The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-11-23
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.
"A young and foolish Sacramento
chicken insists upon associating with cats,
much to the misery and apprehension OF
Its mother, an experienced old hen.
The Virginia City Enterprise says:
"A train of twenty camels, loaded with
wood, came into town about eleven
O'Clock last night. On account of their
frightening horses and mules they are not
allowed to enter the town during day.,
light"
Says the Macon (Miss.) Beacon: E" Mr..
Cy. Jenkins, of this county, was out deer
hunting the other day, and after having
killed one, he came to place where he
counted over forty deer lying dead with
the black tongue. We had seen accounts
of this disease prevailing among the deer,
but this shows remarkable fatality. 1t
is hardly safe to eat vension under the cir
cumstances.''
"A Memphis lover, refused by his
sweetheart, thought to soften her stony
heart by a mock tragedy, and, pulling
cut his pistol, placing the muzzle between
his arm and side, he fell in stimulation of
death. A realistic policeman, who wit
messed the affair, took the desperate lover
to the station-h house, where he lodged over
night, and in the morning contributed
FIVE dollars for disturbing the peace.
Some years ago, while at Fort Kear-
ney, gentleman adopted young Chey-
enne child which had escaped Sioux
massacre, and took it home with him to
Newark, NJ. The child, who is now
about fourteen years of age, has gradual
ly become utterly incorrigible, and, to use
a common phrase, is Irregular young
Injun." He has always been treated like
an own child by the family, but nothing
can be done with him. He sleeps in the
outer air, and displays all the nomadic in
stincts. The result is, the police have had
to take him in hand, and he will probably
be sent to the Reform School. Blood
will tell, ~ says the old adage, and in this
case at least it is proven true.
Pennsylvania farmers fight shy of
vidders" now. Recently farmer there
contracted with a widow for load of
barley, to be delivered upon a certain af-
ternoon. The afternoon came but not the
widow with the barley, but when the
shades of night fell she came with the
load and drove on the scales, where it was
duly weighed. She did not know that the
purchaser was near, and as she drove
away toward his residence, he lightly
jumped on the rear end of her wagon
with only the honest intention of riding
home with her, intending to make his
presence known. But before he could do
so the lovely widow stopped over in the
wagon, and, to the establishment of her
unintentional witness, began throwing out
stones which she had concealed therein,
and had been weighed as barley.
Recently tramp called at the resi-
dence of an old lady named Askew, near
Covington, and, finding that the woman
and her grandchild-a girl of about
twelve years of age-were the only occu-
pants, ordered them to give him some
food. The old lady set before him the
best she had prepared in the house, buthe
refused to eat it, and ordered some ham
and eggs fried. The little granddaughter
ran into an adjoining room, and, procur-
ing shotgun, she presented it at the fell
low and told him that if he didn't get out
at once she would blow his head of! The
fellow saw at glance that the child
meant business, and wasn't to be fooled
with, and he ran out of the house and
made his way to the road as fast as his
legs could carry him. The little girl fol-
lowed him with her shotgun until he was
off the premises, when she marched back
and put up her gun.-Cincinnati Gazette.
H. S. Thomson, who returned from
trip to Hardyville, Arizona, a few days
ago, reports the death and cremation of
the mother OF Meadow, a noted Captain
of the Mohave tribe. The wake was kept
up for several days, during which time
fourteen fine horses, the property of the
relatives of the deceased were burned. 1t
is the custom of the tribe to burn all the
effects of the relatives of the deceased at
the time of death. In this instance large
OF property was consumed, as the
Meadow family for some years past had
been unusually healthy, and consequently
accumulated considerable wealth. Be-
side the fourteen horses mentioned, sew
eral tons of mescal, large quantity of
seeds, a considerable sum in silver coin,
and all the provisions and clothing of the
relatives OF deceased were consumed.
Even the clothing they were wearing
when they commenced their march around
the funeral pyre helped to feed the flames,
and the mourners returned to their homes
as naked as when they came into the
Neaos.
An incident has come to light in Bal
timore this week which recalls the story
of Enoch Arden. Charles Coates, who
left his home three years ago and was be-
.ieved to be dead, returned several days
since, to find that his wife was again
He was the driver of an ice
wagon, and says he has been in the West
ern States. Shortly after his disappear
ance the body of drowned man was
found in the Eastern District, an inquest
was held by Coroner Sultzer, and the re-
mains were inferred in the old Methodist
Cemetery, on Point Lane, north. of Green
mount. The wife believed the body was
hat of her absent husband, and made APP
plication to Mount Vernon Lodge, No. II,
Knights of Pythias, and William Louis
5chley Lodge of Mechanics, for benefits
due in such cases. The body was disin-
tered twice under the supervision of the
Coroner, in the presence Of committees of
The lodges, and it was finally decided not
to pay the benefits, for lack of satisfac.
Dry Identification. The returned husband,
it is understood, does not design interfer-
ing with the present marital relations of
his wife, but claims possession of his child.
Sun.