Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-09-15
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

Lightning killed seven valuable
horses on exhibition at the fair at Cory
don, Ind, the other evening.
Hannah E., the little daughter of S.
T. Gauf, of Red Oak, Iowa, was recently
burned to death with kerosene.oil.
Reuben and William Loucks,
brothers, quarreled at Napanee, Ont,
the other night, and Reuben was fatally
stabbed.
The five-year-old son of farmer
named Glasmine, living near Appleton,
Wis, was kicked and instantly killed by
a horse few days ago.
Henry Howe was drowned at Boston,
the other day, while attempting the
rescue of two young ladies, one of whom,
Ettie 5. Bickford, was drowned.
AT the fairgrounds near Murfrees-
boro, Tenn, the other day, Tobe jenkins
stabbed and mortally wounded Murphy
Phillips, the result of an old quarrel.
"A tramp entered the residence of
George s. House, at Joliet, ILL.,, the other
day, choked the servant-girl until she
was insensible, and then ransacked the
house, securing $3.50.
BY the capsizing of the yacht Cygnet
during a race at Halifax, N. S., few
days since, William B. Fay, her owner,
and Samuel Upper, Inspector of Internal
Revenue, were drowned
Stephen E. Maltby, an esteemed
citizen of Syracuse, N. Y, aged eighty
years, walked out of third.story win
dow in his boarding-house early on re-
cent morning and was instantly killed.
Two river thieves were shot by the
mate of schooner lying in New York
harbor, the other night, while they were
attempting to board the vessel. Both
were killed or so severely wounded that
when they fell into the water they were
drowned.
"A gentleman named Howe, aged sew
enty years, while driving, accompanied
by his wife, through the woods near Fife
Lake, Mich, recently, was instantly
killed by the wagon overturning and
throwing him to the ground, breaking his
neck and spine.
George Lumsden, organist of Christ
Church, Peoria, ILL.,, was hunting in
Woodford County, the other day, and in
getting out of boat with his gun the
weapon was discharged, the entire con-
tents of one barrel lodging in his breast.
Death resulted almost instantly.
"A disturbance recently occurred at a
colored camp-meeting near Pennington,
N. j., between colored man named
VIM. Perrine and Alfred Drake, and the
latter was stabbed in the groin, neck and
car by Perrine. 1t is thought brakes
wounds are fatal. Perrine has been ar.
rested.
Through the recklessness of a drunk.
en- driver, a few days ago, a wagon filled
with people returning from the picnic OF
the Parkville Brooklyn, N. " Method
ist Church was overturned, and two gen
tlemen had their skulls fractured, sew
eral had limbs broken, and one lady,
Mrs. Nichols, was instantly killed.
-Four masked men attacked the
watchman at the Rhinebeck Station of
the Hudson River Railroad few nights
since, bucked and gagged him and threw
him into freight-car, and then broke in
to the ticket office, blew open the safe
with powder and robbed it of about $500.
Two suspected men have been arrested.
Chicago detectives have successfully
worked up case of bank robbery in Rens-
salaer,. Ind, and arrested the three men
engaged in it. The burglars had been
some weeks tunneling under the bank
vault and were about ready to take the
money when they were captured. The
vault contained about 100000, besides
valuable securities.
"A frightful accident occurred few
days ago at Grand Meadow, Wis, Walter
Ross, Jr., was driving a team attached to
plow, when the horses became fright
ened by passing train. Young Ross,
in trying to check them from running,
was thrown down and the plow was
dragged over him in such a manner that
it tore his breast away, exposing his
lungs. Death was almost instantaneous.
"A well on Andrew Ferguson's farm,
near Hopbottom, Pa, recently ran dry
and he went down to dig it deeper. De-
tecting the presence of choke-damp he
assembled to the surface, which he reached
in a fainting condition. Having recov-
ered,s a few hours later he descended
again, after burning out the gas, as he
supposed, and was suffocated to death.
The boiler of a steam thresher work
ing on the farm of G. j. Jones, near
Chatfeld, Mimi, exploded few days
ago while in full operation. Engineer
Lawton was blown 100 feet, his body
breaking off tree-top twenty feet from
the ground, and was instantly killed,
Charles Arnold, band-cutter, was literally
torn to pieces and portions of his body
scattered all around the separator.
William Burnett, measurer, had the top
of his head taken off by piece of the
boiler. Everett Jones, feeder, had his
leg and arm badly broken. The boiler
was blown a distance of 200 feet.
Another murder was recently COM
mitted in the same saloon at Deadwood
in which the notorious Wild Bill was
killed few weeks ago. James Young,
a bartender in the saloon, shot and killed
Dan. Baum, of Cincinnati. Young had
some difficulty with a man known as
Laughing Charley, and determined to
kill him. Baum, having on Laughing
Charley's overcoat, entered the saloon,
and Young, mistaken him for Charley,
fired twice, both shots passing through his
body.
~ wagon containing olA pSISOho Nus
struck by passenger train on the
Kansas City, st, Joe & Council Bluffs
Railroad, few days since, short dis
tance north of st. Louis, and Ben Dorsey
was killed; William Brainard was in
jured to such an extent that he has since
died; George Reed was fatally injured
and James Hay and George Cook were
severely but not fatally hurt.
"A young man named James Liddell
was put out of Carr Park, st. Louis, the
other day, by the private watchman for
misbehaving himself. He then threw a
rock toward the park, doing no harm.
The watchnan called upon Police Officer
Woodlock to arrest Liddell, but, instead
of doing this, he drew his pistol and shot
him through the heart, killing HIM in
stantlY. Woodlock was arrested.
The Cheshire express train from
Keene, N. H., ran into mixed train
from Gardner few evenings since on
the Fitchburg (Mass.) Railroad, near
Wachusett Station. A passenger-car on
the rear of the Gardner train was tele.