The state herald., 1900-06-01
ODD OCCURRENCES
HAPPENINGS WHICH SHOW
LIES UNCERTAINTIES.
Instant Death from Needle Priek-
"spt and Lost Her sisht-Champion
Cigarette s1ekers End-Eaiss Teeth
CAUSED Death.

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various kinds. have occurred during
the present month and they will 60
to show that tales Of Action are not
nearly SO strange as happenings In
real life. Among the curious happen
ings are the following: While Madi-
son Burke, prominent farmer living
near steubenville. O.. was playing with
his children, he threw his head back
and two false teeth slipped down his
throat. They were removed In Pitts
burg hospital. where he was taken. but
an abscess was created. and he died.
In Philadelphia, the point Of needle
was accidentally thrust into the third
finger Of the left hand Of Mrs. Annie
M. Smith. With scream she fell back
dead. It is believed that the nerve con-
nected the finger and the heart. She
had been suffering from heart disease.
and the prick is supposed to have.
through the communicating nerve.
caused shock that stopped the heart
action. At Geneva, N. Y. Mrs Edward
Pendal died from the puncture Of
needle in the back of her hand. Mrs.
Matilda Quitman, of Manhattan, lit
orally cried her eyes out through
mourning the death Of her husband
and daughter. Her constant weeping Is
believed to have caused an irritation
which stopped blood vessel. thus pro-
ducing sudden blindness. In Marietta,
O., Frederick Kestermeir cried for
three days over his aged father and
soleremaining relative. who was IA
tally i'll. Ten minutes after the old
man died the son threw himself on
the bed and was dead in few min
utes. Physicians say his heart was
broken. Tilly Mahon. aged II. of Man
haitian. and Freda Poingnee. of Belle
willie, ILL.,. died from the effects Of ex-
cessive rope-skipping. The fatal ex-
ploit Of the latter was 230 skips with
out rest In Bridgeport. Conn.,. a
factory girl waltzed to excess and be-
came insane. At Scranton, Pa. man
became crazy because OF failure to win
over IL other members OF jury he was
sitting on to his view of a liquor viola
ton case. In Manhattan, William At
kins. aged 22. offered to help lady
clean house. She had nothing for him
to do except to see that fire In the
yard did not catch to any fences. At
the same time, observing that he had
on a new suit Of clothes, she laugh
ingly told him to put on one of her
dress skirts. Atkins took her at her
word. and in this incongruous rig as
sumed his duties. Soon after his dress
caught fire and he was fatally burned.
W. II. Bean, Of Chicago, licked 800
newspaper wrappers and became vio-
lently Ill. A doctor diagnosed the case
as ptomaine poisoning, caused by the
mucilage. At Browning. Ind. w. A.
Ellis was about to be operated on for
appendicitis, when the family physi-
clan concluded to try a stomach pump.
A large amount Of sand and gravel was
taken from him and he recovered. At
St. Louis. Bud Ferguson, a negro, bet
that the home ball club would beat
Pittsburg. He won considerable money
and while on his way home In street
car he laughed SO immoderately when
telling friend OF his luck that n
hemorrhage followed and he dropped
dead. In Philadelphia, Mrs. Caroline
NJ. Ran heard that her father had died
In another part OF the city. On the way
to his house she was taken violently Ill
and soon after died. The report Of her
fathers death was false. II was the
boast OF John Dorsey. aged 27. at Hag-
erstown. that he could smoke more Gig
arettes than any other man In that
section OF the state. while smoking
one In the street he was stricken with
paralysis Of the heart. He soon died.
but before lapsing into unconscious
ness he asked bystander to give him
the cigarette that had dropped from
his mouth when he fen to the pave
ment. Charles Boyd. aged 13. was
smothered to death In n corn bin at
West Middleton. Ind. John Patrie. a
Euclid. N. Y. farmer. was squeezed
to death against the side OF n stall by
n horse. Two maiden sisters named
Pitts died at the same time In War
wick. N. j.. A sleep of 1GG hours end
ed In the death Of Rev. Irwin Bullock,
aged so. Of Newark, N. J. Little Katie
Kneppcr. OF Manhattan. complained OF
n toothnche and fell asleep. Every ef-
fort to awaken her was In vain. and
she died after slumbering n week.