The Republican journal., 1896-10-29
Three Runaways in One Day.
One of them Serious and Narrowly Escaped Be
Ing Fatal.

Robie F. Alexander of Belmont had mar
row escape from death in this city Monday
evening. He boards a pair of horses for J.
G. Bergman of Boston, and received word
Monday to meet Mr. B. at the train that
evening. In coming into the city with the
team the horses acted badly and finally ran
away on the Wilson Hill, and in spite of all
Mr.. AleXander's efforts they continued on
and crashed into the front window of Alex
ander & Burgess market. Mr.. Alexander
was thrown forcibly to the granite pavement
and was not only hurt by the fall but by
ISLANDERS think he was kicked by the strug-
Cling horses. He was taken into the City
Drug Store, where his wounds We're dressed
by Mr.. E. A. Wilson, one of the proprietors.
His injuries consisted of the loss of teeth,
a scalp wound inches long on the forehead,
several lesser cuts on the face, and long
cut on one leg. He was taken home that
nis hit. and Tuesday morning was unable to
move upon his bed. Yesterday he was re-
ported as improving The horses were badly
cut and bruised. One had both knees in
jured and bad wound over the near stt1e
joint and several cuts from broken glass on
his face; the other had his face cut and Sc
we're wound in his breast. The window was
complete wreck, and all the produce there
was spoiled.
There were two similar, but less serious,
&C ;idents Monday morning. W. F. Patter-
son was driving VIM. NJ. Welch's horse on
High street when the bit broke and the
horse ran away. He turned from Northport
avenue down Condor street, but threw Mr..
Patterson out near the corner of Union
street He then kept on through a field and
was stopped by j. G. Durham. Mr.. Patter-
son was slightly bruised, the carriage was
damaged somewhat, and lot of eggs, pro-
visions, etc, in the carriage We're badly mix
ed up. DR.. F. E. Freeman's borse also ran
away about the same time, from the bit
breaking in his mouth, leaving him without
control. The doctor jumped out and was
not hurt, but the carriage was badly broken.
THE V1rAscoPE. One of the most won
derful inventions of this century Is on eX-
hibition at Belfast Opera House, the Vita
scope invented by Thomas A. Edison. The
exhi bitions opened Tuesday evening, to con-
tnue Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
The pictures are thrown on a screen on the
stage in similar manner to the stereopti-
con, but show everything in motion as in real
life. The views are made by very rapid photo
graphy, the exposures being made at the
rate of 80 per second. The films, which
correspond to the negatives in photography,
when passed through the vitascope give the
views with all the motions Two New York
stree5 scenes were shown in moving pano-
rama with pedestrians, carriages trolley and
cah1 the elevated railroad OTTO ntI,
scenes were a bucking broncho, pony race
| at Cony Island, the breaking surf at Dover,
England, an acrobat, several dancing girls,
| and few amusing situations from comic
opera, etc. 1t seemed as though the specta-
| tors were looking upon real life, and when
| the big sea broke on the Dover breakwat ater.
| some persons in the front seats lodged the
! spray,