The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-12-25
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.


CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Ineidents and Accidents.
"A child was smothered to death IN
Appomattox county, Va, q few EVENING
ago, at . wedding, BY guests, who threw
their outer garments upon q bed In which
he was lying.
"A runaway hdrss dashed into fine.
raj procession in Providence, Il. f., ole
day last week. The hearse was capsized.
the coffin thrown out and the CORPSE tum.
bled into the mud Of the gutter.
Prank Monroe, Of Marshall, Iowa,
recently undertook to milk q COW from
ito left side, which was not the right side.
The COW resented the insult, after the
we'll as could Sc sstgstgd: w.
Miss Mary Harvey, of Middle Had
dam, Conn.,, while sitting at the table after
breakfast recently, suddenly threw up
her hands and fell to the floor. She re.
NAMED in . nearly insensible condition
for short time, when death ensued.
"A dwelling house owned by Henry
ca<S Of, L. SIX yea. Fold boy and baby. In
81 IL ssttlHa ID 1 cqntsgrstion that
destroyed the house, But ths baties We're
saved.
John Carol met with a terrible death
at Keokuk, Iowa, short time ago. He
was lying Intoxicated upon the track,
when be was struck by a passing train.
The cars passed over his head, completely
crushing it and retiderins him unrecog.
nizable.
--E. J. Roos was accidentally shot, q
few days since, Whsls Evntiug ip the Osh-
temo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. re
was shooting quail with a companion in
thick brush, and the charge from the lat
ter's gun entered Mr.. Roos right arm, in.
flicttng painful, but it is hoped not seri-
otls wound.
An insane man at Dubuqtae, Iowa,
attempted to stab himself with fork, and
failipg,, VIZ, about to chop himself With d
meat al His wife wfencAed It froia him;
but in the encounter one Of her fingers
was cut off. Some neighbors secured the
desperate fellow, but it required the
strength Of six men to pin him to his bed.
Mr.. Redding, of Kossuth county, Min.
nesota, one cold day last week, Jumped
from his wagon with the intention OF
warming himself by walking; but in
jumping out his feet slipped, and he went
under the wagon, the wheel passing over
his breast and face, inflicting injuries from
which he died In q few hovrs. He leaves
vile and THREE children:
During the absence of mr.. aid Mrs:
Anderson, Of Riceland, Mimi, from THEFT
house, the other day; an insane 1rishmai
entered the h8dse' where three children
had been left alone, and taEifS 4 shovel
of Goals from the stove, turned flask Of
powder upon it, burning one of the chill.
dren badly about the face and hands.
At last accounts the insane man was still
at large.
The Fond du Lac (Wis) Common
sgealM gravely asserts that q runaway team
Of horses with the whitaetrees hanging at
their heels overlook, aid Jumped over q
lumber wagon and the hofses attached to
it, hitched themselves to the forward cid
of the pole and ran off with the Whole
concern. The driver, the Commonwealth
says, was 50 astopished that he immedi-
atsly got out Of the wagon:
"A batn belonging to John Smith of
Swanton, Mass, was lately set on fire by
the explosion of kerosene lantern, aHG
In trying to save his property Mr.. Smith
was burned to death. Two cows. four
horses and forty sheep were destroyed.
There is moral in this incident for peO-
pie who deprive themselves and their
live stock Of natural, healthful sleep in
the morning hours, and go poking around
"dOing chores" with lantern:
"A very sad affair occurred few days
ago, at Maple Ridge, Mich, which may
terminate fatally to the victim. A young
man in the employ of farmer at Maple
Ridge having purchased revolver, was
showing it to some members of the family,
aid one of the daughters, a young lady
sixteen years of age, while examining it,
caused it to discharge, and the ball enter.
ed the right lung of her brother, a young
man of twenty one. The ball could not
be extracted, and he was lying in crit.
cal condition.
When the passenger train from St.
Louis TO Cincinnati reached Vincennes,
Ind, q few mornings ago, one of the
wheels of the tender broke while the
train, was In rapid motion. The other
wheel, With a portion of the axle attached,
fell between the rails, and the first three
cars passed over it before the train could
be stopped. The singular obstruction
rolled and jolted under the cars in most
terrific manner, suggestive OF frightful
consequences. 1t was most singular &C
cident and gave the passengers very
disagreeable shaking up. Fortunately
no lives were lost.
"A marriage in St. Louis seems to be q
serious affair. A few days ago Richard
Botticher was about to marry Miss Cora
Croenbold. When the psrson commenced
the marriage service, young man named
Weber, disappointed sutton for the
hand of the young lady, varied the monot.
ony of the occasion by shooting the groom
in the leg. The ceremony was adjourned
and the wounded man cared for at the
residence of the brides mother. A day
or two afterwards went the shootist, the
brides brother and another relative, to
further demonstrate to the misguided Bot
ticher that matrimony at St. Louis was q
particularly serious matter; and thereof
the brother proceeded to convince the in.
tended groom by chasing him out of the
house and shooting three bullets into
him, one Of which went through his
heart.
Foreign Gossip.
Horse meat appears to have acquired
. permanent footing in the popular
Austrian bill of fare.
The number of paupers in London al
the close of the first week of November
according to the official return, was 100.
663.
"A woman stated to London magis.
trate recently that during her five years OF
married life her husband had knocked
her down lis times.
Two Americans were lately expelled
from q theater in Berlin because they
chewed up programmes and "shied''
them at the heads of actors.
Some maniac in London recently sent
q communication to the lord mayor offer.
ing, for y consideration, to disclose plan
for the absolute freedom of that city from
fogs. De.
Another death has occurred Q,
Plaistow, Eng, among the "Peculial
People," in Consequence of neglect 81
medical remedies. Emma Benton suf
fered from erysipelas, but she preferred t.
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