Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-02-18

Incidents and Accfdents.


"A woman who was divorced and re-
sumed her maiden name in Belfast,
Maine, in the forenoon, the other day,
was married again before SHUTDOWN.
"A Chicago horse, having caught his
foot between q railroad track and the
planking at the crossing few days ago,
pulled his hoof of, and it became neces-
sary to kill him.
Patrick Fitzgerald, employed by q
firm of grain-d dealers in Lowell, Mass,
won 80 and barrel of -four the other
day by carrying it on his back from the
birmingham depot to the store on Main
street, distance of more than mile,
without resting.
Boston boasts an eleven-year-old
miss, weighing sixty pounds, who, at
her birth, weighed less than one pound
and half, and whose nurse in washing
and dressing her used to lay her in the
palm of her hand, while her head would
60 into a small-sized teacup.
"A clerk in the employ of one of the
leading merchants of North Brookfield,
Mass, has been detected in embezzling
money. He confessed the crime, but not
until constable had been summoned
for his arrest, when he drew from his
pocket a handbook containing deposits
on Broadway Bank, Boston, to the
amount of $500. He gave such evil
dence of true repentance that his en-
ployers were generous enough to grant
him full pardon.
The oldest accident of the season is
reported from New York. As DR.. w. H.
Gilmore and DR.. Guelet were walking
al otr In fhn nt1a
evening, Gilmore holding an umbrella by
and fell. DIR. Gilmore fell in sitting
posture, and HE head was thrown vio-
lently forward, striking the point of one
of the ribs of the umbrella, which
pierced through the under eyelid of the
left eye and frail bone socket of the
skull, touching the brain. He died that
night.
The cigar-dealers in Binghamton. N.
Y, have lately suffered loss by the dep
relations of man with an umbrella.
His plan was to enter the store and ask
for q cigar, meanwhile hanging his um-
brella by its hooked handle on the show
case. When the clerk handed him box
of cigars to select from he took one and
handed over a one, two or five dollar bill.
w men tUc CleTk tuTHcQ dDOut W uldhc
change the customer dropped number
of cigars into his umbrella, took the
change and walked out, carelessly draw
ing the umbrella tips together and step.
ping off as dignified az an acting corpo-
raj The man was caught in the act
after his movements had been watched
for some weeks.
"A horrible case of goring by bull
took place lately at the stables of John
Pondir, the owner of farm and country
seat in the Ramapo Valley, near Mawah
Station, on the line of the Erie Railway.
Here Mr. Pondir keeps some very fine
blooded stock, among which was the i'm.
ported bull "Duke of Oakland" thor
oughbred Attorney of great value.
Michael, the herdsman, found the bull
had slipped his halter, which he imme-
diately attempted to replace, but the bull
caught him on his horns, goring him in a
horrible manner and throwing him partly
beneath the manger. Two men near by
heard the noise, and on going to the barn
found the bull exhibiting the greatest
paroxysms of rage. They procured
pitchforks and tried to rescue their un-
fortunate comrade, but, finally, were com.
PEELED to shoot the bull, which they
killed at the second shot. On reaching
the unfortunate man they found hin,
literally torn open, SO that his entrails
protruded, and he only survived a few
hours.