Obituary

Sad Accident

Last week Wednesday a little son of William Tibbotts, of Halstead, aged about four years, fell into a hole containing about three inches of slacked lime which was then being run off, and from which he died last Friday.  The little fellow in the fall landed upon his back, but in being almost immediately extricated drew one hand over his face which was covered with the lime, and at the same time swallowed a quantity of the same which in a few minutes produced bleeding of the lungs.  The event was a sad one to the family, as he was an only son, as well as an uncommonly promising boy.  The Newton Kansan, Newton, Kansas.  January 6, 1876.  Page 3.