The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-05-23
TYPICAL OCCURRENCES.

Mr.. WOODBRIDGE, of Hillsboro, Texas,
went into drug store, drew revolver,
compelled the clerk to give him some
strychnine, said that he would shoot
anybody who tried to prevent his sui
eide, took the poison, and died with the
cooked weapon in his hands.
AN eccentric individual named Will
lam Southergill, who died at Montreal
last week, had been i'll for some time,
but refused all attendance. He kept a
loaded revolver at his bedside to shoot
either doctor or clergyman who might
be tempted to visit him. He was in a
disgustingly filthy state at his death
from self-imposed neglect.
G. G. Cook, the night watcl man of
the State House at Indianapolis, Ind.
lately took dose of strychnine by mis-
take and was found in the State library
in an unconscious sta ie, and in violent
tetanic convulsion. After three hours
of pumping aud rubbing he recovered,
asking for chew of tobacco, and, an
hour later, was apparently in his usual
health, with the exception of feeling
of soreness in his muscles.
DIR. ROSE and Mr.. Garfield drank two
glasses of whisky in drug store at
Alliance, Ohio, and found it so good
that they called for more. AS they
raised the glasses again the physician
said: Here's your good health" "Oh,
don't say that" said Garfield; consider
your business, and wish this stuff may
make me sick" They drank, and
within an hour both were dead, the
druggist having given them poison by
mistake.
The living and dead were recently
bed-fellows for nearly twenty-four hours
in Welshmans house in Cornwall A
farmer and his wife lived alone in a
house. The husband was helpless
paralytic; the wife was hale and hearty.
The poor man awoke one morning to
find his wife, who had seemed to be in
perfect health when she went to bed,
dead by his side. Unable to move or
to make any one hear, the unfortunate
man was compelled to remain in bed all
day with his wife's corpse, and it was not
until evening that the neighbors broke
into the house and discovered what was
amiss.
A MAN who was brought before a
Chester England Police Court for fail
ing to pay stipulated amount toward
the maintenance of his six children in
the workhouse, his wife being at the same
time in an asylum, and who proved that he
had been laid up ten weeks by an acct
dent, been thirteen weeks unable to
get employment, and received only FL
week after mourning unavoidable
debt, and had paid every penny he
could, was sentenced to months i'm
prisonment at hard labor, by way of re-
ieving his difficulties, and enabling him
to do n.ore for the support of his family,
in spite of his pitiful appeal: "For
Gods sake, gentlemen, give me a
chance. l was never in prison. If you
send me I'll lose my work. If you give
me time I'll pay all"
The following incident, which has
slight David and Goliath suggestive
ness in it-only in this case the little
hero had no sling-comes to us through
Pacific coast exchange: On the
9th inst. a boy II years of age
named Francisco Rios, of Monterey,
Cad, killed full-grown buck under the
following circumstances: He was rest
ing under tree when he was suddenly
confronted by large buck. He hal
looed, but with no good effect. The
buck, instead of retreating, advanced
furiously toward his young disturber,
lowering at the time his head in style
of Spanish toro. Francisco, although
much frightened, picked up stone
about the size of an egg and hurled it
at his assailant, striking him on the
head between the horns. The missile
did fatal work. The buck came roll
ing down the hillside into small creek
dead.
FRANK QUARLEs, colored, was holding
service in his church, in Atlanta, on
Sunday night. Just as he began to
preach colored brother from another
church insisted upon going upstairs
despite the circumstances of the officials
of the church. Thereupon the brothers
fine coat was jerked open and badly
torn. Then they "went together"
Others joined in the melee. The Rev.
Mr.. Quarles shouted for "order." The
congregation arose and perched itself
on the backs of the benches. Some of
the benches turned over. One of the
sisters on the back of a bench exclaimed 4:
Just look at um, honey" and, losing her
poise, dived down between the benches.
One over-zealous Quixotic member
of another church mounted upon
the back of bench, and folding his
hand, drew it back and let drive his fist
against lamp. This proceeding broke
the lamp chimney and, scalped the
colored gentleman's fist. The light
from the lamp was also extinguished.
A piece of brick came along and took a
new hat from the head of one of the
sisters. At length "order" was restored,
and the pastor proceeded with the
services, and baptized about thirty
persons.