The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-07
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS;
Incidents and AccIAanfs

CURRENT PARAGRAPHS,
Incidents and Accidents.
"a fey days ago Lucas Bartlett, of
Pelham, Mass. was found dead in h;s
house His body was horribly eaten by
AS iour laOorers were ascending the
smart ~ the new railway tunnel at
bergen. N. j., the other night. the rome
broke and the bucket in which thew were
seated was precipitated to the bottom.
All were instantly killed.
"A fatal accident recently occurred At
the Helstsrburg (Pa) schooi-house. dur
ing recess. Some bows were niavinu
with solid rubber bali, when by a mis-
throw it struck little boy m the back
part OF the neck, killing him instantly.
AS Dr.: Ira Burrows, q leading phy-
stefan of Providence, r. l.. was RIDING IN
top, buggy the other day, the axle broke.
and the doctor was thrown out. In fall.
ing, one of his eyes was caught on
hook in the buggy top, and completely
torn from its socket.
-Four masked men forced the doors
OF MIR. Pettit's house in Toronto. the
other morning, and while one held him
with . pistol at his head the other
three rif1ed the house, taking awav with
them $1,000 in gold. They overlooked a
box containing 5000 more.
| = Mrs. Mary Caron, a dressmaker of
Springfield, Mass, while trying to kill a
rat some two months ago, was bitten in
the finger. A few days after her hand
and arm swclled frightfully, and that
side OF her body was almost paralyzed.
When she recovered her hand was en-.
tirely destitute of sensation.
"A Fitchburg mass. } conductor. with
rare accommodation, recently stopped his
| train for woman who was rushing
wildly after it. She thanked him warm,
~, casually remarked that she had for
gotten to kiss her husband, made good
the omission, and then strolled home
again with the proud consciousness of
duty we'll performed.
Upon the arrival of a late express
train at Reading, Pa, the .car-inspector.
while tapping and testing the wheels,
was astonished to find secreted on the
top of one of the wheeltrucks a mid
die Gagged man, who in this manner had
stolen passage. The stranger was told
to vacate his dangerous hiding place,
and crept out. He stated that he had
come all the way from California, and
had travelled all the distance in that
manner. He was not struck dead-while
telling the story.
| "A few days ago, on a train on the
New York & New England Railroad, be-
tween East Thompson and Willjmantic,
Conn.,, two gentleman said to the con-
ductor, pointing to certain passenger:
"Fhat man has on my OvercOat. which he
stole from the hotel !" "That man has on
my undercoat, which he STOLE" At the
next station the thief attempted to leave
the train, when the conductor charged
him with the theft. He denied it, but
pulled OIL the coats and gave them to
their rlghtful owners, while he went of
in his shirt sleeves.
In New York city the other day a
lady, driving to her bank, drew $1,000,
wound a handkerchief about the roll. en-.
tered her carriage, and was about to
drive on when young gentleman rushed
out of the bank, hatless and with pen
resting over his ear, apologized, and said
there had been q miscOunt. The lady
very politely passed back the roll, the
clerk entered the bank, and that was the
last she saw of the man and her money
An artful dOdger and thoroughbred con
fidence man had watched her movements
and had neatly feeced her of her funds
Foreign Gossip.
The Duke of Westminster says that
drunkenness has almost become an in.
stitution in England"
The Emperor of Russia has ordered
the dismissal of all Jewish railway en-.
ployes throughout the country, who arc
serving in any capacity whatsoever.
The average age at which French
men marry is thifty-One in Paris and
thirty in the rest of France. The average
age at which French women marry il
tWenty-six in Paris and twenty-five in
the rest of France.
The recent disturbances in Turkey
appear TO have come to an end The
authorities at Constantinople have or
dered the Governor of Syria to reopen
the Protestant schools which were closed
q short time since.
"A clergyman writes to an English
paper suggesting, as a substitute for Gre
nation, that Funeral steamers might be
provided, which, proceeding to dis.
lance from land, could deposit the re-
mains beyond the reach of dissertation
and whence injury could not result to
the living"
In England clergyman had had the
smallpox, but was $50 as to be about u
and invited friend to breakfast. His
friend caught the malady and commu.
nicated it to his wife, who died. There
upon the friend sued the parson for in
viting him to breakfast, and recovered
damages in FL and the amount of the
wife's funeral expenses.
-Augustin Cochin one day interviewed
q Paris ragpicker. He said, "What in
duces you to take up this occupation? ?"
PRIDE" was the answer. "How pride?"
Yes. l was q carver; but had a great
deal to do with my wages, and my COM
rades ridiculed my clothes. But chose
new companions among the ragpickcrs,
who do not laugh at me, and l am happy
in my tatters."
The English Mechanic states that one
OF the Transatlantic steamers Is being
fitted with an aquarium-car for the trans
portation of live fish. The enterprise is
undertaken with the view of importing
some of the best species of American
flsh and attempting their administration
in England. In return, some of the more
valuable English fish will be introduced
into American waters.
AT the Paris Observatory there is a
telescope in the course of construction
that will be the largest ever yet made.
The tube will be fifty feet in length and
six feet eight inches in diameter. 1t was
begun by Leon Foucault in 1866, but the
construction was interrupted by his
death. In the troubles of 1901 no
Frenchman had heart for science.
Now, however, the completion of this
great instrument has been undertaken
by the astronomer Wolf
Capt. Lahure, of the Belgian General
stat, has got into hot water by his book
OF the Service dEsat Acjor. He recently
fought one of his critics, also an officer
Of the staff, in the little riding school at
Brussels. The duel was with sabers, and
by the terms every cut or thrust was I'D.
missible. There was but one restriction
neither could touch his adversary when
disarmed. Capt. Grouse, the critic, fell