Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-09-18
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

Two brothers, named Anderson, were
suffocated by fc''l air in well near juno
ton City, Kan, lately.
"A farmer named Munson, fell from
lead of hay in the town of Ottawa, Wis,
recently, and broke his neck.
Two young ladies, Misses Patterson,
cousins, were recently sporting WIN d: d
musket in Banks County. Ca, wneh II
accidentally exploded, killing MISS oarah
Patterson instantly.
The son of John Morrissey, exCon-
gresham, while playing with can OF
gun powder, in the Adirondacks, recently,
experienced decidedly elevating sensa-
ton after he introduced lighted match
among the shining kernels. lie Will re-
cover.
Mr.. Walter Gibson, the editor OF
Harlem, N. Y, newspaper, was recently
distigured for life by an unrecognlZed
person, who assaulted and threw vitrlol
and muriatic acid into his face. The per
petrator is supposed to be some Scouhdrei
who had been offended at some personal
notice III the paper.
"A switchman named Thomas Wright,
employed in the yards Of the ILLINOIS Cen
trail Company, at Dubuque, was instantly
killed recently, while coupling cars. IS
foot caught in a frog, and before he could
extricate it the moving train came along,
cutting his body to pieces, and scattering
them along the track.
Mr. David Waterman was recently
killed at the Lafayette, Ind, Fair under the
following circumstances: His horse be-
came unmanagabic, and turned short to
go through the gate into the grounds and
threw him out He struck on his right
shoulder and his head, breaking his arm
near the elbow, and rupturing some OF
the small blOod-vessels near the brain,
which caused his death
While Mr.. J. G. HaZerOt and wife, of
Brooklyn, O., were away from home,
their four-year-old son and some other
children went into the barn to play. In
some way the barn was set on fire. The
little boy was in the loft. Some neigh
bors who saw the fire and tried to put it
out attempted to rescue him, but the only
ladder at hand broke down, and child
was burned to death before he could be
reached.
-Chas 0. Day, employed in one of the
Minneapolis, MINI, lumber mills, met
with a serious accident a short time ago.
He was engaged in attaching logs to the
chain which drew them up the slide into
the mill, when one near the top broke
loose. and it came like a shot, MASKING
his limbs between the butt ends of two
logs His legs were fairly mashed to "a
Jelly. The right one was amputated just
below the knee, and left one at the lower
end Of the thigh
A young man named Guernsey, resld-
killed by lightning under the following
circumstances He and his father were
returning home with two teams laden
with cOaI The bolt descended, striking
him in the back of the neck, and APP
pears to have killed him instantly, His
father was with the team behind, and was
knocked senscless When he came to, be
found his sons team lying PROSTATE in
the road, apparently dead, and his son
hanging out Of the wagon by one foot,
which was caught in the spring OF the
seat
Amelia Grunncll, while at work, a
few days ago, in u single mill at Osh-
kosh, Wis, under shaft going at the
rate Of 200 revolutions per minute, in
some manner allowed her hair, which was
very long to be caught in the knuckle-
Joint, and in an instant it was torn entire
~ from her head, taking with it all the
flesh and muscles From line drawn
around each eyebrow her skull was left
white and bare, without i trace OF blood
OF flesh. The strangcst part OF the acct
dent is that she felt little or no pain. The
scalp is perfect and the doctors have de
termined to tan it with the hair on, so
that if the girl RECEIVERS it may be used as
a wig.
-Bashfulness is a charming and en-
gaging quality, but is apt to be an occa-
sionally uncomfortable one to the posses
s0r thereof. Witness the case OF an eX-
ceilent and fastidious young gentleman OF
san Francisco, who lately made formal
call upon family Of his acquaintance.
Having entertained the said family with
unusual brilliancy Of conversation, and
quite fascinated the young lady members,
lie prepared to depart. This is always
the trying moment for a baShtul man.
This particular one made his final bow,
and gracefully retired, facing his friends,
to what he tondly imagined was the right
door of exit. Alas. 1t led to an empty
china closet, and he was inside, and he
shut that door before he quite realized his
agonizing blunder. But even that mi ht
have been borne were it not that the fam
lily Watchdog had secretly crept in there
to d0ze The intrusion hurt his feelings,
and he naturally and promptly resented
it. The soul-and the garments-of that
young man are bitterly rent. SO much
for bashtulness.-Neao York Tribune.