The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-01-25

"A mad COW owned by Mr.. Digger,
of CRANKY, Mo-, attacked the log cabin in
which the Digger family resided, and
tore down one side of it, one of the falling
logs striking an infant six months old,
and killing It.
Minnie Lonsdale, q young actress,
was recently burned to death at Newark.
NJ j. Her dress caught fire from red.
hot stove, against which she carelessly
brushed her skirts. She was nineteen
years of age, and had been but six months
upon the stage.
leans, fell in love with young lady and
was betrothed he also fell desperately in
love with drink and got betrothed to his
cups. The young lady refused to marry
him unless he would give up his dissipa-
ton; she had no idea of being wife No.
2, especially when wife No. was devil
making beast of her spouse, and told
him so. And then he shot himself.
Young men should be careful how they
fall in love.
"A man sleeping alone in the cabin of
the sloop Ida, at wharf at the mouth of
the kennebunk River, says a Maine ps-
per, was awakened during the night by
some one touching him and saying: +" You
will be drowned" On opening his eyes,
no one was present; but he Immediately
turned out, went on deck, and found the
side of the vessel caught under the wharf
| by the tide, and shortly it would have
sunk, and cabin and all been under wa
ter. With q plank he pried the side
from the wharf, and she came up with the
tide.
Michael Mulroy. New York quarry
man, few days ago, entered the house
OF John KailOr, corner of Mott avenue
and One Hundred and Forty ninth street,
with number of cartridges Of giant powder
which had been frozen together, and set
about thawing them before stove Mulroy
sat down, holding the cartridges close to it,
and cOnversed wit1kthe inmates, Sud-
denly six two pound cartridges exploded,
completely demolishing the rear of the
building. George KailOr, four years old,
was instantly killed, and Mrs. Kailor and
infant were seriously injured. Mulroy
was badly burned about the body.
III. w. Vandervoort, a romantic
young schOolmaster in a country region OF
Long Island, married clandestinely Miss
Addie johnson, the daughter of Abram
johnson, of WOOdsburg. When the cere.
mony had been finished, the young per.
sons resolved to brave the matter out, and
melt the parent by their tears and sup
plications. But the parents were sur.
prised-and didn't melt. The mother
beat the daughter and the father kicked
the young man out of doors and off the
premises, not even stopping to open the
gate. This experience seems to show that
the old plan of getting at safe distance
and asking the parents to relent by mail
is the best
The alleged attempt at burning the
painting of Lookout Mountain" in
Rochester, N. Y, proves to have been 9
scheme on the part of the agent of the
owner to get free advertising and swell
the attendance on the exhibitions. The
pretended threatening letter from an ex
rebel twas fraudulent. Gen. Hooker is til,
owner of the painting, and is, of course
not responsible for the trick. The dam
age actually inflicted was slight, AM cal
be easily repaired. An insurance of $25,
600 had been effected on the painting, bu
the policies have since been Cancelled
The cause of art would not have sufferet
seriously if the painting had been burned
l-CAicago Tribune.
AS the passenger train was coming
up from Cairo the coolest night this win
ter, just as it left Essex Station, thre
tramps jumped on the pilot of the loco
motive. The train ran about three mile
to a wood station before stopping. Whe1
the engineer went around to put them of
two of them were 50 stiff with cold tina
they could not move. and the third role,
helplessly off the pilot. All were speech
less, and had to be carried into the bag
gage-car. When they recovered thci
speech, as might be expected, they unite'
in declaring that that was their last al
tempt to steal ride on a locomotive. Ha'
the run been little longer they would, il
all probability, have frozen to DEATH
Poplar Bluffs (N0.) Citizen.