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Show CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS A number of accidents havo occur-cd occur-cd within tho week. Edwnrd Johnson, tho twelvo-ycur-old son of Mrs. Anna Johnson, whllo hunting rabbits ut Highland with n 22 rlflo nccldently discharged tho gun, shooting himself In tic foot. Tho bullet passed just back of tho two mlddlo toes, passing entirely through tho foot. Tho wound received prompt nttcution nnd it Is not expected thnt nny complications will OIIBUO. The snmo lnd somo tlmo ngo was kicked by a. horso nnd hurt qulto bnd-ly; bnd-ly; nnd nt another tlmo wns badly cut In tho foot; so It would seem that ho Is having rather moro than his Bhnro of tho mishaps Incident to boyhood. boy-hood. Claud Hunting, who lives between hero nnd Pleasant Grove, suffered n broken arm tho latter part of the week, while attempting to Jump over ii ditch. Walter, tho flfteen-ycnr-old son ol Mr. nnd Mrs. L. W. (Inlsford, hnd his right hand very soverely cut Wednesday Wednes-day morning. Ho was tightening r, bolt on a plow when the wrench slipped, slip-ped, nnd tho hand coming In contact with tho freshly sharpened edge ol the plow, received a deop gnsh which required sovornl stitches by a surgeon to draw It togethor. It was a ver painful wound, but It Is not bolloved will provo n sorlouo ono. |