Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-05-14
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

The authorities ofthe Michigan STATE
University. of Ann Arbor, Mich, have
recently suspended seyenty-one students
for 8 hazing,'
In Middlebury, Vt, a little boy while
playing with his father put out that
fathers eye by scratching 1t with his
finger-nail.
Sarah Parker, servant, was burned to
death in Newport, Ky, the other day
while making an experiment OF klndling
the fire with coal oil.
Geo. Van Velser, confidential clerk
of the Hudson River Railroad at New
York disappeared the other day with
$32 coo of the company's money.
"A ten.year.old boy at Austin, Cook
County, H., died recently from the effects
OF a chill caused by painful OF cold water
thrown over him by another boy.
"A few days ago a steam boiler in a
sawmill at Pic,on, Ont, exploded and
killed the engineer, his son and tie fire
man, and seriously injured four Others.
A woman was struck by lightning
near Utica, n Y, the other day, the
fluid passing through the steel OF her
corset and making it pretty hot for her.
She recovered.
Nellie Hickey, a little girl eight
years Of age, residing at No. 291 Blue
Island avenue, Chicago, died few days
ago from epilepsy, induced by ovcr-in-
diligence in skipping-rope pleasures.
"A few days ago James Sargent of
Pafsonsiicld, Me, was examining load
ed revolver, when it was scharged, the
ball entering the side OF his little girl,
eight years old. She died in two hours.
"A Boston servant girl who thought
she heard a burglar in The house jumped
from window across an alley more than
ten feet wide into window of another
building, the other night, and there was
no burglar round after all.
A little boy near Knoxville, Tenn,
rode a horse with simply "A halter and
turned the horse out, After he took off
the halter he struck the animal with it,
whereupon the horse turned, kicked him
in the head and killed him.
An Ann Arbor Mich ninny, for the
sake of perpetrating a huge Joke on his
friends, caused notice OF his death to he
published in the papers and mailed them
copies. He was surprised to find how
resignedly they took his demise.
Three of the children of Ezra L. Rob
bins, Of Preston, Conn, have died within
less than month, and the mother and
the other two children were recently very
sick--all because about foot of water
has been allowed to stand in the cellar.
"A recent walking match between
James Gordon Bennett of the New York
Herdld, and John Whipple, a famous
amateur pedestrian, for So, 600 a side, was
won by Bennett The distance was 8
miles and II 5-1G rods. Time, I hour As
minutes 81 seconds. Whipple was nearly
seven minutes behind.
Stephen Flanagan, boy employed
in &. Rogers plating factory ut Merden,
Conn, was found dead the other night,
drenched with chloride of silver from u
barrel overturned on him. 1t is supposed
that he looked into the barrel out of curl
osity and was overcome by the eXhala
ton.
"A special from Minneapolis states
that horrible accident occurred at the
new bridge, just below the falls, few
days ago. Two bridge. builders, named
George Tabler and Dedrich Borchiner,
were working on the trcs:le-work, seated
on "A plank, when the plank broke, pre-
cipitating both IA distance OF forty feet
Borchiner was instantly killed, and Tabler
was horribly crippled
"A citizen of Orange County, Ind,
asked one OF his little children few days
ago to bring him drink of water and,
the little child not moving as rapidly AS
the father thought it should, swore he
would knock its brains out, and Selling
a club struck the child over the head,
killing it instantly, and fled. The neigh
bors found the murdered child on the
floor and accused the mother OF the crime
of killing it, and could not get a contes-
sion from her until she was hung 10 a
post.
Not long ago q man pretending to be
the business agent of Mark Twain adj
vcrtised a lecture in Dubuque, and sta
toned himself in the ticketb box on the
evening of the appointed day to gather in
the Shekes AT : O'Clock he closed the
office and departed, leaving 500 people
wondering what caused the extraordinary
delay of the speaker. Next day the
swindler was arrested, acquitted and
again arrested The indignant DubuQuers
are determined To find out whit DISPOSE.
ton he made of the money.