Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-07-31
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

A Syracuse man didn't went his wife
tn 90 to the circus, and he threw pepper
into her eyes so that she would remain at
home.
A man in an English hospital was re-
Gently so poisoned by the bite OF gnat
that he died in great agony in thlrty-slx
hours.
John Whitico, of Macoupin County,
ILL.,, died the other day of lockjaw, pro-
duced by running rusty nail into his
foot.
A daughter of Joseph Smith, living
near Clinton, Vermillien County, Ind,
fell from swing on recent Sunday, and
broke both legs above the knees.
Mrs. Anna Corrigan, a young married
woman of indianapolis, Ind, tried to
poison herself recently, but doctor and
an emetic saved her. The violent temper
of her husband was the cause
An Ashley, Ind. widow married a
bachelor the other day on first sight, and
left him on the second day sight because
he refused her SIS to buy a sewing ma
chine.
Sebastian Mercy while drunk was
carrying his four-year old boy in his arms
in Cincinnati He staggered, fell, and
killed the child Then remorse sug-
gested the oath, 81 will never drink
another drop"
Near Beaufort, N c., colored boy
went out to hoe corn. He failed to appear
at his usual time, and when hunted for
was found dead with rattlesnake eoiled
around him, the snake still biting his
body.
To encourage lightning-ro men is why
this is put in from Lansing, Mich: CA few
nights ago the Reform School was struck
by lightning, though it has several light
ming rods mounted on the roof A small
fire was generated, but it was put out by
the boys with pals
"A woman, whose husband went off
on drunk, "broke up' housekeeping in
this way: She took an axe and smashed
all the furniture, including the stove and
utensils, killed all the chickens, and then
took her two children and left the neigh
borhood.
Benjamin Rathburn, who, thirty-six
years ago was a notorious fOrger, died
recently, in New York, aged eighty-two
years.
"A young daughter OF Abel North,
of Kingston, Ohio, was burned to death
recently, by coming too near the fire with
dress, upon which she had used a fluid
for extracting grease.
"A melancholy accident happened re-
Gently. in Matteson, Cook County, Ill.
The elder of two boys by the name Of
Wedel, while playing with an old pistol
shot the younger through the brain, in
juring him fatally.
"A new use has been made Of the pos
tai cards. A few days ago, the railroad
officials of Chicago received postal card,
on the blank side of which was photo
graph of nice-looking young man, with
letter-press describing it as a Louisville
Ky) defaulter, and offering a reward of
$3.50 for his capture.
John Peters, of Davenport, Iowa, on
the 4th, like many others, was injured by
the premature discharge of pistol. This
accident, trifling at the time, became
matter of grave importance when, a few
days since, lockjaw supervened, and poor
Peters was hurried to an untimely end.
They report queer case of spontane-
Gus combustion from New Hampshire. A
physician had prescribed linseed oil and
camphor for severe pain in the chest,
and the patient complained Of the heat
soon after its application on cotton bat
ting. in about an hour he protested that
he could bear it no longer, and before it
could be removed it took fire, actually
blazing up and burning the poor fellows
neck severely