Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1886 — A FATAL ACCIDENT. [ARTICLE]

A FATAL ACCIDENT.

A sad and shocking occurrence took place last Monday afternoon. Ona Burnham, th e ten year f old adopted son of Capt. and Mrs. J. A. Burnham, in company with one or two other boys, had accompanied Mr. A, Leopold’s two 61dest sons out to Warren Robinson’s place, just east of town, after a load of hard-head rocks, for the foundations of Mr. Leopold’s proposed new business building. On coming buck all the boys rode upon the load of rocks, .and just after they had passed Mr. F. W. Bedford’s residence, the rock upon which Ona was seated, suddenly rolled off the wagon, and the unfortunate boy fell to the ground, upon his head and back, between the wheels of the wagon, and before the other boys had time to see what had happened the hind wheel of the Heavily loaded wagon passed over the boy’s body, about midway of the trunk. The other boys immediately earned him into Mr. Bedford’s house, where be received the tenderest care, while Me adopted parents, and Dr. Loughridgo, were hurredly called to the scene. It was evident from the first that he had received a dreadful shock, and sustained great internal injuries, and that death was only a matter of a very short time. The accident occured at about three o’clock, and at a little before five he breathed his Inst. He was conscious and sensible almost to the last, but did not suffer much pain. The boy was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Burnham when about three years old. His name was Longwell, and his mother was a poor widow at tire time. She is still living, near Argus, in this state, and is married" to a Mr. Holm, but we understand is still in straitened circumstances. Tho funeral was held at the M. E. church, Tuesday, at two o’clock, p. m., and very largely attended. The Kids will go to Mt. Airy today too play a match game of baseball.

The North Jiicfton Banner has always had a very precarious existence, and many changeei of management, and has finally made a definite and decent demise. Quarterly conference will be held in the M. E. church,, next Saturday afternoon, beginning at four' o’clock. Presiding - Elder Claypool will preach Saturday evening and on Sunday morning Rev. Frank Taylor will preach.

The construction of a big ditejb, to be known as the Fisber ditch, was ordered in the circuit court, last week. It is to be in Kankakee -township, will be about six miles long, and of an average width of about sixteen feet and about four feet deep on an average. The Monticello Herald bitterly laments the scarcity of candidates in White county! It is an inconvenience which Jasper county , ' I* '' ir ~ usually have a surplus in that line and at the present time we .have on hand a choice assortment of second-hand candidates, good as new, some of whom flight perhaps, for the sake of the accommodation, be loaned to our southeastenrneighbors fern- few months.