The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-07-31
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Incidents and Accidents.

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tainted away and died.
"A polite Californian at Vallejo shot a
ielloW-Doarder dead, for drinking out of
the edge of the water-bucket. ~
"A stone-quarry at Pomeroy, O., cayed
in the other day, killing young man
named Huteker, and wounding George
Savage. o~
james Monahan had his upper and
lower jaw bones broken and his teeth
knocked out by flying bat, which
slipped from the hands Of baseball
striker in Olmstead County, Mimi, the
other day '''O
Hannah Mcknight of Portland,
thought her lover was going to wed an.
other woman, and she gave him over to
an undertaken by means of a corn-cutter
and then threw herself down a we'll.
AT Council Bluffs, Iowa, a few DAYS
ago, boy named Richard Strayer, aged
fifteen years, while carelessly handling a
pistol, discharged its contents into the
brain of Richard Grimmerman, six-year
old playmate. The unfortunate victim, it
was thought, could not recover.
Mrs. Macarthur, of Los Angeles, Cal.
because her husband scolded her about
the character of his breakfast, took a
large dose of strychnine, and, before he
could prevent her, swallowed the whole
dose. She soon died. An official inves-
tigation of the conduct of the husband is
demanded.
"A few days ago Mr. N. G.. Woolsey
and Mrs. Alvin Brainard, who had babe
in her arms, attempted to cross the river
near Hamburg, Iowa. The boat upset,
and the mother floated for some time.
holding the babe out of the water until it
was rescued, when she sank and was
drowned. The man sank at once and did
not rise.
AT Cincinnati, on the Fourth, a Miss
Lowman had lawn croquet party, and
while the game was progressing she went
into the house upon some domestic duty.
and soon rushed out again upon the
croluet grounds mass of flames. At
tempts were made to extinguish the
flames, but when they were out the girl
was burned from head to foot. She lived
few days, suffering intensely.
Near Apple River, ILL.,, on a recent
Sunday night, a hOrseman rode up to the
house of B. Benson, a farmer, called him
out, and assaulted him, fracturing his
skull by blow from piece of rock.
Benson drew pistol and fired at his
assa:lant, who also fired, inflicting a dan
gerous and probable fatal wound. The
world-bc murderer is supposed to be a
young man named Breen, who at one
time aspired to the hand of Miss Benson,
and, being refused, took this means of
seeking revenge.
AT Bayfield,, Illinois, few days ago,
young girl living in the family of Dr..
c. w. Brooks, was sitting under tree on
the lawn, when she was startled by feel.
ing the hot breath of snake on her
cheek. She started to her feet, and
screamed frantically, her cries reaching
the ears of Mrs. Brooks, who seized u
gun, and hurrying to her assistance, shot
the snake, which, on being measured,
proved to be nearly six feet long. The
young lady's fright was so great that she
was thrown into spasms, and died in a
short time, literally from the effects of
fright.
"A sad romance comes to us from
Newark, N. J. Two young Germans OF
that city having been supplanted in the
affections of young widow by dashing
insurance agent, mutually concluded that
they had nothing to live for. They there.
fore bought bottle of laudanum in part.
nership, and after sending their love to
dear Barbary," the widow, they swallow.
ed the poison, and laid themselves down
to die, locked in each others arms. One
of them died and the other recovered.
1.-Two men employed in the Louisville
kolllngmill, named Hicks and Brady, the
other day, became involved in a personal
alteration, which finally lead to an as
sault of one of the parties upon the other.
Hicks being armed with revolver shot
Brady, from the effects of which he died
almost Immediately. Hicks then attempt
Ell to make his escape, but was arrested
by a policeman. The employees of the
mill Immediately assembled and made a
demand upon the policeman for the sur
render OF Hicks. The policeman being
thus overpowcred by the men, gave up
MS prisoner, when the mob secured a
rope, took Hicks to the nearest lamp post,
and hung him up. Before assistance
could be Summoned life was extinct.
The Fort Wayne Qnd) Gazette relates
the following: Mr.. r. P. Mink, of Kala-
mazoo, Mich, Road Master on the Grand
kaplds u Indiana Railway, died under
very remarkable circumstances. Last
Monday, while giving some directions to
the groom IN attendance on the horses, he
suddenly dropped and, as was supposed,
expired. The weather being warm, the
| body was packed in ice and brought
down to this city en- route for VALPARAISO
IND, for interment. Arriving at the
destination, where full preparations had
been made for the funeral, the friends and
relatives were thunderstruck to find evil
dent signs of life about the body. It pre-
spired freely. The funeral was of course
delayed, and yesterday afternoon blood
flowed freely. Restoratives were applied.
but without effect, and r. p. Mink is now
dead man, but it is past question that he
was consigned to his icy tomb while life
was still abundant, as the fact of his hav-
ing so well withstOod the awful confine-
ment attests.
ao mO1 IN Bartholomew Mahoney, resi-.
dent OF Hallidaysburg, Pa, while passing
through grove where a picnic had been
held the previous day, found a bottle
hiied with whisky, as he supposed, from
which he took a copious draught. The
liquid proved to be vitriolic acid. which
had been used to charge a soda-fountain
erected on the picnic grounds, and no
sooner had heswallowed the fiery draught
than he complained of terrible burning
IN his stomach, while the contortions his
face underwent are said to have been
irlghtful to witness. He was assisted to
his home, and fingered until evening,
when death kindly relieved him of suffer-
ings of the most excruciating and terrible
character. His insides were completely
burned out, and from the time he swal-
| owed the vitriOlic acid until it had &C.
complished its fatal work the poor unfor.
tunate was constantly splitting blood. Ply
sicians who were present aver that he died
a horrible death.
Foreign Gossip.
The ex-Empress Eugene is about to
visit Vienna.
Manchester, England, has got the
Observation-Disclosures on Sunday agita-
ton, and the innovation will probably
carry.
AT the present time there are over
900 Americans in Paris, who spend on
an average, nearly, if not quite, $500, 900 a
day.