The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-05-09
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

was poisoned by his sweetheart, but he
recovered, and now Insists that the
marriage engagement shall not be
broken. sS--C 81
Mrs. Caroline Sheehey, of Staten
Island, refused to take an oath on Good
Iridny, thrnngh ennsnient;~.-- ~ --t,.os'
hence the woman who had stolen Mrs.
Sheehey's clothes was discharged.
The Mobile Register says that an
old negro woman in the southern part
of that city died recently from the
effects of bite from her grandchild,
whom she was chastising.
"A man in Sacramento the other
day bought suit of new clothes, and
threw away his old ones. After while
he remembered that he had left $110 in
his old clothes, and went to find them,
but was too late.
Twenty years ago pan went
from Wilbraham, Mass, to California,
leaving 800 as loan to farmer, in
whom he put more trust than in saw
ings banks. He wrote letters about the
money from time to time, and sup
posed it was safely drawing interest.
Recently he came across the continent
to collect it, the sum of principal and
interest amounting to $4,000; but the
farmer, who is wealthy, refused to pay
a cent, on the ground that the note was
outlawed. The man had to borrow
money with which to get back to Cali
fornia.
One day last week. four citizens of
Grand Island were playing game of
poker-five-cent "ante''-in a we'll
known saloon Of that place. Adispute
arose as to the game, when one OF the
parties made use of an expression about
as follows: 81 hope Christ will kill
me if it isn't So" He had dealt the
cards, and the betting on the hands was
over, when he passed the pack to the
next man on his left to DEAL The deal
er shuffled the cards and handed them
back to the man to cut them, OF the
same time giving him light slap to
attract his attention. The man did not
move. He was found to be stone dead.
| l-Onsaha Bee.
A frightful accident, by which a
man named Moritz Koch lost his life,
occurred recently near Collinsville, III.
Koch was engaged in sinking an air
shaft for the mines, and. having nearly
reached the coal :. entry" about 16a
feet below the surface, he put in an
unusually heayy,blast Of powder, think
ing to complete the connection with
the entry. Having set the fuse, he was
hauled to the top, and soon after the
I powder exploded. Against the protest
Of his friends he Immediately had him.
self lowered, but before reaching the
bottom gave the signal for the top mar
to hoist him up. This was done in.
stantly, but on nearing the surface he
was seen to let go all hold, and fall *
the bottom, distance of $50 feet, and
of course, was crushed almost to 1
jelly.
The Atlanta (Ga.) Consolidation
says: Mr.. John Pore, who lives in tht
lower part of Lumpkin County, ha6
4 two little children. aged respectivel,
five and six. They were engaged il
their customary play q few days ago
while the mother was at the well. Tht
Oldest child, for what reason IL vii
/ never, be known, picked up . sharl
Ratchet and struck the baby in the side
Leaving the AZ sticking in the wound
The child seeing what he had done raj
and told his mother, who was drawing
up bucket of water at the time. Thi
| so frightened her that she let 20 th
windlass, and the revolving cranl
struck the b5y on the head and litetaIl;
knocked his brains put. killing him ii
stautly. When theH horror sstricke