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

MlSCell0Q0Ou6s
New York has hospital for SUM-
struck patients.
"A Dubuque Uowa) girl has sued her
mother for Islander.
The Cincinnati Health Officer reports
SOB deaths in July.
Worcester, Mass, has population of
40, 900, and Salem has "a ,000.i
There were life insurance companies
in China three thousand years ago.
"A Texas grocery has "Knew Syder
Fur Sail"
The Pleasantest Tax-Life Insurance.
The Company-the Washington Life, of
New York.
i'm the thirty-one days ending July
IS, the New York coroners held 442 in
quests.
An spothecary in an Eastern town
has written over his door, "Au kinds Of
dying stuffs for sale here"
The dividends of the Washington
Life are made and paid In cash or insur-
snce, annually from date of policy.
Tho Charleston (ul.) Oour;er says .
young lady of that place has just cele.
brated her wooden wedding by marrying
. bluckhead.
"A young man who IL just engaged,
says that every one congratulstes him,
but no one congratulstes the lady, and he
does not think II fair.
"A. iuryman was asked whether he had
been charged by the Judge. Well, said
| he, "the little fellow that sits up In the
pulpit and stares at the crowd, gave US q
| lecture, but ] don't know whether he
charges anything or not"
1t was 1T Admiral Washington's table
that DR.. johnson made that excellent re-
| ply to the pert cOxcomb, who had abso-
iutely baited him during dinner time.
spray, now" said he to the Doctor,
"what would you give, old gentleman, to be
q young and tprightly as ann" "Why,
sir, think," replied johnson, II would
almost consent TO be a. foolish."
Some of the boorders at an Indian
apolis hotel went out on q recent sultry
| evening, leaving their doors and windows
open. that the esprit Of the evening
wind" might wander in and freshen things.
When they returned they found their
rooms tightly closed and roaring coal
fires burning. Fellow boarders had been
there. tr
The National Convention to sgitate
for the removal OF the National Capital
to the West 10 to be held at Cincinnati,
Octo0er Is. The Convention will be COM
posed OF three delegates from each Con.
gressional district, six from each State ct
large, three from each Territory, and three
from the District of Columbia, to be ap-
pointed by the Governors Of the States
and Territories respectively, and by the
Mayor of the city Of Warrington.
Cornelius O'Dowd tells good story
Of the elder Mathews, whose great afflic.
ton in life was that he was never able to
lose anything. Walking one day with .
well dressed man of fashion, Mathews dis
covered that his gloves were in the shah.
best possible condition. They were torn,
soiled, and worse still, had been mended
Eager to divest himself of such obnox.
ious properties" he rolled them up fur.
lively together, and 90 they were passing
over Westminster bridge at the time,
he seized favorable moment to jerk them
into the Thames. Like q man who had
relieved his bosom, he strobe along, head
erect, and conscience easy but scarcely
had he reached the Southwark side when
Q waterman accosted him with the fatal
when you dropped them, and had sharp
bit OF row to catch them with the fall
ing tide"
The New York Commercial Adcertiser
checrfully suggests that "Peraons COM
PEELED to be abroad in the streets during
any great length Of time during the warm
weather, should take the precaution to
have some means of Identification In their
possession, in case of sun stroke or ex-
hsustion. The simplest plan Il TO have
name aud address on : card In the pocket
Of the vest or dress. The importance Of
this il seen in the case Of . well-known
gentleman who died from sunstr0ke. He
was picked up In the street insensible,
and carried TO Bellevue Hospital where
he died soon after admission. Nothing
was found on his person to indicate iden.
tity, and he was buried among the sun.
known dead in Potter's Field. Affer .