Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-06-22
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

town, Pa, few days ago by being
thrown from colt.
Burglars stole $40, 600 worth of dia-
monds and watches from the store of ].
! A. Cachfman, in New York, the other
night.
Charles W. Moore, President of the
Dana coal mine, at Tuscola, ILL.,, acci-
dentally fell down the shaft a few days
since, and was instantly killed.
Frederick Bours was fatally shot at
Lafayette, N. j., the other evening, by
Constable Charles Koebler, while resist
ing arrest. Bours had twice fired at the
officer.
"A freight train on the Mississippi
Central Railroad ran into culvert near
Hickory Valley, the other day, killing
Engineer O'Hara, Brakeman Hodges and
another man.
William Jones was descending shaft
in slate-quarry in Lancaster Center, Pa,
few days ago, when the rope broke
and he fell forty feet to the bottom, his
skull being fractured, causing his death
In one of the Pennsylvania Coal Com
panys mines at Pittston, Pa, the other
day, a man named Dean was killed and
another named James Gordon fatally in
jured by the fall of roof.
-Ex-Judge Dibble, late Assistant At
torney- General of Louisiana, has been
arrested on the charge of embezzling
$12, 500 of State funds from the Auditor
and failing to hand the money over.
"A negro named Levill shot another
negro named Swami near Little Rock,
Ark, few nights since, and then beat
the corpse with a hoe until stopped by
fellow-laborers. Cause, jealousy.
"A book agent was found dead a few
days ago at lime-kiln near Flourtown,
Pa. He is supposed to have lain by the
kiln to sleep and to have been suffocated
by the fumes.
Edward Mccarthy, while quarreling
with his wife at Scranton, Pa, recently,
stabbed her in several parts of the body
with a carving knife, her wounds being
fatal. Mccarthy escaped.
Charles Stringer has been arrested
at Philadelphia for placing his grandson
upon hot stove and burning him badly,
for assaulting his wife and another grand
child with a hatchet and knife, and for
setting fire to his house.
Lightning struck the house of Rev
Hernicke, at Nashville, ILL.,, the other
day, and killed his two daughters, five
and seven years old, who were standing
in front of a safe. Their mother was
also seriously injured.
Two prominent merchants of st.
Louis William Matthews and J. d. Pat
terson-have been arrested-the former
charged with forging warehouse receipts
upon which he obtained $4,000, and
Patterson for signing the receipts.
-Nettie Smith, aged sixteen, while at
work in button factory at Brooklyn, N.
Y, the other day, was caught by her hair
in the betting, jerked up from the floor,
whirled around, and thrown with great
violence to the floor, her injuries being
fatal.
The wife and grand daughter of
Ernest Schmae, of Scipio, Ind, were re-
Gently drowned at Columbus, Ind, while
attempting to cross Clifty Creek in
wagon. Mr.. Schmae narrowly escaped
a similar fate, and was seriously injured
by the horses hoofs.
Avery Moore, very old and promi-
nent resident of Chicago, and Supervisor
of West Chicago, was arrested the other
day for an s., 600 defalcation, but after
ward in some way escaped, it is supposed
by bribing the officer who had him in
charge. No clew to his whereabouts is
known.
"A fight occurred at Marshall, Ill, the
other day, between two attorneys, S. S.
Whitehead and John l.. Ryan, during the
trial of suit before a Justice. White
head shot Ryan in the abdomen, infiict
ing a mortal wound, and also cut him in |
the back and hip with knife. White
head was arrested.
"A terrible tragedy recently occurred |
at Brooksville, Fla. Lizzie Day, white |
woman of Homossa, went to the former |
place with negro and they we're married. |
The white men of the vicinity attacked |
the negro, who defended himself so sue.
cessfully that two white men were killed, |
he being mortally wounded.
The roof of the house occupied by
G. F. Wick and family, near Fairmount,
Neb., suddenly fell in the other morning,
burying the family in the ruins. Mr.. |
Wick was only partially covered, and |
succeeded in rescuing his wife and two
children uninjured, but boy and girl,
seven and ten years old, were dead when
taken out.
Addison Duncan, who was in charge
of gang of convicts grading the W, @.
& st. L. r. R., was accidentally killed |
near Harrisburg, Va, a few days ago.
The guard had placed a gun in a clump
of bushes. Duncan took hold of it by
the muzZle to draw it out. The gun
was discharged and sent its load into
Duncan's breast, killing him instantly.
AT Danville, ILL.,, few days since,
S. West shot Abner Earls in the bowels
with shotgun, inaicting a mortal
wound. Earls was a son-in-law of West
and so ill-treated his wife that she re-
turned to her father. Earls followed
her and was attempting to enter the
house when shot. West was arrested |
and discharged
An eight-year.old daughter of Miles
Best, of Louisville, died of lockjaw a
few days ago. About a week previous
she trod on some glass, cutting her foot,
and some pieces of glass were removed |
from the wound, which soon healed. !
The day before her death she was seized |
with lOckjaw, and died, Notwithstanding |
everything was done for her relief.
In Brooklyn, N. Y, the other day,
Mrs. Campbell put new suit of clothes
on her little four year-old son, and he
then ran into the front room. His mother
called to him moment after, and, receiv-
ing no reply, went to look for him, and
discovered that he had fallen from the
window, which is in the third story. The
boy struck upon an iron railing, splitting
his head open, and died Immediately.
Hannah Brown, colored girl be-
tween thirteen and fourteen years of !
age, has been convicted at Baltimore of |
an attempt to poison Miss Ophelia Pau
ley and three little children of Mrs. Ed
dins. The girl put rat-poison in muffin
batter at night, and in the morning the
mullins were baked and eaten and the
family made seriously sick. BY strong
efforts the sufferers were saved The |
girl admitted the crime and said she
knew the effects of the poison. She had
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