Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-03-23

Haps and Mishaps.
Near Lindsey's Corner, Clinton
County, O., 2-year-old child of John
Muladore fell forward on pen-knife,
the blade penetrating its forehead, in
flicting a wound that resulted in death
in 4 few hours.
AT Letters Ford, ten miles west of
Rochester, Ind, lightning struck a
church while a meeting was being held,
killing Elias Biddingsr and injuring two
others.-James Phillips, Jr., while rid
ing along the road in Pennfield Town
ship, near Battle Creek, Mich, on the
I'd of March, was struck by lightning,
and both himself and horse were instant
ly killed.
Mrs. Shelton Allen, of Bogard
Township, Daviess County, Ind, was
sitting by the fire nursing her child,
when she was seized with an epileptic
fit, and fell forward into the fire, burn
ing herself and child fatally.-Mrs. j.
NJ Roman, young woman from the
country, while standing in front of the
fire at a friends in Louisville, Ky, was
too near the CRATE and her clothing
caught fire. A door opening famed the
flames SO that her entire body was en-
veloped, burning her fatally.-Miss
Laura Hughes, of Morristown, O., while
getting breakfast the other morning was
fatally burned by her clothes taking fire
from the stove.
Ellsworth Feagler, bright young
lad of Charlottesville, Ind, while out
hunting took his gun by the muzzle,
pulling it toward him, when the lock
caught in some grass, discharging the
weapon, the contents striking him in
the breast, killing him instantly.-Cas-
per Breek, aged IS, son of the leading
brewer of Fort Wayne, Ind, accident
ally shot and killed himself while hunt
ing.-Near Catskill, n. Y, a lad named
Trumpour found an old pistol in the
garnet, and not suspecting it was loaded
he pointed il at a companion, named
Smith, and pulled the trigger. The
pistol went off, the ball passing through
the lower part Of Smiths body. He
lived about six hours.-At Cincinnati,
Robert Seibell, two years old, was shot
in the right eye with 4 pistol by his sis
ter, who had taken the weapon from a
pillow where the mother had placed it.
The wound was fatal.
j. NJ. Wallace, well known resi-
dent of Sterling, H., recently elected
Alderman, hanged himself, as is sup
posed, on account of financial embar-
observation-disclosures Zeiss, a l3-year-old
son of Louis Zeiss, of Springfield Town
ship, Allen County, Ind, hanged him.
self in his fathers barn. He had been
accused of stealing lead-pencil from
store in Maysville, and was greatly NOR
tilted, and, to avoid arrest and disgrace,
took his own life.-Miss Libbie Spencer,
aged 10, beautiful and accomplished
young lady of Morton, Waukesha
County, Wis, drowned herself
in shallow stream of water near her
home. The unfortunate girl had slowed
not wisely, but too WELL" and took her
own life rather than bear the shame of
publicity.-At East Cambridge, Mass,
Josiah Wheeler and Kate Wheeler, hus-
band and wife, became tired of fighting
against poverty and misfortune, and
both lay down in front of railroad
train and suffered decapitation.-It is
not often that colored man kills him.
self on account of love, or in fact from
any other cause, but Samuel Valentine,
a handsome, bright mulatto, aged -,
lay down on the track of the Richmond |
and Petersburg Railroad, near Phillips's /
Crossing, Va, and was instantly killed.
A letter was found on his person from |
his sweetheart, discarding him, and his /
friends state he said he was tired OF life. I