Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-08-06
HAPs AND MlSHAPS.

HAPS AND MlSHAPS.
AT Pleasant Valley, Ohio, a few days
since, boy named Bunk was instantly
killed by being kicked by horse.
"A large portion of the Enterprise
colliery, near Wilkesbarre. caved in a
few days since. The miners had warn
ing and escaped.
Because her stepmother beat her,
Cornelia Bingham, a ten-year-old girl Of
West Bergen, N. j., tried to commit sui
eide recently by taking poison.
The last surviving sietcr of the late
Edgar Allen Poe, the poet, died recently
at the Epiphany Church Home in Wash
ington City, aged sixty-cight years.
John Hargraves, aged ten years,
was gathering shavings in a saw-mill at
Nashua, N. H., lately, when he ,sas
struck by the machinery and killed.
"A widow named Harold, living at
Bridgeton, N. j., got tout of bed the other
night and drowned herself in Cohansey
Greek She was about sixty years OF
age.
"A house was struck by lightning the
other day at Trumbull, Conn, and the
proprietor wishes to discover the address
of the agent who put those two lightning
rods on it.
"A woman named Shank, living near
Columbia City, Ind, was bitten by n rat
tlcsnake while at work in the garden.
Size died in few hours. Her sutferings
were intense.
Charles Hanlon fell from trapeze,
upon which he was performing, at the
Arcade Thcater, NewsYork, the other
night, and striking his side on the corner
of "a table was fatally injured.
Frank Carlisle, young man aged
twenty-five, was hanged the other after
noon at Marshall, Saline Co., No. for the
murder of Geo Mecker two years ago.
Carlisle was very reckless and desper-
ate man, and is said to have murdered
three other men besides Mecker
Charles Cook. merchant of Bull
City, Osborn Co, Mo. who has been de-
ranged for some time past, thrust knife
blade through the brain of his infant
child, last Friday, and then beat his own
head with Ratchet, breaking the skull
and intlicting mortal injury Pecuniary
trouble is said to have been the cause of
his insanity.
Charles p. Warner, proprietor of the
Southern Hotel, st. Louis, passenger
for New York, with several friends, had
his arm resting in the sill of window Of
the Pullman palace car just as the car
was entering the Delaware bridge at
Trenton. The car gave a sudden lurch
threw his elbow out Of the window, and
ii came in contact with the side of the
bridge, crushing his left arm so badly
that amputation was necessary.
"A little two ear-old daughter of a
poor widow was playing on the track of
the Missouri d Pacific Railroad the other
day near Webster, Mo, just as the five
o'clock train was passing the curve. The
engineer was unable to see it until the
train was nearly upon 1t, and he whistled
down brakes, and every effort was made
to avert the impending destruction of the
child, but without effect The cow-catch-
or struck the little one and hurled it ON
the bank, dead.
"A boy some twelve or fourteen years
of age, named VIM. Simmons, now living
with Dr. Wellington, in Swansea Village,
and whose parents reside in Warren, X.
H. while asleep the other night about
eleven o'clock, leaped from "A third-story
window, about twenty-five feet from the
ground, and, what is remarkable, alighted
Wltuout ne Has pttu HOllltSltk,
and was heard to call Mother" in a
loud voice just before he leaped Not
a scratch could be found on him, and
ten minutes after he was in a sound
sleep again
jus. Bassford, fireman on the West
Wisconsin Railroad, when about fifty
miles ont from st. Paul, the other day,
saw a iittle three year.old child standing
on the track about three rods ahead of
the ngine, Brakes were whiStled down
and the engine reversed, but the distance
was short AS the engine approached
the child and its destruction seemed Ger
tain, Bashlord ran hastily forward to the
pilot and when within three feet of it
gave II jump, cndeavoring to catch the
child in his arms and clear the track
lie succeeded but missed his hold and
the child fell between the ties and Bass
ford was knocked into the gutter. When
the train finally stopped the child was
picked up under the tender all safe.