Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-09-13

| NarrosU Escape from Death.-Thom.
as Johnson, one of johnson Bros, mar
rowly escaped death one day this week
on the farm four miles west of here.
He had occasion to change the quart
ers of a bull, when the animal became
Infatuated and assaulted him. He was
quickly thrown to the ground and the
beast rushed upon him and began to
gore. Fortunately, Thomas brother,
Charles, was near by. The latter lit
orally "took the bull by the horns" and
by dint of almost superhuman exer-
tons succeeded in releasing Thomas
from his perilous position. The injur-
ed man is confined to the house, but
will soon be abroad again.
A Discore'y.-While eating an apple
the other day Alexander Rankin, Of
Allegany, found a long, slim, jointed
worm, which, unrolled, measured ten
inches. He brought it to town and
submitted it to parties versed in such
matters who pronounced it tape
worm. Perhaps this discovery I'M
ravels an old mystery concerning the
origin of the tape-worm, discussed
by doctors aver since the orchard in
Eden was recognized as garden. We
would not be surprised, after all, if
the snake on that OCCASION was in the
apple, and the tape-worm of to day
the lineal descendant of the serpent
who gave our great ancestors so much
distress. In eating apples, therefore,
be careful not to inherit tape-worm,
Insurance Matters. A special
agent Of several fire insurance COM
panies was in Frostburg Monday in
specting the risks carried by them
here. He talked very plainly con-
corning the neglect Of the town in
providing means of protection from
fire, and stated that unless q change in
this respect soon occurred, all careful
companies would withdraw business
from here. OF course it was unnec-
essary for him to say that reckless
companies, in whose hands We would
be left, if any, are unsafe.
A letter from = general agent to a
"local" in this place this week con-
this suggestive paragraph:
fyour city doesn't soon get water 1 fear
the insurance companies will demand an in
increase in rate or stop insuring.
A Mysterious Accident.-Last Sat-
urday morning Mr.. James Kane, ono
of our most prominent citizens, left
Frostburg in his buggy visited Cum
berland; attended to some business
and carly in the afternoon set out up
ON his return home. The weather was
warm and he drove leisurely along.
At the Six Mile House he looked at
his watch and found he had been one
and-a-half hours on the road. This is
the last incident of the trip he remem-
bers. A little over an hour later his
family and friends were much alarmed
by his arrival home horseback, his face,
beard and clothes covered with blood
and dust. He was carried in the house
and surgical aid summoned. Several
cuts were found upon his face, head
and arms; his left side was hurt by a
jam of the ribs and collar-bone on
same side broken. During the wash
ing and dressing of his wounds he was
questioned concerning the mishap, but
his answers indicated he did not even
then know where he was or that any
thing was wrong. About eleven o'clock
p. M, however, he regained conscious
mesa with reference to the early part
of his trip, but, although his mind is
clear now as ever, he has no recollec-
ton whatever Of what happened, or of
how he reached home. Some investi-
cation of the affair by friends develops
the finding of Mr.. Kane's hat by Mr..
Himmler, Cumberland brewer, in the
road about one hundred yards west of
the water-station just below Clarys-
vile. Seeing it had been latoly worn
Mr.. H. set about discovering the own
err, and gong about sixty feet from the
centre Of the road to an embaukment
on the north side, he saw Mr.. Kane
nearly at the bottom of the declivity
engaged in releasing his mare from the
entanslements of the harness. The
buggy was upset and considerably
wrecked. The mare was finally I'M
harnessed; Mr.. Kane led her up the
bank, mounted her and set out for
home. Meanwhile, Mr.. Himmler was
engaged in collecting some scattered
articles, after which he assembled to
the road, where, to his astonishment,
he found Mr.. Kane had gone.
Several theories are abroad concern
ing the origin of the accident, the
most probable being the alarm Of the
mare at an approaching train. The