The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-04-13
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

Alfred Graves, of Guilford, VT, was
accidentally killed at Charleston a few
days ago. He was in the act Of binding
load of hay, when the pole slipped,
knocking MIR. G. to the floor, and he died
soon after.
One day last week a young man in a
neighboring town was invited with his
sweetheart to attend party, but unfor-
tunately was not in possession of enough
money to defray expenses. To provide it
he killed neig hbor's dog, skinned it and
sold the hide to lanyard, realizing
enough to supply his interchangeable
(Ky.) Bulletin.
"A Williamsburg Is. C.) justice tried
case some time since, involving the
larcency Of clay pipe, valued at one
cent; a mistrial was ordered in the first
instance, and a new trial ordered; the
proceedings cost the county thirtytwo
dollars. The case is quite an improve
ment on the one tried in the same county
about year ago for assault and battery
on goose.
Not long ago snow-slide occurred
on Ophir Hill, Utah, carrying away the
boarding house of the POOrman's Mine in
its descent, in which were five men, VIM.
Higgings, foreman of the mine; James
Higginson, John Toole, Thos Lynch,
and Chinaman cook. Toole and the
Chinaman escaped the accident, while the
others were carried over the cliffs below.
The bodies of Lynch and Higginson have
been recovered from the slide. A force
Of about 100 men at last accounts were
searching for the missing man.
"A well-known negro in Lynchburg,
Va, died recently very singular death.
He called loudly for the "blood to be
caught in pan," and kept crying out he
would "never do so again." And then,
says the Lynchburg Nesos, he stated in a
clear and connected manner, that about
| three years ago white man, whom he
knew to have large sum of money, drank
at his bar and got shaved by him. He
cut the customers throat with the razor.
concealed the body, and at night, assisted
| by his brothers (names and numbers pur-
posely omitted by us) he sunk the remains
in the canal with heavy weight at
tached, appropriating the strangers
money. He said that the canal was SUBJ
sequently dragged by the authorities,
which we remember to have been done,
but the body having been covered by the
mud, was not discovered. His last cries
were prayers that the horrid scene of the
murder should be hidden from his eyes,
and he died praying for forgiveness for
the crime he had committed. The Nens
believes every word of the negro's state
ment to be the truth.
Near Stanton's Mills, Somerset Coun-
ty, Pa, there died recently two very aged
women, sisters, the elder aged eighty
seven and the younger eighty-two. They
resided with the family of the son Of one
of them, and had both become somewhat
childish and intractable several months
prior to their death. They were sick at
the same time, and occupied beds in the
same room, footing each other. 1t is re-
lated by neighbor that the two old
women quarreled just short time previous
to their death, about the position in which
the Bible should be placed upon a table
in the room, and each was bound to have
her way. Too feeble to move, they lay in
bed, and in the manner of little children
called each other ''names," meanwhile
shaking their fists in way they probably
thought was very threatening. 1t had
been the boast of each that she would live
longer than her sister; and at last when
the younger woman peacefully passed
from earth, the elder seemed for moment
to glory in the fact that she had won the
race. But it was not for long. Even be-
fore the body of her dead sister was cold,
she, too, relinquished her feeble hold on
life, and slept the sleep that knows no
waking this side the portals of the tomb.