The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-02-05

| The week has been quite prolific OF accidents,
and has kept surgeons busy. DR.. Dyer has at
tended the following: On Sunday girl named
Mooney, living near the ice house, broke her
collar bone by fall. On Monday son of Mr.
Yeager, on the west side, broke his forearm
while skating. On Saturday a lady at Paul IIGf.
ncr's, in the west part of town, fractured her
fore arm, in a fall On Tuesday evening man
named Holland was badly crushed at the hip by
n fall OF stone in coal mine south of Utica. He
noticed a small stone fall from the roof, and ex-
pecting more to follow, attempted to get out OF
the way, but was not quick enough, and an enor-
nous rock caught him at the hips. A young
man working with him was barely abe to remove
the stone and take Mr.. II. from the mine
Some two weeks ago Mr. A X. Funk, in the
employ of the City Mills, injured a hand while
adjusting belt to the machinery Of the mill
one finger being cut to the bone. He was so
much disabled that he could not work, but not
considered in bad way, until Sunday last, when
decomposition set in and he grew worse with an
attack Of lock jaw. The offending finger was
removed; nevertheless the man died OF lock jaw
in the evening. He was about AZ years old, and
leaves daughter some 20 years OF age. Tonti
Lodge l. o. o. F. attended him in his illness, and
prepared the body for transportation Jefferson,
Ohio, Mr.. Funks old home.
The following explains itself:
Editors Free Tjadcr-We desire to correct the
statement made in the obituary notice of Mr..
A. X. Funk In this weeks Republican,, which has
it that he injured his hand in a cog wheel. To
have the hand caught in wheel would be
almost certain to crush or break that portion Of
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the case. The man attempted to throw a belt
on pulley and caught the fore-fnger OF his
hand so as to cut it TO the bone in one place and
simply bruise the skin in another. We called a
physician at once, who dressed the wound which
gradually grew better, so that last Friday he
showed the finger to US, working 1t naturally and
stating at the time that the soreness had entirely
left 1t, and that he would be able to return to his
regular duties by the first part OF this week. On
Saturday he was about the street, seemingly as
well as the day before; and on Sunday morning
we were Informed that lock jaw had set in.
Since tie obituary notice in the RcpYJliedn in
our opinion, casts a reflection on the treatment
Of the physician first in attendance, we consider
it only just that the public should have a correct
understanding OF the facts in the case, to the
cause and nature OF the wound, which it is our
purpose in this card to give.
SMITH & DAwELL.
VIM. Fry, Of this city, boy some II years Of
age, while skating at Dayton on Saturday last,
caught his skate in crack in the ice and was
thrown down, breaking his collar bone. Under
DR.. Dyer's care he is getting on nicely.
DR.. Hathaway set the arm OF Glass Classon,
who broke it by fall on the street on Thursday.
On Sunday Thos. Davy, son OF Ed. Davy, was
severely hurt while coasting, his sled running
into fence.
One day this week Patrick Neyins, aged IL
years, had three RIBS broken while eoastlng, eight
sleds having run into him.