Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-02-10

Incidents and Accidents.

"A little four.year old boy was burned
to death in Louisville, few days ago. He
WAS alone in room, and his clothes caught
fire from the stove.
I'm Lowell, Mass, the other morning,
building occupied by eight poor families
was destroyed by fire, and William Dolan,
aoed twelve, burned to death.
"A little child in Livingston county,
Mich. was nearly poisoned to death, few
DAYS since, by chewing and swallowing
sone green paper that came around en-
velopes.
Some boys in Cleveland broke hole
in the ice, the other day, and presently
human body shot up through the aper.
ture. The boys ran as though ghost
had appeared.
A Nashville wedding party was com
pletely demoralized, few days since, Dy
q brother of the bride, who hred three
shots into the carriage. NO particular
harm was done.
"A Young lady aged "a years died in
New London, Conn, few days ago, OF
lock jaw, caused by running pin INTO
the palm Of one of her hands. She was 10
have been married the following day.
in Cherokee county, Ala, a lad nametl
William Dickson killed playmate named
Wilcox, by filing pipe with powder and
tobacco. and giving it to him to smoke.
The explosion forced flame and tobacco
down the poor boys throat.
"A poverty stricken widow OF Buffalo
was arrested the other day for stealing a
shawl. and fined one dollar, which, as she
was unable to raise it, her accuser paid for
her, the latter thinking that in this way
Justice was fully satisfied.
A queer case recently came before
Syracuse, N. Y, justice. Three ladies,
ail relatives, got quarreling as to who
should pay the expenses of funeral, and
one of them grabbed up Kettle and
severely scalded the other two.
John Holmes, of Mount Hawley, the
other day, killed a hog that had leaden
bullet imbedded in his heart. This is q
hard story, but is vouched for by good
authority. The wound was healed over,
and how long the bullet had been there it
was impossible to surmise.--FeorSa 1a0''s'
e7tpt.
viewing cinnamon bear. He describes
the conduct of the interviewed as touch
ing in the extreme, SO much 80 that ne
was constrained to leave with him several
locks of hair, his overcoat, and portion
of his right hand, as keepsakes, in memory
of the occasion.
"A newly married man in Manchester,
N. H., left his wife few weeks ago on
prospective tour. During his absence he
sent her money for her support. Upon
his return, q few days since, he found that
she had spent it in getting q divorce, on
the plea of desertiOn, and had married
another man.
"A man living in Port Clinton, Ohio,
imagined he saw burglar breaking into
his house the other night, and selling his
gun, ran to the door and discharged it at
the supposed intruder. On examination
he found his best breeches, which were
hanging on a clothes line, all shattered
and torn from the fearful shower OF shot.
1T is said that an aged couple, one 90
and the other 80 years Of age, at Caven-
dish, VT, had to be removed to the poor
house to be taken care of, having become
helpless through the infirmities OF age,
and none of their children, though well
able, being willing to take care of them.
| The old man died of broken heart In
consequence, and his wife at last accounts
laid insensible at the poor house.
"A farmer from Jefferson county, Kan,
informs the Lawrence Journal that the
recent cold snap caused many of the trees
to snap and burst open. In his yard was
a cottonwood tree five or six years old,
and some six inches in diameter. The
cold caused this tree to burst open for
distance of six feet or more from the
ground. He states that in passing through
the woods, the trees would burst and send
forth report similar to that OF pistol
The cashier of the Manhattan Gas
Company of Now York was recently
robbed Of $1,000 by two fourteen year old
boys, who had provided themselves with
to leave for q cabin home on the Western
prairies when arrested. They had read
dime novels and became imbued with the
glorious characters glowingly protrayed
therein, and were intending to follow their
wolfentrapping, Indian-killing example
"A resident of Constantine, St. Joseph
county, Mich, recently lost a valuable
COW She was sick about week-the
sickness being attributed to the fact that
she had got loose in the stable and eaten
large quantity of corn. After death the
body was opened, and among the contents
of the stomach were found about half
pound of nails. of various sizes and shapes,
inches long with large head, and a watch
chain fastened to nail.
While the Superintendent of the hot
springs, known as the Russian steam
bath, at Calistoga, CAL, was recently ex-
perimenting with pump for the purpose
Of increasing the volume of water in the
bath, column of steam gushed out, i'm
mediately succeeded by column OF hot
water, which compelled hasty retreat,
one of the workmen very nearly being
scalded before gaining the open air. The
water has temperature of 214 degrees,
and is now in full play, casting up
geyser fifteen or twenty feet above the
surface.
The Utica IN. ~ Herald states that a
child of Harvey Nestles, Of Ava, near
Utica, had been sickly for about two years,
and various medicines were administered
without benefting it. Last December 9
new physician was called in, who decided
that living; animal was in the child's
stomach. Treating the patient in accord.
ance with this belief, the physician sue
ceeded in removing from its stomach what
bod boon a livinO animal resembling in