The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-03-18
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Incidents and Accidents.

The wharf-rats in Grafton, Mass,
driven from their haunts by the severe
weather, recently attacked and gnawed
quite hole in the hip Of = very unfortu-
nate COW.
"A New Haven merchant while rims
ing large plate-glass window of his
store by throwing water upon it from
tumbler let the tumbler slip and $500
worth of store-glass was shattered.
An estimable young man of eighteen
years of age died in Providence, r. l.,
suddenly a few days since in conse.
quence of over-exertion in skating on
the seekonk River two days before.
james Harrison, q Boston tailor,
while hurriedly eating supper on re-
cent evening was choked to death by q
portion of food lodging in his throat.
His death was almost instantaneous.
"A few days since Mr.. George Cox, of
marlborough, Mass, yoked his oxen
and was bringing them out of q barn.
door which is near bank-wall when he
was pushed over by their crowding
against him. He struck upon his skull
and crushed it, but got up and related to
his man how he was injured, but he SUBJ
sequently died of his injuries.
I'm Holly Springs, Miss, as is the
custom in some country places, horse.
racing takes place over q level piece of
the public road. Lately, in q contest
that had called together hundreds of
spectators on Sunday, half the distance
had been run when tree at the roadside
was blown over by the wind. A branch
struck one of the riders, killing him in.
stsntly.
Michael OMelia, of Hyde Park, Mass.
opened his mouth 50 wide while yawning
the other day that his jaw slipped partly
out of joint and he could not shut his
mouth. He started for q Boston hospi.
tai, going through the streets with biz
mouth wide open; but as he stepped
from the cars in the depot at Boston hi
jaws came together with snap that near
~ shattered his teeth, and he returned
home.
| AT Fair Haven, Conn. recently, Mrs
Buttman fell in her back yard and hel
hip-bone was crushed thereby. Her hus
band was away from home and hel
daughters at school She called luudl,
for help, but not being heard she managed
to crawl near the house, and getting
broom she beat the side of the house t,
| call attention, but she was unheard TO
three hours. When relief came she wa
almost dead from her accident, the wet
ting and the cold.
"A horrible case of cruelty, practice,
by a resident of West Buxton, Me, upo1
his wife. fifty years old, has lust com
to light. She has been confined all win
ter in a close room, part Of the time be-
ing chained and having hardly an,
clothes on, till her feet and legs were 81
badly frozen that some of her toes hav
dropped off. He has been abusing tn
woman in this manner for years, thougl
not so severely in previous years as dur
ing the past winter. His plea is that sh
Is subject to fits of insanity, but it is a
legged that he wants to marry anothe
woman.
| Last evening at the Phoenix Hotel
gentleman and his wife were sitting to
gether, the gentleman cleaning one Q
his revolvers, from which the cyllnde
had been taken, which was loaded. TIL
other gun lying on the table in front wa
empty. The wife, in q playful way, too
up the empty pistol and said: "Suppos
l shoot;" he said "ves." She laid the gu
down, and. while doing some of her littl
sewing business, the husband had cleane
his first gun, attached the cylinder, an
had taken up the other. The lady agai
took what she supposed she had used bt
fore and pleasantly remarked: II max
you my mark" He, not thinking of tn
pistol being loaded, said: MAKE m
your mark and fire." She did fire, an
the explosion made her faint at once. l
he had not been placed in a certain posi-
ton the ball would have gone throug
his heart. Being in side position an
leaning over the ball struck the lowe
part of his vest and glanced away
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