The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-04-07
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

in-law, John MCGOWAN, at CRANKY, Mass,
few evenings since.
GEORGE GREGORY shot and mortallv
wounded his wife at Hartford, Conn, the
other night.
JAMES REGLEY, aged twelve, was
fatally injured by being kicked by a
horse at Logansport, Ind, few days
ago.
JAMES MoNALLY was recently acct
dentally shot and killed near Papillion,
Neb., by companion named John
Spencer.
CAPT. R. A. WILSON, of the brig Loza-
bel, was recently washed overheard in a
gale off Cape Hatteras, while dashed to
! the wheel.
THE schooner Anna was capszed in
/ Long Island Sound, the other day, and
| Charles Saunders, mate, and James
Lewis, one of the crew, were drowned.
| DAN MAHoNEY and James Minchan
were fatally injured in the Quincy mine,
at Houghton, Mich, few days ago,
while preparing to blast some rock.
A LITTLE girl in Salt Lake City, Utah,
passing two fighting dogs, the other day,
was set upon by one of them and so
severely bitten in the groin that she died
day or two latter.
JOHN SCOTT, of Rockdale, Pa, while
smoking pipe in bed the other morn
ing, set the bed-clothes on fire, and died
from sufocation before assistance ar
rived.
Two curr DDrN Uara occ;dnnto1Iu
poisoned by one Archambault, hotel
keeper at Point au Trembles, near Mon
treal, the other day. They died almost
Immediately.
| BENJAMIN F. MIsKY, regarded as the
worst desperate IN Kentucky, has been
convicted of the murder of John P Will
son in Oldham County, year ago, and
sentenced to the State Prison for life.
THE confectionery store of William
Grippe, at Washington, D. c., was burned
a few evenings since, and while attempt
| ing to secure some valuables Mr.. Grippe
was suffocated by the binding smoke.
When found he was lying on his face, his
pulse beating feebly, but he was insensi-
BILE, and died almost Immediately.
THE other day Mr.. Joseph Fishe, of
jamestown, near Mankato, Mimi, went
into the timber TO chop wood, and his
little son, five years old, followed him.
The father did not know of the presence
of the child and a tree that was felled
caught the child and crushed its skull,
killing it instantly.
A FoUR-YEARs. OLD child of Mrs. Betty
| Scroggins was burned to death at her
home in Hyde Park, Mass, few days
ago. The mother left her alone for a
few minutes, and returning found her
clothes on fire from playing with
matches. The child lived but short
time.
A MAN named John West, employed in
sawmill near Fort Wayne, Ind, re-
Gently met with a fearful accident. He
was standing by rapidly-revolving Cir
cular saw, when he slipped and fell di-
rectly across the saw, cutting his body
directly in two pieces, and laying bare
his lungs. Death was of course instan-
/ taneous.
AT Spring Bay, H., recently, Adam
| Keising and Gottfried Nader, two
brothers-in-law, got into dispute while
playing cards, and from words they went
to blows, until finally Reising picked up a
shotgun that was standing in the corner
and blew Mader's brains out The
parties had had an old grudge between
them for years. Reising was arrested.
The boiler of engine No. 431, one of
| the powerful locomotives used on the
! Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, exploded at
Keyser, W. Va, few days ago, instant
| ly killing Austin Spicer, the fireman, and
seriously scalding George Ward, the
engineer. The conductor and brakeman
| of the train were also scalded, but not
| dangerously.
JOHN BELL, freight conductor on the
Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railroad,
was coupling cars at Auburn, Ind, the
other day, when the engine backed up
| just as he was between the couplings.
One draw-bar struck him in the back and
passed through the stomach, pinning him
to the other, causing death shortly after
the accident.
AT New Providence, Iowa, a very sad
accident occurred recently, causing the
death of Miss Ella Bidell, most accom-
plished young lady. While going down
stairs she lost her footing and fell to the
bottom, alighting on her head, receiving
injuries which resulted in her death
few hours later, after intense suffering.
BILLY PATTERSON and Joe Hill, des-
peradoes and bitter enemies, who had
often fought before, had a terrible knife
fight in Il drug store near Richmond,
Va, a short time since. The throats of
both were cut from ear to ear az the
first encounter, but they kept on Till
arms, face and head were hacked horri-
bly,, and both fatally hurt.
CALEB KELLUM and John Harden
(both colored), employed on the steamer
Langrer, became engaged in a quarrel at
Snow Hill, Md, few days ago. KEEL
lum rushed toward Harden, when the lat
ter drew butchers knife with Il blade
six inches long and an inch wide and
plunged it to the hilt in Kellums breast.
A stream of blood spirited from the
CHASTITY wound, and death ensued in a
few minutes.
A WHOLE family were recently burned
to death at Butte City, Cal. Mrs. A.
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