The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-06-08
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

"A few days ago, at Petrolia, Pa, Miss
Hattie Kirkwood, because her lover was
unfaithful, wrote an cight-column biog
raphy of herself for the OIL CITY Derrick,
and then blew her brains out.
Charles Hall and wife, of Jonesboro
Tenn, eighty-tive and sixty years old, re-
spectiveiy, died at the SAME moment, a few
days ago, as they had daily, for fifteen
years, prayed might be the case.
The Westville (Miss.) Ne,cs of a re.
cent date says a would-5e bridegroom
came to that place from an adjoining
county to have himself tied to his lady.
love. He accordingly invested three dol
lars in Il license, notified the preacher, and
started to the domicil of her who was soon
to be his. When he arrived at the house
she had gone, but left note saying she
had changed her mind, and had con-
cluded she wouldn't.
"A queer procession entered Dayton,
New, the other day. Five Cinnamon,
each carrying big stick of cord wood on
his shoulder, marched up the principal
street, and white man, shot gun in hand,
brought up the rear, following the men to
the calaboose. The white man was the
watcher of the Dayton wood-piles, and
having caught the Cinnamon stealing the
choicest sticks, marched them before the
authorities with the evidence OF their
guilt in their possession.
New York has been having funny
breach of promise case. The plaintiff
was widow, Twenty-Five years of age,
and the defendant was clerk in the
store where she used to buy her sugar.
The messages of affection which played
an important part in the case were en-
closed in the packages, receiving and
imparting sweetness. None of the mes
sages contained any marriage promise,
however. and the defendant denied hav-
ing made one. The plaintiff being too
poor to pay the jury fee, dozen unoc-
cupied lawyers in the courtroom vol
unteered their services without compen.
sation and were drawn. After patient
hearing and due deliberation the jury
awarded the plaintiff fifteen dollars dam
aye, ard the defendant Immediately ten.
dered the sum in open court. The plain.
tiff rejected the sum in disgust, and it
was then paid into court and the defend
ant discharged.
The New York Times of recent
date gives an account of a shocking case
of hydrophobia which has just been de.
veloped in the family of Louis Sorhagen
of Newark, NJ. The dog which did
the mischief was black Spitz, pet OF
the children. A few weeks ago he disap.
peared, and when he returned it was no.
ticed that he was acting very strangely,
biting and swapping at every one who
went near him. Charles, the fourteen.
year-old son of Mr.. Sorhagen, attempted
to pacify the animal, and it seized one OF
his fingers in its mouth, decorating it ter.
ribIy. The dog then took refuge in the
barn, and as Henrietta, the eldest daugh.
ter, was running about, the animal bi,
her in the heel. A short time after itran
out in the yard and bit Maggie, the young.
est girl, in the left ankle. 1t also bit Mrs
Sorhagen on the right hand. By this
time MIR. Sorhagen became alarmed, and
although not thinking it was mad, en-.
deavored to prevent the animal from
doing any further harm by tying him up
IN attempting to put q chain around the
dogs neck Mr.. Sorhagen was also bitten,
the animal taking piece of flesh out OF
his left wrist. Although every member
the family had been bitten by the savage
animal, none of them showed signs of i'll
ness until the 18th of May, when the cir
Henrietta complained of a drowsy feeling
In the evening she complained of pain,
in her head, and during the night she wa.
attacked with spasms. During the 18tl
and 10Th she was again attacked will
spasms, in one of which she died. TIL,
ether members of the family have had
their wounds cauterized, and at last &C
counts none of them had been taken ill.