The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-04-04

Miss Elvira Pollett, of Gardner, Me,
was fatally burned by the explosion of
coal-oil lamp.
At Arcadia, o., q young child OF IL.
Dillery was scalded to death by falling
into tub of boiling water. : -
AT Coshocton, o., the 4-year-old
daughter of Hugh Green was fatally
burned, caused by her clothes catching
fire at the CRATE.
An infant child of John Connolly,
of Brooklyn, n. Y, died from suffoca-
ton caused by his father playfully
blowing tobacco smoke in his face.
"A 12-year-old daughter of Benz.
Warren, living in Starr Township,
Hooking County, o., was burned to
death from her clothes taking fire from
fireplace. - .L .f-1. t.
VIM. Carter, brakeman on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, while
switching cars at Frederick Junction
caught his foot between the rails, and
being unable to extricate himself he
was run down and killed.
AT Pierson, Mich, 3-year-old son
of George Pratt was found dead, hang
ing by the neck, he having put his head
into hole in box on the side of the
barn, used by hens for nests, and haN-
ing been unable to extricate himself.
Sam Watson, of Houston County,
Minnesota, was leading two horses across
the street, when the animals suddenly
SHE'D apart, pulling Watson's arms to
an unnatural height, straining him so
badly he died in Sc hours.
Near Richmond, Va, Richard
Glass, a small colored boy, was playing
with an old 15-pound loaded bombshell,
left on a Confederate battlefield He
made fire under it, and it exploded
with a crash. The boys arm was
broken, both eyes put out, and body
horribly lacerated. He died from his
injuries. H-urH. --.t
Miss Sarah German, young lady
living near Chatsworth, Livingston
County, H., was accidentally shot in
the head by some young men who were
carelessly handling a shotgun, killing
her almost instantly the 10
year-Old son of Samuel Baker, one of
the proprietors of the New Britain
Comm Record, was accidentally shot
by a younger brother while returning
from hunt, and died in. few hours
afterward.-Rev. Mr.. Salisbury of lay
lor, n. Y, went out shooting with Mar
tin Wires the other day, and, his gun
slipping, shot the latter's son in the head
so that he soon died. ...-r lax.
John Merriam, of Kalamazoo
| Township, Eaton County, Mich, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself
through the chest with q. shot
gun. He was twenty-five years old
and had, it is alleged, been driven from
home by step-mother.-A B. Morey,
a well known druggist of CassopOlis,
Mich, took deadly dose of strychnine
and then hanged himself with clothes
line. He had been detected in an illicit
amour with another mans wife, and
was so wrought VI by the exposure that
his life became burden. He was worth
from $4,000 to ,000.-Forman Brod-
trick, resident of Marysville, Ky, and
an employee of NJ. Hermance, a drug
gist of Covington, Ky, committed sui
eide by taking prussic acid. The cause
was failure in health and financial en-
barrasSment of his father He said, rs
he took the poison, Nobody to blame, -
Henry RAIDER, aged %, living near
StauntOn, Va, committed suicide by
hanging. The day before the suicide
he dressed in his best suit, viewed him
self in the looking glass, and remarked
to his sister: "SiSter, wanted to see
how would look for a corpse. John
F. Pattee, with fine family connections
at Manchester, n. H., shot himself
through the head at Boston boarding
| house, on account of constituencies at a
slight designation of his face. He was
| a student at the Institute of Technology
and % years of age.-Duane A Blinn,
aged 80 years, respectable farmer of
Denmark, County, N. Y, hanged HIM
self Religion and financial difficulties
were assigned as causes.