Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-06-23

Explosive kerosene lately Claimed
two more victims at San Francisco.
"A young lady died at Kalamazoo,
Mich. few days ago, from the effects of
painting with white lead.
"A MIRA Urban, at New Elizabeth, Ind,
was recently fatally burned BY the explo-
sion of coal-oil lamp.
"A man st Atlanta, Ga, who sleeps
with his mouth open, had his false teeth
stolen recently by an adroit thief
"A school house at Broadalbain, n. T.,
was struck by lightning tho other day.
The teacher was killed, and some of the
scholars were injured.
A fan er named Lewis Seymour was
burned to death in his own barn, near Ha
vana, Ill, a few days ago. Intemperance
was the cause.
IT. D. Parker, Mayor of Vanceburg,
KY, fell into q tank of steaming slop the
other day, and was boiled to death before
he could DC taken out
George Jayne, at work on the steeple
Of st. Psul's Methodist Church, at Gin.
cinnsti, few days ago, was precipitated
one hundred feet to the ground, and
killed.
A little girl in Brooklyn fell and
broke rum bottle which she was carry
ing, and was killed by . piece Of the
glass, which pierced almost TO her heart.
Mary Scullen and Mary Nevans got
into fight in the third story of tene-
ment house in New York, the other day,
fell out of the window, and were both
killed.
"A grave-digger in Marysville, CAL,
has gone crazy. Twice he has escaped
from his keepers, and been found in the
cemetery resurrecting his former inter-
ments.
"A couple were recently married in
Troy. The groom paid the minister two
dollars for his services, and then walked
off with the latter's silk hat, leaving his
old plug in its place. ..ss
"A Virginia negro cooked gun and
blew down the muzzle to see ii it was
loaded. He didn't state his conclusions,
but the bystanders, who saw his head fly
of, think it was.
"A fire at Newark, N. j., a few morn
ings ago, burned N. P. Vale & Co.'s hat
factory. Loss, 100000. About three
hundred workmen are thrown out OF en-
ployment. Two firemen were seriously
injured.
"A little girl named Markham, at
Troy, Ohio, was MORALLY wounded, the
other day, by the discharge OF her fathers
rifle, the muzzle of which she had placed
IN her mouth.
"A woman in Warren, Pa, while in
the act of putting her child to bed, re-
Gently, found large black snake coiled
up under the bed clothes. When the
snake was killed, it was found to measure
five feet in length.
Three brothers, Richard W., John B.,
and George r. Robinson, all residing in
Elmyra, N. Y, but in different parts of
the city, we're stricken with paralysis of
the left side at about the same hour, the
other afternoon.
"A young son Of Mr.. Watrous, of
Athens Mich, was fatally poisoned the
other day while engaged in destroying
potato bugs with paddle, in his fathers
field. Medical aid was Immediately sum-
moned, but he died on the following day.
Near Greenville, Ohio, Robert Riley,
q farmer, and his son, eleven years old,
recently found in a field what they sup
posed to be spikenard. They ate some Of
it, and died two hours afterward. 1t
proved. to be er-hemlock.
"A young lad in Wesley, Me-, few
DAYS since, was so poisoned as to nearly
cause his death, by walking over land
where superphosphate had been spread.
The little fellow had crack in his heel
and the poison communicated with his
blood.
The Virginia Enterprise summarizes
new pas,ime in Nevada: "Our friend
Perkins went out yesterday to practice
throwing boomerang, sent him by his
brother in Australia. The physicians
think his nose can be patched and straight
ened up, but say his left eye is entirely
gone"
The other day, P. H. Rayner, livery
stable keeper, at Helena, Ark, while
drunk, shot his wife in the back Of her
head. Thinking he had killed her, he
placed the pistol to his own forehead and
blew out his brains His wife was only
stunned, the ball having been imbedded
in her waterfall
"A young man, named Charles Kemp
ton, lately took French leave of the House
of Correction, at Wilton, New Hampshire,
carrying with him q ball and chain which
had been attached to him. He has now
politely returned the shackles to the insti-
tuition, with his compliments, free of ex-
pense.
The West Bend wis. Democrat reports
that little child, belonging to farmer
living about four miles west of that viii
lage, but whose name was not learned,
swallowed large bean which lodged in
its throat, and although medical aid was
summoned, the child strangled to death in
q short time.
"A painter in Pittsburgh, while recent
ly at work on the top Of ladder at the
third story of Q house, fell, the round
breaking. His fall broke several other
rounds, but at'length he struck one which
was stronger, and was precipitated for
ward through the second story window,
and landed sprawling, not seriously in.
jured, on the floor OF the room.
Mr.. Charles E. McMurrie, Of Tyrone,
Blair county, Pa, recently found in the
depot'at Pittsburgh, Pa, wallet contain
ing $21 $50 in gresnbacks and check for
$1,000. Learning its owner he restored
It, and when offered $1,000 as reward,
refused it, and only after much urging
accepted $500, saying that he would de-
vote it to some charitable purpose.
Miscellaneous.
Plain people-The Indians.
The foot guards-Boots and shoes