The Hawk-Eye Burlington, Des Moines co. Iowa June 11, 1874 THE STATE Friday afternoon, Willie Orndorf, a Davenport boy, was playing with a revolver, as is the custom in those families where a famine of brains is hereditary, and the bullet saved the doctor some trouble in searching therefore by going clear through the boy's thigh. At Davenport, Wednesday forenoon, one of Bassit & Schafer's grindstones, weighing three thousand pounds, flew into several thousand pieces while in motion. The accident was caused by the sudden increase of speed in the machinery. Fortunately for the grinder, he had just left his station and gone to another part of the room, or instant death would have been the result. Mary Hayes, of Davenport, has sued five saloon keepers for $10,000, for selling whisky to her husband. ---- submitted by Sharyl Ferrall co-host Iowa Old Press http://www.IowaOldPress.com/