The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-01
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

"A man named John Gent commit
ted suicide at Sleepy Eye, Mimi, a
few days since, by hanging himself to
the bell-rope in the school-house.
At Fresno, the other day, a steer
jumped from the end door of cattle
car and fell under the wheels. Three
cars, loaded with cattle, were wrecked.
Damage about $1,000.
"A New York firm, nearly driven
wild by missing letters, have discover
ed the cause ,of their trouble. They
had lazy Office boy who stuffed 2,4O0
letters into an unused desk.
Ellen Ganley, aged five years, of
West New York, was bitten on the
cheek by black spider week ago.
Soon afterward the flesh began to red
den and swell She died on Sunday
night. m Y. Sun.
"A remarkable phenomenon oc-
Cured near Little Stony Mountain,
Manitoba, during late thunderstorm.
What appeared to be dense volume Of
cloud struck the prairie with such vio-
lence as to make large excavation in
the earth about six feet deep.
in response to written orders, the
expressmen of Meriden, Conn, were
sent in great haste to a hotel to take
the trunk of l.. f. Plant to the depot.
The landlord took the joke kindly at
first. but as express wagon after ex-
press wagon drove up the joke became
monotonous.
At meeting recently at New Con-
cord Church, horse was hitched too
near bumble-bees' nest. The bees at
tackled him slightly at first, but as he
charged and plunged, attempting to
get away, they attacked him from all
sides, until the poor beast could stand
it no longer. He uttered shrek after
shrek in his agony. and then laid down
and died. Brooklyn en- CO. Eagle.
The wife of a New York clergy
man lost her trunk while a student at
the Andover Girls Seminary ten years
ago, and, although it was well adver-
tised, nothing was heard of it. Re-
Gently, however, the trunk was found
in the attic of one of the dormitories,
and, though the lock had been removed
and the initials of the trunk erased, the
to some money placed between the
leaves of Bible.
AT the upper lock, in Carrillion
Canal, a few days ago, a young man by
the name of Charron was passing, when
two or three men were trying to turn
the windlass to lift sluice gate, which
is very hard to do. The young man
said in boast: "If you will give me
fifty cents l will lift it alone" The
offer was accepted, the money paid,
when he took hold of the crank, and
by his strength did the work and got
the money. A short time after he said
to friend: 81 have killed myself for
fifty cents - He died in about ten
days.-Lachute &c. e. Watchman.
In taking down the Jail at Danville
the workmen found carefully concealed
ON little projection in the vault the
key made by Bristol Bill, and with
which it is said he unlocked all the cell
doors and let all the prisoners together.
1t came to the keepers notice that this
was done, but the key could never be
found, and remained in its retirement
for twenty-seven years. This key is a
curiosity. The shaft, which is eight or
ten inches long, is an old tin-dipper
handle, filled with zinc, which Bill tore
up from under the stove and melted
and run into it, thus making it heavier
and stronger. A cross-piece at the end,
made of the same material, gave a
chance for purchase. The part Of
the key that turned the lock was made
of tin tubes, also filled with zinc, and
strengthened by tenpenny nails in the
center, driven through the shaft. AL
together it is pretty formidable key,
and is a good piece of workmanship,
considering the tools and appliances
the maker had. 1t was doubtless Bills
intention to unlock the outer door also,
but he was unable to reach the lock
through the diamond. "-St. Johns
bury lN.1 Caledonian.