Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-28
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

John Bailey, at Erie, Pa, when walk
ing along the street, few days ago, Stun
bled and fell on the pavement, breaking
his neck.
-" Miranda; is my clean shirt ready p"
inquired William Blakesly, of Delaware
She said it was not, and he continued ::
"Use it for my shroud," and he went to
the barn and hanged himself.
"A lad named Ersinger, eleven years
old, recently attempted to crawl under a
freight car while it was in motion, at
Kankakee, Ill. He lived, but mourns the
loss of one arm and one leg.
james Hancock, farmer living near
Quincy, ILL.,, recently, while laboring un-
der fit of temporary insanity, cut his
wife's throat and then hanged himself
from the second story window Of his resi-
dence.
Perry Bueley, of Minneapolis, Mimi,
was recently at work under heavy load
of lumber, adjusting the reach to the for
ward axle The horses started, and the
entire load fell upon him, smashing his
head and otherwise mutilating his body.
He lived about twenty minutes.
-" CerebroS Spinal Meningitis " seemed
such terrible title to an old gentleman
named Russell, in Stevenson, Ala, who
had never heard it before and was quite ig-
norant of its significance, that when told
by the doctor that such was the designa-
ton of his complaint, he took down his
rifle and shot himself
The Brunswick CO., Enterprise relates
remarkable instance of the focusing of
the suns rays, as follows: " Mrs. Ault
came to town last week, and bought a
wash basin. AS she was taking it home
the suns rays were reflected so strongly
upon her clothing that her dress took fire,
and she was obliged to rush into William
Nace's for water to put out the flames"
The St Augustine Fla.) Press tells a
horrible story of suffering of little Ital-
ian boy who was thrown overheard at
sea in a cask by one Captain Cummings,
of the schooner Eliza d. Hammerly The
boy was picked up at Matanzas inlet by
Kind hearted fisherman and carried to
St Augustine, where he is kindly being
cared for by the people.
At st. Joseph, Mo, lately, while one
of the huge arches forming the dome of
the exposition building was being hoisted
into position by a powerful derrick, the
ropes gave way and the arch fell with a
crash among crowd of workmen One
man was almost instantly killed His
name was Rushory. Strange to say, no
body else was INJURED. The arch was
demolished.
"A funeral procession at Wheeling,
W. Va, was recently ascending a steep
grade, when it was met by two boys, who
were at the moment quarreling over the
possession of some fishing rods. The &C
ton of the boys scared the horses of the
hearse, and the horse of the first carriage
also began to plunge violently, throwing
the whole line into confusion, during
which two carriages were precipitated
down steep embankment, utterly demol-
ishing one and seriously injuring the oc-
cupants of both.
"A short time since at East Saginaw
Mich, German named Ortman, was al
most instantly killed, and his son, aged 4,
fatally injured. The circumstances were
| as follows: Ortman and son had started
| for home with load of lumber, when the
| team took fright at passenger train on
| the East Saginaw & St Clair railroad,
and ran away, throwing Ortman under the
| wheels, two of them passing over him,
nearly cutting him in two. The boy was
| thrown a considerable distance, striking
on his head.
! Mrs. Kate Ferguson, of Cleveland,
| o., lately came to her death under the fol-
| lowing singular circumstances At an
early hour in the morning she arose and
went across the street to get milk at her
brOther-i n-law's house On returning a
pet dog was in the street, and seeing a
| dOg-shoOter pointing his gun at the dog
she made rush to save her pet The
shooter did not fire, but the lady was Sc
| frightened that she never spoke afterward
| Commissions followed the shock, and she
died in less than forty-eight hours.
| The Boston Herald asserts that an in
FAINT, only five days old, died from fright
in Newtonville, Mass, recently, under the
| following circumstances On that evening
a very heavy thunder storm prevailed in
that vicinity, and at each report of the
thunder the babe jumped spasmodically
and gave every evidence of thorough
| fright possible in so young an infant. At
last terrible clap came, the child's limbs
twltched convulsively, and it died instant
ly. The lightning struck \ house only a
few rods distant, but it is not thought that
the electricity had any effect upon the
child, for it was not felt by any others.
Recently Miss Craft, young lady
from Beaver Falls Pa, while in Touring
mill was standing near two upright shafts
that were revolving at the rate of fifty
revolutions to the minute, one of the shafts
being covered with sticky corroded oil
Her dress, being of light material, touch
ed and adhered to it and instantly wind
ing around the shaft, she was drawn be,
tween the two they are only few inches
apart which caught her flowing hair
then tearing the entire scalp from her
head, to the eyebrows. One leg was bad
| ly fractured and she was much 1acerated
and bruised. Her physicians had no
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