The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-06-15
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

A Hartford (Conn) landlady saved
the life of a member ofthe Legislature, the
other night, by rousing him after he had
blown out the gas in his sleeping-room
and gone to sleep.
William Johnson, colored, resident
of Midway, KY, no longer is an advocate
of coal-oil lamps. He blew down the
chimney of one the other day to extin-
guish the light, and the lamp exploded,
leaving him in a frst-class condition to
turn blind beggar..
An insane man, named E. L. Wilson,
of Wilmington, N. G., got out of his bed e,
in the absence Of his keeper, and going to
the kerosene can took it up, poured at
least a quart of oil upon his head, and
then set it on fire. He was burned to a
crisp before assistance reached him.
"A Stonington Conn., man says that
his wife, who has now been dead twenty
seven years, nightly appears to him, not
in his dreams, but in his waking mo-
ments, to engage him in conversation, and
to speed his preparations for meeting her
in the happy land. She comes clothed in
the habiliments of the flesh, seats herself
on the edge of the bed right after his re-
firing, and leaves him before drowsiness
comes. She talks exactly as she did
while living, and tells him of the glories
of paradise. He is very old man, and
so is almost ready to go.
While Xenia (Ohio) woman was at
work in the garden the other day, her two
year-old boy was left to his amusements
in the house, one OF which consisted in
boiling every door that was not already
bOlted When the mother endeavOred to
enter, she found herself locked out, and
as every window was securely fastened
down, the vexed question how to get in
was to be solved. The child was too
young to appreciate the difficulty of the
| maternal situation, and to respond to her
direction to unbolt. After calling in as
sistance and much study, window-pane
was cut out, the spring reached and sash
raised, by which admittance Was gained,
the infant all the while remaining calm
and curious spectator of the operation.
Yesterday afternoon a span of mules
drawing a load of lumber came down
Third avenue south on furious run, but
without any incident of an exciting char
acter until they reached Washington av-
enue. Here two boys were playing ball
and they did not observe the approach of
the runaways until they were in very close
proximity to them. One of the boys
managed to dart off beyond the reach of
immediate danger, but the other, little
fellow named George Magyar, before he
could escape, found himself 6etsceen the
two running mules. Realizing his great
peril, and with remarkable presence OF
mind, he stopped until the neckyoke had
passed over his head, and then caught
hold of the pole of the wagon just forward
of the double-trees. Here he held like
grim death until all of the 8x8 timber
with which the wagon was loaded was
shaken off by the motion of the vehicle in
its quick travels toward the river. Find.
ing the timber all gone, and observing
that he was travelling in the direction Of
far greater peril, and that the danger to
life or limb was momentarily increasing,
young Magan released his hold on the
pole and dropped to the ground, the
wagon passing over him without inflict.
ing any other injury than slight cut on
the cheek.-Minneapolis Tribune.