Telegram-herald., 1886-04-23
FROM OVER THE RIVER
"A fKciung Runaway tn which Horses.
Carriages, a wagSn and GsOds are
BADLY Damaged

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The most startling aud perhaps the most
disastrous runaway which eyer occurred
within the memory OF the oldest residents
happened yesterday afternoon on West
Fulton-st Viii Long aud hiz wife We're
oui driving with horse from Albte livery
barn and bad stopped al Mrs saltous, is3
Vest Fulton 81 Viii had iasi assisted bis
wife and little child to alight
y hen a train which was passing gave
forth shnl whistle aud the
horse took fright aud ran away. II had
gone bat short distance when il eollided
with the carriage OF Mrs. Remington who.
with her little daughter, was tipped into the
street. bat happily without any injury.
VIM kars,en who has a grocery in iceland,
ha his team and wagon standing in front
of Knox grocery loaded With goods for his
store. and not being tied they started OF,
and a half dozen butter crooks which he had
brought down full began % hll the
air and make things dangerous The team
was going at full speed aud head
ing direct for telephone pole. which
they struck abreast one being on each side
of il. They struck with such force that
each horse went right through its harness.
| leaving the wagon and its contents a mass
| of rubbish, the horses then separated, one
taking FuitOn-st right ont TO the end then
| leaped over the creek and careered madlv
| into the woods beyond The hrst horse
| which started managed after going a short
| distance, 10 turn the top buggy completely
over, dragging il thus about three blocks,
/ when he was captured. The buggy Is badly
| broken up and the farmers wagon is
a total wreck along with most Of
his goods. Three telephone wires were
broken by the shock against the post and
| the shafts were broken from Mrs Rem
ingtons buggy The excitement was SO
intense that about FIVE hundred people
gathered ON the corner IN a very short time
After about an hour the runaway horses
were captured and il was found that they
were considerably cut up and will be cripples
| for some time.
AT one of the meetings held by Higgins,
| the Evangelist in the Seconds. NJ. f.
Church, presiding Elder Bull in company
with one or two other ministers we're in the
audience when as usual his evangeliSiic
| highness asked that al those who were
Christians would rise 10 their feet As II
| happened the elder neglected 10 rise and
| according to the usual custom some of the
| younger converts came around asking those
who We're Christians 10 please rise. One
very recent convert approached the elder
| and asked him if he was a Cl ristain. and
with a surprised look be answered that he
guessed he was as he was the elder This
so surprised the youth that he has not
since been seen at the meetings.
The residents on West Fulton st are re-
monstratiug very strongly on the opening
Of saloon in their midst. and a petition
| asking the Council to refuse 10 license the
institution presented. The proprietors of
the hall on the opposite corner from where
il is to be located say they cannot give a
decent dance if a saloon is opened there and
they will make hard fight against it.
The bridge over the canal at the west end
of Pearl 81. bridge, on which was piled iron
and planks for the new bridge, gave way
yesterday forenoon precip ratiug its burden
into the water. Men are busy rescuing il
from the canal, and IL is thought they will
have it all out by tonight.
Rev. +. II. Brooks of the Second Baptist
church yesterday gave a reporter for the
TEiEGRAMH HERALD the information that a
monthly religious paper called the Baptist
Reoord. would be gotten up by himself and
Revs. Supper and Bennett and would make
its appearance about the middle of MAY.
William A. Tuttle, a retired druggist who
DaS Dccn sOjoufhinE IN fluJlud during the
winter returned 10 the city yesterday. Mr..
Tuttle Is staying for the present with " K.
Adams, of 155 Broadway-st.
Theo. .Goossen is putting in grocery store
at the corner % West Broadway-sl and But.
terwOrth ave. and a meat market Will be
opened a short distance from It on the lat
ter thoroughfare.
The lemonade signs made their first APP
peaTance on the West Side yesterday and
the cooling beverage was freely sampled by
the majority Of the youths.
Mrs Albert Damskey Of Fourth st died
yesterday after long illness The funeral
will be held from 81 Marks Church tins
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Hendre Sehs. Of Straight-st
have lost a nine-months-old boy. The re
mains we're inferred yesterday.
Henry Brown. generally known a.
Hank, is just recovering from a very So
we're illness.
The West Side roller rink will close With
Masquerade Carnival on the night 81
MAY l.
A l.. Russell. II l75 Fourth-si. returned
yesterday from a business trip in the north