Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-09-08

listened while n proceeded with glow
ing language, and in very rapid manner
for about ten minutes, when the man
taking q card from his pocket, handed it
to n, and he saw by the card that be
was wasting his powers upon deaf and
dumb man. It was too good joke for NJ
to keep. He told it, very much to the an.
noyance of n, who ceased 70 boast OF his
abilities as an insurance agent
Incidents and Accidents.
"A Trenton lady Of high family lately
died of deljriun tremsns.
"A GAINESVILLE, wis.,. o6icial recently
attached q mans cork leg to satisfy judg-
ment.
"A little girl was burned to death with
kerosene at Appleton, Wis, few days
ago.
"A Syracuse man said that he could
eat fifty lemons. He tried to prove 1t, and
died in the attempt.
Several children are reported to have
lately lost their lives in Mills county,
Iowa, by eating wild potatoes.
The Boston 1ranscripttells Of a fiend
| of mother who tied lucifer matches on
her child's hands and then set them on
fire. 8J
An engaged girl" in st. Louis took
poison recently because her absent lover
didn't write her letter for four consecu-
tive days.
AT Columbus, Tenn, the other night,
John Cook went masked to the house OF
Eli Ashton to frighten him The result
was Ashton shot and killed him.
I'm Chicago, a few days ago. little
child of o. p. Jewell, one year and half
old, fell from the second story of its faith.
er's residence to the ground, and strange
to say, sustained no serious injury.
The other day at Ottumwa, Iowa, a
child three years old was killed by the
kick Of horse, and afterwards dragged
into the street and almost de4oured by
hogs.
AT Rondout, N Y, the other night,
over fifty persons, congregated in the vi
cinity ot,a circus tent, were knocked down
by stroke Of lightning, and five OF them
were instantly killed.
"A little son of Geo. Edgworth, of
Nashville, Tenn, left in room to himself,
the other morning, set fire to the bed, and
was drsadfully burned. His life was des-
paired Of. b0 1
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daughter, of KokomO, Ind, was badly
fire while filing lamp. The same old
story.
WIN. w. Leonard, Chicago mer-
chant, died the other day in . physicians
ofiice in that city, while under the influ-
ence of chloroform to have tunor re-
moved from his forehead.
-Sepike Bowles, . cotton merchant at
Memphis, Tenn, while undressing the
other night, let pistol fall, which dis
charged, the ball striking him in the tenn
pie, causing instant death.
AT Kendallville, Ind, q few days ago,
the little daughter of Mr.. Phelps, aged
8 years, died from the effects of injuries
received by the explosion Of can Of
kerosene oil, which she was using in start
ing fire the day before.
I'm Davenport, Iowa, . few days ago, .
German and his wife murdered their two
children by holding their heads in pals
of water. The parents then jumped into
well, the mother being drowned-the
husband climbing ont.
I'm Lima, Ohio, child Of John Goble,
Jr, only five months old, died the other
day from the effects OF putting a piece of
pasteboard into its mouth, colored with
Paris green. The pasteboard was Q rail
road conductors check.
"A few days ago, the wife Of Nelson
Conklin, Of North Branch, Mich, left her
child asleep in the cradle, and went about
40 rods from the house to see her hus.
band. While absent the house took fire
and burned down, the child being burned
to death.
AT the Iowa Agricultural College
spontaneous combustion recently occurred
from putting lot of wet coal in the coal
vaults with quantity of dry coal. The
smoke was discovered In time to save dis
astrous confagration.
"A little boy Of four years old, who
lives in Jacksonville, Ind, got into 30
much trouble few days since that he st
tempted suicide by the oldfashioned mode
OF hanging. His ma stopped him in his
rash purpose, and administered good
spanking.
An old lady named Wishard, residing
in Helt Township, Ind, lost her sight about
three years ago, and became totally blind.
Recently her vision was suddenly restor-
ed. Within one hour from the time she
received the first glimmer Of light, she
was enabled to see quite plainly.
"A woman who died in Putnam,
Conn, after having suffered long from an
incurable chronic disease, was SO impress.
ed with the idea that abe would be dug
up to crafty the doctors by an examina-
ton, that she made her husband and SON
promise that they would watch her grave
every night for two week.; and they
did 90.
"A woman in New Albany, Ind, has
possession Of female child, about ten
Ito mother when only month old. The
woman claims that 1t 10 the child Of m
ex- Governor Of Ohio. The matter has
created quite an excitement in New Al.
bany.
"A Maine paper eivss : vesy thsilling
descriptions a The drowning o<fWO young
ladies q We1tport, n tha3 6ta1o. Is ~