, 1875-02-05
TOOK TWENTY pRoFs OF AcoNIrE.

TOOK TTEMTY DROPS OF AcoNIrE.
Special Dispatch to The Chitaao Tribune.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Fob. 3.--Peter Bonte1,
aged 10 years. died sndlen'; on Sunday evening.
1Io WIS employed as AT approntice In the drug
store Of Charles c. Spaunagel, No. 1907 Ridge
avcnue, having anBwered nil advertisement aud
accepted 4 position about siz months ago. Last
Sunday waa his day Oft, aud he weut ont in tho
afternoon, but returned about s o'clock, and
complained Of feeling bad. Ho said he had =
1ccina for I. remedy, and ho Intended to put it
up. 1u the storo tho henry poisona are
locked up, and the minor ones arc kept
together on shelf, which is kno.n Us 'dau-
Eerous." lie apprentice has frequently beeu
cautioned net to meddIe with this shelf. Al tho
tino Bentol Eaid ho Was going to compound the
mixture Mr.. Bowers, clerk, WIS iu tho utorc,
but WaH busy In tho front part, and did nut pay
any attention to tho charActor Of tho drugs usel
hy tho young man. 1'eEtel filled tumhlcr about
half FULL aud then drank tho contents. Ito tllon
sat down. nfr. SpxnnaGet who WIS absent at
tccd that Dentel waa drowsy. lie questioned
him, and waB informed that no had taken q mix
turo one Of tic component parts Of which
Was ten drops Of tincture OF aconite
but that ton dropa, or eyon fifteen drops, would
not hurt him. l}entel went ont, and Apid lie wsB
going to rec his father, who is . physician resld-
ing on Eloy entd street., near 1tace. When he
EbS p@>h Np EAiA LIE ANtutIs kOtto " NoiE1o-
torn, lie went un~etairs shortly before
o'clock, an.l in about twenty minutes bIr. Bowers
had OCCASION 10 20 Into lis room. lIe found
Mentol r., lytne on tho bed in an in4enrl;
sir. M spsapsssi. % Dr. Dr. Gerhard d"'s va. 00:asss s@.
lnonetl. and upon examining tho Young
mali, Ahd thak the rotyon had douo Its work. and
II was tnu lato for tho action Of any reInetly.
held nm i,lueht III t|,e case this morning, mud II
Ha III evtlence that D"ntol had acknowledged
that io had taken twenty drops of aconito. the
verdict OF tic jury waa loala from accidental
poisoning.
PACIFIC sH,pwREcKs.
6AN FRANCISCO, Feb. Authorization reached
this city yestorday that tho brig Hattie johnson,
OIL trading cruise amongst tho South Pacific
slnn1H, woat ashore and became total loss, on
tho Island OF sanso Prior on Noy. 90. Tho
crew were sayed. The ycBscl hailel from thH
port.
Tho fate Of the missing schooner Emily X.
Faruha1n lima been ut length aacortaned. Her
hull is reported nsliuro bottom mp. between Coos
Bay and Crcsceut City. having evidently cap
pcrishud. There were eeycn persons altogether,
passengers and crew.
BURSTING or a WATERMAN.
Si,tc'al Lispatch 10 The Chicago 1Flbune.
sourH LEND, Ind, Feb 4.-1Ao large water
nain, submerged in tho river, tint supplies Tint
part Of the city lying Oh tho eaht ssle Of the
river. burst this afternoon. and III feu minutes
anptied the standpipeB ard nil the watcr-mains.
md fur = few hours the entisn city wAs without
sater. ny maanH of sn.ai!or man laid across
bridge The eaHt side il again supplied, md tho
dty ID onco more all right in It's wn&cr protoc-
non.
RUN OVER AND KILLED.
Special Hlsuattil to TIE Ch,cuno Iriaun<.
EscASAnA. Mich, Fob. 4.-Whio clearing lilo
track OF anow OIL tho Marquette, Houston Il
Ontouasoau 1saliroad. near Negauucc, this morn
Ing, with tlreo engines coupled together, the cab
Of .hs front ougiuc WAS carried away, and took
with II tho freeman, named tonnerh, WHO wRs
thsoNn under tho wileols aud instantly killed.
FALL OF AN ELEVATOR.
8peetas i,ispateA 10 tbs tA,caao Tribune.
KANSAS C11y, No., Fob. 4.-Iho West Side
Kansas City Elevator gave way tlls afternoon,
dumping large amount OF corn on tho ground.
The hns that broke arc said to have contained
200, 900 hushols. Other uarts Of Tho elevator ars
giving way also. aud further damage IL feared.
II ia . new elevator. having been put up last
summer.
PAINFUL ACCIDENT To A MINER,
sptetal Dfspateh 10 Tbs Chicago Irfbune
LAHALLE. ILL.,, Feb, 4.--SIichael Cstou had lust
descended tha Labale coal-shuft iu this city.
yesterday, to 60 to bis work ~ miner, when 4
lnrgo lump pf coal fell from car a. the top OF
tho shaft, badly brnistng bis left elow arssa in-
d,cting acompound fracture just above that loiut.
DISASTER TO A DANCING PARTY.
MoArngA1, Can, Feb. 4.-l'he wall Of Queens
Hall, burned last spring, was blown down las
night, aud, falling through the roof OF Hazard,
sssembly-rooms, cnrrfod down to the store 10
low portion o{ tie dancing floor, toGether will
the dxncets. Several pessous were seriously III
jused.
JUMPED THE TRACK.
Nkw YoaEt Feb. "A train Oh the branch O.
&hs sou.n B.de Railroad, on Long Island, ran Of
tbs track last evening, and the:euglnees, fireman
- conductor XeE0 killed,