The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-01-15
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Incidents And AStident,,

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"A sharpsville, Indiana; man tinder:.
| took to drive cartridge but OF his.
\ revolver with = nail impelled by vigorous
blows from hammer. He sticceeded
admirably, but 1t took two doctors to
splint up his wrist.
| AS Hattie Eva Murray; of Arlington,
Mass, was making her toilet to be mar.
ried, few evenings since, she was Sud:
denly taken i'll, and remained in an un-
conscious state most of the time till
the second day after, when she died. She
was robed tor burial in her wedding
dress.
Another explanation has been given
of the recent robbery at Highgate, where
it was stated that burglar tied young
Mrs. RicOrd to kettle of boiling water
and then stole $75 of her father.in.law's
money. There was no burglar in the
case, and no tying. Mrs Ricord stole the
money herself and hid it under the carpet,
where it has since been found.
| The editor of the only paper at Fort
Laramie, Wyoming, has at last learned
that it's well to be accurate in his local
news items. In recent issue he stated
that Mrs. Pleasant, of that place; had
murdered three husbands. The fact was
she had murdered but two, the third
escaping with couple of broken ribs; so
Mrs. p. called on that editor to see about
the correction, and, before he could Jump
out of the window, lodged charge of
squirrel shot in his back.
| "A careless coasting accident occurred
at Franklin, NiiH., one day recently. As
Frank l.: symonds was walking TN a hill
in that village, he was suddenly struck by
the sled of some boys who were coasting,
and thrown to the side of the road, which
was the last he remembered. About an
hour and half afterward he was found
bruised, bleeding and insensible. He was
quickly carried to his home, where with
the most assiduOus treatment, he remained
unconscious for forty eight hours, when he
partially came to and showed some pros
pect of recovery.
Chelsea, Mass, has rather a neat little
romance. A young man named F. J. Kirk
very heroicalIy saved Miss Josephine
Nilard from drowning, some time since,
she having fallen overheard at the ferry
slip, but while he was doing it thief ian
off with his overcoat. The Humane So
| ciety, of Massachusetts, learned the facts
and determined to reward the young man
by silver medal, which was very appro-
priately and gracefully presented by Miss
Nilard herself, Christmas eve. The young
| man considers himself abundantly com.
pensated for the Joss of his overcoat. No
cards yet.
"A horrible accident recently occurred
to a young unmarried man, laborer,
named Murphy, who was ut work in the
Isabella Furnace, near Pittsburgh 1t was
| his duty to put the metal into the furnace,
and to do this it was necessary for him to
stand upon a platform elevated sore dis
lance from the ground floor. While he
and companion were in the act of put
| ting some material into the furnace some
part OF the stack gave way, and young
Murphy fell in, and before he could be
rescued was burned to a crisp. When
taken out he was horribly mutilated
| corpse.
! Says The Dubuque Herald: "a good
oldfashioned squeeze, hug and smack in
| public electrified the audience at the
Atheneum Christmas night. a city lady
and her escort were among the audience,
very common occurrence by the-way, as
the house was crowded. A rustic swain
happened to be also present, and rccog-
nlzlng the female as Il former near and
dear acquaintance, rushed frantically to-
ward her and there in the presence of the
multitude, implanted upon her lips one of
loves sweet kisses, folded her in his arms
and Was satisfied. This little scene &C.
CURED before the curtain rose and brought
down the house."
The foolki!ler has not been around
in the neighbo-hood of indianapolis
lately, as evidenced by the following: A
| man named Stephen Hendricks, residing
| about eight miles south Of the city, was
engaged recently in removing cartridge
from brecch loader. Not succeeding to
! his satisfaction, he brought an iron rod to
a white heat, and then thrust it into the
barrel of the gun, thinking to push the
leaden missile out by way of the breech.
Instead of this, however, it took the regu-
lar chute, forcing the rod into the palm of
his hand, and UP through the muscles and
tendons to the elbow, where it remained
until he wrenched it from its Judgment by
means of wise, himself being his own
| surgeon.
Another of those inexpressibly aggra-
waiting murders by fooling with a revolver,
happened at the Tere Haute house, Terre
Haute, Ind, few nights ago. The Er-
boy who has been employed in the bar
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hotel, was told to 60 into the washroom
and light the gas there. James Lowe, a
| bell boy at the house, was lighting the
hall gas, and the two met each other in
the wash-room. There they engaged in
| friendly conversation, and Stevenson pro-
duced a pistol, which he had been endeav-
oring to sell for some days. They were
both leaning over it, looking at the tube,
in which there was some defect, when it
was in some manner discharged, the bull.
let lodging itself in Stevenson's abdomen.
He exclaimed, "Oh, I'm shot," turned and
and walked into the shop, and sat down.
He was carried home and surgeons called,
who say that his death is probable. Young
Lowe has been almost wild with grief.
The two boys were playmates and fast
friends"
Industrial.
The most certain wheat lands in Cali
fOrnia lie in the mountains.
"A California farmer has lust compile
ted fence around his As ,OO0-acre farm. 1t
isn't painted yet.
"A Fort Scott farmer has over 400 head