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Show CRUSHED HiS SKULL. A Small Boy is Kicked by a Colt With Serious Results. Isaac Benson, l- years old, met with a dangerous accident Tuesday morning. Jt occurred at his home north of town. Boy fashion, he had hold of the tail of a three year old colt, which he was urging forward for-ward by divers quick jerks which made the animal jump, ti citing tired of this, the colt whaled away, striking the 1 oy a tea r f u 1 blow with his hoof over the right eye. The lad was knocked headlong, head-long, the sharp, horny hoof mashing mash-ing and penetrating the skull from eye to ear. The plucky little fellow mounted a horse behind a friend and rode up to Dr. "Wade's office, where he was soon attended to. Several pieces of bono were taken from the wound and twelve stitches were required in dressing it. His eye docs not seem to be injured. |