Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-07-07

Incidents end A0cfd0D0s
-Four Iaborers were recently severely
injured by the premature explosion OF .
blast at Haddam, Conn.
A terrific thunder shower in Provi-
dence, r. l., the other day, made gullies
In several streets to the depth of four or
five feet.
Fifty two persons were killed by the
explosion Of kerosene in 1859, and the
total sufferers were one hundred and
eight.
May Bigford, wife of a respectable
machinist at Cincinnati, was burned to
death few evenings ago, by endeavoring
to start fire with coal oil.
Jacob Thompson, a well-known farm.
or of Clermont county, Ohio, was acct
dentaliy shot by neighbOr q few days
ago, and would probably die.
"A little girl aged three years, daugh.
ter of James Hawkins, of Richmond, Ind,
accidentally fell into cistern, and was
drowned, q few evenings ago.
e. r. Steffers, patent model maker,
was instantly killed at Indianapolis the
other afternoon, by the discharge Of q
pistol he was polishing at the time.
A little daughter of Mr.. Twinehasin,
of Gslesburg, ILL.,, while playing with
matches the other day. had her sleeve
catch hre, and she was horribly burned.
Newton Sieber and wife have recent
" recovered $4,000 in the Supreme Court
ct Baltimore, from one John Lesson, for
kissing the wife's hand against her viii
Three children, the Oldest fourteen,
were killed in Brooklyn few days ago,
by the Gazing In Of IN embankment near
which they were at play.
The residence Of Elijah George, near
Clinton, Henry county, Mo-, was destroy.
ed by fire few nights since, and three OF
his sons were burned to death.
While digging . well, In De Kslb
water dug ap $3.50 worth Of old silver.
ware, fifteen feet below the surface.
"A young man at IAwrenceburg, Ind.
fifteen years Of age, died recently from
inprudently swallowing the stones when
eating cherries, causing violent cramps.
The children OF Maine farmer,
while playing Indians in the pasture the
other day, drove the COWS over q preci-
pice, killing or manning the whole herd.
WIN. McKeivey, Of Perry comfy. ILL.,,
fell from load Of straw few days ago,
struck on the tines of . pitchfOrk, and re.
ceived wounds from which he died In .
few hours
-8e<eral men employed by the Van
dalia Railroad Company have been pol
soled by working With patent compost.
ton for rendering roofs fire proof, at East
St. Louis, Ill.
-Joha Rowley, Aimira Miller and Ne
HAse Barton were recently drowned In
the Hudson, ct Milton, N. T., BY the col.
lision Of propeller with their small boat
Two men, Stewart and BuSord, while
trying TO rescue two companions from foul
air in coal mine, in BergenhAm, Pa, the
other day, were sufocaated. Their com
panions escaped.
Foreign Gsssip.
Seventeen duels were fought In or
near Paris in the month Of Nay.
"A movement Il on foot looking to the
of National Board Of
Trade In Canada.
The Empress Carlotts is.in the last
stages Of insanity. Her death, 1t II ex.
pected, win occur ct anearly day.
The piano manufacturers of London
turn out 10000 pianos 9 year, and the |
wonder h what becomes Of them all
I'm the third week n Nay there were
lS7. 410 Indoor and out door peupers In
London, an increAse Of S,40 aimee tho
anne week last year. t.
-Whitham's extensive cotton factory In |
Bolton, Eng, was recently totally de-
&royed by fire. A large Number Of hands
re thrown out Of employment
The corpse Of the lats KiAE OF Siam
ms burned q Bangkok On the 18th Of
lay lot In presence Of the new mon
rich, the MOBILES, bonzes and minister |
The pyre was lighted By the pre1ent
ing. ''''A = !" ''e