Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-10-28
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Serious Runaway Accident-B Borough
Budget.
At about $50 o'clock last evening rc
CURED an accident. the results of which
might have been fatal, but which, GOrtu-
nately, will prove to lie unattended with
serious consequences. Mr.. and Mrs. ID.
Brainard Case, of this place, were visiting
yesterday afternoon at the residence of J.
Houston Mitfiin, at Norwood, about one
mile from here. Shortly before half-past
five o'clock Mr.. Cases horsc-a thorough
bred IIambletOnian-was taken to the
door of MIR. Mifflin's residence. and Mr..
Case and his wife took their seats in the
buggy to return home. They had pro-
cecded but very short distance when the
bit-a rubber arrangement which was
supposed to cover steel wirc-broke
in the horses mouth, and the animal,
a spirited beast, feeling at liberty,
became unmanageblc and dashed down
the pike until Chestnut street
was reached, and then down the
latter street at 4 terrific rate of speed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Case sat in the buggy
pOwerless to either govern or guide the
beast, which, however, held to the middle
of the street until, in attempting to make
the short turn just below Mr.. S. II. Pur-
pies residence, the buggy was upset.
Mrs. Case was thrown to the ground and
severely cut about the face, but i: is
thought she sustained 10 internal injuries.
MIR. Case, however, escaped less luckily
he was thrown, head first, with terrible
force against a fence on the side Of the
rad, striking it with his head with fore Q
sufficient to break the thick rail which
received the shock. His injuries are
principally about the face although he is
cut and bruised about the limbs. His face
is cut in several places and his right check
bone is broken. Mr. and Mrs. Case ale
both confined to their beds, but DR.. Him
kle, the attending physician, thinks they
will be able to be about in few days.
We called upon Mr.. Case this morning and
found him very cheerful. The horse es-
capped unhurt and the buggy with but lit
tie injury.
An early riser tells us he saw snow on Il
house top this morning. 1t failel to re-
main long enough for us to see it.
The Shawnee rolling mill company Ia .
an order from San Francisco. Cal, for five
hundred tons Of muck bar iron. We like
to hear of these things and say "lct the
good work go on
The Republican battalion paraded in
town last night with something over five
hundred men.
There appears to DC a good bit of dissat
islaction here over the failure Of the Lar
caster Republicans to come to time at last
nights Republican parade. Some of our
people say they arc not the tick
A new schedule went into effect On the
Reading railroad OH Monday.
A herd Of cattle brought here yesterday
ran of, jumped into the river, swan to the
dam and fell into the river again. and oc
casioned no end of trouble.
S. G. Swartz's new ice house is going up
slowly.
1t is rainy and disaSrceab!c to-day.
There We're no excursion tickets sold
here this morning for the special excur-
sion train for the Frederick county fair
which left here at IN early hour to-day.
The inclcmcnt weather is probably the
cause.
The boy Manhart, who fell from third
story window of his fathers residence to
the ground and broke both wrists, about
four weeks ago, is SO far recovered as to be
able to attend school again.
The Democratic parade appointed for to-
night has been postponed and will prob
ably take place tomorrow night when
Gen. William Patton is expected to make |
a speech Oh the tariff issue. The Repub-
lican parades at York and Mountville have |
also b scn postponed until Saturday night. |