The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-10-26
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

Graves, of Springfield, Mass, was burned
to death lately while playing with
matches.
Carpenters repairing house in Me-
vada, CAL, found a large rats nest, built
of paper, straw and rags, and secreted in
| tia number of matches. In this case a
fire from " unknown causes" was fortu-
nately averted.
People should be careful how they
make remarks about the weather. Jas.
Barrett, of Hancock County, Ky, while
out in the field the other day, stopped
catching tobacco worms to remark that
it was mighty pretty day. and in a
moment he was corpse.
AT Paradise, Cache County, Utah, a
seven-year-old son of William Mitten was
caught in the counter shaft Of single
mill and had his right arm pulled out of
the socket, his legs pulled off below the
knees, and was otherwise shockingly
mangled. He lived about two hours after
the accident. - II u
The lightning struck Joseph Siegel,
of Clarion County, Pa, who was blowing
in field. The electric fluid scorched the
cuticle from his shoulders to his heels,
but did not injure his clothes, except a
small hole where it entered his back A
tree near by was shattered, and colt
killed. The man is likely to recover
One of the Boston horse railroad COM
panies, which has been puzzled to account
for the sudden and great falling of, in the
cash fares, found that a barrel full Of
punched tickets, that they were going to
sell for old paper, had been stolen by the
conductors, who returned them for cash
fares received. One conductor made 5000
by the operation.
On searching an old house recently
sold at Gloucester, Mass, upward of 1900
empty walls, which once contained pare.
goric, were found scattered about the
premises, in the closets, cellar, attic, and
woodshed. 1t IS supposed the contents
Of these bottles were consumed by some
poor victim of this gentle narcotic who
formerly lived there.
There is a colored man in Hartford
who will drive a good-sized nail into a
plank with one thump of his forehead,
and with several blows can send the nail
"clean homen into the mortar betw cen
two bricks. A few days ago he was re-
quested to send nail !" right in" with one
blow. He did the task, but has now a
bad looking bruise on his forehead the
first bruise, he says, he has had in all his
years of practice.
There is an old man residing near
Gridley's station, CAL, who follows the
peaceful occupation of sheep herding.
For some time he has been depositing in
the bank the sum of Eve dollars per month
to the. credit of his dog and mule of
which he is the fortunate possessor, so that
in case of his death they would have
something to live upon. The other day
the dog died, and the mule is sole heir to
the estate. He is probably the only mule
in the United States with bank account.
-Sissie Strong, a daughter of Mr..
Robert 81. Strong, of Meridianville, Ala,
aged about fifteen years, in company with
another young lady, was out riding on
horseback one day recently, when her
horse became frightened and ran away.
The young lady was thrown from the
saddle, and her foot caught in the stirrup.
While hanging in this position the horse
jumped fence, the body of the helpless
young lady striking the fence, breaking
her back and otherwise mangling the body
in most terrible manner. Death was
instantaneous. i. 4 II
Yesterday one Of the young ladies in
a family living ON Green street noticed a
large rat eating two cigar stumps, which
had been thrown into aspittoon in the hall
of her house. She was afraid to disturb
him, and let him eat until he had finished
them, Shortly afterward she mentioned
the circumstance to her young brother,
and he went to the spittoon, and finding
the rat inside, shook him out. The, ami
mil attempted TO run, but was 80 drunk
from the tobacco that he could not do so.
He would stagger few steps and fall
ffdown. In his drunken condition. there
was no difficulty in putting an end to