The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-09
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

John McNamary, a man working near
Lincoln, Neb., after drunken spree went
into the field to sober off. Not hearing
from him for several days his neighbors
improvised search for him. After
short time they found his remains by the
roadside, half eaten up by hogs and other
animals.
"A. A. Buker, of Bowdonokam, Me-,
recently died from the effects of poison,
which it is supposed that he took into his
system by sticking the guard of now
ing-machine under his thumb-nail. A few
hours after the injury the wound began to
pain him severely, and soon sores fol-
lowed. The physicians attribute his
death to poison on the guard gathered
from the grass.
Col. Beau, of Waltham, Mass, has
silver half dollar with history to it, and
which even the resumption of specie pay
ments will not be likely to induce him to
part with. This coin, bearing the date of
1926, was presented to him in June of
that year by Gen. Lafayette for holding
his horse while the General was stopping
at Judge Walkers, IN Concord, N. H.,
which was then the home of the Colonel.
AT Dallas, Tex, recently, on cutting
a fine, large watermelon, comfortably in
the center was a small, yellow-spo:ted
lizard about four inches in length. Ap-
parently lifeless when taken out, it was
soon resuscitated on being placed in the
sun, but lived only few minutes. 1t was
of beautiful brown color, with white
stripes and yellow spots. Most singular
of all it was destitute of the organs of
vision.
W. F. Jewett, of Jefferson, N. H., had
a COW and calf struck by lightning during
recent thunder-shower, and supposing
them dead they were dragged off into a
pasture sufficient distance to prevent the
odor of decomposition annoying the resi-
dents of the vicinity. In the morning,
having occasion to visit the pasture, he
found both COW and calf as lively as if no
thunder-shower had occurred the night
before.
"A Deputy Sheriff named lack G. Allen
was shot in del Norte, COL, lately. Hav.
ing two horse-thieves in Jail, he learned
that their friends intended to rescue them.
He therefore stationed man at the Jail
with orders to shoot anyone who ap-
preached him without the countersign. On
going to see whether the sentinel was
awake, Allen was hailed, but he failed to
reply and was shot by the guard. Hewas
struck by full load of duck shot,
Mrs. Hiram J. Mason, wife of prom
inent Boston citizen, was killed under Pc
culiar circumstances the other afternoon.
She was visiting relative in Charlestown,
and with another lady was swinging in a
hammock on the roof of the L, one rope
being attached to staple in chimney.
The husbands of the ladies were swing
ing them, when suddenly the chimney
toppled over upon them, instantly killing
Mrs. Mason. The others escaped unin-
jured.
On recent Sunday, while a gentle
man was riding through street in Men,
phis, Tenn, a squirrel leaped upon him
from tree and commenced vigorous at
tack upon his head and face. The gen.
tleman succeeded in Selling the little ami.
NAL and throwing it with force upon the
ground, but not before it had inflicted
painful injuries upon his face, head and
hand. The fall stunned the squirrel, but
the equestrian did not stop to examine the
condition of his assailant, which was
doubtless afflicted with hydrophobia.