Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1883 — SINGULAR ACCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

SINGULAR ACCIDENTS.

A bolt of lightning killed twenty-seven hogs and two cows which were seeking shelter under a tree at Blue Springs, Tenn. A sot crawled into a mill at Lawrence, Mass., and went to sleep oil a very wide belt When the madhinery started he war killed. John McGubbay, of Henrietta, Texas, while p'acing a pistol under his pillow, accidentally shot his wife through the head, killing her instantly. Ex-County Clerk Andrew C. Warren fell three feet from a haystack foundation on his farm near Stan ord, N. Y., and broke his neck. He died instantly. Two Georgia boys were in swimming. One of them snapped a revolver under the water, and was greatly surprised when it was discharged and his yotmg companion was An Illinois snake charmer gave a public exhibition with a copperhead. The charm didn t work, but the snake did, and weeks elapsed before the showman knew that he would recover. Cl a Reyno 1 ds, of Marietta, Go., had a scythe thr wn over his shoulder and was riding a mule. The animal, fr ghtened at a passing train, threw Reynolds to the ground, and the scythe took his head oft. John Hetman, of Lexington, Pa, stood tn the haU clearing his ear with the b itt-end of a small, stiff switch. A screen door was opened suddenly against him, which thrust the sw.tch inside the ear, broke the drum, caused the most intense suffering and made Helman a maninc