'We learn from the Pontiac Bill Poster that a terrible and fatal accident occured in that city on last Thursday morning. A Mr Orlando Howell a man about forty years of age was employed in Freemans Mill as a night hand. His residence was situated near the mill, and he made it a practice of going over to his house about five o’clock every morning,start a fire, and then go and attend to his horse, a very docile animal, which was kept in a barn about fifty rods from the house. In the meantime, his wife would get breakfast reawken her husband, return do at seven o’clock.
On Thursday morning last, Mr. howard faild to start the fire at the usual hour and some time having passed the wife became alarmed, and went to the barn. Here a terrible scene met her gaze. The insensible form of her husband was lying beneath the feet of his horse, the blood rushing in torrents from ghastly wound in his head. With almost superhuman strenght, the frantic wife clasped the form of her husband under his arms and tried to extract his from his position, but two of three attempts to kick her by the horse admonished her to relinquish her charge, and to get help. In a few moments a number of neighbors were on hand, and when they entered the barn, one of the animal's iron-clad feet was resting on the face of the unconscious man.
He was immediately picked up, and Drs. Galbraith & White summonded, when it was found that he was fatally injured.
The heavest bloe appeared to be nearly on the back of his head near the right war, there being one piece of skull, almost the size of a coffee cup, broken causing the brian to protrude. His nose was broken, the upper jaw fractured, and his forehead, temples and eyes cut, and bruised in a terrible manner. He lingered until twelve o'clock the same day, when he died having remained insensible from the moment of the accident.
It is supposed that the blanket fell from the horse, and the deceased was in the act of picking it up, when he received a kick to the back of the head. This caused insensibility, and falling under the horse's feet, he had been kicked and pounded until recognition was almost impossible.
The funeral was largly attended by deeply sympathizing friends. The deceased also leaves one son, whose age is about 12 years.