Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-09-29
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Strange MIshRpS,

Juss es Thomas Fenan, Eged fourteen, of An
derson, Ind., bad placed two ycuuscr Buys on
ioothod, after saving them from d;oSnipg, be
fell backward a1d WIS drowned.
Wesley Buchanan stepped on so s!der STALK,
! suffering slight puuoture 10 his knee and
died 10 terrible asory Of lcosj,w ae lived at
Flndlsy Oaio.
N. Z. Olson, Of Mcpherson, Kan, aged 70
yotra, was unhicEiag nile team from plow
aDd bsd them nearly loose, when the mules
started, and iu his endaa7cr to check them he
was thrown to tho ground. The p!ow ran over
hin. cutting OF Ills car.
While .rfytpg railroad tie on lil shoulder
ED double bitted sx 10 his hand, Geo. Dis.
brow. Of Baiey's Harbor, Wis, slipped and
tell on his ax, cutting himself across tho abdo-
N III SO that the insesti1es protruded. HIS then
walked sovcn miles to house.
Whea milkmGn of Florence, Mass, went
loto his stables recently. he found his entire
herd suspended to the mans g:rs By their halt
ers, AID tho stable floor lying 10 the c,llar. A
platform was built under them at once by tho
aeghboIs. aad tho eleven COWS wore re- c1od
Goirj ared.
Joo Tsv.or, of Gold Run, Csl, Tell into
iIumo where tho water WAS running at great
speed. lie shot through tho humo 500 feet,
tell ever SO eight foot dUmp, aud YVES carried
down The canyon s!roam 500 feet, when he was
Eoo to btlrg hims:lf to stop. lilo escaped
Hitsiou. ibloIy.
Twenty years ago Boomer Wilson, of Tho.
resa, N. y, was bistou By a rsttlesnake. He
vas recently stuaG by hoes. and iu short time
prlcAlng seasstion was left. His tongue, arms
and tees began to swell, and he became spotted.
Ii was conf &c uEed that poison remaining in
hls system was aggravated by tho sting.
"a Judgment on me- for desccratiog the Sab
bath, said Harrison Muosey of Jefferson,
Me-, as he ley on his bed with broken shoul.
der. lie ls prominent Methodist, but Looking
from his window one Sunday mornug, he saw
q hock Of Crows pulling up his corn, and seiz.
ing an Old muskst that had been loaded for
years. he fred among thom. His shoulder
YVES broken in three places by the c,il.
John HUT drove up TO the mines at Willow
Creek, Oal., with load OF provisions and fas-
tenod hi5 horses to 8 tree near precipics.
Whlo ne uent into cabin. In hia absence a
blaet 10: eft in tho mine stripped both horses Of
their harness AID left them hanging by their
halters over the bank. Whom be returnod one
horse was dead and tho other was choking 10
death. Hc thea cut them loose, when the Iiv-
lJg horse, after c roll of $50 feet got up, shook
himself End walked away.
Fred Ricbter. of Indianapolis, led, jumped
out OF his csrrage to tsko bis horse by the
head bocauso it wss frightened at passing
:rslo. As he did so the horse reared and bis
troas hoot caught Richter in the mouth, st.
ting it down and cutting tho muscles and ssh
90 both sides so that tho lower jar buug only by
the HINGES a secopd stroke forced Riohter's
Rehter'a left eycball out upon the check, and
threw him down. and as no fell face downward,
both hoofs struck bin io the spiuo, partially
dislooaing it. Notwithstanding his terrible
Injuries, he is still alive and may vat recover,