Abbreviations used
Date May 20 1885
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Saint John Globe
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
Sacramento, May 5th - Yesterday morn. about 10 o'clock, Judge J.W. SNOWBALL, Knight's Landing, was preparing cartridges to kill birds which were devestating his orchard, when one of the cartridges exploded, the shell entering the Judge's face just below the left eye. Physicians were summoned and it was found necessary to take out the complete eye. Judge Snowball is a brother-in-law of Charles F. REED and Thomas H. REYNOLDS. He is a brother of J.B. SNOWBALL of Miramichi; also a brother of Hon. F.P. THOMPSON's wife. - Fredericton 'Gleaner'.