Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-06-15
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of his fingers mangled the other
day by,a 'hay-cutter, and went to
surgeon to have it dressed. The
surgeon cnt off the protruding frag-
ments of bone, and dressed the fin
ger, when the little fellow stuck his
sound hand in his pocket and asked
how much the bill was, saying he
hoped it wasn't over ten cents. The
pleased surgeon suited his figures
to the boys notions.
A mother and her daughter
aged twenty years were walking on
the track of the Vermont Central
Railroad. between Sharon and Roy
ASTON, when the daughter tainted;
and the train from st. Adams COM
ing around curve, before the mo-
Their could drug her daughter from
the track, the train came down upon
the PROSTATE girl and killed her in
stantly.
Two desparadoes in Texas, who
had long been comrades in crime,
lately got into quarrel and agreed
to fight it out with bowie knives,
each having his left hand tied be-
hind him. The fight was desper-
ate one, and resulted in ones be-
ing stabbed to the heart, and the
other died in q few hours from his
wounds.
james Candon was running a
construction train over the Hack
ensack extension of the Erie Rail-
way last week, when, owing to the
displacement of a switch, the train
ran into line of freight cars smash
ing the locomotive, grinding off both
of Condon's legs, and injuring him
So that his LIE is despaired of.
On Wednesday last, a Water
bury workman went up fifteen feet
in the air ON a piece of exploded
grindstone, and came down upon
some shears which he was sharpen
ing before the ascent. Fortunately
the shears were too duh to hurt him
much, and he escaped with but lit
tie injury.
"A few nights ago, five boys
broke open a freight car on the
the Troy and Boston track, at North
Adams, tapped barrel of whisky,
and proceeded to drink of it plenti-
fully, until one of the youngest,
about thirteen years old, was unable
to go home, and was found in the
ear, nearly unconscious.
At fashionable wedding in
Fairbault, Minnesota, latter the
ceremony, her friends presented the
happy bride with one dozen beauti-
full oranges, one dozen fine lemons,
FIVE pounds of new figs, five pounds
of splendid assorted candies, and
six cans of fresh oysters"
The Washington county Pa.
poor-house is supposed to be about
the healthiest dwelling in the coun-
try, as John Coleman lived there
many years in robust health, and did
not die until a few days ago, at the
age of one hundred and fifteen
years.
"A frightened horse in Milford,
Conn, backed into deep pond,
with carriage in which there were
two ladies and three children, all of
whom came near perishing. They
were finally rescued, however, but
the horse was drowned.
"A citizen of Lexington, KY,
for long time prided himself on
the possession of a $500 iackass.
Last week the highly priced ami
NAL nearly kicked out his owners
brains, and the owner sold the ami
mails skin next day for twelve cents
pound.
A ten year old boy, of Mystic,
eat a slice Of bread and butter
spread with arsenic, which his mo-
Their had prepared for rats, on Sum-
day evening of last week. He was
saved by having the whites of ten
eggs administered to him.
The County Commissioners (of
Hamilton county, in CINCINNATI,
recently paid bill of 5000 for Ear
ranging" their library. On exam
nation it was found. that their Ii
brary consisted of seventy-five vol