Alfred Lage, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lage who live near the Three Mile House, met with quite a severe accident last Sunday. It seems that him and a friend were out hunting and when returning home his friend went to empty his rifle, which was a 22 repeater; he extracted all the shells but two when he accidentally pulled the trigger and discharged the shell, the bullet hitting Alfred on the outer edge of the hip bone and lodging in the rear of his leg, where the doctors found it. If the bullet had hit him in the stomach, which it only missed by two inches, the chances for his recovery would have been very doubtful, but as it is he is getting along very nicely and will have no further trouble unless blood poison sets in, of which there is no indications at present.