Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-06-15
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

Rapids, Mich, were drowned in Carr's
Lake, near that place, a few days ago,
while boat.riding. ev-A b s'rt
--Alonzo Baker, the well-known guide
in the Adirondacks, was killed few
nights since by falling into the Ausable
Chasm, near Keeseville. -,.l
Two sons of William Patterson. aged
nine and ten, of Midland, Mich, were
drowned the other afternoon while bath
ing in Chippewa River. 81 t.-trI
"A young man named John Shelby,
while attempting to escape from Police
Ofhcer McCarty at st. Louis, the other
morning, was shot and killed. .a' ssru
Henry Whipky and brother, of
Greene County, Pa, were out cunning
few days ago, when an old tree fell on
the former and instantly killed him.
George Williams, of Mt. Vernon, Vt,
eight years old, was pricked slightly in
the hip with dung.fork some weeks
since, and, few days ago, began to fail
and died in great agony.
While man in the employ of Jacob
Young, of Beaver County, Pa, was fell
ing trees few days ago, one of them
crushed daughter of the latter, aged
eight years, to death.
= Ellen Panther, domestic at Sperry,
Iowa, recently tried the old experiment
Of quiCkening the kitchen fire with kero-
sene poured from q can. There is no
hope of her recovery.
Two colored convicts who attempted
to escape from the State Penitentiory at
Columbia, s. c., few days since, were
rccaptured after being shot by the guards
and mortally wounded.
One of the boilers in the Orion
cotton mill at East Greenwich, r. l., ex-
ploded a few mornings since, blowing the
boiler-h house to pieces and killing John
Hughes, Jr., the fireman. .'I0s ~ a-H
Miss Lizzie Calhoun was recently
killed in Rural Cemetery, Albany, N. "
by jumping from a carriage, the horses
having run away Alice Overton, her
companion, was severely injured
Tho dwelling house of Henry Tower,
at North Clarendon, VT, was destroyed
by fire the other night, and two of his
children, boys, aged nine and eleven
years, were burned to death.
AT Logansport, Ind, few nights
since, little daughter of A. Sanderson,
four years old, while playing in the
kitchen, fell into a tub of hot lye, receiv-
ing burns which caused death in short
time. ..
George Sanderson, residing near
Memphis, sought shelter from a storm,
the other day, under q tree and was
struck by lightning, his body being so
badly manged as to be scarcely recog-
nizable. f
Andrew Bamhill, laboring man,
gave his wife terrible beating at their
home in Brooklyn, N. Y, few nights
since, and then threw her out of the win
dow. Her injuries are fatal The brute
was ARRESTED.
Two bnr0lags while entering ,the
house of Samuel Roder, at Blue Bells, Pa,
the oLner night. were surprised by Mr..
and Mrs Roder. A scufile ensued, dur
ing which one of the thieves shot and
instantly killed Mrs. Roder.
"A young man named Malcolm Nc
Nicklc, while running a portable saw
mill at Rayltown, Pa, recently, was
caught in the machinery and so mangled
that both of his arms were amputated
His life is despaired of.
Robert Baxter, Jr., while at work at
an emery wheel in brass works at De-
troit, the other day, was fatally hurt, the
wheel, which was making 1000 revOlu-
tons minute, breaking asunder, and
fragment striking him in the head, caus-
ing conclusion of the brain.
Some parties created disturbance
in Edward Harrington's saloon in New
York, the other night, and were thrown
out. Harrington followed them to the
sidewalk, when nc was struck on the
head with eart.rung by Edward Otto,
his skull being fractured and death ensu-
ing. Otto was arrested.
"A shocking murder was committed a
few nights since at Linden Station, on
the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad.
Adam Bell and Frederick Friedley, both
colored, got into broil. Bell, who is
but seventeen, drew long pruning-kni
and stabbed Friedey to the heart, kill
ing him almost immediately.
Vel Turner, colored, was shot and
killed by Perry Clark, also cOlored, near
the Louisville race-course the other day.
While the two were playfully scufiiing
with pistol the weapon was accidental
ly fired, and the ball struck Turner over
the left eye. Both were jockey boys in
the same stable.
-Leonard w. Harper, prominent
business man of Nashville, Tenn, was
recently killed by William Nance. Har.
per was engaged in knocking down a
fence placed in the road around Nance's v
Oll-gate, which had been abolished by
the Legislature, when a quarrel ensued,
ending in blows and the shooting by
Nance
When the day force went TO work in
the silver ore tunnel near Terrible Man,
Georgetown, Col, on a recent morning,
they found the mangled corpses of John
Gregory, Harry Walters and acompaniOn
named Pope, all of whom had been
and killed by the explosion of
powder. There were no survivors to ac-
count for the cause. vea
"A little daughter of Noah G. Hershey,
a farmer residing near Maytown, Pa, was
burned to death recently. Her mother
had been engaged killing caterpillars with
burning rags. The fire not being suf-
icient, she sent the girl for oil, which
the latter poured on some rags on fire.
The oil burst into a flame, and the fire
was communicated to the childs dress.
Death followed in q few minutes.
In the Meadows, on the line of the
Railroad, near the Hacken-
sack River, New Jersey, few days
since, freight train backed into a hand
car from which -four men were distribut-
ing ties. Thomas Hogan and Philip
Goodman were killed; Edward Henry
lost both legs and Patrick Donnelly had
a hip broken. 1t is thought both will
die. -....
John Lambert was accidentally killed
in the prison at jackson, Mich a few
afternoons since. He was putting
belt on pulley, and, becoming caught,
was whirled around the shaft. Both
legs and one arm were taken off, and his
ribs broken. He lived only few min
utes. He was sent from Adrian for
burglary. and his sentence expired in