The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-03-19
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Incidonts and Accidents,

Incidents and Accidents.
4 "A little son of Eugene Messenger, Of
North Canton, Conn.,, was recently killed
by inhaling piece of peanut shell.
An old lady named Peet ninety-three
years Of age, residing. at Waverly, ILL.,,
slipped and fell few days ago, breaking
both her legs. At last accounts she was
sinking rapidly.
Two young ladies, Miss Harsh and
Miss Morehead, were recently on their
way to attend q funeral at Burlington.
Mich, when their horse became fright.
ened and overturned the buggy, killing
Miss Morehead, and so severely injurine
Miss Harsh that her life was despaired
of.
"A short time since DR.. John O.
Waters, resident physician at the St.
Vincent Hospital, of Nashville, Tenn,
came to his death by breathing the fumes
from an exploded gasoline lamp. At the
time he was dressing himself prepare.
tory to attending prayer.meeting in
company with q young lady.
While q wood-sawing machine was
at work in the yard of the Michigan Cen.
trail Railway at Dearborn, Mich. a few
days ago, the saw was struck BY a knot.
which caused it to burst In pieces, one of
which hit German, who was operating
the machine, In the neck, severinp his
head almost entirely from his body.
I'm the city of Hamilton recentlv a
terrific explosion of a boiler occurred in a
paper-mill owned by Louis Snider &
Sons, resulting In almost demolishing the
large wing of the main mill, instantly
killing one workman, named Clark Ross.
aged twenty-three, and seriously scaldinc
two workmen, Guy McNeely and his som
"A breech- loading pistol in the hands
of young lad, son Of F. A. CHAMPION. of
Orion, Iowa, was lately the cause of BRING
ing grief to highly-respected family.
While carelessly handling the pistol it
was discharged, the ball entering the brain
of his little sister, aged ten years, who
was standing by his side. She died in a
short time afterward.
"A painful and fatal accident occurred
to Thomas Foster, near Nevada, Ohio, a
few days since. He, with another man.
had been engaged in chopping wood, and
his comrades stick in some way struck
the ak in Fosters hand, the blow turning
the ak, causing 1t to sink into his ankle,
The next day he was taken with the lock-
jaw, and died the following evening.
1t concerns those who trip the light
fantastic toe to know that one young lady
in this city lately received such injuries
by falling on waxed ballroom floor as
resulted in death; while another. at ball
Friday night, struck the staging of the
platform with such force as to drive HAIR
pin into her skull, producing q serious
and very painful wound.-Boston Coagre.
John Hoover, of Coopersdale, Pa,
met with very serious accident while
working at his employment of helper at a
pudding furnace, in the mill, few even.
lngs ago. A quantity of molten Stag OF
refuse metal had been drawn from the
furnace, and the puddler had thrown sand
over 1t in the absence of his helper. I'm
mediately afterward the latter returned.
ana not observing the liquid metal, from
the fact that it was covered over. he
stepped with one foot upon it, and his shoe
was Immediately filled with the red-hot
Stag.
"A German woman named Wilbelm;na
krowel met with distressing accident a
lew afternoons ago. She was employed
as servant in family residing ON Wa
Dash avenue, Chicago, and was engaged
III cleanlng the windows in the front part
OF the house. She was scrubbing those
IN the third story, and to reach outside of
the frames stood on the stone ledge of the
WINDOW, operating with one hand while
WIN tne other she maintained hold on
the sash OF one of the windows which was
partially open. While thus engaged her
ieet slipped from the ledge, which had
become wet with the water she was using,
ana she fell to the small plat of ground
below. She was terribly injured and ex.
pired shortly after.
Industrial.
Two men in Wilmington, Ohio, cut
up lOO hogs in thirty minutes.
The outlook for fruit in many Dor.
lions OF Pennsylvania this year is poor.
-Wibel states that species of pond.
weed, potamagetOn, possessesthe powers
of precipitating carbonate of lime with
which 1t becomes incrusted.
The National Cyvp Reporter estimates
that AZ per cent. of the hay crop of iii.
nois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota. Ohio and
Wisconsin remains in the hands of pro.
ducers.
AT Abingdon, Mass, the shoe trade
does not arrive to that activity that was
hoped for early in the season. Manufac-
turers are all complaining of the dull out.
look.
Many of the Connecticut farmers will
abandon the cultivation of tobacco. Last
summers crop did not properlv mature.
and still remains on the hands of the pro.
ducers, although in some cases offered at
half the usual price.
H. J. Glenn, of Colusa County. CAL.
put In this season 10000 acres in wheat.
At twenty-five bushels per acre-s fair
average for this season-the Weld will he
the nice little quantity of 1000, 600 bush.
els, and will require the use of 43O, 600
sacks.
= The laborers employed in handling
freight at the Union depot, Cleveland, in.
tended to strike for an increase in wages
but concluded to remain at work when
they found new men to take their places
and posse of police to prevent dis
turbance.
AN Ohio farmer suggests that the
Oranges set themselves about introducing
the English sparrow for the protection Of
fruit. growers. The sparrows breed fas,
and eat good deal. A pair of sparrows
having family to bring up will consume
over 5000 caterpillars week.
"A farmers wife, writing to the OAio
Farmer, says: "Of all the products of the
farm butter is most liable to be tainted
by noxious odors floating in the atmos
pierre. Our people laid some veal in the
cellar, from which q little blood flowed
out, and was neglected until it began to
smell. The result was that q Jar Of but
ter which was then packing smelled and
tasted like spoiled beef"
"A. L. Stimson, formerly manager Of
the Fidelity Safe Depository, now Of the
American Express Company, of Chicago
has designed an ingenious chemical armol
for bank vaults, consisting of series Of
leaden pipes lined with glass, alternately
filed with bicarbonste of soda and sui.
fhuric acid. If the robbers should
break through the vaults they must ftac.
ture these pipes and I'LL the space with
carbonic acid gas, which they could moi
breathe q moment, and if they waited