Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-01-15
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

sulting from saving off two OF his fingers
few days before.
The wife of F. L. Lewis, of Walling
ford Conn, used arsenic for saleratus IN
nrenaring buckwheat cakes for brea kiaSt
a few DAYS ago, and the result is that Mrs.
Lewis and her son are DEAD.
Miss Breach, of Hicks Valley, Mimi,
lately attempted to Kill herself with
shotgun She made a poor job OF 1t,
only succeeding in frighttully lacerating
herself, without reaching a vital part.
Ole Oleson allowed his team to get
the better of him at Racine, Wis, one day
recently, and he was thrown to the ground
with such violence that his skull was
fractured. lie walked home and then
died.
The other day son of Jos. 7. Amber
son. of Commerce, Mo, was riding out,
when his horse, becoming frightened, ran
away and dashed into a picketfence,
throwing his rider and killing himself al
most Instantly.
Susan Gray was recently tied up by the
thumbs by Nebraska school teacher for
disobcying the rnles, and after her brother
got through With his shooting the school
VIVA closed for want of a competent
teacher
"A child in Caribou, Maine, eleven
months old, short time since swallowed
"A large needle, nearly two inches long,
and in less than eight days the head of
the needle was discovered sticking
through the child's abdomen, and was
successfully removed by its mother The
child is now all right.
Jacob Bruncr, of Berks County, Pa,
had his fortune told by an old bag in
Reading, recently. He was informed
that his first prize would be a coffin, and
in four weeks from that time he would
die, and that meantime both he and his
father would be robbed. He believed the
woman's story, and the man is now raw
ing maniac.
"A few days ago, Mr.. Hall, we'll
known farmer Of La Sale County, H.,
was found dead near Ottawa, His face
was buried in the mud, which had frozen
hard about him, and his wagon-boX was
on his back. 1t is supposed that his team
ran away with and threw him in the mud
where he was sMothered.
"A few days ago the grocery store of
George Aiu"ltOn, at saginaw CITY, Mich,
was completely demolished by the eXplo-
sion Of a can Of powder. The building
was made n mass of ruins. \ little
daughter of Mr.. Alderton, aged four
years, was instantly killed, and Mrs. Aid
crton was badly burned. A clerk named
Williams was also severely injured. The
accident is supposed to have been caused
by the little girl putting q lighted match
in the can, containing nearly ten pounds
OF powder.
Seven miles northeast Of Sedalia, At
Morton, Mo-, n little station on the Nj, X.
* T. Railroad q few days ago, "A number
of lads--none of them over fourteen years
of age-gOt possession of some shot guns
and powder, and started the game of In
dians, using chewed paper wads for am
munlion One of the boys, as the game
grew exciting, approached pretty close to
his antagonist, and received large charge
point blank. The wad inflicted quite a
wound, from the effect of which he sank
steadily, and shortly after died.
One day recently Benjamin Fraken.
field and wife, while driving in Easton
Pa, met with q serious accident by the
swingetrec breaking and the horses run.
ming away. Frankenfield was severely
injured about the body, and Mrs. f. had
her nose nearly severed, cuts about the
face and head penetrating the skull, and
had her left hipjoint badly fractured.
The horses ran into wagon occupied by
John Bower and young brother, and
both were thrown out. John died of the
injuries received, and his brother was
badly hurt, One horse was killed.
The Woodstock tNt) papers give
some facts concerning the bad treatment
of the boys in the Reform School, and
more particularly of a Shrewsbury boy
named Warren Johnson, who has been in
the institution since last February, and
was recently taken TO Woodstock to be
aricd for breaking and entering. The boy
was found to be shockngly filthy and
covered with lice He testified that he
had no comb nor soap, and that none of
the boys had any, being oblished to wash
without the latter article; wore shirt y
fortnight; lIealy, one of the officers,
would whip him till the blood ran down
his legs
The Montreal gazette of a recent date
relates the following; Between two and
three o'clock yesterday morning arespect
able young married female, living in the
nrighborhood of the general hospital, APP
pcartd at the door of the institution and
rang the bell for admittance. The female
nightwatch, who happened 10 be in at
tendance, opened the door, when, to her
surprise, a lady entered, scantily clad, her
wearing apparel consisting only of
uightdress. Her eyes were open and in
her hands she held an open Bible, which,
addressing the waiver, she requested to be
given TO one of the patients in the hos.
pital Thinking the wum&n to be insane,
The watch called the house surgeon, who,
royceiving what was the matter, put few
questions To the former, when she awoke
with screcCh, and, finding where She
was, began making the most frantic ap-