The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-06
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

"A woman named Palmateer, at Rik-
er's Hollow, in Steuben County, N. Y, a
few days ago set out with a revolver to
kill man named Fox. She gave her
little boy, seven years Of age, the weapon
to carry, and, on arriving at the house of
Fox, the little fellow accidentally shot the
latter's daughter, nine years of age, where
upon the woman abandoned her project
for shooting the man.
The man Rivers, of South Troy, Vt,
who recently shot his wife, placed the
muZzle of the revolver close to the ear,
and the ball passed into it without ruptur-
ing the skin, and lodged in the head
Some days after, the ball dropped from the
lodgment and, being extracted, was found
to he mashed into the queerest shape
When the woman was shot she was not
even stunned, but soon felt dizzy. It was
believed, at last accounts, that the woman
would recover.
"A case which should prove a warning
to mothers employing suspicious girls to
take care of their children has recently
occurred in New York. A girl named
Augusta Kassen, aged nineteen, having
taken poison and believing herself to be
dying, confessed to having poisoned with
oxalic acid little child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Heyne, of 80 Third avenue. The child
had died apparently from natural causes
and been buried. The motive was simply
revenge for threatened discharge from
employment.
-Thos. Carrigan, one of the contractors
on the Baltimore city water supply, met
with a horrible death lately. He stepped
in a bucket to descend a shaft in company
with workman. After being lowered a
short distance the strands of the rope be-
gan untwisting, and the man began to
haul him up. Just as he reached the sur
face the rope parted, and both men were
hurled to the bottom of the shaft, 100 feet
Carrigan was instantly killed, and his
companion seriously injured.
I'm Springfield, Mass, a gloom has
been cast over the entire community. A
valuable and sagacious Newfoundland dog
planted himself on the railroad to bark at
the locomotive His innocent vociferous-
ness attracted the attention of priceless
white dog of the taurine variety, who i'm
mediately bounced down upon the track
for the purpose of frightening off the no.
bic brute of Newfoundland. Just then
the locomotive came along. Suffice it to
say that two Springfield families were in
stantly desolated. There isn't SO much
danger of hydrophobia as there was; but
what are few deaths in the domestic cir
Gle to the cruel fate of two such pleasant
and useful beasts-indispensable guards
invaluable as a vent for human affection
Louisville Courier Journal
"A thrilling and fatal accident occurred
on the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad, at
Sulphur Spring station, a few miles from
Baltimore, few days ago. Two chill
dren, George Stansbury and Albert
Shencks, aged respectively eleven and
five years, the former son Of Mr.. G. W.
Stansbury, residing about twenty-five
yards from the place where the accident
occurred, had been playing on the track,
and, after amusing themselves for some
time, became tired, and, laying themselves
down on the track between the sleepers,
fell asleep. A short time after the chill
dren had fallen asleep, the express train
was due at the station, and in a few min
utes the thunder of its approach was
heard. The children were quietly sleep
ing in each others arms, and their position
was such that they were almost entirely
hidden from the engineers sight, and even
if they had been in full view, it is doubt
full if the train could have been stopped
in time to have saved them. In a few
seconds after the rumble of the train was
heard the locomotive was upon them, and
they were hurled from the track by the
pilot. The train was stopped, and the un-
fortunate children picked up, when it was
found that the skull of young Stansbury
had been crushed, killing him almost in
stantly, while his companion, beyond be-
ing stunned, was but slightly bruised,
having miraculously escaped with his life.