Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-10-20
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

The mate of the schooner Zach.
Chandler, Peter st. Clair, was blown
overheard and drowned near Buffalo, a
few days ago. '"i'ani si'.. '" ''
Matthew A.. Brown was fatally
stabbed by Andrew johnson at Chatta-
noga, Tenn, short time since, in dis
pute about young lady. ...f
Butts Rudenberg, peaceable citi-
zen OF Terre Haute, Ind, was struck on
the head with a brickbat, thrown by some
one engaged in drunken fracas, the
other night, and instantly killed. lr
Darius Allen, a lawyer, has been ar
rested at Rochester, N. Y, for placing
distractions on the track of the Roches-
ter g. State Line Railroad at Big Black
Bridge, eight miles from that city. He
confessed his guilt.
Edward H. Murph, white, shot Jupi-
ter Grant, colored, at Augusta, Ga, a
few days since, in quarrel about a
chair, killing him instantly. Murph Aed
and at last accounts had not been ar
rested. ...
Capt James Anderson, of the Brit.
ish ship Dunbartonshire, now in Mon
treal, accidentally shot dead Capt.
Waterson, of the ship Perlkshire, the
other day, with revolver he was show
ing him. They were warm friends.
"A German farmer residing near
Neenah, Wis, came to his death, the
other day, in very peculiar manner
While carrying a bag of wheat into the
house he stumbled and fell, striking his
head against the door and breaking his
neck. .IH.
james w. Gilchrist, farmer, while
horse-racing with his brother-in-law,
near Calhoun, Mo-, a few days since, was
thrown off by the girth breaking his
head striking a stump near the roadside,
breaking his neck. Death ensued almost
instantly. r ..r.
John O'Neill, aged eighteen, met a
tragic death, at Baltimore, the other
morning, by the discharge of revolver
he was examining. Not knowing it was
loaded, he placed the muzzle at his breast
and pulled the trigger. He was a corpse
in ten seconds.
"A man named AL. Kirkland was
killed in gambling-house at Nashville
the other night by man named Wad-
dell. They quarreled about money
loaned to Kirkland by the latter, and
| Waddell stabbed him. The murderer
has been arrested. .. a.
While three loaded cars were being
hoisted from the slope of the Middle Le-
high Colliery, at New Boston, Pa, the
other morning, the rope broke and the
cars ran rapidly to the bottom. -Four
miners, named William Backus, Joe
Becker, Thomas Jones and Ed. Nauss,
were killed.
Three Clinton Qowa) men named
Johns, Bates and Clapp started on fish
ing excursion on the Mississippi River d
few days ago, and sail, net and oars
belonging to them have since been found
in the river, leaving no doubt that al
were drowned. Clapp leaves wife and
child.
AT Jackson, Mich, the other day, ;
young man named Felt, while preparing
to go on journey, put his hand in hi
overcoat pocket, in which was revolv
er. The weapon was discharged, anC
the bullet struck his father, who wa
standing near, in the groin, producing {
wound which will likely prove fatal.
"A. j. Riddle, of Oxford, Ind wa
killed in collision between stock ant
gravel trains on the L., M. 81 B. II. r.
near Lafayette, Ind, the other day. HI
was in charge of the stock in transit, ant
was on the engine at the time of the col
lision. The engineer and fireman es
capped by jumping. Mr. Riddle was toll
to jump, but seemed to be paralyzed
and did not move. ...
The body of Frank Barnum, propr
etor of Barnum's Hotel, Kansas City, wa
recently found in pond near the Swee
Springs, Brownsville, Mo, with the hea
beaten in His watch, jewelry, an
money were stolen, and there is ever
evidence of his having been foully mul
! dered. The deceased had for some tim
been in bad health, and had gone to th
Springs to recuperate.
! Henry Ryan, of St. Augustine, acc
dentally shot himself at Galesburg III
a few days ago He was with other
! standing in a wagon outside the inclo'
ure of the fairgrounds, looking over
see the races, when he was ordered dowI
r On getting out of the wagon the hamme
! of loaded revolver in his left breas
! pocket hit the wheel with such force a
to discharge the contents in the regio
e of the heart. He lived only a few mC
: ments. r..t- lI SOD. s'3 .1 en-"
7 The boiler in the shingle mill of ,
: s. Minor & Co., in Alpena, Mich, e.
= ploded few mornings since, killing fol-
). men, dangerously injuring two othel
and slightly injuring two more. tn
mill was torn to atoms and is a tot
q wreck. The following were killed il
stantly: Andrew Tidchon, enginee
VIM. Card and Frank Jarjaskie., Dani
: Bowman was terribly injured, and SOC
died. Two Thompson boys, packer
! were dangerously injured, The min vi
D worth $1,000. ...
= "A young man named John Murpf
- has been arrested for committing ii
: murder of John Bullard, near Shrew
= bury, Mass, and has made partial co
. fession. A bundle had been left in s
= loon in Worcester containing hat al
!. pair of pantaloons, and on the paper
- which the articles were wrapped w
~ written; John Murphy, Shrewsbury
I, The pantaloons were spotted with bloc
n which had also spurted up the inside
II the trousers leg. Murphy, after consi
- cradle hesitation, acknowledged that b
y pantaloons were his, and that he le
= them in the saloon. He has been col
: mitted to await the action of the Graz
- Jury.
7 Martin Schultz, young man, sh
and killed Julius Becht, boy aged u
# years, at Louisville, KY, the other aftC
A noon. Little Becht and compani'
,e were playing knoll, when Shultz car
"a along with a double -barreled shot gu
Just returned from hunting. AS
passed Becht shouted; Shoot 4
hunter" Schultz playfully raised I
"a gun and cooked the barrel which he su
A. posed was empty, one being loaded a
the other empty. Unfortunately,
a made a mistake, and the loaded BAR
=. was fired, the contents striking Becht
n the right cheek near the mouth, kill
4 him instantly. Schultz gave himself
a at once.
"A terrible case of poisoning by e
ing toadstools" in mistake for mus
On rooms recently occurred in Union Coun