Fickle Gasoline

Fickle Gasoline

Severely Burns Mrs.John Miller, of S.Main St.

John Miller, who lives just beyond the tollgate on S. Main st , took home some stove blacking Wednesday and told his wife to mix it with gasoline and apply it to the household stoves when occasion demanded an extra neat shine on them. Mrs. Miller did so and made the first application to the coal heater. After having successfully accomplished her purpose with this she proceeded to the wood stove in the kitchen, in which the fire was supposed to be extinct, to give it a like dressing. But unfortunately for Mrs. Miller, a few smoldering embers remained there, and as the warm surface of the stove rapidly generated the dangerous gas it was ignited, an explosion followed and the lady was badly burned about her arms and the back of her neck. But for the timely assistance of a passing farmer, who heard the explosion and Mrs. Miller's screams, and ran to her assistance with a horse blanket from his wagon, the accident would have been more serious than it was.

City Assessor O'Hearn has nearly completed the extension of the rolls for the fall taxes in this city. The taxes this fall will be in the neighborhood of 80 cents on a $1,000 valuation less than last year. The many friends of the assessor will regret to learn that he is in poor health this fall. Notwithstanding this the rolls have been made out with the same care and accuracy that has always characterized them.