Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-29
Incidents and Accidents.

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Mrs. OVAL, of Quincy, Ind, poured
coal oil on the fire the other day with the
usual fatal result.
Bertha Yoeger, fifteen years of age,
was recently burned to death at Pekin
ILL.,, by the explosion of kerosene lamp,
! John Follmer's little daughter died
the other day, at Alma, Miss, from the
| effects of a rattlesnake bite received last
summer.
A little son of Mr.. Litchfield, of Etna,
| Mimi, was fatally poisoned few days
| ago, by inhaling the fumes arising from a
heap Of slaughtered potato bugs.
The whole family of Mr.. John Con-
roy, in Woonsocket, R. l., were poisoned
recently by cooking for greensa common
plant known as the thorn apple.
"A Louisville Minister went to call on
| lady, and, on arriving at the door, pulled
off his coat and handed it to her, when
pistol in the pocket discharged, killing
her instantly.
The family of Warren Wolf, of Lon
donville, Ohio, were carried down an EN-.
bankment seventy feet in hight, by
frightened team, few evenings ago. All
were seriously hurt.
Harding Wilson and Henry McMano-
my lost their lives in q well near Milrose,
Iowa, the other day. They went down to
clean it out, but were suffocated by the
foul air.
George Downs, of Rochester, Ind,
having gun which had been loaded for
some time, concluded to discharge it and
reload. The barrel burst, piece of it
hitting him in the eye, and destroying the
sight.
Some one residing in the northern
part Of Illinois recently sent to the State
Treasurer $3.50, which, as the person says,
was obtained by him without a consider
ton, and his conscience viii not allow
him to keep it.
"A seventeen year.old boy, named Lo-
gan who, few months ago, killed anoth-
er boy of'about the same age, in Hancock
County, ILL.,, has been found guilty, and
sentenced to twenty-five years in the pen
itentiary.
"A domestic in the Newhall House,
Milwaukee, named Catherine White, fell
from seventh story window in that hotel,
the other day, and her fall was not checked
until she had decended four stories. She
was killed instantly.
"A heartless old bachelor school master
at Ithaca, N. Y, the other day unmerci
fully logged a little girl eight years old
because she said her sister wouldn't have
him because he had such an ugly nose.
MIR. A. J. Shepard, Of Dakota, Wis.
was recently bitten by potato bug. Very
shortly after, the leg commenced swelling
and ulceratiDg, and great fears were enter
tanned that it would have to be amputated
| to save his life.
"A boy hung by one hand out of FIVE
story window IN Chicago, the other day,
| Just to scare the folks below" After
collecting large crowd in the street, the
little shaver crawled into the window
again, laughed at the spectators, and
walked away contented.
| "A few days ago Mr.. Gowdy, resid-
ing in Mclean County, ILL.,, was accident
ally killed. A few days after his death,
| his neighbors, to the number of thirty
cultivated ninety acres of corn for his
family. They propose to continue the
work during the season.
"A young lady of Howard Centre,
Iowa, recently, started on horseback to
basket picnic. She was thrown, one foot
remaining in the stirrup, and when found
was horribly mangled by being dashed
against rail fence, and kicked and
trampled upon by the Infatuated animal.
The curative power of excitement
was curiously illustrated the other day in
Hartford hospital. A bed ridden rheu.
matte patient, suddenly discovering the
corpse Of suicide in the next cot to his
own, sprang out and ran nimbly out of !
tne room, without stopping even to say
"good morning" to his crutches.
Some days ago, little boy in Virginia
was killed by the bite of rattlesnake. |
The little fellow had gone out with some |
other members OF the family to look for
eggs, and in his search he crawled under.
meath ,:! his fathers barn. After going some
companions that something was killing
him; They obtained assistance, and ripped
up the planks of the floor, when to their
horror they found large attlesnake had
tightly coiled around his neck. The snake