Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-11-13
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

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machine, and died in few hours
Mrs Loewe, German woman in
Newton, Wis, was caught in the machin-
cry of gristmill recently, and erspine
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 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
bash, lost his balance, fell from the boat
and was drowned
A hurricane blew the two sons, a
wagon, and team Of Mr. Sharn, of
Union Corners, MINI, of a bridge. seri-
ously iniGring the boys, the horses, and
the wagon.
-Marmaduke Slade, Of Savannah, Ga,
a sewiug.machine agent, recently tried to
cut short the thread oflite hy swallowing
two ounces Of laudanum. Mr. Sade over
did the business and recovered
While Thomas Lyon was returning
home recently from Manitowoo. Wis,
in company with q Mr. Clark, on i buck
board wagon, the horse backed of a
bridge, instantly killing Mr.. Lyon.
A horse in Huntington, Pa, few
days ago ran away, and, in jumping out
OF the wagon, 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 a
roadway not long ago, was attacked by
five fcrocious dogs and had her clothing
stripped from her. She was also severely
bitten.
An Evansville reporter, recording an
accident to brakeman who, while coup
ling cars at that point was thrown beneath
the wheels, several cars passing over both
legs, truthiully remarks: ole will prob
ably be cripple for life"
John Bennett was accidentally killed
by his brother near Pcpin, Wis, not long
ago. The two men were following trail
through the woods, when a hammer of the
brothers gun caught in a limb, discharg-
ing the gun, and dcpositing three buck
shot in Johns heart
Not long ago William Warwick and
companion were engaged in digging coal
out OF an cmbankment on Kirkpatrick
street, Pittsburgh, when the embankment
gave way and they were covered with a
huge mass of coal and earth When they
were dug out Warn lex was dead
"A few days ago derrick used in the
construction of "A bridge over the White /
River, near indianapolis Ind, fell and in
A ,,,a ,f
scantliag two inches thick struck the
crown of the mans head, literally cleay- |
ing his head to the spinal column.
Henry Hub, a 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 u jelly,
AT Wichita, Kansas, recently, two |
roughs, styled Rowdy Joe and Reddy got |
into warm conversation over corn juice, |
when rcvolvers became the game, in which |
the two took hand, and both understood. |
The result was double funeral, and n
wounded spectator who caught one on
the fly,
An almost fatal accident occurred in
Weeds MILL Suamaco, Wis., recently. A
workman, while engaged about pulley,
was accidentally caught by the sleeve of
his coat, and his hand and arm fearully |
smashed, and also otherwise injured. An
other workman, seeing the accident,
stopped the machinery, thereby saving his
life.
"A bercavcd Cedar Rapids, Iowa, wild
ow recently took 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 wed |
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 u druggists. The physician |
thinks there was corrosive subimatc in
the powder 1t will be remembered that
Rev MIR, Mann, of Raleigh, n. c., whose
daughters were arrested on the charge of
having poisoned him, and were honorahly
discharged, died from corrosive Sublimatc
taken in a seidlitl 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 Mr. Sexton, where they engaged
in quarrel between themselves Turner
LEFT the house, and returned with his gun,
levelcd il at Culbertson and shot him
through the heart lie gave no other cN.
PLANTATION of his conduct than saving he
thought the gun was uulOadcd.
The Beaver Dam, Wis, Citizen of a
recent date says: Tuesday morning as
the eastern bound train was rounding
curve about four miles west of the city,
number of armed men sprang from the
bushes and commenced to fire AT the en-
giueer, but fortunately did not hit him.