Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-05-28
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

They have new way Of collecting old
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 a 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. Will
mothers still persist In the face of such
warnings?
Mrs. Brown, living near Pikeville,
Ohio, was struck by lightning the other
day and instantly killed. She had child
in her arms at the time which escaped I'M
hurt.
"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 to avoid making muss
Something comes from Danbury,
Conn, which is not funny. Geo. Barley,
a resident of that place, accidentally struck
himself in the back Of the head with a
dumbbeli, while practicing recently, IN
dIctlng 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-five 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
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 is the same manner,
took his life
The first thing 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 Fl. B. Beers, man extensively
known among the Methodists of Northern
Indiana, for many years a superannuated
minister and a resident of Goshen, drop
ped dead at his residence, while carrying
crock Of lard to the cellar, the other
evening
At Cedar Rapids, Iowa, one night
recently, 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 got was a shot being
ctri !, 1o fo
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 Walling-
ford discl0ses the names of other parties
engaged with them in committing the
forgeries, 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 sign
used in the order Or Rebecca, 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 aYenging husband on his trail, and,
tor man who meant so well, the DOOR
OGd 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.
He obtained little sympathy from his
family. Soon afterward he went out and
was not seen again. Toward evening two
girls were passing hill on the Milford
road, just below there, when they discOy-
cred him on his knees with his arms
around a small cedar tree. Going I'D to
aim, the girls saw that there was a rope
around his neck. This was fastened to a
small limb of the tree, and Mag was
dead.
"A Sullivan Qnd9 youth, aged eigh-
teen, wanted to marry his employers
daughter, the twain being mutually en-
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 any such
unlawful purpose. The youth then cut
strap from halter belonging to himself
and started for the woods, followed by his
employer 1t was a 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 a tree, tied
his strap to limb, and swung off, hold
ing his hands to his side The squire
climbed up also, but before he reached the
infatuated youth limb broke and he fell
down; he climbed 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 a lifeless condition. By vigorous
efforts and the use of restoratives he was
eventually restored TO consciousness. He
has since concluded it would be better to