The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-25
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

~ NlVhCsl ~ aN<t<n Vl a
she was holding in her teeth and swal-
lowed in sudden burst of laughter.
The famous war dispatch sent by
Mr.. Archibald Forbes, the Eastern cor
respondent of the London Daily Netcs.
which described the second battle Of
Plevna. cost $500 simply for trans
mission.
An Indian woman while bathing al
Victoria, British Columbia, the othel
day. was seized by an octopus, or devil.
fish, and drowned. The body was dis
covered by Indians. the next day, lying
at the bottom of the bay in the grasp
of the octopus. They cut the tentaele:
and recovered the body.
A Wayne County farmer left his
vest hanging upon chair In one Of
the pockets were about dozen strych-
nine pills. His two little children dis
covered them. thought they were candy
and ate them. Physicians were called
and antidotes administered. but both
died within an hour.-N T. Times.
While Miss Matte Woodwork. Of
Grant. n. T.. was helping her father in
his grist mill, her hair, which WAS
hanging loose in her neck, and hel
dress both caught in the shafting. car.
rying her around between the shaft and
the hopper at very rapid rate. One
of her legs was broken twice and the
other once. Her scalp was pulled loose
from her skull. and her body badly
bruised.
A few days ago small colored boy
in the Township of Chatham held one
end of a short hickory whipstock in his
mouth while running and playing. In
the course of his scampering he fell,
and the end he held in his mouth was
driven through the back Of his neck.
requiring the strength of powerful
man to draw it out Proyidentially j,
missed the spinal column, and, being
healthy, the child is again quite well.
Chatham (Ont. Planet.
The Auburn On. W Ners prints
the story of the marriage of an Auburn
girl some years ago to a circus man
while the company was wintering there.
When summer came the fellow went
off with the show, and his wife heard
nothing from him until he recently sent
for her to come to him in Western
town. where he was diving. She went.
attended him in his last moments, and
received his handbook. in which he
was credited with $4,000.
"A jeweler in Harrisburg, Pa. gives
the following curious fact in reference
to the use of tobacco: He does not use
the weed. neither does one of his work
men. One of the employees of his store
uses tobacco almost to excess. The
former two can handle any polished
tool in the shop and lay it aside again.
without wiping it off, and noinjury will
follow, while on the other hand, If the
employee who INDUCES in tobacco, for
gets to wipe off any of the tools of a
fine finish, rust spots will invariably APP
pear in very short time.
Fresh anecdotes of the Presidents
experience during his southern trip are
appearing daily 1t is related that at
Tenn, man on a sorry
looking mule rode up and shook hands
with the President, saying: 1--we rode
ten miles this morning without my
breakfast to take him By the hand. and
by gum, I've done it" At Atlanta,
Ga. little boy four years old mounted
the platform Just after the President
had stopped speaking. and said, ..Hel-
10, Hayes The President of the
United States smiled graciously upon
the youngster and said, IS How d We do,
little one Pm. 7. Post.
A Joplin (Mo.) man, while on his
way home from jefferson City. fell into
the hands of the wicked and coyetous.
He was on the train, and near him sat
an innocent young man in whose eye
there only shone the love of the human
race. In his hand he held three books
very cheap-looking books The in
nocent young man reached into his
pocket and took out SO bill and laid
it between the leaves of one of the
books and closed it up. He then
turned to the Joplin man, and with a
smile that was very child-like, told him
he could have the choice of the three
books for Sc. Our friend from the
land of lead and blackjack saw the
edge of the SO bill sticking ont of the
end of the book, and thought to him
self, That fellow amt so sharp, after
all, I'll just take that X i'm He paid
his Sc, purchased the book, and oh
no. he wasn't mad and didn't cuss
around when he found that. instead of
; S10-bill sticking from the end of the
book, the meek-lOoking fraud had cut
about the eighth of an inch off the end
IF bill and pasted it to the edge of
eaf. Dallas Ger } Inteligencer.