Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-26
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

The house of A. G. Guish, of Lake
Lillian, Mimi, was recently burned, and
his two children persisted in the flames.
Guish and his wife were absent.
Six boys were recently poisoned near
Indianapolis, Ind, by eating blue flag
root, deadly poison, which they had
mistaken for the root of the sweet-fag.
A family by the name of Slosser, in
Covington, KY, came near being poisoned
TO death a few days ago by eating horse
radish which had been accidentally mixed
with pokeroot.
BENJAMIN Nell, of Saginaw, Mich,
was run over recently near Midland. The
body was severed just above the hips,
leaving a portion on the track, the lower
extremities lying between the rails. He
was intoxicated at the time.
An indianapolis policeman named
William A. Farwald, while STOPPING over
to examine something on the floor, acct
dentally shot himself His revolver fell
from his pocket and exploded, the ball
passing into his abdomen. He lived only
an hour.
A terrible boiler explosion took place
recently iE a saw-mill at Texas, Ohio, by
which three men were killed Parts Of
the machinery were blown to great dis
lance, one piece passing through the roof
of a dwelling 100 yards distant, passing
also through the ceiling and floor.
Henry c. Marsh, of Cass county, Ind,
was crushed to death at his home not
long ago. In driving out from under a
low shed, he was caught between the roof
timberS and his loaded wagon, and his
body was literally crushed, tearing out
the ribs on one side and breaking the
spinal column.
A nitro-glycerine factory at Ticon-
deroga, n. Y, which had been closed for
several weeks, was again put in operation
recently. The same day the factory blew
up, killing two men, named Mcmahon
and Keefe, fragments of whose bodies
were found in the woods around. They
had been making repairs, and are sup
posed to have disturbed some concealed
nitro glycerine.
The Chattanooga (Tenn) Commercial
of a recent date says: "About a week ago
a little daughter of Billy Rogers was
choked while eating peanut, and ply
stefan was called in and relieved her. The
parents thought the obstacle removed,
until Sunday, when she had a severe
attack of strangulation, and was carried
to the office Of DR.. Van Deman about two
o'clock p. m. The Doctor administered
an emetic, but that did not move the OBJ
stacle, and she died suddenly while in the
office"
Soon after the recent falling in of the
walls Of an ice-house in Philadelphia, by
which several men were crushed to death,
John and Michael Murphy were heard
talking to each other. They could not
see each other, but it is supposed one
heard the others groans. Although seat
ed upon pile of ice unable to eXTicate
himself John was wonderfully cheerful.
He called to his companion, what is
your name?n Murphy" was the re-
Spouse. "Then you're Mike, for I'm
John" Michael evinced considerable I'M
easiness at his cold and cramped position,
and said that the men were not trying to
relieve them. Hold your gab," said
John; they're getting at you as fast as
they CAM
"A young man named William Haley,
who had lately purchased some strych-
nine to poison wolves, went to Mr. Mer-
ritt's house, about four miles from Du-
buque, and while there became disguised
with his undertaking and threw the bot
tie containing the strychnine into the
hIlC1Cu SlOFC White n1I. hlGIIlLG'S udugu-
tiers were cooking dinner The poison
exploded a few seconds after coming in
contact with the flames, and livid streak
of fire flashed from the front of the stove
and struck the young women in the face,
inficting severe burns. For day or
two it was feared the young ladies could
not recover, but the application of proper
antidotes allayed the poison, and the suf-
ferers We're gradually regaining their
health.
"A few days since, the three children
of Mrs. James Grey, residing near Lincoln,
Neb., were burned to death. On the day
mentioned, Mrs. Grey left home to do an
errand at a neighbours, some third of a
mile distant leaving her three children at
home. The oldest Of them was but six
years of age. She was only absent some
three-quarters of an hour, but on her re-
turn she discovered from distance the
roof OF the house on fire. She made all
the haste possible to reach home, but be-
fore she arrived the roof had fallen in
She, however, braved the fire, and tried
to rescue the little ones. Only one of
them was found the oldest, who was in
the bed covered up with the bed-clothes,
dead, his limbs being burned off. The
next day she found among the debris the
bones of the other two.
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