Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1878 — INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

—An old man named James Graham, a resident of the Township of Etobicoke, Ont., murderously assaulted his son, Henry Graham, with a knife, stabbing him in five different places. The two had been quarreling over religious matters. —Locomotive Engineer Nute, of the Nashua & Worcester Railroad, while driving at full speed near Lee, Mass., the other day, felt something strike him in the face, which knocked him from his seat, With his cheek cut and bleeding. It was found that a partridge had flown against the window and been cut into two parts, one of which, with pieces of glass, struck the engineer. —An alleged train-wrecker, Albert Tackleberry, in custody at London, Ont., is a youth of some sixteen years, who came from Chicago. He admits having placed obstructions on the Grand Trunk Railway track near Parkhill, and offers the excuse that the train people were unkind to him, that the conductors and brakemen squirted and poured oil on him when they caught him stealing rides. He is awaiting trial on two indictments. —The dead-beats appear to be the dominant class In Mexico, Oswego County, N. Y. “The merchants formed a protective society against persons who contracted debts and did not pay them. They published a list of the dead-beats in the village newspaper. Thereupon the house of the Secretary of the association was burned, the President’s drug store was set on fire, and the editor was warned that he would have neither house nor office if he published the list again.” —The correspondent of a New York journal writes: “As I was going off with my party, I heard a young lady in front of me remark in French to a young lady friend who had come to meet her: ■ I have six dozen kid gloves sewed up in my petticoat, and mamma has a piece of silk made up in hers.’ As 1 smiled at the remark, the young lady caught my glance, blushed to the tip of her nose, and hastened on in great confusion. My companions informed me that she was the daughter of a Member of Congress from the West, and that he was a very wealthy man. But the temptation to do a little smuggling on their own account was too great to be resisted by these ladies.” —The Springfield (Mass.) Union relates this incident: “ A man from this city, with his bride, made a sensation at the Westfield depot yesterday. Leaving his lady at the depot, he started on an errand and was bitten by a dog. Rushing back he asked the ladiy for money to pay the doctor, whom he must see instanter. The woman was disgusted and declared she was tired of paying out money for him. He ventured to inquire if she was not his wife, whereupon she repudiated the idea with scorn, saying the only claim he had upon her was a certificate which she herself had to pay for. This was too much, and the forsaken one burst forth with, ‘ Oh, Clara! is this the way you cast me off? Oh, Clara, Clara!’ But Clara was incorrigible, and, ordering all her baggage rechecked, left on the train for New Haven.”