Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-17

tender child has used $12, 900 in notes and
| draftsto make kite Of
Miss Rose Hill was dangerously in
jured and Miss Lizzie Hennessy smothereti
to death, by fire in the attic of boarding
| house in Hartford, Conn, few days ago.
A little girl about seven years of age
arrived in Buffalo few days ago, en- route
for Detroit, having come all the way from
Germany alone.
Mrs. J. c. Pratt, crazed by the death
of her husband, wealthy citizen of Rox-
bury. Mass, wandered away the other
night, and fell into an open drain, causing
| her death. "A sss. ys
Judge Baily, Of Demopolis, Ala. was
| so affected by the news Of the death Of
General Lee that he died instantly while
sitting in his chair.
A baby five weeks old was smothered
in Evansville, Ind, recently. The mother
put it to bed with another child, which
rolled over and strangled the little one in
the clothes. SCI 4iBg
A fellow in Evansville, Ind, the other
day, borrowed money of girl to whom he
was engaged, IN order TO pay fora marriage
license, and expended the money in pro-
| curing license to marry another woman.
"A young lady Of Manitowoc, Wis,
had her nose broken by blow from a
mallet in the hands of an adversary, while
playing croquet one day recently 1t was
done accidentally.
Miss Minnie Hines, of Jennings
county, Ind, was so badly frightened by
| burglars in the house, few nights ago,
| that she lost her reason and is now raw
ing maniac. tts
A Baltimore landlord. named Lesson,
seized and kissed the hand Of one Of his
tenants wives, named Siebert, while call
ing in relation to rent, some time ago, and
the court has recently adjudged 1915
damages
lin Santa Fe, New Mexico, ateamster,
suffering from the blues, appealed to a
companion to shoot him. The accommo-
dating fellow blew the top of his head off,
and then rode off on the mule Of the de-
ceased.
Two young people of Macon, Ga, of
whom it was prophcsied that their mar
ried life would prove one of continued
misfortune if united in the light of day,
recently aroused magistrate after mid
night and had the ceremony performed by
! lanlp!igh;. $500
Two young fools in Dublin, n H.,
lately undertook to shoot apples off each
others heads, with pistol, q In William
Tell. They made out finely, until at last
one of them aimed trifle too low, and
shot his companion in the head, infiicting
severe but not dangerous wound.
A girl in Calhoun county, Iowa, at
tempted to look into the muzzle of her
brothers shotgun, and at the same time
pull her dress away from the trigger. The
| Coroner's jury returned verdict of Death
| from internal carelessess.'
"A boy named George McGraw went
| through 30foot wheat spout in Sheboy-
gan, Wis, elevator the other day, emerging
in an unconscious state, with his nose,
mouth and ears full of wheat. He had
been playing in the wheat bin.
William p Hickey, druggist OF the
St. Louis Marine Hospital, made a fatal
mistake, a few days ago, in mixing medi-
cine He used tartar emetic instead of po-
tassium. and took 1t himself the dose caus
ing his death.
The saloon and residence of Michael
Baoher in Burlington, Iowa, was destroyed
by fire few mornings ago, and three
daughters of Mr.. Bacher, aged respectively
seventeen, nine and seven years, and his
granddaughter, aged four years, persisted
in the flames.
The other afternoon an interesting lit
tie girl Of six years, daughter of James
| Plat residing three miles north of Quincy,
H., was SO dreadfully burned by her
| clothes taking fire from stove, that she
died in great agony few hours later. Her
mother was badly burned while attempting
to extinguish the flames
| "A Des Moines, Nov !, dispatch says
| "a man named Killion spread arsenic on
bread and ate it, because the girl he loved
said she wouldn't marry him She heard
| how lac had buttered his bread, and said
she was only Joking. He then had doc.
tor pump him out, and there is to be a
wedding tomorrow"
Mrs John Watkins, of Abba, Iowa,
I the other morning locked her boy of four
years old in the house while she went to
the market. The child found some
matches, and in playing with them set the
house on fire and burned 1t to the
ground, burning itself SO that it died at 10
o'clock the same evening.
A Mr. Nichols, of Virginia, who has
| been absent from home some time, was re-
turning on the Chesapeake d Ohio Rail
road, October 20, when he was inform d
that his wife was dead, He Immediately
went out upon the platform and shot him.
self through the head, producing instant
death. a g afe5ss3t
The other evening, in Oswego, N. Y,
Mrs. Thomas Conway undertook to lighta
fire with kerosene oil, having her infant in
her arms at the time. As might have
been expected, the can exploded, and both
mother and child were burned to death
under the most horrifying circumstances.
A child in the same neighborhood, on the
same day, was scalded to death by pulling
pot of hot tea uuon itself
A man in Fond du Lac, Wis, went
into the fortune-telling business. One
nervous lady, who applied to him, was SO
much excited at the tale he told her, that,
when he pronounced the final words,
Z" Madam, four weeks from this day you
will be murdered" she fell senseless upon
the floor, and for time 1t was feared that
she had lost her reason. When the facts
became known, an indignation meeting
was held, and the fortune-teller concluded
to leave town s tenas
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