Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-02-24

age his geology class TO collect specimens
and bring them into the ciass for analysis
and clas6iAcation. Sd. one day number
tot specimens were laid upon the table,
aEncng t1non one broken bit, which a.
though Streaked end aained to impose on
| ~ doctor, Wa really nOthing bat . piece
q common brick. n dns time the Pro
fsaocr came 70 The specimen. Taking up
one, he seys q glance: This ia piece
ofbaxyta hom the Cheshire mines" hold
ing mp another" This b piece Of field
spex, dom the Portland quarriss the next
. piece Of quartz from HAddsm; and
TIL" coming to To bsick, Il piece Of
tmpudence from some member Of this
Ins61eatu - A0s16n1ts.
"A manwas 11caed u ds1sA ~ . horss
n Pittsbargh . TN daysaeo
"A man living near HghtGtown, n. T.,
was bled to death few days ego, TO anti
cipate the horrors Of death BY hydropho-
Two men working on the bridge ct
St. Paul, Mimi, fell ftom an elevation Of
100 feet the other morning, and were
killed.
The handsomest woman In Norwich
Was burned to . cinder the other day.
She resided In millinery shop and wss
made Of wax.
"A boy died ct Bslyidere, H., . few
days agO. from the effects of having toe
crushed by . car upon. which he was en-
deavoringto climb.
There II . circular saw IN. New
Hampshire min that has ripped up I'VE
men, and II ready for the dxth. Il IL
called the champion ripper.
"A Connecticut farmer recently killed
2 turkey that did not ,hy, and found In
side Of her eleven perfectly formed eggA
with perfect shells, and full size.
"A Connecticut Joker had man muir.
dered ct certain hotel, Just for fun, !"
and he now offers the landlord . farm to
settle the joke.
"A dog lately jumped through plate
glass window Ii Geneva, New York, and
the owner Of the dog offered to settle by
giving the storekeepef the animal
"A little daughter Of David Clifford. Of
st. Joseph county, Mich, recently upset
kerosene lamp, and was % badly burned
that she died day or two afterward.
"A man In New Hampshire the other
day ate fifteen dozen raw oysters on q
wager. The silver trimmings alone on
his coffin cost twelve dollars and thirty
i've cents.
"A six year old girl in Centerville,
Mich, accidentally tipped over 1 lamp,
which exploded In her lap, burning her 20
terribly that she survived but forty-eight
hours.
"A few days ago fourteen year old
boy In Springfield, Tenn, accidentally
shot and killed his cousin. married
woman and has since become raving
maniac.
"A woman, whose face was being pit
ted with small pox, lately rode forty miles
on an Eastern road before the passengers
in the car found out what caused "the pc.
culiar 0dor"
The statement is made that during
one of Prince Arthur's receptions in
Warrington, . well known matron went
among the girls enchanting: BLUSH q
little blush little it win look more
English."
-Matilds Whitman, who, while Queen
Of Ehs FsSiriss In Midsummer Nights
Dream" ct the Brooklyn Theater, was
severely burned by her dress taking fire,
. few weeks ago, died recently in great
At Wilkesbarre, Pa, . young man
named Veasey, while intoxicated, stepped
into the trough Of the great fly.wheel of
rolling-mlll, was caught and crushed to
Jelly, and thrown forty feet from the
"A woman in New York city the other
day discovered a small pimple near her
mouth, which she picked with her nail.
The nail poisoned the flesh, and mOrtifica-
ton rapidly spread until it struck vital
point causing her death.
"A somnambulist walked of an Erie
express train while it was going at the
rate of forty miles an hour. The train
backed down to where his mangled corpse
was supposed to be lying, where he was
found, still = leep and uninjured.
IA workman in . Peoria distillery re-.
Gently met with = horrible death. He was
sanding on plank over : tub Of hot
elop, when the tub exploded, throwing
severely that he died soon after the . cci.
dent
IA brute Of husband In Cincinnati
came homo drunk the other day, and when
his wife asked him for money 70 buy
bread for supper he became enraeed, and
took pot OF boiling coffee and poured 1t
on the face and bosom Of his child. It
lived twelve hOurA
"A young girl on farm In Jackson
county, Ind, heard noise under her win.
dow, the other night and peeping out,
saw burglar climbing up : ladder.
When he was within one step OF tho win.
dow, che dashed him 70 tho earth, and the
next day burglar with broken leg was
carried OF TO jail.
"A little girl In Trenton. Via, few
days since, took lighted candle and went
down cellar TO draw some sasoline or
burning fluid which her 7ather had
"bought cheap." Through some means
the afe communica4ed With the oil. caus-
Ing terrible explosion, and burning the
child IN . terrble manner. She could not
recover.
AT Grand Rapids Ne olher day, .
man was sentenced to three years In
psisnnmant = ~ etaae PsniHGmtlasy 1d1
larceny. when the sentence W. pro-
nounced, one Of the prisoners children,
who had . little doll n her arms, offered
II With tear, 70 one Of the counsel IN the
caee-seekipg TO purchase with Il her
NhthnRsn M2>orotA<,nn 49, fsfH 5AS9ts ski gMFf83