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Show Accidental Suootino. A sad accident, ac-cident, that may prove moro serious, occurred yesterday morning about s.ix o'clock to Joseph, son of Le Grand Young. This young man, aged some ten years, having secured an unloaded cjerringcr belonging to his father, managed to prccjiro a supply of cartridges, cart-ridges, and going upon tho bench beyond be-yond his father's house was engaged in experimenting with bull's eyo shots, when tho derringer was discharged so that a Wil j)tsecd into his kneo. He ! made out to reaoii homo, and a pbyeL-1 cian was sent for, but, owing to tho dangerous locaiiou of tho ball in or near tho kneo joint, it was not extracted. extrac-ted. There is as yet doubt as to whether whe-ther the result will show moro than a 3e?h wound. A day or so will settle this poit. Va trunt that the ball will bo found to hava misled the joint and that tho young man will soon be about to ruminato upon the folly and uncertainty of experiments with loaded lire arty |