Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-11-13
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

| Mrs. LOewe, German woman IN
| Newton, Wis, was caught in the mach1n-
ery of gristmill, recently, and her spine
| broken.
| A Mrs. Newman, of TunkhannOck,
| Pa, while milking, on recent evening,
was instantly killed by the kick OF a
vicious COW.
| "A Young man named John King was
severely kicked by a mule the other day,
at Tremount, Pa, from the effects of
which he died.
Mr.. George Griswold, of Merom, Ind,
while engaged in spearing fish in the Wa
hash. lost his balance, fell from the boat
and was drowned.
! "A hurricane blew the two sons,
WAGON. and team of Mr.. Sharn, of
! Union Corners, Mimi, off bridge, seri-
ously injuring the boys, the horses, and
the wagon
-Marmaduke Slade, of Savannah Ga,
a sewing-machine agent, recently tried to
cut short the thread of life by swallowing
two ounces of laudanum. Mr.. Slade over
did the business and recovered.
While Thomas Lyon was returning
home recently from Manitowoc, Wis,
in company with a Mr.. Clark, on buck
| board wagon, the horse backed oil
bridge instantly killing Mr.. Lyon.
"A horse in Huntington, Pa, few
| days ago ran away, and, in jumping out
of the wagon, a lady occupant dropped
her child over the dash board. The in
| FAINT was run over and killed almost in
stantly.
| "A Pennsylvania woman, living in
Chester County, while passing along
roadway not long ago, was attacked by
five ferocious dogs and had her clothing
| stripped from her. She was also severely
bitten.
An Evansville reporter recording an
accident to a brakesman who, while coup
ling cars at that point was thrown beneath
the wheels, several cars passing over both
legs, truthfully remarks: "He will prob
ably be cripple for lite.'
| John Bennett was accidentally killed
by his brother near Pepin, Wis, not long
ago. The two men were following trail
through the woods, when a hammer of the
brothers gun caught in limb, discharg-
ing the gun, and depositing three buck
Shot in Johns heart.
| Not long ago William Warwick and
companion were engaged in digging coal
out of an embankment on Kirkpatrick
street. Pittsburgh, when the embankment
gave way and they were covered with
huge mass of coal and earth When they
were dug out Warwick was dead
"A few days ago, derrick used in the
| construction of bridge over the White
River, near indianapolis, Ind, fell and in
stantly killed Peter Dorsey. A piece of
| scantling two inches thick struck the
crown of the mans head, literally cleav-
| ing his head to the spinal column.
Henry Hub, Dubuque, Iowa, street
| car driver was instantly killed the other
night. He was intoxicated at the time,
and while driving along, the car run over
a small stone, throwing him from his feet,
| falling with his head upon the track, the
wheels crushing his head to a jelly.
At Wichita, Kansas, recently, two
roughs, styled Rowdy Joe and Reddy, got
| into warm conversation over corn, Juice,
| when revolvers became the game, in which
| the two took a hand, and both understood.
| The result was a double funeral, and
| wounded spectator who caught one on
| the fly.
An almost fatal accident occurred in
| Weeds mill, Suamaco, Wis, recently. A
workman, while engaged about a pulley,
was accidentally caught by the sleeve of
smashed, and also otherwise injured. An
| other workman, seeing the accident,
| stopped the machinery, thereby saving his
! life.
"A bereaved Cedar Rapids, Iowa, wild
ow recently took a nice young man to
| board with her. He paid up right along
at first, but fell behind till he owed her
| $50. She dunned him, and he popped
the question and was accepted She got
her dry goods ready and lent him $50
more TO get his ready, but when the we'd
ding day came he was nowhere to be
found. The young man had gone West.
The wife Of Benjamin Bellew, of
Wilmington, Del, was recently nearly
| poisoned to death with a seidlitz powder
purchased at druggists The physician
thinks there was corrosive sublimate in
the powder. 1t will be remembered that
Rev. Mr.. Mann, of Raleigh, n c., whose
| daughters were arrested on the charge of
having poisoned him, and were honorably
discharged, died from corrosive sublimate
taken in seidlitz powder.
Isaac Turner and Robert Culbertson.
aged respectively, twenty and seventeen,
were hunting in Wright, Indiana On
their way home they stopped at the resi-
dence OF MIR. Sexton, where they engaged
IN quarrel between themselves Turner
left the house, and returned with his gun,
| leveled it at Culbertson and shot him
| through the heart. He gave no other ex-
| PLANTATION of his conduct than saying he
thought the gun was unlOaded.
| The Beaver Dam, Wis, Citizen of a
recent date says: TUESDAY morning as
| the eastern bound train was rounding a
| curve about four miles west of the city,
number OF armed men sprang from the
| bushes and commenced to fire at the en-
| gineer, but fortunately did not hit him
tie crowded on more steam, and was soon
out of their reach. Their intention was
doubtless to stop the train and rob the
passengers, a number known to have quite
large sums of money on their persons be-
ing on board
John Y. Mansford an old and respect
ed citizen of Harrodsburg, Ky, died a
few days ago of what was thought to be
fiux. During his illness linseed oil was
prescribed, and what was supposed to be
that article was obtained at drug store
and given to him. After taking the first
dose, the patient suffered severely, be-
came delirious and died soon after in
apparently great agony Subsequent ex-
animation proved that the article was
croton oil instead of linseed oil. The
fatal mistake has created great excite
ment in the community and the widow
| has BROUGHT Sl1it AGAINST the dru ppiStS