Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-06-02

last night, at Balliekeen, in the parish Of
Duralin. Yesterday boat from that
parish picked up large cask of paraff1ne
oil. It was brought TO shore into house,
where they divided il. In 90 doing It
ignited and blew the roof of the house.
-Four persons, q man aud three women,
are dead and their bodies burned TO Gin
der" III as ~ "a ss,slsssAtx
Recently . farmer residing in the
East Nouk, Scotland, placed . sovereign in
his mouth to keep 1t separate from some
silver coins which he was paying away.
and by accident the golden piece vanished
down his throat. For some time, much
was experienced In his
Being in Edinburg, he went,
in company with friend, to the Theatre
Royal, and in appreciation OF MI.
Sothern's representation Of Lord Dun
dreary," he laughed heartily, and thereaf
ter was seized with violent fit Of cough
ing, when he expectorated the long-lost
gold coin, the sight of which caused no
inconsiderable amount Of Joy: and he
again breathes freely. 500 ~
Incidents and Accidents.
"A fire at Fincastle, Va, the other day.
burned half the town, including both the
hotels and every store in the place. The
loss exceeds $4,000 -
A driver in Meriden, Conn, having
kicked his horse for some minutes: the an
imal returned the compliment, and nearly
killed the two-legged brute.
Joshua June, aged 60 years, of Greene
county. New York, hung himself to the
limb Of a'tree with hickory bark, few
days ago. When found he had his market
basket on his arm. Fg,lfise. IA ,i8u
"A servant girl in, the family of the
Rev. Mr.. Hilton, Presbyterian clergyman
of kalamazoo, Mich, recently induced her
death by the use of white lead, as cos.
metic to improve her complexion. e,
"A young man was killed at Kalama-
zoo, Mich, few days ago, by the burst
ing Of an emery stone, upon which he
was polishing pillow share.
-Signor Rossi, an Italian portrait pain
ter at Paramount, Ohio, was SO badly
burned few nights ago, by the explosion
of coal oil lsmp, that he died in few
hours. He was filling the lamp while it
was burning.
A young son of B. F. More, of Dav-
export, Iowa, was killed few days ago
by falling under the wheel of a roller.
His father found the team standing still,
and his son crushed under the machine.
"A Massachusetts, dentist recently ad-
vertised that he would give q set OF teeth
to the first caller on a certain Monday
morning, and before sunset on Sunday
there were two men and a woman on his
doorstep, impstiently waiting for the dawn
and the coveted prize.
"A lady who had been q widow but
three months recently carried to jewel
er's shop, in New York, the gold plate of
the false teeth of her late husband, order
ing it to be made into rings, to be used
upon the occasion OF her marriage with
the foreman of the coach factory of her
deceased husband. Tn a.s
Two unmarried sisters, Ruth and
Hannah Adams, died recently, of lung
fever, in Oldtowp, Mass They were
aged respectively ~ and IS years, and had
always lived together; their deaths occur
red within a.few hours of each other, in
the same house where they were born
and had lived all their lives.
"A young man died a drunkard's
death, in Evansville. Ind, few days
ago. His father, hearing of his death,
went to Evansville to take his body
home, but got too drunk himself to per
form the sad duty, and the Chief of Police
had to carry him, with the r1n1ains OF his
son, r., the train, when the time of their
departure arrived.
The Burlington, Iowa, Argus learns
that few days ago, in Keokuk county, .
family named Peroe, buried the last of
their three children, all Of whom died of
scarlet fever. As the father and mother
were returning home from the grave OF
the last child, just as they were entering
the gate, the lightning struck their team,
killing it and the husband. The wife Is
now raving maniac.
"A queer annoyance occurred at re-
cent wedding in Litch6eld, Conn. The
parties and parson were ready, but no GER
tificate could be obtained, all the officials
who could give such document being
out of town. Postponement was out Of
the question, 30 after much running to
and fro q quorum Of the Board of Select
men was got togethtr r, o new Assistant
Town Clerk was appointed, who issued q
certificate, and the ceremony went on.
Two colored BARRIERS in Evansville,
Ind, were called in, recently, to shave the
face OF venerable deceased colored man,
They applied the lsther TO the counter
ance of the supposed corpse, and were
about to begin shaving, when the old man
suddenly raised upon his elbow, and
called out: "Wha' you fool niggers dom
hyar9 Thunk was dead, / spec. G'way
-e'long out o'hyar" They did not wait
for second invitation, but dropping
razor, cup, and brush, fed. The resusci-
tation was not permanent, and the poor
old fellow died in few minutes after the
BARRIERS had left.
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