Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-01
HAPS ANB MlSHAPS.

while runnin upstairs III slruSh1ci-
house. caught his face on large hook,
which entered near the jaw bone, passed
into the mouth and came out near the
temple, making very ugly and painful
wound.
Mr. Love, an Iroquois County Qll.)
man. undertook to administer correction
10 a balky mule. and hammer was the
instrument used. No sooner had Mr..
Love commenced operations than the
mules patience gave entirely out and he
planted his foot on Mr. Loves jaw, injur-
ing him severely.
Only one person out of all who leapcd
from the windows at the late fire at Fall
River, Mass, escaped without being
killed or terribly bruised. This was a
had about twelve years old; and, incredi-
bic as il may seem, he jumped from the
upper story and landed on his feet and
was only somewhat Jared by his terrible
leap.
"A Bristol Conn man was so angry
because only the small fine of one dollar
and costs was imposed on a fellow for
grossly imposing upon his little daughter,
ahe other day, that he pounded the mis-
ereant's face to jelly in the presence OF
ahe Justice He then turned round and
admitted that he had violated the law
and was willing to foot the bill. The
Judge let him off for one dollar and
costs.
"A heart-rending accident occurred at
Ticke, Ind, the other afternoon. A little
daughter of Absaom Rickart was put to
sleep on a bed and the parents went to
call on neighbor. The child awoke
and, reaching several matches on the
stand, set the bed on fire. When the
parents returned the bed was IN flames
and the child found burned to a crisp in
the kitchen, whittier she had crawled in
search of her mother. The house was
saved
Albert Peppin, Of Whitney Station,
Ind, met with probably fatal accident
recently, under singular circumstances.
Ale was seated ia a neighbours house,
with his gun on his lap, when his dog, in
crawling under the chair, pulled the trig-
ger, discharging the gun, tearing oil two
fingers of the left hand and the whole OF
ihc right arm below the elbow. The arm
was amputated as soon as possible, but
ehe loss of blood and shock to the nerv-
aus system was great.
The woman in charge Of the ladies'
5resslngroom at the Union Depot at
Indianapolis cleans the paint with con
centrated lye. The other day she left
sin cup in which she carries the I've con-
venicnt to the waterfaucet, and lady
awaiting the departure of the lndianap-
oils d ST. Louis train, who lives in Hi
aois, gave her child a drink of water,
asing this cup. Shortly aiterward its
dips and mouth grew sore and began
swelling rapidly. The physician feared
Abe mistake would prove fatal.
in that delightful game known as
base ball hot balls are served up with a
aeatncss and dispatch much commended
by surgeons, but of all the queer acct
clients that have come of the game, Pitts
hargh presents the queerest. A pitcher
mns cndeavoring to give forcible twist
30 ihc ball and in the effort broke his
arm short off above the elbow. The
srncturc was SO severe that the bones
ptotruded through the skin. Though a
TACT. the statement reminds one of the
story of a mans lifting himself up by his
own boot straps.
"A farmer named Henry lIcnsten-
meyer, living near Cincinnati, found
soKRe men in his orchard recently steal
mug apples. He ordered them away, but
ahey refused to -. He went to his house,
gos his shotgun, which he loaded heavily
With buckshot, and returned and again
ordered them to leave. They returned
an impudent answer and Henstenmeycr
fired He says he only shot to brighten
thcm, but was terrified to see one OF
ahem fall He went to him and found
hsn dead, and saw that he was a neigh
bor named John Williams.
"A frightful revenge was taken by q
Tnjected lover in North Carolina, one
day lately. The youth had been court
ing young lady for some time, and, as
she fatty refused to marry him. he grew
srankc, and suddenly seized one of her
ears with his teeth. Her piercing
shsicks a, once brought all the family to
acr ale. but the father of the girl had TO
insert an iron pothook between the
aecth OF the wretch before he would let
go his hold A physician was called and
NJ was found necessary to amputate the
car, Ms it was too severely mutilated to
p,eserye.
The Indianapolis Nelos says The
Nifn of DR., J. w. Hollingsworth, OF Park
avanue, had piece of glass taken from
Arr hand this week, the circumstances
rd which are quite peculiar, and are
gwen as told by the doctor. Some
awenty- six years ago, when his wife was
x1aitc child glass bottle was broken
in her hand. piece of which remained
an after the wound had healed over
causing at times n peculiar sensation
but nothing more was thought of it until
some six months ago she accidentally
struck the back of her hand against q
door knob, in some way affecting ant
Raosening the particle of glass in hel