The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-14

Watson of York County Nebraska, was
run over by q reaper In the
harvest field, and had one leg cut off by q
sickle.
"A patient recently died in the Insane
Asylum, at Utica, n. Y, from whose body
were taken $50 needles before death, and
eleven afterwards. They varied from No.
4 to No. 10 in size.
Waterman, recently struck Robert B.
Anderson, railroad brakeman, with his
fist, hitting him under the left ear, and the
blow caused death in short time.
"A bunch of matches, carelessly drop
ped at the doorway of Northern Illinois
farmhouse, was recently set on fire by
solar heat, and came near burning the
dwelling and all its surroundings.
"A Mrs. Dick, of Chicago, was shot in
the abdomen recently, by the premature
explosion of pistol carelessly handled
by her son, boy about nineteen years
old. The wound was fatal one.
AT Columbus, Ohio, recently, Frank
Fulton was attempting to pull marble
mantel up to the top story of a dwelling
by standing on the sidewalk and pulling
at rope carried over pulley. Just as the
third story was reached the rope slipped
and the mantel fell to the sidewalk, strik.
ing Fulton and instantly crushing him to
death.
"A seven;year old son of David Lack,
of Jacksonville, ILL.,, while climbing up ia
get pair of boots, lost his footing and
fell. His wrist caught upon the point OF
a hay knife, and there the boy hung sus.
pended until released by his father. The
wrist and hand were cut in a shocking
manner. -Four arteries were cut, the lead.
ers were severed, and the palm ofhis hand
laid open.
Two little boys, near Anamosa, Iowa,
know how to exterminate the potato bug.
Last week they proceeded to apply that
knowledge. They picked about a quart
OF the insects, threw them on shovel CT
red Goals, and poured on kerosene till the
can jumped over the house. 1t is he.
lieved those bugs will do no more mis-
chief for this season. The boys certainly
will not before skating time.
Recently two men stopped at the
house of McKissick, a farmer living in
Lunn Township, Iowa, and in the morn
ing claimed to have been robbed of $50
A boy living with McKissick was accused
OF taking the money, and threatened
with death if he did not confess. A mar
named Hart was called in, and the boy
was whipped with a rawhide repeatedly
During the day the fiends put a ROPE
around his neck, and lowered him repeat
edly into well, which had five feet Of
water, until he was almost drowned. THAI
night McKissick and Hart laid the boy
on his face in the garnet, tied his feet, and
drew him twenty inches from the floor
and his hands in the same wav to abou,
the same height, and with his head dashed
to bed-post by cord around his neck
he was left till the next morning, when he
was discovered by neighbors and released
more dead than alive. The community
Whereabouts is greatly excited over the
affair.
Religious and Educational.
"A new university having been pro
posed for Texas, and bids for the location
invited, the town of Corsicana offer,
100000.
1t is seldom that a man in his soil
year is received into the church will
baptism, as was the case with Charles H
Hinckley at Barnstable, Mass, recently.
Rev. E. E. Hale has made a visit t.
the Unitarians of Hungary. The churcl
in Pennsylvania is the Oldest Unitarian or
ganization in the world. 1t has colleg,
whose professors speak English with per
feet freedom.
- The Chicago Interior, of Presbyterian
predictions, says, I'VE believe that som,
Universalists will 60 to Heaven; ani
some protesting Calvinists, unless they
improve on their present conduct, stanG
very good chance of going to hell"
1T is announced in the London papers
that the New Testament Company of Re
visers of the Scriptures have got as far Al
the fifteenth chapter of Acts. At the pas,
rate of progress, they will have finished
the new English Bible in about eleven
years.
The Maine Missionary Society of the
Congregationalists has raised and expend
ed for missionary purposes within the
State, for the last nine years, an average
of $4,000. Last year it had 1873 mission
aries in the field, part of them for only 9
portion of the time.
Rev. DR.. Farmer, of the Southern
Presbyterian Church, and an earnest adj
vocate for union between the churches
North and South, gives up all hope Of
seeing the thing accomplished. He
writes: Nothing remains but separs
tion until that day of final vindication
when the Omniscient Judge shall pass
judgment upon US both.''
I'm West Tennessee there Is q sect Of
protesting Christians known as Thomas
ties, whose distinguishing belief is the
humiliation of the wicked after Christ
shall make his second advent to reign
over the earth thousand years. This
second coming they believe will take
place in 1880 or 1881. They are an off
shoot from the Campbellites, or Disciples
The following is said to be an ap
proximately correct classification of tht
adherents Of the various churches among
English-speaking people: Protestant
Episcopalians, IL, 500, 600; Presbyterians
II, 100000; Baptists, .1O,5OO, 900; Congre
gationalists, $500, 600; Methodists, Is,
GOO, 600; Roman Catholics, 10000, 900
BY, OOO, 600 Of Protestants against 10000,
600 of Roman Catholics.
According to an account given BY
Professor William Mathews, of Chicago
MIR. SpurgeOn's labOrs have greatly i'm
paired his health. "The sword" say.
Professor NJ, has proved too sharp fo1
even the stout scabbard. Ten years age
preaching was almost as easy to him q.
singing to bird. To electrify, convince
and persuade audiences was a labor o.
love. Now every Sundays efforts cos
him forty-eight hours pain" 49,
"A colony is settling at Ridgeway
North Carolina, near the southern part o.
Virginia, composed largely Of Methodist.
from England. The entire tract contain.
six thousand acres. 1t is the intention tt
build one hundred houses to form q town
and also divide out one hundred and for
ty lots of forty acres each. Rev. w
Reading, Wesleyan Minister, by consen
Of Bath district, has consented to com,
from England and act as their pastor 70,
the first twelve months at least.
Personal and Literary.
II w. M. Evarts and Judge E. r. Hoal
are grandsons of Roger Sherman.
Kate Field was disguised with tn,
Shah. The Shah has not expressed hi,
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