Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-12-01
uRRENr PARAGRAPHS.
I,ciderfs and Accidents.

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II Chicago. from trichiniasis. he had
cen eating raw ham.
THE upsetting of kerosene lamp in
ackson. Mich, few days ago, was the
suse of little girl being burned to death.
IA woman named Mary Young, OF Des
hines, Iowa, was SO badly burned the
oaer day, by the explosion OF a kerosene
IMP, that her life was despaired Oh
LA little three-year old child belonging
| 10 Mrs. Benee, Of Cooltown, Ill, was
burned to death few days ago, during the
absence Of the mother
Two little negro children were burned
| 10 death the o.her day, in Cairo, ILL.,, dur
ing the temporary absence OF the mother
| from the house.
! A Milwaukee CAPITALIST. named Boyler,
/ bought $500 bond, which he secreted In
| a rag barrel. His wife sold the barrel for
a few cents. Many such transactions might
bust that Boyler
"A New Jersey lady reproached her
| lover for being drunk, and he, like we'll
bred, sensitive man, went and hung him.
| SELF
AT Newcastle, Ind, few days ago,
| Eddie Bond, twelve years old, accidentally
| hung himself, while playing in bis fathers
/ barn He was dead when discovered.
! In st. Joseph, Mo, the other day, two
I twin sisters played a game Of "seyen-up
| for The hand Of a young farmer. and the
winner married the man within week.
| A couple of farmers in Hardin coun-
nv, Iowa, went to law five years ago, over
1925. The suit has just ended, and both
Iarmers had to sell their farms to pay the
;osts.
Andrew Klasen, wealthy farmer Of
Hastings. Mimi, served as juror on d.
jyorce suit, and after listening to the evl.
ldcnce for ten days became raving ma
MAC.
A boiler in a grist-mill at Hamilton
Mo. exploded few days ago, and in
Istantly killed two men, and severely in
nred six others, one Of whom died the
lext day.
Patrick Crystal, of Menominec, Wis,
pcenty threatened to burn mans barn,
With a view Of extorting money, and has
inst been sentenced to twelve years In the
state Prison.
A half inch thick sky-light in Erie
was broken by small aerolite short time
since The pebble, which was secured, Is
! full of specks as brilliant as diamonds, and
presents a brassy appearance
"A New Hampshire mechanic who had
devoted several years Of his life to the
| perfection of an invention, gave up the
work as hopeless, a few days since, and
committed suicide.
A playful and powerful man at work
in the Kittery Navy Yard threw his arms
around companions waist, and gave hun
such hearty squeeze as to injure him IN
ternally 50 that HI q Hf44ttssti No harm
was intended.
A young lady in Wyoming, Iowa
named Harriet Fordham, had just com
pleted arrangements for her marriage
when she was seized with typhoid fever
and died. The wedding dress became hei
shroud.
AT Xenia, Ohio, the other day, as Miss
| AlidaJ McCany was sitting in front o.
am open fireplace, engaged in studying hel
school lesson her dress caught fire, ano
she was so badIy burned that she died tho
following morning.
boxers heading factory, at Anderson
Ind, was blown up few days ago, killing
four men and wounding five or six. Thu
building was torn to pieces. A family IL
the house adjoining, while eating break
fast, were blown 70 the street.
The boiler in the planning mill of Jno
Williams 81 CO., at Charlestown, Mass.
exploded the other day, killing Mr.. John
:, son, the engineer, and seriously injurint
MIR. Dunn, Jno. Wade, and Samuel Smiley
The buildings in the vicinity were badl.
damaged
The Rev. Leonard Pratt, Of Bridgewa
ter. Mass. while returning from service
on recent Sunday, fell dead without
struggle aged a. He had been in re
markedly good health all his life, and hat
no warning ailment
"A wealthy Kentuckian, returning from
Southern tour, dropped into Memphis
restaurant for oysters, and was amazed a
having them brought to him by his twelve
year-old boy, who had run away from
home.
--Actuan L. Dyke, a train boy on tn
Kansas Pacific Railroad, recently receives
telegram from New York, informing hin
Of his falling heir in Cheltenham, England
his former home, to a fortune of 9250,00t
by the death of his uncle, j. w. johnson
The lucky boy started at once for England
A three year old boy in Yorkville, Ill
fell into a well containing eight feet o
WHICH, bub tlhiSiiiS w Iho buonOe, a' Ihoii.
an older boy wouldn't have had tn
presence of mind to do, his grand mothe
; brought him in safety to terra .frmla.
Michael Costello stood in the door o
his New York store the other day, and TIL
funny performance of drunkard who wa
attempting to stone off some botherinl
boys, so acted upon his risibles that h
laughed until he died. He was actually
tickled to death.
A letter from Canton to the Peoria
Democrat claims that the wickedest man
in Illinois is living in the former place
Recently, while his child was lying {
in corpse his house, he was in n-piI
alley, playing ten pins, and spending the
money he should have used to supply thu
wants of his family.
"A little girl in New Britain, Conn, {
few days since, offered the family horse al
apple she had between her teeth. The horse
accepted, but awkwardly included piec'
of his little friends nose. She bore thu
pain bravely, and said that the horse neve
meant to do it, for he looked very sorry.
Three officers attempted to arrest |
gang of seventeen French wood-choppers
near Rutland, VT, few days ago, but thu
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