Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-16
HAPS AND MISHAPS.


Charles Dederly, five years old, was
killed by the kick Of a colt on his fore
head, at Sterling, H., the other day.
"A three-year old child crept upon the
railway track near Webster City, Iowa.
and a train cut off both its arms.
Ella White, aged fifteen, poured some
kerosene oil on newly -kindled fire, at
Owatonna MINI. She may recover.
John Morton, a Terre Haute Qnd.)
youth of about thirteen years, shot himself
through the head while fooling with a
pistol
Robert Wilson, proprietor of saw
mill near Terre Haute, Ind, was recently
killed instantly by the explosion of a boiler
In the mill
"A little daughter of German named
Bishop, fell into privy-vault ct Madison
Wis, and, before assistance could reach
her, was suffocatcd or drowned.
"A daughter of Mrs Whom, residing
near White Hall, Ill, was bitten by rat
tlesnake recently, and at last accounts il
was thought impossible for her to recover
j. NJ Carr, farmer of Clay County,
Iowa, was killed by lightning while out
In his wheat field. When discovered he
was entirely dead, his boots torn from his
feet and his clothes rent in fragments.
"A Peoria servant girl, named Maggie
Conlev, the course of whose true love
wouldn't run smooth, took a dose Of cold
poison the other day. Her recovery was
considered doubtful
The slight mistake Of using strych
nine instead of saleratus in the cake, came
very near to eXtinguishing the. family OF
Barney May, at Dubuque the other day
Fortunately the dose was SO large that il
nauseated them.
Thomas Walker, after a two weeks
debauch at Chenoa, H., went to Weston
when feeling i'll he, entered a drug store
the proprietor of which was absent, and
helped himselfto something out OF one
of the jars. He was immediately taken
with violent pains and died in an hour.
The saltwater season of Pittsburgh
was duly opened by shooting off soda
fountain into a6good many pieces, break
ing a mans arm No Pittsburgh engi
neers can now be found to run the infer.
nal machine. c-1..-e....s1~-.4.z.
Mrs JohnGaley, of Ingrahaln, Ill
attempted to kindle the fire with kerosene
Her little boy was standing near, and his
clothing also caught fire The mother
saved her boy by eXtinguishing thefame!
upon him while she herself was being
roasted alive ss&e@.tss "a
"A little girl six years old, living will
a Mr.. Johnson, at Mclean, Ill, was acct
dentally killed the other Sunday, by tht
discharge of a gun, nearly the whole
charge entering her mouth and passing
upward. A young son of Mr.. johnson
and the little girl were alone in the house
the rest of the family being at church
The boy Went upstairs for a few moments
and on returning found the girl corpse
Two boys, by the names Of Windsor
and Smith, drove into the Illinois River
near Naples, one day recently, for the
purpose of tightening the tires on theil
wagon wheels. The horses, getting be
You'd their depth, began to swim, wher
the boys, becoming frightened jumped
into the water and were drowned The
horses returned safely to the shore witt
the vehicle. - >
"A twelye-year-old son Of Mr.. Law
renee, at Forestdale, VT, was severely
burned recently, under very singular cir
Cumstances. In crossing.a brook he dis
covered something Whichahe took to be {
roll Of candy, and on examination placed
1t in his pants pocket. His clothes were
soon on fire, and he rushed into the water
when it ceased to burn only while under
the water. The roll proved to be phos
phorus The boy was in critical condi
ton at last accounts.
Henry p. Walker, fourteen-year-ol(
boy Of Worcester, Mass, had a misunder
standing with his grandfather about water
ing some plants, and the latter ordered
the young man to 90 into the barn AM
stay there. Some little time after, tn
grandfather, going to the barn, found tn
boy on his knees, with his neck in
moose, strangled. The old man bein;
feeble, found some difficulty in releasin!
the boy, who gasped once or twice ant
then died The boy had his hands unde
the rope, as if he had tried to release him
SELF but had not the strength. He had
high temper, but it is not believed h
meant to do more than brighten th
family.
This is one of the humors of DIT
buQue. One Sunday morning recently
James McDonough and Jonas Sacket
were in Herbst's butcher shop, and bein
pot-yaliant from the effect of many pota
tons, each. challenged the other to lay hi
head on the chopping- block.and be decal
itated. Finally McDonough, evidentl
the Drawer Of the two, laidh head on tn
block, and Sackett, grasn;ng the butcher
cleaver, with uncertain stroke let it tai
the blow missing its intentonly so far a
to shave off one of McDonough's ears, q
the same time badly fracturing his skull
Some bystanders here interfered and pu
an end to the fun. va5a
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