The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-07-22
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

The lightning played lively il New
Orleans the other day, and daring the
storm a picture of Morse, The inventor Of
the, telegraph, seemed to5be an object Of
particular spite, it being Literally torn in
In. New York lately, at I swimming
establishment, two well-known swimming
experts kept their seats while a young
man named Hannekamp was drowning,
and made not the slightest effort to rescue
him. r. IL III ,cAil l. L AttS
Two ingenious horse-thieves stole a
horse from Mr.. Ennis, of Richmond,
Conn.,, the other day, by leading it from
the stable with rope thirty feet long his
daughter saw the men and the horse, but
as they were so far apart thought nothing
of it.
Joseph Mazrall, Of Liuleton, N.H.,
was caught in shaft maxi ing 800 revolu.
tions minute, the other day, and whirled
around three minutes before the machinery
could be stopped, but, though every parti-
Gle of clothing was torn from him except
the neck-band of his shirt and part of one
shirt sleeve, he was not much injured.
1t isn't always best to be too spunky
In Mount Joy, Ohio, a few days ago, a
young lady and gentleman were amusing
themselves with pair of scissors, when
the young man threatened to cut her nose
Oft, thinking of course that she would
draw her head back when he would snap
the scissors at her; but she wasn't to be
scared or dared, and stood her ground,
and the consequence was that he cut the
end of her nose almost off. The doctor
managed to stick it on again, but it isn't
the same nose that it was before.
"A queer pauper case was lately on
trial at Norwich, Conn. The town of
Preston claimed that the authorities of
East Haddam fraudulently and corruptly
persuaded Orrin Wade, Preston pauper,
forty=ive years of age, to marry Sarah
Brooks, an East Haddam pauper, sixty
seven years old, in order. that East Had
dam might be relieved of the expense of
caring for her. Of course the Haddam-
ties claimed that it was purely a love
match, but the fact is, the two separated
on the day of their marriage and have not
lived together since.
AS the driver of an express wagon
was passing along Main street, Bunker
Hill district, Boston, with loaded team
the other afternoon, which included a cop
per fountain Of soda, he was startled by
a loud explosion in his wagon, and a sec
ond later was hurled over the head of his
horse, while the side of his wagon was
stripped completely off, and a fifty pound
tirkin of butter was distributed about the
ncighborhood in minute PARTICLES and a
good-sized cheese served out in quite as
unceremonieus manner. Investigation
showed that the soda fountain had ex-
ploded. r.' !
4Dwellers in the first stories of high
tenement houses have some advantages
and also some misfortunes of position. In
New York the other evening" woman was
sitting in Her, lower floor front door nurs.
ing her baby, when piece of marble fell
from the fifth floor, striking her child on
the head and killing it in her arms. The
mother tainted at the first appearance of
blood on the top of the child's bead, but
did not know what had happened until
some time after, when she had revived and
found she had no baby. Two women
rooming above had used the stone to keep
their window open, and it had fallen by
accident. The women were arrested for
CareleSsness. ~