Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-12-15
ODD ACCIDENTS,
How Certain Uulucky Persons Have Re
Gently Been Injured or Killed.

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How Certain Uulucky Persons Have Re-
Gently Been Injured or Killed.
At Pine Bluff, Ark, a sheriff posse
surrounded the residence of desper-
ate thief. He jumped from window
and ran for the woods. One pursuer
outstripped his fellows, and the next
feetest mistook him for the thief and
shot him.
At Rock Castle, KY, as the Rev.
Mr.. Petrey 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, man was sitting
on the balcony of his house, steam
boat ran into it, and crushed him to
death. (This was during the April
lood.)
At Baltimore, a man who was being
shaved heard runaway, and think
ing 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 carabolic acid
gas, which penetrated his whole sys-
TEN, caused nearly instantaneous
death.
At West Point, Lieutenant Archi-
bald Gibson could not, while on pa
rade, lift his hand to remove spider
from his ear for whole hour. When
parade was dismissed his ear was full
of blood. The insect was only taken
out two days later, and Lieutenant
Gibson ultimately died of sinhamms-
ton of the brain.
At Chsrlestown, Mass, Alfred An
derson crawled into sand-house he
had built, and it fell in on him and
smothered him.
At Nanticoke, Pa, John Lafschuski
broke bottle of whisky in his pocket,
saturating his clothes; when he SUBJ
sequently lit match they took fire,
and he was fatally burned.
In Adair county, NO., two young
men agreed to be photographed with
pistols drawn on each other. The
artist, while arranging the position,
discharged one of the pistols, shoot
ing 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,
inhaled the steam, and was scalded
to death.
At Pittsburg, Mike Maroney enter
ed a core-oyen in foundry to warm
himself, and another workman placed
a core on the truck. ran it in, closed
the door and roasted him alive.
At Rixford, Pa, Louis Garthwait
lowered forty-quart topedo of nitro
glycerine into a we'll, when the well
made a sudden flow, struck the tor
pedo, and blew him to pieces.
At Green Ridge, Pa John Thomp-
son and his brother tried to stop a
dog fight, and the latter threw a stone
at the animals, and, missing them,
smashed his brothers skull.
At st. LOUIS, Thos. j. Wharton, jr.,
took up large oyster and said. ''rhir
is the kind of oyster Walter Brooks
choked to death on!" tried to swallow
1t, and was choked to death.
AT Creedmore friend snapped q
cherry pit at Lieut.. w. A. Moore
and hit him in the eye. 1t struck the
optic nerve, causing paralysis and
congestion of the brain, and he had s
narrow escape from death.
At Louisville an old man aimed 8
kick at his wife, lost his balance, fell,
and was fatally injured.
At Indianapolis the weight OF casI
Of water smashed the teeth of "Mar
with the Iron Jaw" and falling on
his breast crushed him to death.
At Dovercourt, England, boy
named Boast swallowed the sting o
a wasp while eating some preserves,
and died while running to the doctors 8
At Boston, Simeon Long, while
playing with the cat in the hallway
made mlsstep, fell against the wal
and broke his neck.
At Dublin, Ga, a chimney-swalloW
filled the muzzle of William Suggs'
gun with clay, and when he discharg
ed it the weapon blew Off his hand.
| At Neodesha, Mimi, Albert Gran
was playing with Newfoundland dos
and dragging him by the tail, when il
Jumped into the pond, pulling him in
and he was drowned.
| DIR. Goodwin Remarks.
To the Editor of the st. Louis Chronicle
| ST. LOUIS, Nov. 30.-As the oldes
and first recognized greenback mar
in Missouri, permit me to reply to al
article in your issue of yesterday.
/ l have no more faith in H. Martil
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