The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-01-27
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS,

"A Berks County (Pa.) man while
cunning succeeded in killing hawk,
and found that its feet were fast in
a new and strong steel trap, such as are
set for rats. Where the trap had been
brought from is not known, but it had
evidently been carried long distance.
"A few days ago Mr.. Perkins, Of
Brookhavcn, Miss, playfully measured
j. II. Stewart for coffin and ascer:ained
that an eighteen inch box would do for him.
About eight hours afterward he was aston
ished to receive notice Of Mr.. Stewards
death and an order for coffin. The
coffin was sent in accordance with the
above measurement.
Miss Lucy Parks, lady teacher at
Neazie, Me-, was savagely assaulted re-
Gently by Goody Smith, a twelve year old
boy, whom she was about to punish. He
hit her on the head with rusty gimlet
and then stabbed her near the heart She
has been delirious and at last accounts
was likely to die. The youth Is half
brother of Joseph Smith, who was re-
Gently sent to State Prison for life for tue
murder of Josslyn.
"A gentleman living in Boston High
lands, who for twenty years has worn an
entire upper set of false teeth, went from
hot room the other morning into the
cold air without, the thermometer being
at twelve degrees below zero, when the
intense cold instantly snapped the plate
upon which the teeth were set, breaking
it in two pieces.
AS Mark Galusha, of Berlin, N. Y,
was crossing Berlin Mountain, recently,
he was stopped by masked man, who
leveled double barreled shot gun at his
head and demanded Ibis money or his
litc." The money, one cent, was sur
rendered. The highwayman proved to be
Edward MCGEE, of WilliamstOwn, and he
has been captured, taken to Berlin, N. Y,
and bound over to await the action of the
next court at Troy, N. Y.
"A grandson of William Knowles, of
Clifford, N. H., nine years old, started to
go home from the house of neighbor,
where he had been stopping to play for q
short time, about dark a few days ago.
He did not appear at home, and search
was made, which resulted in finding his
lifeless body hanging in the window Of the
school house. He had attempted to climb
in the window TO get his books, the door
his neck, either sutfocating him or break
ing his neck.
"A lady at Bradford, N. H., has had
narrow escspe from being buried alive.
She had been sick for some time, and had
apparently died. Preparations for the
funeral were made on the third day after
the supposed death, when it was observed,
as she was placed in her coffin, that one OF
the eyes was partly open. Nothing was,
however, thought of this, as it was
thought to be muscular contraction after
death. But when all the arrangements for
the funeral were complete she astonished
the attendants by sudden reqeest to be
placed on one side.
Mrs. Sharkey, poor widow, put her
child out to nurse with a German woman
who became attached to il and refused to
surrender it. She brought the child to the
Court House yesterday under htbeas
corpus from Judge Donohue, and as she
entered the Supreme Court room Mrs.
Sharkey flew at her and snatched the child
from her. The nurse then grabbed the
baby's legs and they pulled at it, scream
ing, till they were separated by the court
officers, and Mrs. Sharkey ran out of
court with her prize without waiting for
the legal process. The nurse was carried
out in Mysteries New York World.