The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-02-25
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS,


Incidents ana Accidents. i
William P. Hurburt, of Fort Lee,
N. J., aged thirteen, fell from the Pali-
SADIE Heights . distance of 600 feet, and
was killed. Strange to say, not . bone
was broken. g
"A few evenings ago, while the bells
of Catholic church at New Orleans
were ringing for vespers, little boy
who was watching the sexton was killed |
by some castings giving way and falling
upon his head F-.F- 49, Il -
"A case Of death by wallpaper poi |
soning has lately occurred in Louisville,
KY. An examination showed that the |
paper on the wall Of deceased's bed
chamber contained two grains Of arsenic
to the square foot.
-. W. Cram, barber from Chicago,
thought his fate of being burned out in
the great fire pretty tough; but the
chins Of Northampton, Mass, were so
much tougher that he took aconite and
left widow and three children to ponder
over the mysterious designs of Provi-
dence.
AT dancing party in Western Ken
lucky, the other night, to which several
women came with their babies, some
young men changed the clothes of'the in
fants while their parents were dancing
and mixed them up generally. The fol-
lowing day there was great row, and as
the families lived miles apart it took
several days to unmix the children. ~
Yale College has just missed leg
acy Of $4,000 by the sudden death Of
Mr. Edmund Bradley, of Southington,
Conn. Mr.. Bradley had prepared will
giving the above amount to the college,
bequeathing to little girl of the family
in which he boarded q fine residence,
and his gardener a valuable piece of
land, but he died before siguing it. He
was bachelor and was determined that
his relatives should get none of his
property. His unexpected death gives
1t all to them.
| Here is q touching picture of
mothers love: A tin pail containing an
infammable mixture that had been
heated burst in the hands of Mrs. Perry
Bushnell, of Auburn, N. Y, few days
| ago, and the burning fluid was thrown
over Mrs. Bushnell and her little child on
the floor. Mrs. Bushnell's eyes were put
out and she was enveloped in flame, but
she began crawling; about the floor to-
know if the child was safe. The latter.
was burned to q crisp, and the mother
lived but short time.
"A short time since q man was
arrested for so,ae crime in Carroll
County, Mo-, and lodged in Jail. A few
days after this the prisoners wife called
at the Jail and wished to see him, which
was granted. After the jailer thought
| she had been in there long enough he
went to let her out and when he opened
the door she las he supposedly stepped
out and went on her (his) way rejoicing.
The door was relocked. In an hour or
SO terrible noise from the Jail attract
ing the attention of the jailer, he went to
the Jail, and behold! there sat the wife.
A job had been put up on him. He had
let his prisoner 60.
Industrial.
Hoe g. Co., of New York, have a
school-room in their factory and compel
their apprentices to spend two hours a
day in study.
DIR. Glenn, said to be the largest
farmer in California, has just sold his
last years crop of grain for nearly $500,
900, gold coin.
The House of the Arkansas Legis-
lature has passed a bill exempting from
taxation for period of seven years cap
ital employed in mills and manufac.
tories.
The restitution in New York city is
said to be appalling. Never in the
history of that city has there been such q
constantly increasing army of homeless,
unemployed ones.
Maine lost $2,8S5 by her State Prison
in 1874, the prisoners costing that amount
more than they earned. She thinks Of
giving up the business, and the workmen
express a willingness to leave at any
time.
The Iron Age estimates that in the
hills of Columbia County, N. Y, there is
supply of at least 29,000,OO) tons of
iron, which could be mined and deliv.
cred in boats on the Hudson River at q
cost of not over two dollars ton.
The orders receive in Sheffield
England. from America for files, saws
tools and cutlery were lighter during the
last season than they have ever been
This is largely owing to homemade ar.
iicles taking the place of British through.
out the country.
An enterprislng lady, Mrs. r. Screw.
en-, of Liberty, Ca, planted some young
pear trees three years ago, and from
their fruit this year shipped in Savannah
fifteen barrels of pound-pears, retailing
at five cents each. She has also success
fully cultivated many thousands Of tea
plants.
The consumption of ice has greatly
increased in this country during the past
five years. As illustrative of this fact,
it is stated that in New York city in
1855 500, 900 tons of ice met the de.
mands of the people, while now one firm
has put up $50, 900 tons, and other par
ties have packed as much more
| Friction impedes the progress of the
railway train, and We! it is only through
friction that it makes any progress. The
apparent paradox is explained when we
remember that by reason of the fric-
tional "bite" of the drivers upon the
track they draw the train. The bearings
Of the wheels upon the rails are mere
line where they come in contact, iron
and iron; yet this slight and almost i'm.
hundreds Of tons of dead weight with the
speed Of the wind. '.'' ~" 49,
i "A certain New York boot-b black has
q more lucrative income than some Of
the leading business men, and it is said
that the cake and pie stand at the Post.
Office is worth more than any clerkship
in that institution. There is also said to
be . newsstand in the same neighbor-
hood whose income is preferable to many
Il distinguished city editor, while the fel.
low who sells cakes and coffee ON an
other corner has realized sufficient to
purchase q farm besides fifty or sixty
thousand dollars worth of real estate in
Gotham. Another man is growing rich
by purchasing pigs feet at the slaughter
house for $1.36 per hundred and then
turning them into souse, for which he
has large and growing custom.
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Personal and Literary.
/ Charles Reade calls an English edit
| or !" q liar, q coward and q BLACKBOARD"
Why, Charles!
| Mrs. Elizabeth Etheridge, the ven
cradle mother Of Hon. Emerson Ether.