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N.!iRI.0W ESCAPE OF: KIKO VICTOR EMMANUEI. WHILE HUNTING.-IIIS MAJESTY ATTACKED BY TWO WILD BOABS D! THE VALLEY OF ADSTA.
Narrow Escape of King Victor
mmnnuel. i
Knm Vrcron Exlrattuzn had 3 narrow escapl
from being ltillrd while hunting recently in the
wood ol Valsnvaranche, in the Vslloy or Aoslla.
He was suddenly attacked by two wild bolus, one
or which ripped open, with its tuslt, the stomach
of the King‘: horse. His Mnjesty was saved ty
his units. but received a slight wound in the
thigh. We give an illnetntion or this nccident to
the King while following his favorite sport.
Attack upon a Woman by :1 Performing
Bear.
- Aussrunwohndu nhmed Sheepwssh, the other
day, w ‘ls ‘tnessing the arrangements tor a
is
upon his hind legs, he thrust his psws upon the
woman’: back, piercing hsr shswl sud dress, ind
tearing a deep wound below the left shoulder.
e erer is expecting her connnsinnnt,
and it is lesrsd the emzct ot the attack will bi:
serious.
Eccentric Sl1icide,ot' an Acrobat.
I:l..l.-uovrlv musiohnll and circus acrobnt,
has committed suicide in an eccentric lntl protes-
aionsl msnnor.
l For some trivinl crime he was detained in s
House 0! Correction in Illinois, and this other
norning. while being conducted to his cell nlnng
he top gallery of the left wing of the prison, he
nn a law pnces before the warder in vlhoso
clnrgs he who, and, after turning round and
lalghing, suddenly turned s summerssult over
thzrnillngs, sud lells distance ol thirty-lour lent.
He was It once taken to the Infirmary, where he
exptrd ten minutes Ilt-:1 the occurrence. The
uvidtnoe 0! the warrior WI! corroborated by a
prisoler who was passing along the gsllsry when
the de.-arsed threw himself over the railing. The
inn. II-lter n short deliberation, returned 3 verdict
. lhst dbeasod destroyed his own life while in rt
state oftcmponry lnsnnity.
Exciting Adventure ‘on the Alps.
“'2 her‘: this week illustrated an exciting inci-
dentwhich‘ hns occurred in the valley or Liridt,
in Eastern twitzerland. A party of gentlemen
determined ti tscena the Tovli, or PE: Buslirl, one
0! the most conspicuous mountains in that dis-
trict They her the arnnhorn unt, hnllt by the
Swiss Alpine tflnb, where thsy hsd passed the
night, the rain hlnwing very violontly, snd
reached the Gllcler ol Blirerton mcr u very In-
Iisninz wk of ‘hres hours, the reshn making
tho snow so sort that their feet lsuk deep into it
at no she “
Cl: rrathlng a precipitous and wide crevasse,
l
whleh stopped their rurther vrcgross, two I)‘ the
party want. some way along it to see ifit grew any
nsrruwur; but their weight eenssd A lnrlze mass
olshow on which they were standing to give way,
and they were both pitched headlong into the
opening. Their companions, who were suN-
eiently near to. see the accident, were etupellad
with honor, and were some time hstore they he-
came sumciently collected to loan sny plan
delivering their unfortunate friends, ll they were
still tlivs, of which they entertained hut slight
hopcs,owing tothe depth to which theyhnd lnllau.
On cautiously drsvrlng near the edge or the
precipice, howsvsr, nud ehoutinz down, they st
lennth heard 1 lseble cry, which assured them
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that both at least were not killed, an lasing‘ pro?
video with siont cords, they jnlnetitssvsrhl to-
gether, so as to make u rope eig my feet long, use
thrsw it down; hut it was issue to ho much too
short. They then added another piece, sixty
tset long, ind on lowering th ope once more
were delighted to tind that it rencbsd the bottom
sud hscnns tightened, nssuring lhsm thst it line
been caught hold of by their friends. Alter more
than nn hour's labor they sucoeeded in drswlng
both gentlemen from their dreadful position, who
stated that they owed their ssfely to tho snlxcnsd
now which the wind had driltcd into rue cro
vassa, emhlinz them to breuk the violence or
their fall. . . ‘ ‘ '
nrsoazrcsnrxz as a naonceyrc yr.“-nnsn.-rel: zxrmslon or man -ronrroohs xx
sr::.z;:da:: turn, 3. r.-srz nor. 3.
Dresdfulhont Accident at Bls.l:lr7ws.l].” ‘ I‘
W: record the osnurrenco or a shooting mi.
dent toa pleasure psrty on the riverTlihnles at
t.
Two indies Ind four gentlemen sngsgod 5 beat
at Wupplnlz-stairs, and er-riving nt Blseltwsll,
changing places. the bout capsizod,
and the whole of them were in an Lnstlnt strug-
sws r.
lthongh the most slrenuous enileuvorn were.
made to rescue the party, four of them, including
the two ladies, wers drown . ,
One of the deceased indies, aged twenty-one,
was mcetllle at the time L‘? her death.
More Railroad Victims.
rnnstslz accident occurred between nine
and ten o'clock on the morning of Sept. 10. at the
crossing of the St. Louis Ind Valldnlis Bnilrold
and Collihsville plank-rosd, two miles from East
st. Louis.
A party or picnickers, composed of sixteen
adults sud several children went in s largo lumi-
turn wagon to spend the dsym Illinois.
at the crossing of the railroad track at the point
nnined they were struck by the excursion trntn
going to nighlsnd.
Teresa! the inmates or the wsgon were killed
others were slightly injured. only thrrn ol the
entire pnrty escaped nnhnrt.
At the point where the accident occurred there
is A than view of the rsilrosd for B mile lo the
west, and some tour mils. to the asst; but Imus
or the p-rty snw or heard the epprorshinr trliir,
although the engineer blew the whistle nnvl run;
the be
This is accounted for by the fuck that the wind
was high sun the whole petty singing.
The horses were the first to discover the dim.
e As they stopped from the truck they lie.
ohms frightened. One sprang forward, Irhila tllll
other hung hack. and between them the wtgon
casino to A deed halt. ' Just at this mom:-nttttu
eneino struck. '
Ono horse was torn nearly to yieces. The we-
gun was broken to splinters. rhs triin was
stopped, sud all possible sseistauco rendered to
this wounded.
V la: wrre procured and the dour! and in-
jurcd brought to the city and conveyudto their
nlr.
homes or to hospll
A cut: for mills (feminine)-Hilh.