Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-31
A. F. Sperry, Editor.
The Fifteenth Amendment
Ratified and Proclaimed.

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"There is a just God who presides
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spot from sympathizing spectators.
A jealous young man in New Albany,
Ind, climbed upon fence, the other
night. TO peep in q window and see what
gentleman was visiting his intended. he
was mistaken for . burglar, shot and
killed. 9 .,,set,,ss nal,
"A resident Of Alton, H., caught .
burglar trying to break into his house the
other night, and shot him dead with pis-
to1. The coroner's jury gave verdict
that it served the scoundrel just right. 4
"A good housewife in Chelsea, Mass,
who wished to rid cupboard of bugs,
thoroughly covered the shelves with kero-
sene oil, and applied q match. 1t killed
the bugs, and the fire department put out
the fire. ALL -, s..it fftTss..., fi'
"A young lady in Brattleboro made a
somnambulist excursion the other.night Of
more than mile in the snow, barefoot in
her robe de NUT, and only awoke as she
locked the door on her return, Result a
severe cold. y ri II STA Iu .5.E
The Cincinnati Commercial says =" An
Indiana lady couldn't stand the abuse any
longer, so she chastised her husband with
a kerosene lamp, which exploded. She
has since been remarked to the agent OF
the company the house was insured with"
--Mr. Abel Waterman, of Boston, was
badly scalded at his house few days
ago. His little son had puta kitten in one
of his fathers boots, and when Mr.. Wa
terman drew it on he was startled into a
yell and a Leap, in the execution of which
he upset kettle of boiling water on his
unprotected foot 1871 t.4@4 10.
The Ebensburg (Pa) AAeghanian in
forms the people that citizen Of Cambria
county recently sold his wife to peddler
for two cents. The husband receipted
bill of SALE received the two cents, and
the peddler carried away the wife. The
peddler is said to have family living in
the West The editor vouches for the
truth Of the story.
A Mrs. Jennings, whose husband is
serving term in. the Massachusetts State
Prison for robbery, applied to have an in
terview with him, the other day, but her
request was denied, and she went home
and died The miserable convict entreat-
ed to be permitted to attend the funeral,
even in his prison clothes, but the regula-
lions would not allow of this, and he, too,
will probably die of grief
An Auburn On. " gentleman, who
wished to sell his house, advertised in the
Adgertiser,. but received no applicants.
His neighbor, who also wished. to sell his
house, did not advertise, but received nu-
merous offers Here was mystery, but
examination showed that the party adj
vertising had mistaken the number of his
house, and was Offering that of his neigh
Dor. A change in the figures was at once
made.
One of the most heartless practical
jokes was perpetrated in Troy, N. T., re-
Gently, at the expense of young boat
man who had refused to join his COM
panions in drinking carousal. To pun
ish him tor his temperance practices they
put Croton oil into glass of water of
which, they knew he would partake, and
he swallowed enough to bring him almost
face to face with death.
"A Pawtucket man, while riding in a
horse car; put his elbow through the win
dow. Httold the conductor that he would
pay for the glass but had not the money
with him. The conductor said "All right"
and allowed him to 60 without even leay-
ing his name. After reaching home, he
sent the President OF the COMPANY $50
to pay for the new pane of glass. The
uprightness and rareness of the act pleased
the latter so much that be sent him t2.5O
worth Of tickets in return.
"A correspondent of the New E1gland
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in Grantham, N. H., dropped an egg,
January 1st, which measured seven and
one half inches -bne way, by nine the
other.s On3being broken, It was found TO
contain another egg of common size.
Around the inner egg were the fluids OF
the larger one; and the smaller one con.
tanned the yolk and white commonly found
in eggs Both eggs had shells of ordinary
shape and color $50 II At}tT& &,tA
The Boston IracAler reports that a
man, apparently in the last stages OF con-
sumption, came to the house of physi
clan, not many miles from Boston, and
said that he had been given up by several
but had been advised to call
upon him The physician was i'll, and
dictated q prescription to be compounded
by his son. Subsequently itappeared that
too much of one ingredient had beer. put
in BY mistake, and The physician was fear
full that the dose would prove fatal. All
efforts to find. the sick man, however, were
unsuccessful, and the papers were eagerly
watched with the expectation Of seeing
his death chronicled. Some time after
ward the bell was RING, the patient again
and was profuse IN thanks, de-
ciaring that he owed HIS life to the physi-
cian,. and no sacrifice he could possibly
make for him would be too great He
was not asked to sacrifice anything.
a Inehhehoiy account comes to us
from Bullitt county, regarding the wan
dering from lone and freezing to death of
the child Of Mr. Philo Twiges. Itsppears
that tho child, 4 boy about years old,
had faye,ite dog, in compsny with
which he wxs in the habit Of staying awsy
from home br hours Saturday Afternoon
the boy tAIed his dog as usual, and then
started Ditto spend the afternoon among
the hills, nut when, night came they did
not return The parents became alarmed
for the safety Of their child, and. after
a posse Of neighbors, a thor
ough seajch was made 6f al the surround
inc hillstbut to no effect Sunday came,
and still no news Of the lost boy, and the
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