The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-07-12
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

"A Cattaragus County IN. " girl has
sued her father for $500 for breach of con-
tract. She S, US that while he was q wild
over he offered her $500 to get him wife.
She got him wife and now he refuses to
pay.
AT Hannibal, Mo-, few days ago,
Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Crosby and two
children were drowned by the fall of q
bridge, which gave way as they were
crossing It.
The other day, at Sussex, N. j., seven
miners engaged in drawing a bucket filled
with ore from mine, caught the rope on
q stone and cut it in two, by which five of
the men were precipitated into q washed
out mine, and four, Baxter Jones, VIM.
Garyey, Henry Peters and Richard Agar,
were killed.
Capt. Charles Brown, of Southport,
Me-, was placidly fishing in his dory, the
other day, when he felt bite " which
jerked him over the edge. His compan-
ion, however, caught him by the heel as
he was about to disappear in the briny
deep, and pulled him in, still clinging to
his line; the two, after protracted strug-
gle, succeeded in hauling the fish aboard,
which proved to be hallbut weighing
l30 pounds.
"A man by the name of Cast, in Gin
cinnati, lost his little girl three years old.
A young lady found the waif and cared
for her tenderly for week at great
trouble, and finally discovered who her
parents were, and borrowed hat and
other things to take her wee thing home
in. She barely escaped with a whole
skull, and now has milliner's bill to pay.
She thinks if charity is twice blessed it is
about time for the first installment to be
paid.
The Western woman doesn't rob well.
A burglar broke into the house of Mrs.
Gray, of Kansas City, who was alone. and
told her if she made any noise or attempt
ed to get out of bed he would kill her.
She was frightened, and did not speak or
stir while he packed her silverware and
jewelry for removal. Then by way of
emphasizing parting injunction not to
raise an alarm, he boxed her ears. That
made her SO angry that she forgot her
fear, jumped out of bed. knocked the
burglar down with a chair, pulled his hair,
scratched his face, stamped upon him,
and yelled at the top of her voice. A po-
lice officer heard the noise and rushed
to the rescue of the PROSTATE man, and
took him to Jail in order to protect him
from fatal injuries from the Irate woman.
1t is terrible thing to fall into the hands
of such a person, and burglars should be
careful.
"A Philadelphia special to the Chicago
Tribune states that during the execution
of sthe Molly Maguire'' murderers at
Pottsville, Gov. Hartranft sat in the tele-
graphic Office in Philadelphia by the side
of an operator who maintained constant
communication with the Pottsville office,
while his the Goyernor's) Private Secre-
tary stood at the foot Of the gallows with
a reprieve in his pocket for Duffy, the
last man who was hung. The reprieve
was to be used in case any of the con-
demned men had in their last speeches ex-
culpated Duffy from any share in the
crime of which he was found guilty. TIE
evidence against him was circumstantial-
ly strong but not absolute, and this course
was taken to avoid the possibility of his
being hung after some of the dying men
had asserted his innocence. But the
words that would have respited him at
least were not spoken, the reprieve re-
NAMED unread, ana the executioner did
his work.