Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-13

CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Incidents and Accidents.
"A boy named Brady, of Cleveland,
used kerosene TO light IRE the other day,
and died soon alter.
Miss Stunnan, Of Monroe, Mich, was
burned to death the other day, by the 'ex
plosion of an Oil lamp.
"A man in Covington, KY, took oxalic
epson salts, and died in an hour.
"A lady living near Cincinnati has
been rendered insane by the use of laugh
ing gas administered BY dentist.
"A little boy, two and half years old,
lunched on friction matches, in Elmira, q
few days ago, and was buried the follow
ing Sunday.
"A New jersey man, who had lost q
four hundred dollar watch and chain, pre-
sented the finder, a little boy, fifty cents
for returning them.
New method of curing balky horse
Pour water into his nose. A Weetfeld
man tried it the other day, and it proved
efectual in five minutes, killing the horse.
AT Niblos Garden, New York city, the
other night, q boy named Nelson fell from
trapeze ON which he was performing, q
distance Of thirty feet. He was very bad
ly injured. 4 e@1 ss7r'
Two men named Duncan and Thomp-
of the mine at Shoddy Run, California,
near Alba, recently, and died before they
could be dug out. di
"A Mississippi paper, describing the
effects of recent tornado in q portion of
that State, reports that "some of Mr..
| Quinn's hens were subsequently discov-
cred miles away, part of them entirely
stripped of their feathers by the force OF
the hurricane"
About two months ago, James n.
Vrier and his brother were scoring timber
near Brazil, Ind, when James received q
terrible cut in his back from the ak of his
brother, the blow being purely accidental.
The wounded man died after much suffer
ing. The brother has become insane.
I'm Albany, the other night, a woman
met her once husband at wedding party.
They had been divorced for ten years, and
had not met before in all that time. A
short chat at supper and a little Irritation
afterwards settled matters, and they were
remarked the next day. 80 H..
AT Wheeling, w. Va, the other night,
some burglars performed the operation of
breaking into the Penitentiary and stole
twelve or fifteen pairs of boots, meal and
other matters, with which they made their
escape.
The wife of Levi Hutton, Of Lake
County, Ind, was troubled with an affec-
ton of the throat, for which her physician
gave her an internal remedy and lipi-
ment for external application She re-
versed the application of the remedies,
and was fatally poisoned. ....
"A little girl died in Springfield, Mass,
recently, after suffering terrible agonies,
who had been doctored for almost every
ailment except the right one. A post
mOrtem examination revealed that her
death was caused by internal injuries, re-
ceiyed by being pushed against the fence
by playmate.
"A correspondent writes "a Mrs.
Fault, living in Dunnville, Ont, who had
suffered great deal from some affection
of the stomach for the last two years, the
other day vomited up a lizard some four
inches in length. 1t is needless to say she
suddenly recovered, and is now as well as
ever" e+
Two men were recently splitting rails
in the woods near Dundas, MINI. One of
them having made his blow, one of his
feet became entangled in some loose brush,
and he was thrown forward sufficiently to
come under the axe Of the other, which
descending made bad wound in the
shoulder. 1t was doubtful if the wounded
man would recover.
"A gentleman in Peabody, Mass, had
a serious fit fifteen months ago. and, on
recovering, missed seven false teeth, with
the gold plate to which they were attached.
Since that time he hes been in poor health,
until few days ago, when he was seized
with sudden fit of vomiting, and threw
up the missing teeth, which had remained
in his stomach all that time.
Miscellaneous.
"A bug that fourishes all the year
round-hum-bug
Why is the letter I'd" like the mar
rage service because it makes eve I"
into wed" a
The Best Marriage Gift-A policy in
the Mutual Life, Of Chicago.
"A fire company at Louisville, KY, has
q pet sheep that runs to all the fires.
What is that, which, when brought to
the table is cut but never eaten "A pack
of cards.
The dividends of the Washington
Life are made and paid in cash or insur-
ance, annually, from date Of policy.
When q man becomes wreck by in
temperance, you will generally find that
wreck high and dry.
There are 953 prisoners in the Penn
sylvania Eastern Penitentiary, and 265 of
them can neither read nor write.
ABR yawned bachelor, this world
is but gloomy prison" ITO those in
solitary confinement" added witty young
lady.
In saying that Eve told Adam to chas-
tise his son, what i've scriptural names do
you user "Adam," Seth Eve, "Cain Abel"
Foul air is positively benumbing to
mind and body. Many stupid meeting
owes its stupidity largely to inadequate
ventilation.
"A citizen of Hanover, Ind, rejoices In
the possession of hat supposed to be two
thousand years old. 1t was taken from the
ruins of Herculaneum.
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