Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-12-02
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

AUGUSTUS WERNER, Of Canto, O., died
of lockjaw, caused by spraining his ankle
| in jumping out of bed.
A FAMILY of five persons in Chicago is
| PROSTATE from trichinae eaten in sausage.
and it is believed that the parents will
| die.
| Charlotte, Mich. on Nov, Doth. demoI-
ished the building and killed three men
besides severely scalding four others.
A COLLISION on the New York and New
| England road, near Andover, killed a
brakeman and wrecked two engines and
nine cars. An engineer who caused the
disaster has fled.
TIE prairie region Of Minnesota is suf-
fering greatly from lack of fuel. Tele-
grams of inquiry sent out by Governor
Pillsbury elicit hearty condemnation of
the railroads traversing the new section.
\ LARGE fleet of loaded vessels have
been frozen up in the chain of lakes. A
Detroit dispatch reports seyenty-four in
Lake Erie bound for Chicago, and twen-
ty-eight in ST. Clair river headed for Buff
falo.
4 CINCINNATI water-main burst on the
Goth inst, at the corner of Central avenue
and Wade street, flooding the region 70
squares around, endangering several
houses. The damage was $4,000.
AT the reception rendered Joel Hebree
and wife, at the residence of the brides
| father, at Coldville, Tenn, arsenic was
| used by mistake for soda. Five persons
have died from the effects of it, and thirty
others are dangerously i'll.
AMONG the fires reported on Thanhs-
giving day were the dectruction of saw
mill and marble works at East Canaan,
Conn, with $50, 600 loss; seven buildings
at Havana, Ill, wiping out $4,000, and
the Tuna Valley house, at Bradford, Pa,
with a loss of $25, 900. The steamer AIgi-
tha put in at St. Johns, n. F., with her
cotton on fire.
THE Leadyille Chronicle says sixty la
borers were buried in snow slide. on the
29th Of Nov, near Chalk Creek, on the
kOkOmo extension of the Denver and Rio
Grande road. About II a. m., they no
ticed some pine trees trembling, and in
an instant the slide came with loud
| roar, tearing up the track for a distance
of a quarter of a mile and burying so
men.
A SPECIAL from Wilmington, Del, of the
18th inst, says: Three small children of
Hyatt Hutton died here last week, two on
Thursday and one on the day following
1t was thought that death was caused by
scarlet fever, but subsequent investigation
goes to show that accidental poisoning was
the probable cause. This idea is advanced
by the attending physician, and in proof
of it it is stated that just before the chill
dren were taken sick they ate uncooked
sweet potatoes, on the vines of which Paris
green had been sprinkled to drive away
the potato beetle.
THE printing department attached to
Hostetter < Smiths stomach bitters man
ufactory, Pittsburg. Pa, was discovered in
flames on the 9th inst, and, before the
tiremen were able to gain mastery Of the
| fiery elements, which spread rapidly, Ow-
ing the combustible material contained in
| the building the entire structure wa. de-
stroyed, involving loss of about forty
thousand dollars which is fully covered by
insurance. The main building was but
slightly damaged. In the department de-
stroyed large number of women were
employed who will be thrown out of work
temporarily. The fire was first discovered
on the second floor and it is supposed to
have originated from the stove in the
composing As this is the season of
the year that almanacs were being pub
lished, the fire was PARTICULARS unfortu-
nate.