Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-05-11


quest of the American Government
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Incidents and Accidents.
"A Poughkeepsie lady has been badly
poisoned in the hands by wearing green
kid gloves.
-Four hundred Catholic children sign
ed the temperance pie &c, in Dubuque,
Iowa, ON q recent Sunday.
-Four horses were poisoned to death
in stable Lear Bloomfield, Iowa, the
other day, by villain who hated their
owner.
"A young man named Felix Axton, at
New Harmony. Ind, looked into the muz-
zle Of his gun to see whether it was load
ed. The coroner decided that it was.
AT Pittsburgh, few days ago, q
Henry Mcknight fell into q vat OF dye
stun and was submerged to the neck, and
died shortly atterward in great agony.
Sixteen horses, valued at $500 each,
were burned to death recently, during the
destruction by fire of some stables in
Princeton, N. j.
"A daughter of William Crapp, of
Tyner City, Ind, was burned to death a
few days ago, by the explosion of can of
kerosene She was trying to kindle fire.
-Brownlee Barr of Martinsville, ILL.,,
the other day accidentally fell on large
framing chisel which he held in his hand,
inflicting terrible wound in his side and
bowels He would probably die.
"A man was working at machine in a
single mill at Clay Banks, Mich, few
days ago, when the knife flew out and,
striking him in the body passed entirely
through him, killing him almost instantly.
--Isadore Moody, a young girlof Akron,
Ohio, died the other day, from the effects
Of skipping match. She made over
three hundred jumps one afternoon, and
hundred and seventy the next morning.
The other day Morris White, an eight
year-old son of Joseph White, of Iowa
Falls, Iowa, was blown down by severe
wind, and struck his head on q railroad
tie, causing conclusion and Inflammation
Of the brain, resulting in death.
Professor Hayden made q balloon
ascension at New Britain, Conn, few
days ago. When at an altitude of 1000
feet, the balloon burst, and descended SO
rapidly that the Professor had leg broken
and was otherwise injured.
A few days since, several children be-
siding at Maple Greek, Wis, were poison
ed by eating wild parsnips. One OF them
died In four hours, and the others were &C.
riously i'll.
"A woman recently on trial, in Reading,
Pa, on charge of numbering her son, a
boy of ten years of age, was acquitted, it
being unexpectedly proved that the boy
was alive and well. Circumstantial evil
dence was strongly against her.
Two boys, named Ryan and William
Shirley, living in Mclean County, ILL.,,
were playing at ball the other day, when
q dispute arose between them. Rv".
seized brick and hurled j. .t Shirley
with such force as to Iii the latter almost
instantly.
Two policemen who had been in the
habit of nightly drinking up the milk of
family in the western part of Cincinnati,
were made very sick the other night, by a
few drops of croton oil previously placed
in the vessel intended for the tactical fluid
Some miscreant set fire to the stair
case in public school In Birmingham,
Tenn, y few days since, while there were
500 children in the building. whose escape
would have thus been cut of. Fortunate
ly the fire was soon discovered and ex-
Frederick Smith, of New York, who
was arrested some days ago for defrauding
the government by means of fictitious
bounty claims, has turned States evidence,
and about 5000 fraudulent claims have
been discovered, involving over $780,
600.
B. G. Holden, a printer in the Enter
prise Office at Holden, Mo-, shot his wife
few days ago, through the head, killing
her instantly. He then shot himself.
They had been married but few months.
is supposed t. have been the
cause of the deed.
"A young IAn, George Pelham by
name, was recently stung on the ear by q
honey. bee, in Westkill, N. Y, and died
rom the elects in less than an hour. The
local s.ccounts say that, soon after being
sing, he complained offeeling faint, and
turned spotted"
Mr.. Putnam, q merchant Of New York
city, was assailed in street car the other
evening, by Q man named Foster, who
fractured his skull with an iron hook.
Foster had insulted some ladies whom
Putnam was escorting, and when the latter
rose to leave the car, he was struck by
Foster.
Two children, aged eight and five
years. sons of Mrs. Castel, of Wheeling,
w. Va, In company with lad twelve
years old, were recently carried over the
dam In Monongahela River, at Fair
w. Va. The oldest boy chung to
the skif and was saved; the other two
were drowned.
while loading his gun the other day,
George w. Smith, OF Pleasant Township,
lowe, had occasion to pick ct the lock. to
enable the powder to pass through the
tube. His wife was standing in the door. |
yard when the gun went of, the ball enter |
Ing her head just behind the ear, and
killing her almost instantly.