Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-13

"A man and wife in Richmond, Ind /,
put tartar emetic In the coffee in order to
cure the children of the habit Of using it,
and nearly caused the death Of al OF
them.
"A Kentucky peddler, while entering
the yard of . man in Montgomery county,
. few days ago, was attacked by mastiff,
which sprung upon his neck and straugled
him to death.
Hiram Forbes, . well-known and e.
teemed mechanic Of La Porte, Ind, died
recently, from the effects Of an overdose
Of morphine, administered through mis-
take by his wife.
"A little girl at Dubuque, Iowa. swal-
lowed . watermelon seed, which lodged in
her wind.pipe, wherefrom she could not
move 1t. The help Of . physician was
throat, and successfully removed the In
truder.
"A New York Frenchman, who had
become insane from the recent reverses Of
the armies OF hts native country, commit
ted suicide by leaping from the roof Of q
house to the ground, distance Of eighty
feet.
"A boy named Henshaw, IS years OF
age, was recently crushed TO death in sor.
ghum mill, in Kichland, Iowa, being the
third one Of the family that has met death
In the same manner during the last four
years.
"A Mrs. Boyce, in Albany, N. Y, was
smoking in bed, the other evening, during
the absence of her husband, when she
dropped her pipe upon the bed. covering,
and the clothing caught fire, and she was
burned to death. s~
IA little three-year old child in Har.
risburg, Pa, fell out Of . three.story win.
dow few nights ago, on to brick pave.
ment, . distance OF twenty-five feet, and
received no serious injury, not bone
being broken.
"A Pittsburgh highwayman knocked
down man in that city, the other day,
and robbed him Of $11 900. He was cap
tured and tried the next day, sentenced
to twenty.fo years imprisonment, and
was in the penitentiary within twenty
four hours after the crime was COM
mitted.
DIR. N. Jourdan, editor Of Der Cor.
respondent q German paper at Indianapolis,
fell from the window OF his Office, in the
old Posto11ce building, the other night
and was instantly killed. It is supposed
that he had sat in the window and went
to sleep. This is the same building from
which B. Marshall and three others have
fallen with fatal effects.
"A boy residing with his parents in
New Brunswick, N. j., threw cent
across the room, q few evenings ago,
while the members of the family were
seated around table, upon which stood
q kerosene lamp. The coin struck the
lamp chimney, the lamp exploded, and a
young lady, the boys sister, was burned
to death.
I'm Chicago, q few days ago, while q
Mrs. Martin was in the act Of pouring out
q cup Of coffee, the handle of the coffee.
pot suddenly broke of, and the Kissing
contents were spilled over the person OF
her little child, year and half old. The
little one was 80 severely scalded that she
died in few hours.
"A valuable Morgan mare, belonging
to Jeremiah Grisner, of Burlington, Iowa,
was killed by bees few days ago. The
bees came In swarms, filling the animals
mouth and nostrils, and almost covering
her head. They could not be driven of
till water was brought and they were
swept off by deluge. The poor animal
fingered in great agony, at times utuering
the most pitiful cries-her tongue and
nostrils becoming very much swollen
until death ended her sutferings.
About q dosen boarders, and several
members of the family, in 1T. Louis
boarding house were poisoned few days
ago by eating corn bread. One Of the
servants had mixed arsenic with some
corn meal to kill rats. Another servant
found the mixture in saucer on the table,
and not knowing its character, and being
of an economical turn, put 1t back in the
meal barrel. ali the victims recovered
Census Items.
fredericksburg, Va, has 4,023 in
hahitante. against SOFT in 1864 de-