Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-30
Incidents and Accidents.

Incidents and Accidents.
The kplosion of an oil lamp caused
the destf elton by ERE of 8, dwelling at
Normal. H., few nights ago.
fFra Menard, of Rockford, ILL.,, acct
deI1&lly khot and killed his sister the
oth dazs while fooling with revolver.
"A fivesyear old SON Of Mr.. Black, Of
Havana, H., was strangled to death re-
Gently by getting some popcorn fast in his
throat
[ IA little girl at Patterson N. j, was
chokedS to death a few days ago by acct
sdantally swallnwing an India rubbsE wind
bag such as children play with. "a
10 eIefses ynAak aid liz vie III Pot
land, Ne, have, recently suffered greatly
from poisoning, caused BY eating canned
tomatoes, - ests4 tssrps sds - ..na4sHE
Robert w. York. of q Minneapolis,
MINI had his face badly burned the other
day by an explosion of q paste made Of
phosphorus and chlorate Of potash. ''''n 80
Hans ,Braunstein,. of Romeo, Mich,
drank twenfy s1sseS of besSth s1her day
on bet Owing to the muddy roads his
funeral was not 20 largely attended as his
friends wished. qssH ,87GWbxsH YfHeH NJ
la German family IN New York, who
wanted 70 90 to Richmond Ne, got the,
wrong tickets, and failed 70 discover the
mistake until it's members turned up in
the capital of Virginia, 4..,uu,f,s, IS
1.-TWO men, Rfchafd Miiiott ana Peter
j. Truline, were instantly killed the other
day while engaged in blasting rock in the
bridge tunnel AZ Hannibal, Mo. .ei,.sbae
"A woman q Watertown,s Wis, whose
husband is worth $4,000, was recently
convicted of stealing piece of crockery
worth twelve cents, and sentenced to five
days imprisonment in the county Jail.
> -rDfs Gillis droEned himself Il Ctaciu-
natl, the other day, because he could not
control his appetite for Intoxicating drinks
He had once been.a leading physician Of
iCinc1nnatigat ia ot3 ssf.'tH W 81 ? @
LIN New York, q few evenings ago, q
man visiting a servant girl got into quar-.
rel with her. and suddenly threw at her a
pot of hot tea, which scalded a child in
her arms so fearfully that death ensued.
"A man who buried a bag of gold dust
in the ground, near Denver, in 1862, there
being no banks there then, and left tor
Idaho, returned in search Of it a few DAYS
ago, and found it in perfect state It is
valued at 81 200.
The bellows in a blacksmith shop at
Fulton, N. Y, became filed with gas from
the forge, and suddenly exploded, with
such violence as to throw piece of iron,
weighing twenty-five pounds through the
roof
4, MIR. and Mrs. j. j. Long, of Sandusky,
Ohio, died few days ago Of "trembles,"
or milk-sickness, caused by the use Of
milk which had been poisoned by a peculiar
weed called "tremble." Three children
were i'll of the same malady. -
"A lawsuit for the settlement of the es-
tate of deceased citizen of Troy, N Y,
which had been in the courts for two
years, was ended few days ago by the
discovery of his will in the false bottom
beneath bureau, which had been sent to
q cabinet maker for repairs.
John b. Peckham, Of ,Pownal, Vty
INDUCED his malice toward a neighbor by
putting scrap iron in his field last summer,
which had very damaging effect on a
moving machine An accomplice inform
ed on him, and Peckham is now meditat
ing on his folly in Jail.
AT Napa, Cal, while suit for divorce
was in progress against the Hon. Freder-
ick Coombs, he asked his wife to walk out
with him Ad Ahs refused use. H4RPnh i Emaldif
and both were dead in five minutes.
"A Providence man, about seven years
ago, was persuaded to take some stock in
fancy corporation for bad debt, and re-
Gently some of its creditors, finding his
name in the list of stockholders, COM
menced suits against him, and obtained
judgments which have thus far amounted
to $25, 900, and the end is not yet. sas
"A brakeman on an Ohio railroad, who,
while in the discharge Of his duties ON the.
top of freight car, was caught under the
chin by q telegraph wire that passed across
the track, and thrown beneath the cars,
sustaining thereby the loss of aleg, brought
suit for damages against the telegraph
company, and has recovered $4,000.
"A very melancholy incident occurred
at Racine, Wis, few days ago. Three
small children Of Mr.. Bauman, Of that
city, who were in perfect health only g.
few days before, died of scarlet fever
within few hours of each other, and
were buried together. Two Of the little
ones were twin sisters. I Dds lB 4
The other morning, the old Court
House at Depere. Brown County, Wis, oc-
cupied temporarily as a Jail, took fire. Two
young men, named Buckley and Howard,
who had been arrested for drunkenness,
the previous evening, were confined in one
of the cells. The fire had obtained such
progress before it was discovered, that it |
was impossible to save them, and they
were burned to death. Iee 81
Mrs. Frank Quinn, adelicate woman of
Lancaster, Pa, had an unpleasantness with
her husband recently, and locked herself
in room. The husband threatened her
life, and she opened the door and fed
down stairs He fred gun after her.
The bullet, however, missed the mark, but
so frightened her as to cause death in q
day or two. H2
!. "A Springfield, Mass, woman left her
little boy at home to amuse himself with |
matches, and, when she returned, met him
in the street, crying. He said he, only
made little fire in the bureau drawer,
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