The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-04-09
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and one q them kicked the other 81 ma
stomach, which catsed his death. .
"A eail-boat containing q man named
Lusk, his wife and DAUGHTER. vas re-
Gently capsized ON the st. Clair River bv
2 strong gust Of wind. Both ladies were
simon Lawrence, OF Richmond, n, H..
died in At, while feeding his swine, and
when the body WaA discovered one ear and
portions OF his scalp had been eaten away
BY the hogs. ~
"A few mornings ago John Kerr. a
carpenter on the Bee Line Road. while
hand-swttching cars at the track ieadine
to the repair shops, in indianapolis. was
caught In the groin between the bumpers
Of two cars and killed.
An infant child living at Colfax
Mich, few days ago fell ffom its high.
chair on the stove, and was 20 badlv II.
jured that it died. It's mother, in trying
to put out the fire, was 20 badly burned
that her decease was momentarilv ex-
pected.
john Breen, employed at the new
State House building at Sprinefield. mi.
fell from ladder recently, to the ground.
. distance Of thirty.five feet, and was al.
most instantly killed. He was thirty.fiye
years old, . native Of Ireland, and had a
wife and four children in Chicago.
Foster Ames, Of Orland, Me-, was
found dead In the woods at Bucksport re-
Gently. He was out cunning and acct
dentally shot himself, the shot taking
effect In his head behind the ear, and
probably killing him instantly. His
clothing caught fire from the gun and
was oil burned of the body above the
waist.
a few mornings ago Mr.. Francis g
Houghtaling,- of New York, who was
stopping at the Clifton House, Chicago,
started from the billiard room to the ele-
vator to go up to his room. The elevator
was in the upper story ut the time, and
Mr.. Houghtaling, not noticing that fact,
stepped off the landing and fell to the
basement: He was injured internally,
and shortly after expired.
-Aman's leg which had been neatly am.
putated by locomotive at Newark, N.
J., . few days ago, was carried by the en-
CINE to Bristol, Pa. (about 100 miles( and
when the engineer discovered the limb on
the cowcatcher he kindly inquired by
telegraph all along the line whether any
body had missed . leg. Newark an
swered "yes," and the leg was promptly
returned. 1t was too late, however, to be
Of any service, for the former owner was
dead.
"A short time since an accident oc-
CURED at Harvard Station, ILL.,, which
caused the death of E. NJ. Baker, con.
ductor on the Wisconsin Division Of the
Northwestern Railway. Baker was run.
ming an extra freight train, bound south,
and, while crossing his train, in attempt.
ing to step from the forward car to the
engine slipped and fell. The train was
almost instantly stopped, but five or six
cars had passed over him. When he was
found his left leg was nearly severed and
his body considerably bruised.
AT Winona, Iowa, recently, In the
planing-mill of Conrad Bohn, E. T. Grant
had his clothes caught by . revolving
shaft, and almost completely stripped
from his body. He was pulled up against
the building, and the clothes wound 90
tightly upon the shaft as to effectually
stop the machinery. A nail entered the
small Of his back, head first, to the depth
OF nearly two inches, and then broke off,
but it was subsequently removed, and ii
is thought that nothing serious will re-
suit from it, aside from some Temporary
lameness.
| Mr. Mullen, Jr., who lives in Fulton
County, Ohio, had been in the habit OF
going In the evening for his mail, and
had, on more than one occasion, been an.
noyed by . certain dog bowling near his
house, and on leaving his residence not
many nights ago he made the remark, in
the presence of young man by the name
of Bird Il. Flemming, who was living
there, that he was going to the store, and
IT that dog made that noise again he was
going to shoot him. This young man got
in advance of Mullen some way. and for
the purpose of soaring him initiated q
dog, when Mullen drew his revolver and
fired, killing the boy almost instantly.
Foreign Gossip.
"A Vienna journal contains the fol.
lowing advertisement: "Anna Agrikoi
sick nurse, watches dead bodies, repairs
straw chairs, applies leeches, and makes
pastry, desserts, and delicacies." Mrs
Agrikoi, It would appear, is . rather
handy lady.
"A London daily journal tells of . man
who attempted to commit suicide, and
died from his self-inficted injuries q few
hours afterward." IF such was the mel.
ancholv result of . mere attempt what ex.
traordinarv ill would have befallen him
had his effort been crowned with com.
plete SUGGEST .. ~
a French astronomer gravely I'D.
vises that, at the coming transit Of Venus,
astronomers should clcsely watch the
planet in the hope that the inhabitants
thereof Ut such there beh knowing the in
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