Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-06-24
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

A little son of Mrs. Brigham, of West
Concord, N. H., went to play in field in
which was flock of sheep, the other
day, and was set upon by buck and
butfed to death, his body being terribly
mangled.
&C. G. Williams, of Petersham, Mass,
has recently had piece of granite one
and quarter inches long, and weighing
half an ounce, taken from the back of his
head, where it has lodged for nineteen
years.
A marriage occurred at Haverkill,
Mass. lately, between man eighty-one
wears old and woman of twenty-three,
who sustains the marriage relation of
grandmother to persons much older than
herself. and also that of greatgrand-
mother.
"A Winooski (Vt.) business man of
| speculative turn OF mind recently
bought the claim of strolling troupe of
yiolinists and harpers which entered the
village. for fifty cents, and sent around
| a clerk to take the pennies, realizing
seventy cents, gain of twenty cents
over his investment.
--Binny Rockwell, an Erie (Pa.) Coun-
| ty boy, thought he would take advantage
of squirrel by climbing halfway up
the tree before shooting. While draw
ing the gun up after him it was dis
charged, the contents passing through
his hand, which was in the way. The
| animal escaped.
Great excitement was caused in a
| rich family in New York by the unac-
countable disappearance OF gold snuff
| box, richly set with brilliants, and equal
| satisfaction when young gentleman OF
six acknowledged that he had utilized it
as coffin, and buried it with his pet
| canary in the garden.
Patrick Mccartney, Jr., of Provi-
| dence, r. l., mixed some arsenic with
meal in pan to kill rats and hid it
| away behind some barrels and bags in
his barn, where he thought nobody but
rats would find it, and told nobody of it.
| Unfortunately the man who cleaned out
the stall did find it and emptie1 it into
| he valued at $3.50, and the animal ate
enough of it to kill him.
Mr.. A. S. Haven, hardware dealer,
whose place was injured by the explosion
on Washington street, Boston, some
| time since, ha6 large cat, which was
quite pet with all connected with the
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accident the animal was missing, and
Mr.. III. supposed he was killed, but five
mornings afterward, in removing the
| safe from the ruins, the cat was found
beneath it perfectly sound and much re-
| joiced at being released.
Rev. s. j. Douglass, Baptist clergy
man, OF Springfield, N. Y, had four
bright, active boys, the oldest aged thir-
teen and the youngest eight years. The
| boys were playing lately in their faith
| er's yard, and on being called to dinner
started, boy-like, on run. When near
| the house the youngest boy stumbled
| and fell headlong into large kettle of
boiling soap. The little fellow was res
cued as soon as possible, but was dread
| fully burned and died in a few hours.
The Bangor Wing is informed that
| few days ago three young men in Els
worth, Me-, finding they could not pro-
cure liquor at the agency except for me-
dicinal purposes, got a prescription for
some sort of liniment, principally COM
posed of alcohol, but containing roots
and herbs. This was procured, and after
removing the drugs they INDUCED in
liberal potations. The result proved that
the liquor was poisoned by the substances
contained in the prescription. One of
the parties, named Hurley, died, and the
other two were not expected to live.