The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-02-08
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

"A man In sing sing, N. T., planted
nitro glycerine, and the other day he went
to dig it up. His pick struck the can and
all the neighborhood thought there was
an earthquake. But the man, O, where
was he:-Boston Globe.
Joseph Coberly, of Denver, went to
Sydney, Neb., short time since to pur-
chase horses, which he is reported to have
done. Since that time he has been miss
ing, and foul play was supposed to have
befallen him. But it is now reported
that he was frozen to death two miles
from Fort Morgan, and that his dead
body has been found, with his faithful
dog lying dead upon it.
"A Denver man who lost his Overcoat
discovered it on the back of the thief
while strOlling down the street one day,
and, pitching into the sneak, yanked the
coat off his back, kicked him in the
stomach, rolled him over in the snow,
punched his eyes, tied him up in bow
knot, and stood him on his head against
brick wall quite a long time before he
discovered that he had made a mistake,
and that the Overcoat was not his, but the
mans, and that the man was an invalid
Eastern clergyman, visiting Colorado for
his health.
Conductor Hem, who was in charge
of the train which went through the Ash
tabula bridge, went on duty again the
other day. A passenger who was on
his train when he went over the new
bridge for the first time told Toledo
Commercial reporter that he noticed that
as the train neared the bridge Hem
seemed very much agitated. The horrors
of that awful night Ct terrors seemed to
come over him so completely that the
great drops of perspiration rolled down
his face, and he grasped the seat nerv-
0usly for support. When the train passed
off the bridge on to terru .fvmn he cx-
claimed, Thank God I'm over, and now
I'm not afraid to 60 over it thousand
times"
MIR. and Mrs. Sterner, residing near
Littletown, Pa, died recently under pc
cular circumstances. One Sunday Mr..
and Mrs. Steiner, both very old people,
were alone, and about six o clock Mr.. 8. was
very suddenly Frustrated by stroke of ap-
Oplexy, and his wife went out doors to blow
horn for assistance, and while out is sup
posed to have been overtaken by the same
disease and fell to the ground, where she
was found on Monday morning, dead and
covered with several inches of snow. Mr..
Steiner was found in q senselcss condi-
ton upon the floor in the same spot
where he had fallen the evening before,
the fires all out, door standing open, and
his body nearly frozen stiff. He died the
next day.
"A remarkable feat of surgery was re-.
Gently performed upon Gen. David Bar
rett, of Whitehall, N. Y, aged seventy
nine years. Ten years ago, he was in
jured by falling upon pie of boards,
and splinter Of wood was extracted
from his side. At periods since he has
suffered severe pains in his kidney, which
was ascribed to overwork. Recently he
was taken with more violent pains in the
organ named, and an investigation showed
the presence of foreign substance. An
inc:sion disclosed the head of a tenpenny
nail, aud further use of the scalpel
showed the surgeon that the nail was i'm
bedded in the old mans kidney, and that
modification had set in. The only chance
OF saving tie patients life was the excis-
sion of the organ, which was successfully
done, and, notwithstanding his advanced
age, Gen. Barrett has made rapid and
sure progress toward recovery.
How is the following for lawyer fees :
The New York Tribune publishes . bill
presented by William r. Martin, Presi-
dent of the Park Department, against the
Windsor Hotel Company, for legal serv-
ices, the gross amount Of which is $780,.
600. Mr.. Martin'e lowest charge is 800.
For drawing the assignment for lease he
charges 81, 600; for his services in three
foreclosure suits, 1000; and for the
negotiation Of one mortgage he asks $751;
600. Then there is another item of $0O,-
600 for " saving property" This reminds
the New York Graphic of the case of the
poor woman who was fighting In the
courts for her fathers property for nearly
ten years. She had clear case, but
when she was finally awarded go, 900,