The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-09-21
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

A York pa paper reports truly sad
accident to one Of its citizens who fell in
front of his moving machine. " Both
hind xgs were fearfuIly cut, one Of them
SO badly tina, it will probably require am
putaiion.''
1T has always been held impossible
for boat TO pass safely over the Connect
cut River falls at Bellows Falls, but the
fea, was accomplished the other day by
FIVE boats Of a log-driving gang, each boa,
being manned by two men.
A pet dog of good size, belonging TO
a wealthy gentleman in New York, WAS
buried in his masters lot in Greenwood
Cemetery, recently, by an undertaken. A
burial permit had 10 he obtained for him
at headquarters, and the usual price for
opening grave was paid.
A wild horse, without saddle. made
its appearance in this section Of the State.
not long since, bearing the body of a man.
The horse was at length caugh, and the
body found strapped to the horse, and had
been dead for some time.-WucD (Iex.)
Register.
Alfred johnson, the Dane, who lately
accomplished the feat of crossing the
ocean in a dcry twenty feet long. nearly
lost his life in the attempt On the 2d Of
Angus, he encountered heavy gale and
unshipped his mast. His boat. getting
broadslde To, was capsized by heavy sea.
He crawled upon the bottom and re-
manned there twenty minutes, when an
other wave struck the boat in such man
ner that he was enabled to right her. Blu,
his provisions were spoiled, and thence
forward he had hard time of it. When
asked if he would like to[epeat the yoy
age, johnson replied tina, 'he thought he
had had about enough Of it.''
in 1861 one Henry NJ Brown. Of Day.
ton, Ohio, from political excitement shot
and killed Hon. J. T. BoIlmyer, editor Of
the Dayton Empire. Brown was tried
and acquitted, but from the day of his
dismissal by the court he became the vic.
! tim Of d harrassing conscience. gradually
losing all interest in the affairs of life.
and wandering about in restless manner
in the vain attempt to rid himself of the
terrors Of his mind, and rom a heaIthful
| man and prosperous merchant gradually
sunk INTO vagrant and IN outcast. More
than this, the panys Of remorsc made a
restless skeleton of his form, until the
other day he died a miserable death.
" iiIou shalt not Kill. ''-yhicogp JuurunI.
Last evening, while Harper, the cir
Gus clown, was passing up Broadway, a
little child slipped from a ,hrce-story
window, and came heading toward the
pavement. Harper at the instant and
as would seem, providcltiaIly, caught
sight Of the child as ii left the window
| above, and, with the alarity Of a cat,
placed himself in position 10 break its
fail. When it came down to him he
caught it with d firm grasp, and not only
broke its fall, but held ii from going t.
the pavement. The act Was bold and
dangerous, but successful The athlete
suffered some little injury but not enough
| 10 speak Of in connection with 50 cxtraOr
binary fcat-L>asly .snr>toyinm.
The Pottstown pa.) Ledger has the
following account Of Il peculiarly sad ac-
cidcnt: One OF the saddles occurrences We
| have been called upon to 'ccord for a long
time, happened on Saturday last, in this
borough, in the sudden death Of a little
| boy, son Of Mr. Thomas l. Yprycy aged
| about twenty months. An older son Of
Mr.. lprgcy had fastened little swing to
the crook OF Il peach tree, about four fee,
from the ground, made OF d short MANILA
rope, which extended n within seven
inches Of the ground. Mrs. Yorgcy had
noticed the swing in the morning and had
removed the rope, but the little boy had
again replaced il without the knowledge
OF hls mother. About four O'Clock, Miss
Minnie lorgcy, residing near by, hap
pcncd 10 pass through the yard Of the
house and found the child with the rope
| twisted around it, neck, and in Il diving
condition. She at once carried the diving
child into the house to it, mother, who had
been feeling quite unwclI during the day,
and was lying down. The child scarcely
touched its mothers arms before it was
dead From the situation in which the
child was found, it is supposed that he had
taken hold Of each side Of the rope with
his hands and commenced going around,
| twisting the rope around his neck until
he probably became dizzy and struck his
head against the tree, as there are bruises
upon one Of his temples. This probably
caused him to fall upon the rope, when lac
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