Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-20
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

Peter Brehm, wealthy citizen of
Ann Arbor, Mich, committed suicide a
few days ago.
DR. Lampen, OF Chenoa, ILL.,, died re-
Gently from an overdose Of hydrate of
choral.
Capt Oscar G. Pratt, an old news
paper editor and reporter. made his last
item by taking dose Of morphine at st
Joe, Mo, few days ago.
1t was whisky that caused John Bar
ker, of Hamilton county, Ohio, aged 10,
to drive off an embankment the other day
and end his mortal career.
An old wretch named Benoit, who
had married a young girl of 1S, at ST.
Jepherin, Canada, recently strangled her
to death because she bowed to former
lover Of hers while coming from church
kerosene has laid low another victim
in the person of Miss Lameraux, of Grand
Rapids, Mich.
H W. Bennett was caught in the belt
ing of Touring mill at Tolono Ill and
killed before he could be extricated.
"A few mornings since The body Of J.
T.. Badger was picked up in the woods
near Windfall, Ind, with bottle half
full of whisky in his pool ct.
By the falling of scaffold at Law
renee, Kansas, the other day, two men
named Clay and Sheperd were almost in
stantly killed.
An Omaha policeman while asleep
one night recently, was attacked by a
large savage rat, which lacerated his nose
in frightful manner, and they still con-
tinue to drink that frightful Omaha whis-
ky Notwithstanding.
"A wranglc over game Of cards re-
suited in Il. II. Smiths shooting John
Duffey through the lungs, at Dayton,
Ohio, from the effects of which he died
next morning.
-Nettie Flynn, a young woman of
Niles, Mich, has been added to the long
list of "rashly importunates," having
ended her life with pistol shot the other
day.
"A Xenia, Kansas, boy was recently
attacked by d catamount while passing
through some timber, and notwithstand-
ing his attempts to escape, was killed by
the ferocious animal.
"A Californian desperate, named Geo.
Hargrand, recently shot and killed
George Martin, at San Buenaventura, and
the neighbors of the latter seized the
murderer and hung him to the nearest
tree. Martin was native of Huron
County, Ohio.
"A negro cabin near Peltfeld, Hen
derson County, KY, took fire and burned
up three negro children. Their mother
locked them in and went on a visit in the
neighborhood.
Robert Irvine, of San Francisco,
went into saloon and called for drink,
which was given to him, when he took a
package of powder from his pocket, put
it in the glass, saying it was Seidlitz
powder, drank the mixture, and died in a
few minutes. The powder proved to be
strychnine.
The whereabouts of Kansas horse
thief was discovered by information con-
veyed by the post-mark of a valentine
which he sent to young lady, "and the
next morning. the report says, "the
body of George Ellis was found suspend
ed to tree, about three miles and half
from here, near the Quaker meeting house,
in the strip of woods to the west of it,
and within q quarter of mile of the
place from which the horse was taken
eleven days ago"
AT Sargent Station. Kansas, recently,
Christopher Gibson was sent upon by a
half-doZen armed ruffians, who avOwed
their intention of taking his life. Glib
son, however, happened to have about
him two six-shooters and shotgun, and
so well did he handle his forces that
three Of his assailants were killed out
right, one wounded, and the other two
incontinently put to flight. Gibson was
fred at several times, but wonderful to
relate, escaped unframed.
Benjamin Couch, a miner at Des
Moines, Iowa, was slightly surprised the
other day when an iron drill, four feet
long and an inch in diameter, fell from
the mouth of the shaft, distance of 1875
feet, and struck him in the back at the
right of the spine, just above the hipst
and passing through his body, came out
near the rectum. The reporter says that
Couch requested fellow workman to
withdraw the drill from its uncomforta-
BILE position, which was done, and the
physician says he is likely to recover
SEVENTY FIVE of the business men of
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