Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-08-27
ODD BITS OF NEWS

Allentown, Pa.-Paul and Fred Gold
smith of Commack, L. t.. took refuge
in barn during a storm. The light
ming struck pillar against which, Paul
was leaning, ran down it and ripped
the mans shirt entirely from his body.
Paul's body was scorched, but Fred
was knocked unconscious.
Crane, Now. H. Hilton, 65-years-
old, has peculiar affection which pre-
vents his speaking to persons near him:
He can talk to animals or persons at
a distance.
Wakarusa, Ind.-When Coroner DR..
Walkinshaw performed an autopsy on
a young woman following her mysteri-
GUS death, he found that her left lung
was no larger than g lemon; that her
right lung was one-quarter normal size;
that her heart was about one-half nor
NAL size and that her liver was many
times larger than it should have been,
extending to her fourth rib and up
into her shoulder. The woman was 81
wears old, and died of poisoning of the
intestines.
Middletown, n. Y.-To celebrate
their eighty-sixth birthday, Mrs. J. G.
Barrett of Edmonston, and Mrs. Ma
than v. Brand Of Leonardsville will
be rocked in the presence OF their
guests in the old cradle in which they
were rocked when babies. They claim
to be the oldest twins in the state.
Temple, Tex.-Cuttino roses in ner
garden, Mrs. Ed. G.. Talley heard her
baby cry in the house. She started to
run indoors, tripped over lawn-mow-
er and fell. The scissors in her hand
pierced her heart killing her instantly.
Philadelphia, Pa.-Sitting on the
doorstep Of her home, Mrs. Madeleine
Balsina heard her baby utter cry
above her. She looked I'm to see the
child in a window on the third floor
lose its balance and fall. The mother
sprang under the window in time to
catch the child. Neither was injured,
beyond slight cut on the baby's lip.
Lewistown, Pa.-When William Stiff
yer left the open hearth of a furnace
and requested his nephew L. blow the
dust from his clothes with hose car
rying IS pounds of air pressure, he
became violently i'll and died after a
night of frightful suffering. Physi:.
clans claim the sudden application of
cold air to his overheated body caused
a rupture Of the bowels.
New York, N. Y.-Therso Planeta
and her son Louis we're kept prisoners
by a Jealous husband in a Theoretically
sealed fiat for four years until rescued
by an agent of the Children society.
Joseph Planeta, the husband, is pros
porous cigar merchant, and had to be
forced at pistol point to give up his
wife and child. He locked his wife
in her cell when he found an old pho
tograph Of former sweetheart in her
trunk.
Crookston, Minn.-A fisherman here
has placed a mirror in the water and
in front Of it plate glass slanting at
As degrees angle. The bait is placed
between the two. He claims that when
the fish approaches and sees his image
in the mirror, he speeds up thinking
another fish is after the morsel. strikes
the plate glass and slides up it into a
net placed at the top.
St. Paul, Minn.-Dr. s. N. Mogilner
and DR.. N. G: Mortensen charged in
;police court with kicking out the false
teeth of Emmil Freiden were dismissed
because Of lack Of evidence when. the
false teeth could. not be produced. :...,
Indiana, Pa.-When lightning struck
the home Of A. T.: ,Diehl of Penn Run,
it lifted the necklace from. his .daugh-
ter; Belle, and dropped. the locket
hanging from it into one or her shoes.
The hack Of her other shoe was cut
from her foot as if by q knife: Ida
Diehl, a sister, and Ruby. Maxwell, a
cousin, had their hair parted by the
bolt and each has a streak Of singed
hair. extending from their foreheads
to the napes Of their necks.