Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-20
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

suddenly entered his stable, the other
morning, with harness, without speak
ing to his horse, which action frightened
the animal, and it kicked, striking him
in the abdomen in vital part. he lived
but twenty-four hours.
Mrs. Fromheiser, of Slatington, Pa,
recently met terrible death. The lady
had been subject to epileptic fits or fail
ing sickness, and while preparing break
fast was suddenly attacked and fell upon
the stove. Before help could be obtained
she literally roasted alive.
Two boys, aged ten and fourteen
years respectively, recently went INTO the
lott OF an elevator in Menaeha, Wis, to
eaten some OF the doves that congregated
there: While the boys were on one OF
the BINS the spout was opened to load
team and they We're drawn down into the
spout and suttOcated. The wheat IN the
BIN was about ten feet deep.
over twenty COWS were recently
poisoned to death at Boscobel, Wis, from
eating broom-cOrn. 1t was thought at
hrst that the cows had been purposely
poisoned by the owner of the broom
corn field, but on the day following COW
was purchased by the authorities and
turned into the field. After eating five
hills OF the corn she dropped dead.
"A sickening affair recently happened
at Battle Creek, Mich Billy Hodges,
aged SIX years, was teasing a large mas
TIL which was tied in a shed IN the rear
OF his fathers house, when the dog, be-
coming enraged, suddenly made leap
and seized the boy by the back OF the
head and neck, which we're torn and lac
Grated II the most shocking manner. \
large piece Of the scalp was torn COM
pletely off.
While some men were grinding
scythes beneath two immense chestnut
trees IN Orange, Conn, during recent
thunderstorm, lightning struck the trees,
shlvered them into many pieces, darted
against the grindstone, which one man
was turning and upon which another
man was holding a scythe, snatched the
implement from his hand and hurled it
into the air with noise resembling that
OF buzz-saw landing it some fifty feet
away. The men were rather startled by
the incident, but were not hurt
Night before last a young lady resid-
ing in the city, who had been i'll for
some months, died That night her moth
CT, worn out by weeks Of care and watch
ing, had lain down upon the foot of the
bed, leaving two women to watch over
the sufferer, who appeared to be in a
stupOr. She had been asleep but a few
minutes when her daughter awOke and
inquired of the nurses: "Where is
mother? l want to see her this minute"
The ladies explained the circumstances,
to which the girl replied: Yes, | know
mother is tired out, but l must see her
right now" Expectations were use
less; she became excited, and reaching
over to her mother endeavored to arouse
her, but was too weak. The ladies
finally concluded to wake the parent,
who Immediately sat up in bed and
looked at her daughter. The latter
glanced full in her face for a second and
tell back dead.-SacrGnle11t Union.
Miss Lydia Byres' father, of Oska-
loosa, Iowa, lately wrote a letter to one
of his daughters lady friends in Bloom
ington, Ill, stating that Lydia was dead.
She had been seized with illness soon
after returning home from the Normal
School at Bloomington, and died sud
denly It made much grief among the
companions of the young lady's Normal
School course. Several days after a let
ter came addressed to the same young
lady of Bloomington, apparently by the
hands of her dead friend. Opening the
letter she found that her supposed dead
friend had both written the letter and
signed it. The letter stated that she had
been struck down by illness, was pro-
nOunced dead, put in a coffin, her grave
dug, and the hour for her funeral APP
pointed; but she was luckily not buried
for the very good reason that she woke
up in time to render the last ceremony
quite unnecessary. She was very glad
of it, and was quite we'll again. She
supposes it was trance that looked like
death.
On last Friday morning terrible
accident occurred on the farm of Franz
Bergman, in Jackson Township, near
Minister, Ohio. Mrs. Bergeman and her
poleon, went to the harvest-field, carry
They seated themselves in front
of the team, which was left standing di-
rectly over a hornets nest. The horses
becoming FESTIVE, commenced paving the
ground, disturbing the hornets, which
made a vigorous assault upon the
team. The horses became frantic and
plunged forward with the mower toward
the group. The clothing of the two la
dies was caught in the machine, and
they were thus dragged for a considera-
BILE length of time before the horses
could possibly be checked. Finally,
when the horses were caught, it was
found that Mrs. Bergman was dead, her
body being bruised and cut in most
sickening manner. Her body was so
completely entangled in the machinery
that it required the strength of two men
to extricale her. The fate of her daugh-
ter was not instant death, but her inju-
ries were such that she died on Sunday
morning. -Beyzqf0ntaj1ae (ONjo) Examiner.