The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-14
CUKRENT PARAGRAPHS:
I Inciden and accidents.


90 exploasn in a coal mine near
Evan&on, Wyoming, recently caused the
deathsf elghtpersona. 6
"A Maine lady preferring instant
death applied her freckle- lotion inwardly.
Her preference was gratified.
"A large kettle of boiling water was
lately tufAed over upon little daughter
of Jacob Kyser, Of Bucyrus, Ohio, fatal
ly scalding her.
Rochester (Vt.) Courier tells the
story of q man sick of fever Matching a
brood Of nine chickens from thirteen
eggs, placed in his bed.
Ella Fem, of South Charleston, Ohio,
recently fell into the fire during the tenn
,pOrary absence of her mother from the
room, and was so badly burned that she
died shortly afterward.
An East Boston woman awoke from
a doze, recently, and, mistaking set of
jewelry which she held in her hand for
apple parings; threw it into the stove,
where it was ruined.
-Myron Fuller, an old man about
seventy years Of age, came into his house
at Windsorville, Conn.,, the other morn
ing, and after remarking that he thought
he would network any longer fell dead
upon the floor.
Widow Phila Lambert, of West
Georgia, VT, fifty-six years old, has
for fifteen years supported eight chill.
dren by laying stone wall, harvesting and
other farm work, and has not only made
herself owner of house and few acres
of land, but has given her children 8
good education.
"A Greenfield (Mass.) woman was rath
er surprised the other day to see strange
man walk coolly down her front stairs
and out into the street, and going up
stairs she was still more astonished tC
find that q tramp had slept in her " best
bed" the night before. Moral: KeeI
your doors locked.
"A little fellow broke out crying in 8
Boston school the other day from sheer
hunger, and it was found that the family
to which he belonged had lived for sew
eral days on oatmeal mixed with little
water, while, the night before, they had
made their supper from the contents OF
neighbours swill-barrel.
An East Lynne Comm minister
about to marry couple the other night
found that the license was made out fol
the adjacent town of Waterford, where
alone the wedding would be legal
There being no conveyance the party
walked a mile, until they had passed the
town limits, when the ceremony was per
formed by moonlight in the open air.
Horace F. Andrews, q young mar
we'll known in Cleveland, Ohio, commit
ted suicide the other morning by shoot
ing himself while the family were en-
gagged in prayer in an adjoining room
The act was premeditated, as was evi
denced from the fact that he spent thu
evening before his death in the famil,
parlor writing the letters to his parent!
and sisters which were found on his ia
BILE after his death.
The Sherman (Tex.) Register tells
of singular accident that occurred Their,
not long ago. A little colored boy ant
his sister were playing with gentle ole
horse that was staked out short dis
lance from his mothers cabin. The DO,
tied the horses tail around his neck in
hard knot and began to whip him. TIL
horse became frightened and started of
dragging the boy along the ground.
negro coming up thought the boy wa
tangled in the rope and cut the hors
loaap. The boy regained his footing an,
ran until they came to- the railroad
where he stumbled and fell, his skull be
ing crushed The horse ran on to tn
cabin dragging the lifeless body of tn
boy after him. - - y