Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-12-29
Incidents and Accidents.


was certainly very plausible.
Incidents and Accidents.
Mis- Yates, of Ray county, No., used
coal oil to light fire a few days ago, with
the usual result.
A whole family in Philadelphia was
poisoned recently from eating apples
stewed in brass kettle. Some of them
died: @
"A Connecticut paper knows of seven
persons in that State who have burned
themselves to death this year by smoking
in bed
"A man named Mozart descended well
at Napoleon, Ohio. a few days since, for
the purpose of clearing it out. The foul air
killed him.
The gas works at Warsaw, N. T., were
destroyed by fire the other afternoon. DIR.
Gates. proprietor, Mrs Gates and two
workmen were badly burned.
"A short time ago Mr.. 0. o. Bence, of
Bowling Green, Ind, lost two horses by
their getting into the garden and eating a
quantity Of castor beans.
-Theyoungest son of E. A. Chamberlin,
of Huron, Mich, got displeased, a few days
since, by an act of his father, in changing
his school, and killed himself by taking
strychnine.
Two boys were playing with pistol a
few days ago, at Joliet, H., when the pistol
went off The ball entered an eye Of one
Of the boys, and penetrated his brain. He
lived about one hour.
"A few days ago Mr.. Goodale, of
Marion county, Iowa, found a can OF
powder in the road, and took it home with
him and tried TO open it. 1t exploded,
killing him and one of his children.
Mrs. James J. Farwell died in New
York the other day, and her husband, up
to that time in perfect health, was SO
grieved that he died in less than half an
hour thereafter
The boiler In grist-mill at Bay City,
Mich, exploded few days ago, and two
men were buried in the debris. The en-
gineer, Albert Wildermon, was dead when
found. John Striker, the miller, was Sc
riously injured.
"A few days ago, Mrs. Whistler, of
North Liberty, Ohio, was chastising re-
fractory child, when her rod broke, and a
piece of it struck her spectacles, fracturing
the glass, a portion of which was driven
into an eye, destroying the sight.
An old negro in Jackson, Miss, dug
up eight hundred dollars in greenbacks
which he had buried in his back yard, and
spread them on the hearth to dry. During
his absence for moment, spark, set fire
to the money, and reduced it to finder.
The Philadelphia Inquirer relates
what it deems most singular case, being
that of a citizen who goes off into spells"
during which he will eat whole mouthtuls
of broken glass His friends have tried
various ways to stop him. but his appetite
is still unsatisfed, says the Inquirer.
A child two years old was run away
with by a team at Corydon, Iowa, the
other day, having been left in the wagon
by its father, who stepped into store.
All the tugs but one became loose, and the
wagon was slam banged along the high
way for mile, the child holding to the
sides of the wagon and never whimpering,
seeming rather to enjoy the fun.
One hundred and twenty five hogs,
says the Covington (ky.) Journal, were
smothered to death on freight train on
the Kentucky Central Railroad, which
arrived there recently. They were loaded
into the cars while overheated, and lying
down to rest were smothered by other
hogs crowding on them.
A Cedar Rapids, Iowa, man lost a
pocket book containing $23.40. Hereceived
information that it had been found by a
man residing few miles distant He sent
the finder note, telling him to keep what
he thought would be right" on account Of
finding It, and send him the rest by express.
The finder returned five dollars!
A little boy and girl who live near
Credit River, Mimi, and whose fathers
name is Souser, shook little powder out of
horn into the fire place. The horn went
up through the roof Their father bought
SO panes of glass the next day to pot in his
windows; but he didn't say anything to
the children, for the doctor thought they
had been "blown up" enough.
An Indian near Black River Falls,
Wis, got intoxicated the other day, and,
by way of amusement, actually scalped
his wife. A few Of his aboriginal neigh
bors heard the hubbub, and, to administer
a slight chastisement to Indian No. 1 for
his righteousness, pulled out bis finger nails
and toe nails, and skinned him alive. He
lived fifteen minutes after the latter per-
Torrance.
AT Hartonia, Ind, the other day, col
ored woman told her little boy, engaged
in kindling fire, to pour coal-oil on the
living Goals. He told his mother that
would put the fire entirely out. She then
ordered him to get the powder horn ard
pour some powder on the Goals. This he
commenced doing, when the fire commun-
icated to the powder in the horn, which
exploded, inflicting such injuries on the
boy that it was thought he could not pos
sibly live many days .ss.