to take up the gun
| which the murderer had thrown down.
/ and cut a notch in the stock, so that she
might identify it when called upon to
testify.
Elder II. B. Beers, man extensively
| known among the MethOdists of Northern
| Indiana, for many years a superannuated
| minister and resident of Goshen, drop
| ped dead at his residence, while carrying
a crock of lard to the cellar, the other
| evening.
| AT Cedar Rapids, Iowa, one night
| recently, q man named Masina according
! to his own aCcOunt) saw man at the foot
| Of his bed, and asked what was wanted
| The only answer he cot was a shot being
| fired, striking his wife in the head and
| killing her instantly. The murderer es-
capped, and the man can give no descrip-
| ton of him. The affair is shrOuded in
mystery.
"A man named Wallingford and his
wife, who lived near Bonaparte, Iowa,
committed suicide the other night to evade
punishment for forging deeds and other
documents, by which they obtained large
sums Of money. A letter left by Wallng-
ford dlsclOses the names of other parties
engaged with them in committing the
torgeries, and who received part of the
money obtained. These parties have dis
appeared, but search is being made for
them.
"A Rochester man got into trouble the
other day, by being an Odd Fellow. He
met Mrs Scott in butchers shop, and
mistaking motion she made for a sign
used in the order or Rebecca. a woman's
degree in Odd Fellowship, he went to her
and offered his assistance if she needed it.
She didn't seem to need it, just then, for
she grew red in the face and told him to
mind his own business; yea more, for she
put an avenging husband on his trail, and
for man who meant so we'll, the poor
Oud Fellow Jared badly.
Adam Mag, an eccentric German
baker of Matamoras, Pa, one day recent
ly went to catch his horse The horse gave
him an annoying chase Mag became
very angry and did not bride his tongue.
lie obtained little sympathy from his
family. Soon atterward he went out and
was not seen again, Toward evening two
girls were passing a hill on the Milford
road, just below there, when they discoy-
cred him on his knees with his arms
around a small cedar tree. Goinp m to
him, the girls saw that there was a rome
around his neck. This was fastened to a
small limb Of the tree, and Mag was
dead.
"A Sullivan Qnd) youth, aged eigh-
teen, wanted to marry his EMPLOYERS
daughter, the twain being mutuallv on
amored, and because the old man wanted
them to wait until next fall, young Romeo
avoWed his intention to commit suicide
and made for the barn with that purpose
The squire followed after and found him
with moose prepared and tying the other
end OF rope to beam. The old man
objected to his using his rope for arv such
unlawful purpose. The youth then cut q
strap from halter belonging to himself
and started for the woods, followed bv his
employer. 1t was race for life, or rather
death, and the young man being fleet of
foot outran his pursuer, adjusting his
moose as he ran. He climbed tree tied
his strap to limb, and swung off boId
ing his hands to his side. The ,somire
climbed up also, but before he reached tho
infatuated youth limb broke and he fol-
down; he climbed a second time and
another limb broke with him. The Lover
was becoming purple in the face and |
froth was issuing from his mouth On |
the third attempt the squire reached him
and cut the strap, when the Young man
fell to the ground, distance of seven feet
in lifeless condition. Rv viaoro,,, |
efforts and the use of restoratiyes be v uas
eventually restored 10 consciousness Ho
has since concluded it would be hetter ~
bear the ills he has than flyto Others - ~
he knows not of 'iAt'o