Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-01-26
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.


William Briggs, a farmer of Los
field, Ont, was killed the other day by
his son while they were fighting.
Daniel Kcaly, a young man, was re-
Gently killed at Larkin's lumber camp
near Lake Station, Mich, by falling
tree.
Joseph Thornton was killed at Peoria,
ILL.,, few days ago, by falling from the
roof of church, distance of ninety
feet.
Three men were killed and several
others wounded by the explosion of the
boiler of Lawton's shingle.mill at Verona,
Mich, the other day.
The wife of William Ray was burned
to death at Urbana, ILL.,, the other night,
by the explosion of a coal-oil lamp
which she was filing.
Matthew F. Walsh was killed at
Jersey City, the other day, by falling
from scaffold on which he was paint
ing.
M. Halpin was found a few DAYS ago
in ditch alongside the railroad between
Escanaba and Ford River, Wis, frozen
to death.
Miss Sarah s. White, seventy-four
years of age, fell downstairs at the res
idence of her niece in Waukegan, Ill,
the other day, and broke her neck.
George Krick attempted 10 murder
his wife and son at New York, the other
night by shooting them. The son then
struck his father on the head with an
AK, indicting fatal injuries.
Jacob Sander, farmer of Wau-
watosa, Wis, while drawing a pail of
water from an uncovered WELL, few
days ago, fell in and drowned. The we'll
was so shallow that the drowned mans
feet projected above the surface.
During a quarrel in Moore's lumber
camp on the Aroostook River, Me-, re-
Gently, a man named Hart, of Nacka-
wick, was thrown into the fire and
burned to death. Six arrests have been
made
-Demorest & Clarks furniture and
undertaking establishment at Newark,
N j., was burned the other day, and s,
Halstead Shafer, the proprietor of a
book-store was killed by the fallingwalls.
Five other men were badly injured.
Perry Neal, living in Kentucky, OPP
posite Evansville, Ind, and B. Ii. Mar
tin, of Paxton, Ind, were drowned while
crossing the Ohio River. at Evansville,
few nights since. Meals brother was
rescued by some men from the shore.
Jacob Behne, young, well-to-do
farmer living near Columbus, ILL.,, died
very suddenly on New Years Day, and
his wife has been arrested on the charge
of poisoning him. They had been mar
ried about two years and lived unhappily
together.
"A difficulty recently occurred at
school-house in johnson County, ILL.,, be-
tween the teacher, named Gray, and
scholar named Ashbrook, in which the
latter shot Gray three times, mortally
wounding him. Ashbrook is only six
teen years old. He was arrested.
Henry Minehurst had an affray with
friend at Detroit, Mich, during ball
a few nights since, and chased his adj
versary out doors, firing pistol as he
fed. The man shot at escaped injury,
but Henry Robinson, who was passing,
received the ball in the bowels, from the
effects of which he has since died.
Miss Louisa Marcellus, of New
Brunswick, N. j., while eating some
canned peaches, recently, swallowed
pit. 1t lodged in the throat, and all ef-
forts to extract it failed. Finally the
pit was forced down Medicines were
prescribed, but Miss Marcellus grew
worse and died suddenly A post-mOrtem
examination was held, and the pit was
found in the intestines, which were
ruptured.
H. B. Barnard, of Albion, N. Y,
general agent of the Syracuse agricult-
,,,.o rDrlya in ho
four miles south of jamestown, N. Y.
few days ago. His horse was lying on
his body. The accident was caused by
drunken man with a hay-rack on
sled running into and not stopping to as
sist him. Mr.. Bernard was passenger
on the last train over the Ashtabula
bridge before the accident.
Henry Clark recently shot his brothers
wife at Youngman's camp, near Green
vile, Mich. He went to the house in
the evening and without saying word
of warning fired, the ball taking effect in
the breast. He fired again, the ball pass
ing through the stomach. officers fol-
lowed him to the woods, and, seeing that
he would be captured, he placed his re-
volver to his head and fred twice, in
flicting mortal wound. No hopes are
entertained of Mrs. Clark's recovery.
The body of a Frenchman named
Julius Coombrier was recently found in
the road near Milmine, H., with the
skull crushed to shapeless mass. De-
ceased and man named Huffman had
been working for Mr.. Delbridge,
farmer, and started together for the Hot
Springs, Ark. Coombrier had $3.50 on
10 rhav, hf Of riA
no money was found on the body. Huff.
man returned to Delbridge's two days
later, promised to work for him the COM
ing summer, and left His baggage has
been intercepted at St. Louis, and hopes
are entertained that he will be captured.
George Caughey, steel-roller en-
ployed at the Black Diamond steel-works
at Pittsburgh, was recently the victim of
horrible accident, resulting in his almost
instant death. The unfortunate man
was engaged in greasing the "necks" of
the bar rollers, using swab made of
three eighths. inch rod, about thirty inches
IN length on one end of which was fast
ened ball of cotton waste. He was
standing on the safe side of the roll, but
for some unknown purpose reached over
the " coupling boxes" and spindles. He
wore heavy knit blouse, and while in
the act of reaching over it was caught by
the couplings and spindles, and he was
drawn through the space between them.
Between the spindles there is space of
six inches, while that between the coup
ling boxes is but three inches. The head
and the body were crushed into an al
most indistinguishable mass.
A., hi OF WAS Ntaada
the other day, to rob the savings bank
of New London, Conn, while the bank
was closed at noon. The outer door was
opened by one man with false keys,
three confederates waiting at an ad-
jacent corner, one OF them with team.
But suspicion had been excited few
days before, and special watchman was
in the bank at the time, though after a
severe scuffie the robber got out of the
building with the officer clinging to him,
hut sOOn losing his hold A bOV on the