The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-09-11
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.

CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Incidents and Accidents.
One of the derricks used In the con.
struction of the New Government build
ing, at Chicago, gave way, the other day,
while handling q seven-ton block. A
man who was seated in the top was hurled
thirty feet in the air, and fell upon q pile
of rocks, sustaining injuries that caused
immediate death.
The boiler used in the iron works OF
Jones & Laughlin, in South Pittsburgh
recently exploded. The cylinder was
torn into fragments, large pieces crashing
through the warehouse, demolishing an
adjoining train of cars, and finally bury.
ing themselves in the earth, nearly coo
feet away. Fortunately no persons were
injured, as the explosion occurred before
the men had commenced work.
One day lately a child of William
Holmes, at Kingston, N. Y, had been sui.
fering from cholera infantum, but had
nearly recovered. To relieve rcstlessness,
the attending physician gave prescrip.
ton embracing four grains of aqua cam.
phor. A druggist or his clerk by mistake
used spirits of camphor. The child was
seized with commissions, after taking the
medicine and died in few hours.
The New Haven Palladium says tina,
while two boys, aged ten and fourteen
years, sons Of Mr.. Dwight NJ. WEIGH, OF
that city, who were visiting friends in
East Hampton, Conn.,, were bathing from
an island near the center of Pocatapaue
Lake, their boat, which was moored q
little from shore, floated off and was
waited to the main land about a mile
away. The boys, fearing the finding Of
the boat with their clothes therein would
cause serious alarm, launched from the
island on an old table, and the eldest boy,
hosting an umbrella in his hands, sailed
Oft to their runaway and secured it.
-Eben Busby was recently shot, near
Storm Lake, Iowa, under the following cir
cumstances: E. Busby and another young
man were sitting in the bottom of the
wagon facing each other. Busby was
leaning his back against the front. Two
of the dogs started some chickens right
by the side of the woods. As they came
up to them the driver stopped the horses,
and they all started to get out Busby's
gun was laying againt the front seat, with
the stock against the dash and the
barrel pointing toward the back of the
wagon. Bus6y reached to take his gun,
aud the first that was known they heard a
report of the gun. They looked around
and saw Busby fall backwards. The
whole top of his head was blown com.
pletely off.
The Allentown, Pa, Chronicle men.
lions the following as having recently
occurred in that vicinity: In the after.
noon, between five and six O'Clock, Hiram
J. Schantz, Esq, stood above his mill at
the head of Cedar creek, and without any
apparent cause he was turned around
twice by some invisible force. What il
was he cannot divine for he felt no wind.
A moment after he noticed a body OF
water five or six feet high rushing toward
the mill from above, coming from a di.
rection where no creek ran, and which
was the water of a water spout which, il
is said, descended near Crackersport, and
rushed across the fields, carrying fences
with 1t. He ran to the mill and notified
the hands to open the gates, which was
done. A culvert under the road to convey
the water to the mill was washed away
and about one-half of the saw mill, in.
Guiding the water wheel, was DESTROYED
In the house the water covered the lower
floors, soaking the carpets.
"A recent telegram from Rochester
N. Y, says that the evening express train
as it approached Batavia, ran into a car
rage, killing both occupants. The engine
struck the launches of the horse attached
to the carriage, killing it and rendering
the carriage a complete wreck. The
names Of the occupants of the carriage
were James Anderson and Dennis Delaney
One of them was thrown number OF
yards into a field, and the other was
dragged along until the train was stopped
His body was horribly mangled. The
engineer, John Day, stopped the train al
soon as possible, and got off the engine tc
see what injury had been done. In pass
ing in front of the locomotive he saw il
covered with blood and brains, and was
so overcome by the shock that he walked
a few steps when he fell. He was carried
into the smoking-car and died in a few
minutes.
"A correspondent of the New Yorl
Sun writing from Morristown, N. j., thus
tells how couple of young ladies recent
oAe"AStCu q Id1lIOdu Gil
ploye: The Misses Hunter of this town
having spent an agreeable summer vaca
ton from their home, lately arrived in
New ork, previous to their starting fol
Morristown, and purchasing at the Morris
& Essex depot the necessary tickets, pre-
sented the same to the baggage-master
respectfully requesting him to have thei1
trunks, seventeen in number, checked
The shrewd dignitary gave long, shrill
whistle and informed them that the ex
press office was the proper place in which
to apply if they wished to take their
trunks with them, as each passenger was
allowed but one hundred pounds baggage
Inquiry at the latter place revealed thu
fact that the exorbitant tariff of $12J wa:
demanded for each trunk. Upon the
ladies demonstrating the expressman gal
lantly relented and agreed to send til,
contraband goods for one dollar each
But the ladies remembering that a pas
senger land trunk if he choose is car
ried over the road for eighty cents, de
INJURED even to this magnanimity, ant
without further ado quietly walked to the
ticket office and bought fifteen tickets
These they exhibited and the baggag
official gave the ladies the checks which
they sought. The result of this financia
maneuver is that the Misses Hunter hav
fifteen tickets, only two being demande,
of them by the conductor; as they ar
good until used, according to stipulation
the company may be compelled to trans
port fifteen passengers, with as man,
trunks, if necessary, from New York t
Morristown.
Personal and Literary.
Henry Watterson will return to thi
country in September. :.
Rev. J. n. Lee has resigned the Presi
dency of Bethany College, at Topeks
Kan.
1T is said that United Senator John
Jones, of Nevada, has an income from hi
mining property of 100000 u year.
Miss White Cloud, daughter of tn
Indian Chief has confided her hopes O
earthly bliss to native of Ireland name,
Pat Mcclure.
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