The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-11-17
Singular Accident.

a. NtiI Nt'H|9 W NflttA tut@ 8lWln1
that the "truth is stranger than 6,.-
tom he needs but to carerIllyexao.
inc files OF daily ncwsp, pes Tor a lea
days. Hemay select almost any ytoptc
and in a short time he will be able "a
make a collection Of Incidents bear
ing uponit that win prove TO be both
curious and interesting To Illustrate
this fact, take the various ways in
which certain persons have been kill
ed or injured during the past year, as
described iu our columns and I'm ex-
changes
Daring the food last April, steam
boat ran against tho balcony Of "a
housein Kansas City, Mo, and crush
ed TO death man who was sitting
upon it. James Little, Canton, Ohio,
drank some cold beer. which para
lied his stomach, resulting Ia almost
immediate death Two Young men
IN Adair county, Mo agreed to be.
photographed with pistols drawn on
each other The agust, while arrang
ING tAe position &C enc 4 the pistols
accidentally discharged it and the
ball entered the lungs OF one OF the
~lttcrs Thoma. } Warlun cf ST..
Ions, took mp a large oyster and sail
"this is the KIND OF oyster Walker
Brooke choped To death on" tritd
to swallow it and chokei 10 death.
Mike Marorey entered a core oven
iI foundry at Pittsuurg, 10 warm
himself Another workman not
knowing that Marcncy was inside the
oven, placed core in che truck, ran
it in, closed the door, and roasted
hlm alive. John Thompson and his
brother tried to stop q dog fight at
Gees, piasa. Pam the latter throw.
ing a stone which, missing the ami
mails, smashed his brother Johns
skuu. John Laluhukj, OF Nantichokc
Penn, broke a bottle OF whisky in
his pocket, saturating his clothes He
soon afterward liz match, when his
clothes took FIRE, and lie vas fatally
burned. While on parade at West
Point, Lieut. Archibald Gibson was
prevented for whole hour from lift.
ing his hand 10 remove Q spider from
bis ear. AT the conclusion OF the
parade bis ear Was full Of blood The
ins, ct was not removed for two days
and Gibson finally died olinllamation
of the brain
A Sherih's posse surrounded the
residence OF a desperate thief at Pine
Blui, Ark. The thief jumped from
window and ran for the woods, with
crowd after him, the 1sctest OF
whom, being mistaken, by the next
leetest, lorthe lhief was shot by HIM.
A. the Rev. Mr.. PeJrey,of Rock Cas-
tie, Ky, was entering lis home, he
was followed 10y hen, which perched
Upon a hanging rifle The rife, being
iostled out OF position, fell, striking
on the lock, and was discharged, kill
inc the minister. A boy named
Boart, ut Dover Court, England,
while eating some preserves swallow
ed the sting cf q wasp, and died be-
fore he reached the doctor. Louis
Garthwait was lowering fortyquart
torpedo of nilroglycerine into well
at Rixford, Pa, when the well made
a sudden flow, struck the torpedo and
1t exploded, blowing him to pieces
A climney-swallow filled the muzzle
of the gun Of Mr.. William Suggs, of
Dublin, Ga, with clay, and when he
discharged it the weapon blew off his
hand. A friend of Lieut. W A.
Moore, at Creedmor, snapped cher
ry-pit at him, which struck the optic
nerve Of his eye, causing paralysis
and congestion of the brain, and he
narrowly escaped death. AN old man
at Louisville aimed a kick at his wife
but lost his bal l'ance, fell, and was
fatally injured "a lesson to w.iebeat-
ers.
Were novelist TO present such an
array Of accidents as happening to
Ihis characters, he would be laughed
at. and yet every one of them actual
llv occurred - Cincinnati CONNER
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