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Little Johnnie Slavin, 10 years old, met
with very serious accident this morn
ing. Titus 4 Co. were moving building
belonging to Mrs. Saul on Devlin street.
and when they came to cesspool the roll
Ter gave way and the heavy building
came to the ground. Young Slavin
was sitting on stringer when
the roller gave way and the structure fell
ON his right foot, crushing it badly. DIR.
Gates was called and ordered his removal
to the hospital. 1t Is thought that the
foot will have to be amputated. 1t was
fully half an hour before the boy could
be taken from under the building.
Dennis Donneliy, 22 years old, employed
in the card room of the Steere Worsted
Mill, met with an accident just before
notu today. He was at work on the
rack in the combing room when
large casting weighing over fifty pounds
fell and struck him on the head and
then on the foot. He fell to the floor un-
conscious. The ambulance was sent for
and be was taken to the hospital where It
was found he was suffering from a sewers
scalp wound and q confusion OF the left
foot.
Mr.. Charles MCGUIRE, superintendent OF
the Children,s Home at Elwyn, Penn, has
returned home after weeks visit to rsla-
tives on Lippitt street.
The Young Star Base Ball Club will
have an excursion to Crescent Park Sat-
urday. They would like to play any a.
year-old nine in the State. Address ali
challenges to James Taylor, 42 Cottage
Row.
Miss Margaret Taibert Of Providence
made short stay In Wanskuck yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Mcguire, who were
married yesterday morning, started for
the Catskill mountains last evening.
Joseph Studor and Michael Giliigan
went to Greenville, yesterday, and caught
40 pounds OF black bass and pickerel.
They had considerable difficulty in get
ting the eaten to their homes in VANS
kuck.
Elmer Parmenter, a peddler, had an ex-
citing experience yesterday afternoon.
He was driving along East Avenue with q
load Of produce when the bit in the horses
mouth broke and the horse started to run.
Parmenter jumped out of the wagon and
landed safely on the ground. The horse
continued running and took to the
sidewalk where il collided with a
post which tipped over the team,
breaking of the two hind
wheels but this mishap did not stop the
horse for it continued down Rochambeau
avenue, until it came to lamp post, when
1t came to a sudden stop, after IL
had knocked the lamp from the
post and shattered all the glass In 1t. Here
the animal was taken charge of by q citi-
zen and brought to the barn on Sixth
street. Damage to harness and team
about $50.
Philip Smith, who has been In Chicago
for the past II years, is visiting the home
Of his parents on Branch avenue.
1t took five officers to arrest Mike Nc
Elroy last night. He had just come from
a barroom on Randall square where he
had INDUCED in scrap and was
covered with blood. Outside ON
the sidewalk stood Officer Briggs in citi-
xen's clothes. The officer told the man to
go home. This he refused to do and
showed fight and got all he wanted Of 1t,
for Officers McCashin, McElroy and |
Place and Sergeant Thomas arrived and |
dragged the man to the station. All the
way he kicked and ground his teeth; e2
and costs this morning.