The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-11-04
Some Odd Aeeid ents.

surrounded the residence of desperate
thief. lie jumped from a window and
ran for the woods. One pursuer out.
stripped his fellows, and the next feetest
mistook him for the thief and shot him.
AT Rock Castle, KY, as the Rev. Mr..
Perry entered house, hen flew in and
perched on hanging rifle; it fell and
falling on the lock was discharged and
killed the minister.
AT Kansas City, as a man was sitting
on the balcouy of his house, a steamboat
ran into it and crushed him to death.
(This was during the April foods.)
AT Baltimore, man who was being
shaved, heard runaway, and, thinking
it was his team, jumped up, and had his
nose nearly cut off.
AT Canton, o., James Little, drank
some cold beer, which paralyzed his
stomach, and, forming carbonc acid gas
in his whole system, causing nearly in
stantaneous death.
AT West Point, Lieutenant Archibald
Gibson could not, while on parade, lift his
hand to remove spider from his ear for
a whole hour. When parade was dis
missed his ear was full of blood. The
insect was only taken out two days later
and Lieutenant Gibson ultimately died
of inflammation of the brain.
At Charlesto xn, Mass Alfred Ander-
son crawled into sand house he had
built, and it fell in on him and smoth-
cred him.
AT Nanticoke, Pa, John Lafschuski
broke bottle of whiskey in his pocket,
saturating his clothes; when he subse-
quently lit match, they took fire and
he was fatally burned.
In Adair county, Mo-, two young men
agreed to be photographed with pistols
drawn on each other. The artist, while
arranging its position, discharged one of
the pistols, shooting the opposite sitter
through the lungs
At Eastport, Me-. sailor wanting a
drink of water, and finding the cask
pump frozen, poured hot water into it,
and while attempting to suck a drink
from it inhaled the steam and was scald-
el to death.
At Pittsburg, Mike Maroney entered
a core oven in foundry to warm him
self, and another workman placed core
Oh the truck, ran it in, closed the door,
and roasted him alive.
At Rixford, Pa, Louis Garthwait
lowered forty quart torpedo of nitro
glycerine into a well, when the well
made sudden flow, struck the torpedo
and blew him to pieces.
AT Green Ridge, Pa, John Thomp-
son and brother tried to stop dogtight
and the latter threw a stone at the ami
mails and, missing them, smashed his
brothers skull.
AT st. Louis, Thomas j. Wharton, jr.,
took up large oyster, said; "This is
the kind of oyster Walter Brooks choked
to death on tried to swallow it, and
was choked to death.
AT Creedmoor,a cherry pit was snapped
at Lieut. w. A. Moore, and hit him in
the eye. 1t struck the optic nerve, caus-
ing paralysi and congestion of the brain
and he had a narrow escape from death
AT Louisville, an old man aimed a
kick at his wife, lost his balance, fell and
was fatally injured.
AT indianapolis, the weight of cask
of water smashed the teeth of "Man
with the Iron Jaw, and falling on his
breast it crushed him to death.
At Dovercourt, England, a boy named
Boast swallowed the sting of a wasp
while eating some preserves, and died
while running to the doctors.
AT Boston, Simeon Long, while play
ing with the cat in his hallway, made a
misstep and fell against the wall and
broke his neck
At Dublin, Ca, a chimney swallow
filled the muzzle of William Suggs gun
with clay and when he discharged it the
weapon blew off his hand.
At Neodesha, Mimi, Albert Grant
was playing with Newfoundland dog
and dragging it by the tail, when il
jumped into the pond, pulling him in,
and he was drowned.