Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-22
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Queer Episodes and Thrilling Adven.
lures Which Show that Truth is
Stranger than Fiction.

Queer Episodes and Thrilling Adven-
lures Which Show that Truth is
Stranger than Fiction.
A VERDICT in a very interesting rail-
way damage suit for 5000, 900 has been
given at Toronto, Canada. About four
teen months ago the St. Louis express,
while on the way to Niagara Falls over
the Grand Trunk Railway, went through
the bridge at st. George, near Hamilton.
The result was the loss of about fifteen
lives and the serious or permanent injury
Of as many more. The victims or their
heirs formed combine on expenses and
brought test case against the Grand
Trunk. The trial lasted nearly one hun
dred days at an estimated cost of 81, 900
a day. The jury found for the plaintiffs
on nearly all the vital points. They
found that the tires on the locomotive
wheels were too thin; the speed of the
train was excessive Git being at the rate
of fifty miles an hour; the needle beams
in the bridge were weakened by decay
brakes were not applied at the proper
time, and the railway company was guilty
of negligence. The jury considered that
reasonable speed would have been thirty
five or forty miles an hour.
One of the most remarkable accidents
recorded in history occurred near Marl-
borough House, London, England, re-
Gently, and is given by the st Louis
Republic. About five o'clock p. M, a
gentleman, well-known public official,
was passing from st. James Park to Pail
Mall, when he suddenly received vio-
lent blow on his right shoulder, which
caused him great pain and to stumble
forward as he walked. He noted crack
ing noise at the time, but had not the
slightest idea of the cause of the shock
he had experienced. Reaching home he
disrobed and submitted to a critical ex-
animation, but nothing was discovered
which in the least accounted for the
great pain in both shoulder and arm. A
servant sent to brush the gentleman's
coat next morning discovered scorched
streak about eleven inches long and an
inch wide, extending across the shoulder
of the coat and down the back. He
thinks it was meteorite that did it.
A TELEGRAPHIC message from Omsk
in Siberia, announces the arrival at that
place of the Cossack officer Peschkof,
who has undertaken to ride alone, with
one horse, from Blagovestchensk, the
chief Russian station on the Upper Amool
to st. Petersburg, a distance of 5,437
miles. Starting from Blagovestchensk
on the 10th of November, he reached
Irkutsk on the 18th of January, and Omsk
on the 18th of March, the journey as fa1
as the latter place being accomplished al
an average rate of about twenty eight
miles day. Horse and rider both
reached Omsk in good condition. In q
letter to his commanding officer, written
from Irkutsk, the enterprising Cossack
says: "Traversed 2,451 versts (1634
miles) in forty-nine days; in the saddle
1913 hours. The road in general is afro
lcious"
| THIS story of woman's triumph ovel
o wildcat is told by the Hollister (Cal.'
Free Lance: A dog upon the ranch ol
George Noble freed wildcat. Mrs. No
| BILE went out with rifle and succeeded il
wounding the animal, bringing it to the
lground. Then the dog took hand, ant
| in the scuffie dog and cat rolled into tn,
| Los Muertos creek. Mrs. Noble was anx
ious to convince her husband that she
had killed wildcat, and leaned over tn,
bank of the creek to secure the carcass
| While so doing the bank caved and Mrs
Noble was precipitated into the stream
| She pluckily struck out, however, finally
landing the animal and triumphantly ex
hibited the carcass to Mr.. Noble upoI
| his return home. The wildcat had beer
Ipreying upon the poultry of the Noble
ranch for some time.
There was curious incident at tn,
church at AK les -Bains on recent Sun
| day, connected with the visit of the Queer
of England. The Queen, who will no
enter church, unless during singing, TO
fear of disturbing the service, general,
arrives for the Litany. On this Sunda,
the usual hymn before the Litany wa
Sung,. but still there were no signs of tn
Royal party. Another and another hymn
we're given out and sung through, bu
still the Queen did not arrive. Thel
came royal servant, who placed stoo
md retired, and during the fourth hymn
the Royal party arrived just in time, fol
the choir had got to the end of all tn
suitable hymns that they knew. Th
Queen was annoyed at her carriage no
being in readiness; which made her late
PAT McGRATH of Woodford, Ky.
lnnssesscs a remarkable feline His ca