Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-11-27
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

kosh, Wisconsin.
A crazy woman in Georgia recently
mounted locomotive, which was stand
ing unattended, and ran it until the steam
gave out-fifty- five miles.
"A Lafayette, Ind, boy, thinking to
sample some cider, went to the ley barrel
instead. A prompt application of lard,
internally, saved his lite.
"A little child in Bloomington, ILL.,,
was killed the other day by taking aqua
ammonia instead of aqua ciRys01a0nauha.
The laundering druggist still lives to
poison other people
Two young men, named La Nome
and Frank A. Sylvester, of Lincoln, Polk
County, Wis, went skating on Beaver
Trap Lake, Wis, recently. The ice was
too thin, and they broke through and
were drowned
--Chas. A. Nickerson, of Chelsea, Me,
recently got silver Of broom-corn fixed
in his throat, and, as it couldn't be dis
lodged, AN abscess was formed which broke
few days ago, rupturing blood-vessel,
causing his death.
Mr.. w, Hardsock, of Du Quoin, Ill,
fell from his horse and accidentally dis
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last week. The charge entered his leg,
above the knee, and go injured it that he
died from the effects.
"A Detroit man, named Charles
Decker, being jealous Of his wife, deter
mined to kill her. One Tuesday he went
to the door OF aroom where his wife was
seated and fred three times. AT the third
shot his wife fell, and Decker ceased fir
ing and left the house, when his wife
arose uninjured The police were look
ing for Decker.
A fatal accident from handling pis-
tol occurred at Palmyra, Wis last week.
Two men, named Blackmoor and Thorn,
had been examining pistol and dis
charged all the chambers, and laid it
down, when another man stepped up and
put in cartridge. Blackmoor picked it
up and (supposlng it empty snapped it,
when it was discharged, Thorn receiving
the contents in his bowels, and dying the
night after.
Ministers children, as everybody
knows, sometimes turn out badn The
daughter of Rev. Mr.. Richardson, living
few miles from Corinth, Miss, having
some misunderstanding previously, with
gentleman, went to his home, found him
at work, spoke and shook hands with
him, and then drew from under her shawl
"A pistol, placed it to his breast, and fired
The man, at last accounts, was living, but
in II hopeless condition.
AT NepOnset, H., the other day. an
engineer following another train not far
ahead, saw boy sitting 50 close to the
track that he thought to squirt water on
on him from small rubber pipe. AS he
came closer he saw blood on the ties, and
found the boy was crawling away with
both feet cut Off He had been playing
around the train ahead and Just as it
started out met with this terrible penalty.
"A singular accident happened to John
Burk, of Union City, Ind, one day last
week. He was carrying can Of hot
coffee TO his comrades, which, in order to
retain its heat, was closed with "A screw
cap. The steam accommodating, exploded
and burst the vessel, scalding his arm Sc
verely, He wrapped the burned limb
with cotton packing, and went to work
cleaning his engine. Coming too near
the FIRE The cotton ignited, and his arm
was SO badly burned before the flames
could be cXtinguished that the flesh ac-
tually parted from the bones in removing
the packing.
"A furious fight occurred at kalama-
100, Mich, few days ago, between "A
bear owned by Thomas Richardson,
butcher, and three men. The bear got
loose and alarmed the neighbors. Word
was sent to his keeper, Miles Norton, and
to Richardson, who attempted To capture
him Richardson and step.sOn of Nor
ton were seized in turn by the bear, and
80 torn by him that their lives were de.
SPARED of. la beating the bear off from
Richardson, Norton, while striking at the
bear with an axe, opened Richardson's
knee mt the Joint IN a fearful manner. The
animal WAS finally beaten oil and killed
An action against dentist forpulling
the wrong teeth came before keene, n.
IL, court, the other day. The plaintiff
Mrs. Alice Lowell, being unavoidably alb
sent by reason OF having died her inter
cSts were represented by her husband, who
asserted that ais lamentcd spouse gave
She dentist special directions to pull Ger.
tain teeth and net to modest certain other
teeth, but he made a clean sweep of one
jaw and was rapidly harvesting the crop
in the other when Mrs Lowell recovered
from the anWSthetiC and shut her mouth.
The suit was for s., GOO damages, but the
jury considering that it might have been
mere misunderstanding ON the dentists
part, and that the plaintiff was dead,
thought $50 about right