Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-08-31
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

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Henry Best, ten years old, was
caught in the mud and slowly drowned
while bathing in Swampscott Mass }
pond, the other day.
Stephen Hall, Wendall Small and
Frank Houston were drowned in Sebago
Lake, Maine, few days ago, by the up.
setting Of their boat.
james Henderson and Ben Morgan
quarrcled over game of cards at George
town, KY, few days since, and the
former was killed by Morgan.
The tug Matt. White exploded her
boiler at the RipRaps on the James
River, Va, few days ago, killing Capt
Blunt, Engineer James and fireman.
William Dell and William Morning
star were terribly and probably fatally
maugled by premature explosion while
blasting rock near Goshen, Ind, recently
The residence of f. Miner, at Glen's
Falls, N. Y, was struck by lightning a
few nights since, and William Miner,
aged eleven years, was instantly killed.
"A young man named James Gray,
while bathing in the Niagara River, at
Clifton, the other evening, was swept
down into the Whirlpool and drowned
The body has not been recovered.
BY collision between two freight
trains on the Erie Railway, near Walden,
N. Y, the other day, Conductor Hurd
had both legs cut off and received inter
nal injuries which will probably result
fatally.
John O'Brien, Charlestown Mass J
plumber, struck a match in an oil vat
which he was repairing a few days ago.
An explosion of gas followed, burning
him SO badly that he will probably not
recover.
Marion Phillips, farmer residing
near Great Bend, Kan, was recently
killed by lightning while returning home
with his wife and child. They were sit
ting on the wagon seat beside him, but
neither was injured in the least.
"A man named John Griggs was in
stantly killed at Nokomis, ILL.,, on re-
cent evening, while at work in hay
press shed, by the beater of the press
falling on his head, smashing his skull
and breaking his neck.
Charles Gratler, sixty.two years of
ago, resident of Mokena, ILL.,, arose
from his bed early on recent morning
while asleep, walked out of the room and
| fell to the foot of flight of stairs, his
head striking with such force as to cause
death.
Charles Lindsay, twenty years old,
was shot dead few evenings since, at
Cherryfeld, Me-, by young man named
Anderson. Lindsay had been indulging
in riotous conduct about camping tent
belonging to Anderson's mother. Ander-
son gave himself up to the police.
"A Cobbite religionist and quack doc
tor of Dallas, Tex, named DR.. Cham
bless, shot German, named Louis Ber-
nerl, through the heart the other morn
ing. When arrested he acknowledged
the deed, saying God had told him to do
so, and to kill another physician of that
city.
"A fearful accident happened to a
young man named Rowe on farm
near Princeton, few days since. While
loading hay he slipped off the load
upon a sharp-pointed stake, which en-
tered his body and forced its way nearly
through. But slight hopes of his recov-
cry are entertained.
William Costay, a colored man, pro-
duced a terrible commotion in a negro
church in St. Louis, the other night, by
walking in and, while services were pro-
crossing, drawing a revolver and firing
three shots at his wife, one of which
penetrated her chest, producing mortal
wound.
Henry Ready, brakeman on the
Memphis & st. Louis Railroad, was killed
the other day by colored man named
Moses Howard. The latter IN closing
the door used such force as to shatter the
glass. Ready demonstrated with him,
and Howard sent bullet through his
heart.
AT Jacksonville, Ind, few days
days ago, Percy Sutton, aged ten, took a
revolver off mantel in his fathers resi-
dence AID, while playfully handling it, it
was discharged, shooting his playmate,
John Weaver, aged nine years. The ball
struck the left cheek bone, penetrating
under the eye, and the chances of his re-
covery are few.
Martin Monahan, aged eighty one,
was killed at Detroit the other morning
by an insane son. The father had sent
him to chop wood, upon which he went
into rage and beat his fathers brains out
with an ak, He made no effort to es-
cape, and went peaceably with the Of
ficer, saying: 81 killed father because
he was killing me with his talk"
The body of ]. H. Msckey, of Brook
lyn, N. Y, was found the other evening
a few miles back of Newport, KY, lying
in dense thicket, badly decomposed,
with the skull fractured. A consider
able amount of money and valuable pa
pers were found on the body, showing
that the man had not been murdered fol
his money, but the Coroner's jury failed
to discover anything to fix the crime upon
any person.
Mr.. Nathan Cunningham, of Jack.
son County, w. Va, while on his way to
Charlestown, the other day, with his lit
tie son, was waylaid by some unknown
parties and murdered. Several shots were
fired, the balls taking effect in the breast.
There are several conjectures as to the
cause of the attack. The most plausible
is that, as about the close of the late war
Cunningham waylaid and killed some
rebel soldiers that were returning home,
perhaps his death is the end of the horri-
BILE tragedy.
There was queer accident in Ban
gor day or two ago. A little toddling
boy walked between two buildings,
which are at first nine inches apart and
gradually come together, until he was
wedged in and couldn't move. His
twelve,years-old sister tried to get to
him from an upstairs window, but
slipped and was also caught between the
buildings when she had reached him. A
large crowd gathered, and the children
were only released after a hole three feet
square had been cut through one of the
buildings.
Mary E. Eckert was killed at Ho
boken, N. j., early on a recent morning
by being thrown, as 1t is supposed, from
third-story window by her husband
with whom she had quarreled. She was
found duino in an alauWaV Her huQ