Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-11-11
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

AT fire in Little Rock, on the 9TH inst,
colored woman was burned to death
MICHAEL BUCKLEY, of DAYTON, O.. fell
down his cellar, breaking his neck, caus-
| ing instant death
COLONEL JOHN ID. HESTER, of PhiIadeI-
phia, president of the veteran association
of 1872, fell down stairs in an apoplectic
fit, and very shortly expired.
THE custom authorities of Montreal
have seized 5000 worth of highwines,
owned by j. A. Harvey & Co., which were
being shipped to Charlottetown as ale.
AUGUST NAVARRO, gymnast fell from
trapeze attached to balloon at Courbie,
France, his body making hole in the
earth two feet deep.
BoTH the harvest and the fishery have
| failed in the lower portion of Quebec, and
the sufferers have appealed to the govern
ment for aid
THIRTY-sIx cases of small pox have
| been discovered in San Francisco, and
taken to the pest house. The health
officer has been granted extraordinary
! powers.
SAMUEL REISIGE, young man about IS
years DID, of Monroe Mich, was killed by
the accidental discharge of his gun while
hunting DUCKS on the Otn inst.
| DURING October more than three and
half million of standard dollars were put
in circulation. OF this amount $666,000
went to Texas; 92, ,067 800 of the three and
a half millions were sent from the New
| Orleans mint and 81, ,342 800 from the mint
at Philadelphia.
A STOVE factory at Quakertowp, Pa,
was burned on the 4th inst, the loss being
$4,000. Seventeen horses were suffoca-
ted in the Tontine livery stables, at New
Haven. The Wentworth house, WaIpoIe,
\. H., was destroyed by fire, as also Ran
kert u Lutz' brewery at Fort WAYNE.
! JOHN LILBARGER, of St. Joseph Mo-,
who is night watchman at krugs packing
factory, was passing through the smoke
room of the factory, when Il large 42-cali-
bre navy revolver fell from his breast, and
ball entering his right breast and coming
out directly opposite, under the shoulder
blade. He lived few hours. He leaves
a wife and several children.
TIE steamer Robt. Mitchell, en- route
for Cairo and New Orleans, struck hid
den obstruction while making the crossing
for an island 90 miles below Memphis ,and
sank Her cargo consisted of 750 tons of
grain and breadstuffs and 625 bales of
cotton consigned to New Orleans mer-
chants. She lies straight in 8 feet of wa.
ter. All freight in the hold will be lost
the freight on deck is only slightly dam
aged The boat is insured for $4,000 in
Cincinnati offices. Both pilots were at
the wheel when the boat sank.
A DISPATCH from Attleboro, Mass,
states that Charles Stafford, aged about 81,
and Henry Nickery, aged 50, employed by
J. L. Carpenter in carting gravel, were
digging out Of a high embankment when.
without a moments warning, 1t caved In
on them. When the accident occurred no
one was present, and it was discovered by
a teamster named Potter. He says when
he passed previously he told Nickery to
be careful or the bank would cave. The
latter said: q wish it would, so as to
make easier picking" When he returned
he noticed that the men were gone, and
Immediately began an investigation. He
soon discovered, beneath the hard, frozen
Jumps of dirt, Nickery's calico shirt. He
gave the alarm and commenced digging.
When the unfortunate men were got out
life was extinct. Stafford when found was
living face down, and Nickery was on his
! right side. Medical Examiner Bronson was
summoned and found Stafferd's neck broken
and Vickerv's head badly crushed. Stat.
ford leaves a widow and two small chill
dren in destitute circumstances. Nlckery
| leaves widow and two small children
He had nothing but his daily wages to de
pend upon.