Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-02-03
,xupENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

). Omaha school boy asked his seat
y,se and, as he did so, he placed
us,e - slate pencil under him. The
sn down upon it but got up again
boy 81 Suddenly, as the pencil had pierced
rsan ~, 10 the depth of two inches. The
nis 5ed how had to be taken home in a
Nou ... md has been sick ever since.
puss w,I,iam and James Anterior, of
bennington. Pa, went out cunning re-
aantly. A squirrel ran into hollow tree,
81 William climbed up to scare it; his
s - got his gun In readiness to shoot
.rhsn il reappeared. The firearm was dis
snhsrred accordingly, and William received
ne contents in his side, iniiicting danger
0ls RI MerIden Conn Republican tells
queer story about the ice on a pond at
porky Hill having been covered, the 9TH
:. aay, with large, reddish worms, so
sh;ek rs TO be crushed at every step, and
~, tour DAYS later black and smaller
.sIety Joined them, the grass on the edge
! he pond also being full of these squirm-
While man was tinkering at some
n nipes near Parker, Pa, plug was
scosened out of one of them. causing a
IAN of petroleum To flow simultaneous
! non him and fire near at hand,
.bgrsby he was instantly enveioped in
ssues The man was thrown into q
ran of water before being seriously
inlured, but not till after he was badly
Scared. -
A somewhat singular ana ludicrous
Incident took place in tie village of Bal
tiuore early this week. During trial of
several persons before Esquire Ginder, for
selling liquor, knocking the Marshal
down. keeping disorderly houses, etc, an
old citizen got up and proposed a compro-
mise, and the trial was turned into regu-
lar experience meeting. After general
bsndshaking, the longmeter Doxology
was sung and the congregation dispersed.
Cincinnati Gazette.
AT one of the stations on the Harlem
Railroad day or two ago very large
man failed TO secure a ticket before en-
tenng the cars. Refusing TO pay the add
ditional charge levied 10y the company, or
to leave the train, the conductor, aided by
two brakemen, undertook to assist him
to the door. The passenger offered no
resistance, but the two, with their com
bined efforts were unable TO move him.
He finally told the conductor that he had
earned his money, and handed over five
cents which was the amount asked.
in the midst of funeral services at
Pottsville, Pa, the other day, the floor
sank several feet and seemed about to
give away Immediately there was a
general stampede of the persons assem-
bled, and scene, not of respectful de-
pertinent toward the dead, but of indis-
criminate rushing and scramblIng TO
save the living. Beyond few slight
bruises incurred in the pushing at the
door, no one was hurt The coffin WAS
opened at the grave, when it was found
that the corpse had partly turned around.
A man in Nashville, Tenn, Is about
TO sue young man who, while visiting
one Of the bellies of that city, hitched his
horse TO one of plaintiffs trees. This tree
was gnawed in two by the impatient horse,
and thereafter said animal was constantly
hitched to plaintiffs front fence until IT
was literally "chawed up" necessitating
q new fence, erected after defendants
marriage. And now, that the Edgefield
man has got his girl, plaintiff thinks il
nothing more than fair that he be required
to pay damages to the amount above de-
srrihel