The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Incidents and Accidents.

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Incidents and Accidents.
"A turtle was found at Green Bay the |
other day with the date 1891" cut in his |
she'll.
"A little boy was nearly drowned the |
other day in a barrel of whitewash, at |
Oxford, Pa.
Henry Terry, of Fond du Lac, didn't |
resent it when a man pulled his nose, and
his wife was so indignant that she left his |
house and applied for divorce.
An aged Brooklyn lady, about to re-
move from that city, prints card thank |
ing the conductors on one Of the horse |
car lines for their attentive courtesy.
"A pair of robins were found to have
built their nest and raised a brood of |
young ones under the hat which Con-
necticdt farmer had placed on a scarecrow
in his strawberry patch.
AFTER generous dinner of green
corn and cucumbers," Mr.. Snyder, of
Litchfield, died, recently, and the local
papers chronicled the fact as mysterious
dispensation of Providence.
"A German family of three persons at
Louisville, KY, ate supper of smoked
herring, and soon after all exhibited SYM
toms of poison. 1t was thought at first
that all would die, but they finally recov-
cred.
john SchOenbOrn, a merchant of
Stearns County, Mimi, while driving near
st. Cloud during recent thunder storm,
was struck by lightning and killed. His
horses were also killed, and the wagon
torn to pieces, but unaccountably a little
son, sitting by his side, escaped unin-
jured.
In Dover, N. H., on the 18th of July,
an elm tree $50 years old, and over four
feet in diameter, was blown down. 1t
was torn out by the roots, and in the fall
turned up a stone lying upon its roots,
which is estimated to weigh twenty tons.
Some of the roots of the tree, about eight
inches in diameter, were broken like tow
strings as the tree fell over.
Fourteen years ago, young man, re-
siding in Lewistown, Me-, sustained
spinal injuries which resulted in an ina
bility to walk, move his body, or lie down.
Ever since then he has sat in chair, I'M
able to move without excruciating pain,
and mirror before him affords him his
only glimpses of affairs beyond the limits
of his home.
"A singular and serious accident &C.
Cured at Washington recently, while
some Government watchmen were being
exercised in the use of fire-extinguishers
which they had strapped to their backs.
One man failed to open the vent to his
machine, which soon made one, ripping it
from top to bottom, shaking the man con.
siderably, and breaking his shoulder
blade.
AS two young ladies in Royalton,
Wis, were about retiring, one of them
looking out of the window, saw a man
concealed in the limbs of an overhanging
tree. With rare presence of mind, she
picked up her gold watch and other valu
| ables, and with her sister went down
stairs, Dolting the door after her. The
burglars, two in number, entered her room
by the tree, and ransacked the upper par
of the house, but without stealing any
thing of value. The young ladies arc
now practicing with little pistol.
"A Nashville man was awakened the
other night by pain in his stomach, and
thinking the cholera was at hand he
clutched for bottle of camphor which
he kept on the table ready for instant use
and commenced to apply it with vigcrou:
rubbing to his abdomen. He experienced
immediate relief, but was considerably
surprised at not perceiving the strong
scent of camphor. Suspecting that hi
might have made mistake, he Lighted
the gas and made an inspection which re
suited in the highly satisfactory discover,
that instead of camphor he had used boi
tie of ink.
The avaricious man is often the vic
tim of his own greed. A Peoria bow ha,
two punches of tire-crackers given him OF
tue Fourth, which he crammed into hi
pocket, but noticing another lying idle OF
the sidewalk, he crammed that in will
the rest. 1t CHANGED that the vital sparl
was present in the soul of that idl,
cracker, and suddenly that boy became
the busiest youth in all that town. Their,
were about 23O distinct explosions in tina
pocket, and at each one he turned tw,
double summersaults and shrieked will
terror. When quiet was at length restored
he clapped his hands upon the scorchet
and lacerated ruins of once health,
abdomen, and groaned his disapprobatioii
of the Pilgrim fathers for ever establish
ing free country.
Here is case of heroism in common
life that deserves to be perpetuated. MI
Chase of Washington, Ind, one evenin,
recently, had occasion to cross the Grani
Rapids & Indiana Railroad, and dis
covered that a large hickory tree had fallcl
directly across the track in the woods. I
was then about dark, and a passenger trail
would be along in two hours. He rode t,
his fathers, nearly quarter of mile
procured an ak, and had cut off on
end of the tree when the axe slipped an,
went into his left foot, cutting it half of
He remounted the log, cut off the othe
end, and rolled It on one side, leaving
clear passage for the train. He thel
jumped on his horse and galloped HON,
through the rain to look after his foot.
Elijah Harris, highwayman, wa
recently locked up in a Chicago cell, TO
pursuing his vocation on one of the street
of that city, and, subsequently, youn.
man bearing the same patronymic, was
for trif1ing offense against the peace AMI
dignity of the city, sent to the same eel
to keep him company and sleep off tn,
fumes of the whisky he had imbibed il
1mmoderate doses. This last must hav,
been an impossible fellow, for he allowed
Harris the garroter to stand his trial for dis
orderly conduct, and the disorderly Harri
to stand his trial for garroting. The tricl
was smart one and worked admirably
Harris, foot-pad, was fined $40 for disor
derby conduct, paid his fine like a man
and walked away, while Harris, the dis
orderly person, on being tried for garro
ting, was able to show that at the time O
the alleged outrage he was sleeping tn,
sleep of the intoxicated, and shortly there
after fell into the hands of the officia
Philistines. The accommodating substi
tute was subsequently sent to the Hous.
| of Correction for six months for aiding il
the escape of the other Harris.
| Foreign Gossip.
| The London people called him tn,
Shay.
The son of King Theodore, of Abys
sinia, is still at school in England.
The first stake on the survey of tn.
Canadian Pacific Railroad was driven q
Victoria recently.
The Rev. John Bennington, LII. D.
has been convicted of false pretenses, a