The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-05-08
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.


CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Incidents and Accidents.
Edward Cram, of Sodorus, ILL.,, CON-
mitted suicide by taking strychnine.
Samuel Capps, residing near Pittsfeld,
ILL.,, died from an overdose of morphine
taken to relieve pain.
Mrs. Oman; Of Omaha; ON q recent &C.
casion, took morphine to make her sleep,
and she is sleeping yet.
An infant child of Mr.. Hewitt, Of Be-
ment, ILL.,, was shockingly mangled by a
pet COW, the other day.
of Manitowoc, Wis, was accidentally
scalded to death few days ago.
AT Hinsdale, Mass, three persons have
died from the effects of arsenical poison
in the colorihg matter of the wall paper
on a room.
"A family at La Crosse, Wis, wouldn't
let the servant girl go to party, and she
put arsenic in the flour and made them
deathly sick.
"A negro boy in Linn County, Kan
sas, gave his two-year-old brother dose
of laudanum to make him sleep, which
he does to this day:
Patrick Comfort, Of teoni, Mich,
hung himself in his own barn with rein
strap. No motive is known to have exist
ed for his rash act.
Daniel Clark, of Milford, Conn.,, while
chopping wood the other day, accidentally
struck his son directly in the head, caus-
ing his death almost Instantly.
A ho~,,,o,a -n,~.oI ,,,so 1!-3~- Nh
Salt Creek, Saline County, Neb., was
blown against rock with such force dur
ing the late storm, as to cause his death.
"A German at Flowerfeld, Mich,
killed himself few days since by drink
ink three pints of sweet milk and like
amount of sour milk. He was trying to
cure the ague, and succeeded:
"A man at Belle River, Mimi, sat down
with a gun that "he had no idea was fixed
for shooting" thrust the muzzle toward a
companion, and tinkered at the trigger.
The funeral expenses were not large.
Mrs. Gotta, of Fall River, Mass, tried
the experiment of filling a kerosene lamp
while burning, few days ago, and sue
ceeded in nearly burning herself and baby
to death. 1t is not expected that either
will live.
"A Lawrence (Mass.) woman turned
quickly to look over her shoulder, the
other day, and her head has remained in
that position ever since. The physicians
would like to know some way of getting
it back.
Mary Gaffney, while returning home,
at Cohoes, n. Y, one night from funeral,
fell down an embankment and became so
mired in mud that she could not extricate
herself, and was in this manner strangled
to death.
"A young girl near Brownsville, Mo-,
while going down into the cellar with a
crock Of milk, slipped and fell, breaking
the crock, the pieces of which cut her
throat in q most shocking manner, and
from the effects of which She died.
Charles McCaffrey, with his daughter
and another lady, were thrown from car
rage in Marshall, Mich, one night re-
Gently. Mr. McCaffrey was dangerously
injured, his daughter was killed, and the
third party had several bones broken.
Two men, named Daniel Oates and
Andrew Newberry, employed upon the
new Palmer House in Chicago, were re-
Gently prccipitated from the roof down
through to the third floor-a distance of
five stories in height, and almost instantly
killed.
Tired of the hackneyed play of " Fos-
ter" the more recent one of" Capt jack
has been put upon the boards by young
sters whose imitation genius gives OAR
winian proof of their monkey origin. At
Trenton, o., hoy of six assumed the role
of Modoc chief, just for fun, and assassin
ated his cousin Tommy with that appro-
pirate toy for children, the revolver Tom
my's role was Gen. Candy.
One night recently, Francis Fishers
tawa county, Mich, were totally destroyed
Mrs. Fisher, with two daughters, with diff
them jumping fifteen feet from an upper
window. Two sons, 10 and II years of
age, were burned to death. Mrs. Fisher,
who is sometimes delirious, it is supposed
set the house on fire.
AT Chicago, recently, two men were
badly burned and child fatally injured
by an explosion in dye-house. The &C
cident was caused by the explosion of
benzine gas generated during the day
from the garments that had been cleansed.
In some way the door of the room in
which the explosion occurred was sudden
ly closed, and a stove being in the room,
and all outside air excluded, the gas took
fire, instantly filling the place with flames.
Down in Georgia few days ago a
little negro girl, eight years old, growing
weary Of nursing her little baby brother,
laid him on the floor, and with an AK split
the baby's skull open, after which she cut
his hand off and put it on the mantel'
piece. On being questioned as to why
she did the awful deed, she replied, she
would treat all of them in like manner if
left in her care. But few weeks ago she
threw the same child she killed into the
branch, as she declared, to drown it.
I'm Chicago, recently, a man went into
an Office on West Adams street, and asked
one of the clerks to loan him knife to
cut piece of string in two. A pocket
knife was handed to him, and he stepped
out of the door. A minute or two after
ward the clerk heard noise under the
Office, and, with another person, descend
ed to see who or what made it. They were
somewhat astonished at seeing the Dor
rover of the knife lying on a plank cut.
ting his throat. As they approached him,
the man thrust the knife into his
neck, and, as afterward appeared, severed
the windpipe. The weapon was taken
from him, but he had already fatally
wounded himself, as he died almost in
stantly.
Foreign Gossip.
Vienna is building six new theatres,
to amuse visitors to the Exposition.
The new Prussian Army bill fixes
twelve wears "a the term If service three