The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-10-01
Incidents and Accidents.

During gale on the 5th and 9th of
September, the custom-hou and light
house at Brazos Santiago, Tex, was en-
tirely swept away into the gulf, with all
books, papers and records.
"A terrible punishment was that in
f1icted upon a man in Delaware who was
found untying another mans horse at
midnight by two men, who made him
kneel on the barn floor and pray his level
best for seven straight hours.
John Doyle, Fond du Lac wis.,
drayman, was killed the other day while
hauling load of furniture. While sit
ting on a table it tipped little and
Doyle fell off, striking his head upon the
wheel. His neck was broken.
A little boy, five years old, recently
fell off an express train running at the
rate of thirty-five miles an hour, near
Ada, Ohio. The boy was uninjureu, and
as soon as he could pick himself up
pluckily ran after the train rs if to over
take it.
Mary Seery and her husband recent
ly stole the diamonds belonging to St.
Louis lady spending the season in Madi-
son, Wis. Within twenty-four hours of
the theft the diamonds were found
secreted in the lining of Seery's coat,
and both culprits were on their way to
the States Prison.
"A Vermont farmer tells about an
aquatic biddy who has chosen ducks and
geese for her associates and has been
seen to plunge with them into the water,
swim across the pond, and come out and
shake herself like any other waterfowl.
Her feet not being adapted for padding
she naturally lags behind in swimming,
but otherwise she takes to the water as If
it were her natural element
"A few days ago miner named Roger
Canedy, working on the lands of the
Joplin (Mo.) Mining and Smelling Com
pany, while being lowered into an old
shaft near the furnaces, was overcome
by the damps when about fifteen feet
down and fell to the bottom, a distance
of thirty-five feet. He was brought to
the surface as soon as possible, but life
was already extinct.
A child of Mr.. J. C. Miller, of Shell
bina, Mo-, was with others in the woods,
not long ago, gathering plums. The
whole party had passed certain point
except this little girl, when she stumbled
was bitten twice. The snake was at
tackled by the dog and others of the par
ty and killed. The little girl fingered
in lethargic stupor several days, when
death came to her relief.
Prof. King made balloon ascension
from Erie, Pa, a few days ago, which
was notable in that, on reaching high
altitude the balloon struck an easterly
current which carried it twenty miles
east, where, on descending into a lower
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brought the balloon back again to the
place of departure, within four miles of
which, after being in the air about three
hours, the aeronauts safely descended.
"A German farmer living near Hol-
land, Mich, was on his return from town
the other day with team of young
oxen. When nearing his home the cattle
became frightened and ran away, throw
ing him out of the wagon, running over
him, and fatally injuring him. The oldest
child, twelve years of age, jumped and
saved himself. The second child, eight
years old, was badly hurt, and the
killed, his neck being broken.
Recently little son of Mr.. Evans,
OF Sturgeon, NO., lost his life under the
following circumstances: Mr.. Evans
and one of his neighbors were engaged
in saving board timber, and tree they
had felled for that purpose had lodged
some distance from the ground The
log was propped up, and while it was
being sawed into board cuts the little boy
took seat upon it, and when the log was
cut off it fell, catching the boys head
between it and the logs that were used
as props, MASKING it into an unrecogniz-
able mass. The father did all in his
power to prevent the terrible fate of his
darling boy when he discovered the dan
ger, but his efforts were unayailing.