The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-30
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

"A child was born to Dwight Howard.
of East Haven, VT, recently, which had
no spine from the shoulders to the hips.
but it is doing well, and will probably
make q live Of it.''
Thomas Fielding, of CAMBRIDGE
Mass, got drunk and went home to whip
his wife as usual. He had not got yerv
much further than backing one eve and
smashing her nose when she interrupted
him with the stove-lid, and-Fieldine is
going to die of it.
"A woman whose child lately died at
Great Darlington, Mass, has, since the
death. refused to enter the house where it
occurred, and will not remain even in the
neighborhood. All the furniture was
would bring, and the family goes to Cali
fornia.
AT Providence, a few days since, Ma.
rletta McLane accidentally fell down a
we'll seventy feet deep. A young man,
John Henry, about nineteen years of age
with boat-hook, went down, rescued the
girl and safely returned her to her friends.
only slightly bruised. The water was
quite deep, and the rescue was a most
heroic deed, worthy the recognition of
humane society.
w. Harrison Andrews, of Cayuca
County, N. Y, few mornings ago, while
evidently insane, entered the bedroom of
his son, a young man, while the latter was
asleep, and killed him with Ratchet. He
then attempted to shoot his two daughters,
wounding one of them quite severely, and
concluded the tragedy by setting the house
on fire and then blowing out his own
brains with revolver.
"A young man in Dallas, Tex, awoke
suddenly the other night to find a large
snake in bed with him. For fear of pro.
vokirg an attack he lay still till morning,
when friend, who came to call him to
breakfast, killed the intruder. The same
room has been visited by reptiles more
than once before. In the spring three
tarantulas were caught, and about month
ago rattlesnake four feet long was killed
there.
During the trial of thief in Madi-
son, Wis, he tried to prove an abb, and
had for his witness young woman named
Azalia Kingsmore. She swore that he
was not there at the time, but in the cross
examination contradicted herself and
broke down. 1t turned out that the woman
perjured herself, and being asked why
she did SO answered: 81 loved him and
wanted to save him. Miss Kingsmore
met Thatcher in the Southern States two
years ago, fell in love with him, and fol-
lowed him to Chicago. She appeared not
to know that he was thief, and thought
he got into trouble and she could save
him; but she couldn't.
"A most distressing affair recently
occurred at farmhouse in Otoe County,
Kan. Mrs. Black going upstairs in the
evening, carrying lamp and small child,
was run into by a boy coming rapidly
downstairs. The lamp was knocked from
her grasp and exploded, setting fire to
both mother and boy. The husband ran
up, seized his wife, carried her outdoors
and threw her in mud puddle, then ran
back, seized the child and attempted to
carry it downstairs, but could not hold it
with his burned hands. Another boy who
carried the child out had his clothes set
on fire and was badly burned, as was also
the boy who ran into the lamp, causing the
accident. The child died before morning.
The mother and one boy were badly and
probably fatally burned. The other boy
was so badly injured that he is likely to
be crippled for life. Mr. Blacks hands
were so badly burned that he can never
use them again. The house caught fire,
but, by the exertions of the neighbors,
was saved in damaged condition. The
five persons composed the entire family.