Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-01-05

over and killed by train on the New
Jersey Railroad, at Linden, near Elizabeth,
N. j., few days ago.
Two young girls of Lexington. KY,
named Good, met their drunken father in
the kitchen, and held his head in bucket
Of slops until he was nearly suffocated.
A daughter of G.. Taylor, of Middle
town, Conn, was suddenly rendered
speeches., not long ago, without any ap
parent cause, and while in perfectly good
health. Vii 49,
AT Chicago, q few nights age, a
drunken woman accidentally set fire to the
shanty In which she lived, and being too
intoxicated to make her escape she was
burned to death. .,sTrf
AT Hudson City, N. Y, the other
evening, little girl threw cartridge into
the stove. 1t exploded, the ball passing
through the stove and striking the child in
the face, inficting a serious wound.
The boiler of cooking range ex-
ploded the other morning in Covington,
KY, demolishing the range and surround
ing masonry. Adjacent buildings were
shaken. Mary Murphy, the cook, was Sc
riously burned and hurt.
"A talented and beautiful young lady in
Wyoming, Iowa, named Harriet Fordham,
had her bridal dress and other arrange
ments made for her wedding, when she
was seized with typhoid fever, and died.
The costly wedding dress became her
shroud.
"A Swedish woman at Holmes City,
MINI, committed suicide, the other day,
in singular manner. She procured
large box of matches and ate off the heads.
The result was death in few hours, pre-
coded by violent suffering.
"A little German girl of Aztalan, Wis,
exhibited great presence of mind the
other day by throwing an old coat
over kettle of burning tar, and holding it
there, at her own peril, until assistance ar
rived. A large number of valuable build
ings were thus saved from confiagration.
"A widow lady, named Mrs Spencer,
eighty years of age, living in Wyoming
county, Penn, met with horrible death
few days ago. She was smoking pipe;
which set fire to her clothes, and she was
found by the family, still in her chair
burned to crisp.
b. The other day, as John Sprauls, of
Doniphan, Kan, engaged in loves pork
house at that place, attempted to step
across a scalding vat, his foot slipped and
he fell in. Before he could be extricated
the entire body, from the. bowels down,
was thoroughly cooked. He died In grea:
agony sfs ~
The postmaster at White Oak, Iowa
going away from home with his family the
other day, put $500 in greenbacks and his
postage stamps into the oven of his stove
for safe keeping. They came home,
kindled fire, forgot about the contents of
the oven, until there was loud smell OF
burned paper, and they took them out
charred and worthless.
Thomas Shay, aged about ten years,
son of b. Shay, of Luzernc, Iowa, was
found the other morning, frozen to death,
near Blairstown. He had gone to
town the previous evening with his father,
who left him with the team, while he went
into a store. The supposition is that the
boy fell asleep, the horse started for home,
and getting off the road the boy froze to
death.
A few days ago, Swede named Au-
gust Swenson, who resides at Goose Lake,
MINI, was engaged in trapping, and stoOp
ing to arrange trap in bunch Of willows,
he was mistaken for deer by two other
Swedes. simultaneously they raised their
rifles and, firing with fatal accuracy, lodged
two balls in the body of the unfortunate
lrapper, causing his immediate death.
The cow Of Christopher Young, who
lives near Florence, Mass, was MIXED dry
for several nights in succession recently,
and although he kept watch he was unable
to- catch the thief. He at last dis
covered, by setting a trough full of milk
as a bait, that snake was the depredator.
The reptile, together with six of its off
spring, was at once dispatched, and meas
ured over seven feet in length.
Johnny Stevens, known as the great
hunter and trapper of the Saginaw Valley,
while on trapping excursion few days
since, in attempting to cross Beaver Lake,
Mich, on the ice, broke through. He
bravely to extricate himself, but
his feet became entangled in some brush |
in the treacherous bottom, and he persisted
from cold and exposure. His body was
recovered, it requiring the strength of two
men to withdraw it from where it was
wedged. II fsge