Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-01-19
Haps and MishaPs.

by, Oswego County, n. Y, was burned
to death from her clothes taking fire
while engaged in coloring rags by an
outdoor fire.
AT Cleveland, o., on New Years
Day, Charles T. Boyer, aged 2S, a cloth
ing salesman, was out riding in compa-
ny with friend, when the horse ran
away Both were thrown from the
wagon, and Boyer struck with his head
upon the curbstone, crushing his brain.
His companion was badly but not fatally
hurt.
AT Bucket Lake, about Is miles
from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, three
children, two of them belonging to Mr..
Hatfield, went on the ice, which gave
way. Mr.. Hatfeld's family, including
himself, his wife and two daughters,
rushed to the scene, and in the excite
ment all were precipitated into the wa
ter, when Mrs. Hatfield, daughter
aged go, another daughter aged 6, and
a son aged 10 years, were drowned.
Shooting accidents: At Bellefon-
tame, o., Grant Prey, 12-year-old son
of Capt. John Prey, special Post-ofiice
detective, while playing with a revolver,
shot his cousin, Frank Connors, of Sid
ney, o., who was visiting him. The
ball entered the right eve, death result
ing in few minutes afterwards.-Nea
Tawas, Mich, Joseph Boomer was
leaning over the muzzle of his gun,
when a dog ran against the trigger,
causing it to explode, killing Boomer
instantly.-At Auburn, Penn, a son of
Abraham Mayer, while celebrating the
New Year, accidentally shot away part
of his face and head.-At Huntington,
W. Va, James Carter, cOlored, was
fooling with double-barreled shotgun
which was heavily loaded, the breech
resting against his abdomen, when it
was discharged, intlicting internal in
juries from which he died.
The suicidal list Henry Atwood,
Nebraska young man, went to Wash
ington after a clerkship, with first-class
recommendations. But he couldn't get
one, spent all his money and started on
foot for home, but became discouraged
and shot himself by the side of West
Virginia road.-A man, who registered
himself in the American House, Montreal,
as J. NJ. Scott, New York City, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself in the
head with revolver. He had been
drinking heavily, and had spent all his
money.-Aiary Holiday, of Howick,
Canada, unable to withstand the impor-
tunities of two suitors to whom, liking
them equally, she thoughtlessly engaged
herself, took strychnine and died. She
was woman of unusual beauty, and
of happy but excitable disposition,
John Stolz, a tailor, supposed to be-
long at Omaha, shot himself at Des
MONIES, Iowa. Others in brief: Albert
Cole, of Osgood, Ind; John Stau-
brough, of Westfeld, Ind; John Vader,
near Laporte, Ind; S. B. Robinson, a
well known lawyer, of Washington
County, o.; Vim. B.. Little, coal and
lumber dealer, of Merchandising, o.;
Maria Brennan, an italian, aged 21, of
Cincinnati; Anthony Vasey, hardware
clerk, of Caro-, Mich; VIM. Taylor, of
Clare County, Mich; John Olanson, of
Detroit, Mich; Della Wright, aged
l6, a Village belle, of Tecumseh,
Mich. Orlando Ray, of Roxana, Mich.
Reuben Reed, of Fond du Lac, Wis.
VIM. ii. Richardson, of Lexington, Ky;
John o. Pearce, aged 80, of Maysville,
Ky; John N. Flette, dry-goods sales
man, of Memphis, Tenn. John Man
gus, of Tracy, Tenn; Mrs. Reinhart
Bruebank, of Wheeling, W. Va; George
+. Kimball, aged Is, book-keeper, OF
Boston, Mass; Frank Carter, aged 30,
of Cambridge, Mass; DIR. Batchelder,
of South Boston, Mass; Willard S.
Kirby, of Westport, Mass.
Foreign Notes.