The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-08-13
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Incidents and Accidents.

"A short time ago Gov. Taylor. Of
Wisconsin, pardoned James B. Cater.
who had been sentenced to the States
Prison for life for murder, it having been
shown that he was innocent of the crime
for which he was imprisoned.
The First National Bank of Batavia.
n. Y, was recently robbed under the
following circumstances: One man en-
gagged the attention Of the cashier while
the other seized and ran away with a box
$4,000.
The head switchman of the St. Louis
i Terre Haute Railroad at Terre Haute,
Ind, was recently killed by freight
train: He was switching train at the
time it occurred, and, STOPPING down to
PICK up board to put under the car
wheels, tripped and fell directly under the
wheels.
"A few Sundays since young farmer
living near st. Louis went down an
abandoned well to recover his sweet
hearts bonnet, which had accidentally
blown in. He was taken out dead with
the thing OF frills and flowers ciasped
tightly to his face. The we'll was filed
with carbonic acid gas.
1atai occurrence recently hap
pened near Yankton, D. T., by the burn
ing of the farm house of Mr.. ScIoffhousen,
whereby he lost his wife and three chill
dren. He was absent from home and his
wife was not aware of the fire until the
roof OF the house fell in, when she
dragged herself and infant out and
walked a mile and q half. Both died
within ten hours. The other two chill
RI g. Al
Two little boys were recently burned
to crisp at Monee, ILL.,, under the fol.
lowing singular circumstances: The
boys were playing in corn.crib while
| their father and sisters were gathering
flax thirty rods away. Seeing the corn.
| crib on fire the latter went to extipguish
the flames and found the lads ON the
inside trying to climb out. The smoke
soon overpowered them and they fell
backward into the flames. The BOYS
were playing with matches.
| There seems to be no end to varie.
ties of explosion in this most explosive
world, but that anything connected with
lce-cream should blow up in these canic.
ular days may fill us with apprehension
At an ice-cream mandatory In Reading
Pa, not long ago the large copper boiler
used to boil the cream in before it is
frozen burst and the contents went up
and came down again, covering the roofs
ofthe neighboring buildings with a snowy
coat. To complete the practical antith.
esis, two workmen were badly scalded.
| A curious result of a stroke by light
ming has been observed at Portsmouth
N. IL. During recent thunderstorm
the powder-house at the coal mines, con
tanning about half ton of powder, was
struck by lightning and the top part OF
the roof taken off as if cut off by some
sharp instrument. From the roof the
bolt seems to have left the building and
to have struck outside of it in the ground
The building was of stone with wooden
roof and stood at quite a distance from
any other building.
That floating baby is sure to turn uf
in q flood. 1t is too good thing to miss
1t it does not actually occur, it is invent
ed; for 10 lose that incident in an &C
count of flood would be 10 show an in
capacity for journalism too monstrous te
be tolerated. In the first recorded in
stance it sprang full-dressed, crib and
all, from the brain of Charles Reade
who e unfortunate success with it IL
Put Yourself in His Place" has made i,
a permanent institution. True to its his
tory and promptly ON time, it was picked
up on the Ohio River LATTER Pittsburgh.
-Inter-Ocean.