Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-08-18

Incidents and Accidents
; Over two thousand cases Of sunstroke
are reported in the United States this
year.
The business portion of Constable
vile, Lewis county, IN. ~, was recently
destroyed by fire.
"A little child in. Bloomington, ILL.,,
swallowed marble few days ago, which
resulted In the death of the child.
"A faithful wife passed through town
in Kansas the other day, with her decrepit
husband dashed to her back.
Two boys have died in Lawrence,
Kansas, from the effects Of over-exertion
in climbing creased pole on the Fourth
Of July.
A portable engine boiler exploded near
Mt. Vernon, Ind, the other day, killing
two men and horribly mutilating three
others.
"A young woman walked from Palo to
Vinton, Iowa, twenty miles, TO have .
tooth extracted, and after II was done,
kHelked back home the sama day.
~ 6cme boys bathing in the river, 1t
Berlin, Wis, proceeded TO "duck" one OF
their number, named Dillman. They car
ried the joke too far, and the boy was
drowned.
Lewis J. Lewis, master. builder Of the
State Normal School ct MankatO, MIMI,
was burned to death the other evening,
while trying to rescue two horses from his
burning barn.
The cry of "mad dog" and the sight
of the animal Immediately behind her on
! the street, caused Mrs Margaret Seefer to
fall dead from fright In fhiladelphis, q
few days ago.
AT Oskaloosa, Iowa, man named
Forrest had his jaw broken BY blow
from . regulation baseball. The flesh,
gums, and tissues between the teeth were
severed.
Two "young ladies'" In Randall
county, Ind, recently waylaid and sound
~ thrashed young man who-as they
accidentally discOvered-was engaged to
be married to both of them.
/ "A child at Lansingburg, N. T., q
short time since, became affected 20 much
with the heat that 1t fell into a sort Of
trance state, and continued In that condi-
ton for several days.
Tho other day little son Of Mr..
Chandler, of Pinckneyville, Ill, while
passing near q horse hitched behind q
store, was kicked in the breast, and &c
injured that he died half IN hour after.
ward.
| "A little boy, four years old, son Of
Ingraham Fletcher, banker Of lndianspo.
lis, was recently burned TO death in q
stable. The child, with several other
children, was playing in the stable, and
It is supposed Get IRE TO some hay.
Jim Karnes, q Buffalo hostler, while
intoxicated, took q trip down hay-spout
very little larger than his body, going
down it headlong fifty feet, and, strange
to say, viii recover.
William II. Hanna, prominent
member Of the Bloomington (Iil) bar,
was killed by lightning, the other night,
about 10 O'Clock, while In bed. His wife,
lying by his side, was severely stunned
By the same stroke.
The brothers of Mrs. Neel (nse
Evansl near Columbus, Ohio, abducted
her the night after marriage, tied her
| hands and feet, and Took her back to the
I paternal mansion. A writ Of hG6eas
corpus restored her to her husband.
lin the town Of Cropsey, Ill, two men,
named John II. Arnett and James In.
gram, became engaged in quarrel in q
wheat field, which ended in the latter
striking the former fatal blow with .
pitchfork. Ingram was lodged In Jail ct
Bloomington.
Henry Sherman. accompanied by his
wife and two children, was passing
through ravine near Lansing, Iowa,
after . recent storm, when his wagon
was struck by . torrent Of water. The
vehicle was upset and the entire family
drowned. g
The other day farmer in the vicini-
ty of Norwich, CT, who had extensively
used the fly paper Of the period, collected
. couple Of pounds of dead flies, and, a.
an experiment, gave them to his hens for
food. The next day he had fourteen
pounds Of dead chicken on his hands, and
he concluded that poisoned fly 40 . dish
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