Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-08-13
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

A little girl was lately Killed at
Bridgewater, Pa, by being struck in the
head by a stone thrown out by blast 500
yards away.
An elevator in, a tobacco factory at
Alton, H., fell, the other day, and pre-
ciptated six workmen from the third
story to the cellar. One man was killed
and the others were dangerously injured.
"A G. Roberts, prominent lawyer of
Louisville, Ky, was killed the other
night by being run over by an engine that
was running through the streets Of that
city to reach an incipient fire.
"A little son of Henry SallZman, of
dentally pushed from bridge over u
be end of waste stcam-pipe, through
whita the steam was being blown off. He
VS. terribly burned by the hot steam
A romantic York girl thought to
Maud Mullerizc and "rake the meadows
sweet with hay" She stood over yell
low jackets nest as she swung her little
rake First jump from the score, eleven
feet Distance to the house, half mile.
Time, two minutes. -MarshaH (IU) Xes-
senger
Fred Austin, of Belcherton, Mass,
was painfully injured the other day
while riding on load of hay. His hay
was capsized, and one tine of pitch
fork was driven entirely through his
right thigh, while the butt end of the
fork was driven ten inches into the
ground, leaving him suspended in the
air.
While some men were grinding
scythes beneath two immense chestnut
trees in Orange, Conn, during "a recent
thunderstorm, lightning struck the trees,
shvered them into many pieces, darted
against the grindstone, which one man
was turning and upon which another
man was holding scytte, snatChed the
implement from his haad and hurled it
into the air with noise resembling that
of buzz-saw, landing it rome fifty feet
away The men were rather startled by
the incident, but wer. moi hurt.
"A rather sudden and singular death
occurred in the town of Homer, Mich,
one morning recently. A Mrs. Wells
arose from her bed to close the house
against the coming thunderstorm, and
stepped to or out of the door. At that
instant there was flash of lightning,
She was heard to groan and she then
stepped in, sat down in chair, eX-
claimed oh | shall die" and expired
Immediately. She was very large and
fleshy woman, weighing nearly 300
healthy. 1t was thought that her death
was caused by the effects of the light
ming.
AT Fond du Lac, Wis, singular ac
cident occurred lately. An old gentle
man, scventy-six years old, had been dig
ging well. 1t was fourteen feet deep.
in the bottom was u small hole for the
water to rest In, so as not to hinder the
digging. When the old gentleman com
inenced carrying stone to the well to
stone it up with, by misstep he fell
headlong into the well. The stone he
had in his hand fell into the receptacle
for water and his head wedged in with it.
The strangest part of all is, the old gen
tleman was in no way injured. How he
escaped death, falling so far and in such
manner, is the wonder of all who have
witnessed the scene of the fall.
An attempt was recently made to
assassinate Bishop Whipple, of Mime
sofa Just as the Bishop had finished
the announcements for the week, at the
morning service, young divinity stu
dent named George W. Minis rushed up
ahe aisle and pointed loaded pistol at
the Bishop; but his reverence was too
quick for him. Noticing the boy and
perceiving his murderous intentions he
stepped forward from the chancel, and,
graphing with the would-be assassin,
threw him to the floor and took away the
pistol. The young man was laboring un-
der mental alteration, He has desired
for some time to be ordained but had
been refused and, it is supposed har-
bored malice against the Bishop.
"A singular phenomenon was wit
messed by people living near the Mineral
Spring Cemetery, Central Falls, K. L., re-
Gently. \ dense volume of dust from the
Spring pike was suddenly seen to rise in
to the air and, assuming "A Conical shape,
was borne to very high altitude. so
high indeed, That the top seemed to
dwindle to mere speck against the
clouds The sight is described by those
who witnessed it as wonderful, although
of short duration, the cloud or spout
being soon broken and falling in showers
of dust in the vicinity. Its formation
was doubtless owing to causes similar to
those producing water-spouts at sea, but
some declared that it was only the
tail of Coggia's comet which had de-
scended to the earth. At the place
where the base of the column rested on
the road the dust was removed as com
plctely as if it had been swept away.
Having a Tooth Pulled.