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Singular Accident.

--A man named John Murray, living in Newark, N. J., on Saturday evening placed the muzzle of a loaded gun barrel, detached from the stock, to his mouth, and while blowing into it, the muzzle came in contact with a lighted candle, discharging the weapon. Murry's head was blown off, and portions of his skull and brains scattered about the room. The barrel rebounded, and striking his mother-in-law, ten feel distant, penetrated four inches into her chest. It is believed she cannot survive.

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