The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-01-31

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INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.
A stcpmothers long abuse of little boy
only six years old-her stcpson-at Lyons,
N. Y, has resulted in his death. She would
whip him for hours, till the fendish creature
was compelled to desist by the interference
Of her neighbors. She forced the poor lit
tie thingt0 eat the worst oilal: and his death
was caused by locking him up and leaving
him for three days during the recent cold
weather When found he was frozen stiff.
A special passenger train and stock train
collided on the Illinois Central Road, near
Jonesboro, on Tuesday, the 23d, with such
force as to smash mp both engines and several
cars. Two negroes were killed on the special
train On the stock train several fine horses
were killed.
Mr.. Pratt, Superintendent Of the wood
yard on Presidents Island, while crossing
from that point TO Fort Pickering on Friday,
the 10Th, in a skin, accompanied by eight
negro hands, was capsized and drowned
along with six of the negroes.
A fat boat on which ten families were
moving from Arkansas, was snagged recent
ty while descending White river, above
Batesville, and sunk in less than five min
utes. The family of Mr.. Thompson, con-
sisting of his wife, six children and mother,
also child:of Mr.. Craway, were lost
A large part of the town of Parma, Mich,
has been destroyed by fire.. The loss by
the burning Of the Atlantic White Lead
Works, in Brooklyn, is 100000; insured
for S23O,OOO.
Mrs. Benning w. Sanborn, Of Deerfeld,
| N. H., was burned to death last week, her
clothes accidentally taking fire from a stove.
She was the mother of Porter Sanborn, the
present State Treasurer.
A singular suicide occurred at the brewery
No 2GG9 William street, New York, few
days ago. A German named Charles IIef-
ncr aged about so, who had been for some
time in very melancholy frame of mind,
jumped into a tub Of boiling beer, and was
SO dreadfully scalded that he died on the fol-
lowing night.
At Indianapolis on the 25th, man named
| Ignatius Buchanan chopped his wife to
pieces with an axe; and two prisoners in
the county Jail attacked another prisoner
with razor, cutting open his bowels and
inAicting other wounds.
Five murders were committed at Indiana
polls within the "a hours ending Friday
evening, the Goth.
A very painful accident occurred at one Of
the schools in Fond du Lac, recently. When
the teacher left the school-room at noon she
gave the key to the young ladies, and told
them to keep the door locked until she re-
turned. During her absence a number of
young boys came to the school-room door,
and amused themselves by looking through
the key-hole One of the young ladies, in
sport, thrust small stick through the key
hole, which entered the eye Of one of the
boys, and put it out instantly. The names
of the parties we did not learn.
On the Goth, at Cairo, while several chill
dren were playing around the turn table at
the upper depot, one of them, q little orphan
called Lucy, about II years Of age, slipped,
and her foot falling between the machinery
was completely cut in two.
The British barque Diadem, which left
New York for Liverpool on the 9th, capsized
in the gale on the 9th. The Captains wife
and three boys were drowned. Subsequent
~ the captain and four of the crew died
from exposure.
/ John Abrams Of Allen county, Kansas,
was shot dead on the l4th inst. byhis son,
because the old man put the boys mother
out Of doors.
The engine ofthe Utica, New York, steam
cotton mills, was completely wrecked on
the 23d by the fall of the walking beam
The damage is estimated at $4,000.
The storage warehouse of Miller & Con-
ger on South and Water streets, New York,
was burned on the Goth. Loss $500, OOO
A robbery took place at Chattanooga, on
Monday, the 10Th inst, which, if the facts
are stated correctly, is one Of the most ex-
traordinary on record. Two men named
Bass and Williams, pretending to be detect
ives from Columbus. Georgia, persuaded a
Lieutenant of the military guard to render
them assistance, went to the Crutchfield
House, dragged several gentlemen out Of
bed, carried them to the guard house, plum
dering them of over two thousand dollars
in money, watches, etc., and kept them
locked up that night, and the next day
started south. The affair is undergoing
investigation before the military author
ties.
Two men have been arrested and identi-
fed as the robbers of the Williamsburg
bank messenger, but none Of the money has
been recovered.
The loss by fire on Water street, New
York on the 10th, is about $4,000. Two
persons were seriously injured by falling
walls.
/ Some weeks ago, the Sandwich, (Illinois)
Gazette reported the supposed murder Of
Mr.. John Smith Of Squaw Grove. His team
came home with Mr.. Smith lying on the
load with deep wound in the back of his
head, and nearly dead. But the wound
was made in very singular manner. Mr.
Smith was sick, and lying on the top Of the
wagon-load he protruded his head over the
front end-board, and began to vomit, and
while in that position, was kicked on the
head by one Of horses--the skull being laid
open by the shoe.cork. He was not dead
when he came home, but lived long enough
to give the above account.
At Quincy, Ill, on Sunday, the 21st a
little boy, about three or four years old, the
SON of Mr.. Williams, while out in the street
was attacked by a COW, and SO severely in
jured that he died within few hours after.
The animal hooked the child in the throat,
laying the neck open almost from ear to
ear.
! The Secretary Of the Interior reports
that, in cities Of the United States having
population Of 10000 and upward (the num-
Der Of such places being 1927 the capital
employed in manufactures is SAL, 120, 234;
number of hands employed, males 4lO, 800,
females $4,000; value of products 1884,
834,827. The value Of products in Chicago
| 10 put at $ll 100000