Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1878 — INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

—A little girl of twelve went to see “Humptv Dumpty” at Oil City, and was so frightened' at one of the tricks that she went into spasms and died. —A gymnastic youth of Leicester, Eng., lately fell from’a trapeze, on which he was practicing, only six feet from the ground, and, striking on his head, broke his neck. —A respectable lady in Lewiston, Me., has become a kleptomaniac, and her friends have published a notice requesting merchants to watch her, and, should she take anything, make no scandal but send the bill to them. George Phillips was found dead in bed a few nights ago, in Cincinnati. The inquest and post mortem developed the fact that his death was caused by large quantities of whisky in the stomach. The post mortem revealed the presence of a half gallon of whisky in tne stomach and floating on top four large ovsters. The oysters formed a valve which prevented the whisky from coming up when he attempted to vomit, hence his death. —There is a man peddling apples in the streets who is a splendid Greek and Latin scholar, speaking both languages finely. The Hellenic linguist is also a superb scholar in the Semitic and Sanscrit languages. He was a Professor of Ancient Languages and Applied Sciences at the University of Virginia; is an old, gray-haired man, who gave no name except that of “Uncle Sammv;” be is an Irishman and a charming conversationalist. He came to Dallas “busted,” and is determined to earn an honest living.— Galveston ( Tex.) News. —A strange case of parental obstinacy and cruelty recently occurred at Boston. A little girl was slowly dying from water on the chest, and tapping

alone could save her life, but this the’ parents refusethtd'allow. The entreaties of the doctors and several Catholic priests and nuns were unavailing, but the threat of an agent of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children to hold them responsible if the child died, at last frightened the unnatural father and mother into submission. The operation was performed and the patient recovered. —One of the most ludicrous and sensational results of the Congressional election in North Carolina, on the sth, took place at Wilson, the other day. On election day John Sims promised his wife to vote for. O’Hara, tne nominee of the Republican party; but he got drunk and voted for his Democratic opponent, Harris. Knowing that if ho returned home he would get flogged, he took to the woods, where he remained until the 12th; when, being almost starved out, he was forced to return! Sims’ wife met him on the street, and, having provided herself with a heavy hickory stick, she administered a severe beating on her lord for failing to vote for the man of her choice. The woman was arrested, not, however, until she had laid about thirty lashes on the back of her husband. —A correspondent, writing from Bellton, in this State, says a most remarkable case of bargain and sale took place near that place, a few days ago. It seems that a white woman, about twenty-one or twenty-two years old, actually bought from an elderly woman her sonl tor the express purpose of making a husband of him. The young man was said to have been about twen-

ty years old; the mother, however, sold him for a muslin a few yards of calico. The trade Was made Sunday, and the man was to be delivered three miles from the purchasei’s house the Tuesday following, and although that Tuesday was a bad day—one of those cold east rains that is common this season of the year, prevailing—the fair purchaser wilted her three miles in the rain to get possession of her investment, and she got him. —Atlanta ((7a.) Independent. —lt affords us much pleasure to to learn from a soore or two of our exchanges that the writer of these paragraphs has failed heir to $30,000 by the death of a Dntoh uncle in Holland. It was entirely unexpected. But the announcement contains a few inaccuracies which it may be as well to correct. 1. A person in this country never inherits a fortune of less than $500,000 by the death of a relative in the old country. That is thb regulation amount. 2. Our Dnteh uncle in Holland T Hrfs pot dead. 4. We never had a Dutch uncle in Holland. With the exception j

of these trifling errors the report that we have inherited 930,000 in tho manner stated is true enough. Tho congratulations of our friends are worth more than the so-called fortune.— Williams, in the Norristown Herald. —A letter from Hadlyme, Conn., to a Hartford paper records the following: Several evenings ago the genial and talented Mr. Rand, violin solo in the Point band, was attacked and cowhided by the tw<f Misses Blake, daughters of Capt. Ezra Blake, and sisters of the renowned Austin. The affair grew out of a misrepresentation on Mr. Rartd’H part, concerning the size of Miss Blake's shoes. Mr. R. with his characteristic politeness, wonld not strike Miss Blake, consequently he received the worst of the affray. Mr. Rand has secured counsel and will mako it livoly for the fair charmers.