Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-27
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Incidents - Accf( ITS.

Incidents Al Acci( hts.
Mrs. Anderson, of Sef1ca, Kansas.
was bsdly burned in a prair FIRE the othe1
!. ~ caznon SEploded q Quincy, Ill, !
Few days ago, While celebrating the peace
in Europe, injuring several persons.
Ella Lois Thornberg, twelve years
old, was kicked to death by Q horse, q
Manchester, Iowa, q few days ago,
Mrs. John d. Hart, Of Cromwell, Ind,
was burned to death by "non-explosive f"
buYning.nuid she other day. -
Miss Mary Coe, of Coldwater, Mich,
took choral hydrate, the other day, 70
allay tooth ache, and nearly died from the
effects thereof
i-B. r. Van Leuven, Of Des Moines,
Iowa, poisoned his band the other day by
running the point of lead pencil into
one OF his fingers.
Two children, named Bennett, of
E9pleston, Mich, used kerosene for light
ing q fire q few days ago. They were
burned to death, and the house was con;
sumed y P5t5 As7' =" $50
California papers tell q delightful
little story about youth who recently
won $11 900 in lottery, and straightway
hunted up his most intimate friend, and
divided his new-gained wealth with him.
The residence of Matthias, Kerle, at
Germantown, Wis, was burned down the
other evening, and himself and his wife,
both Of them over sixty years. OF age, per.
ished in the flames. s1se4s o0l $40 y
.--MblNe Costello, daughter Of q Mem
phis police Officer, while playing with Q
pistol the other evening, let II drop and it
went of, the ball entering her forehead
and killing her instantly. rs5I. - Il
During late snow storm in Nebraska,
Henry Bennett. q member Of q party look.
ing after Western lands, got lost on the
prairie, $50 miles west Of Omaha, and was
frozen to death. A squaw was frozen to
death at the same time. 20 i4f@'''HF' ''
AT East st. Louis, ILL.,, q few days ago,
John O Hsllisey skinned cow which had
died Of very mysterious disease. In
few hours after Mr.. OH was attacked
with terrible vomiting and swelling Of the.
limbs, and, at last accounts, his life was
Of !,
/ "A peddler named Peter Schrag was
driving near Trenton, Ill, "a few dAys ago,
when q revolver which he carried In his
pocket was jostlet out, and, in falling, was
the ball entering one Of his
eyes, passing upward through the brain,
causing instant death. ,.3 II mdt ,sa4
Recently, the citizens, Of Hokah,
Mimi. were moving the cemetery, and IN
taking up the remains Of q young lady
" no was buried some thirteen years ago,
it was found that they had been petrified.
Her form was as perfect as on the day
she was buried ,GuBa 2 M ~t'. .itta oil ~
IRA, verdict Of $4,000 was recently
given against the Metropolitan Horse
Railway Company, of Boston, in favor of
Casey, for serious personal In
juries, by being thrown from his wagon.
IN consequence OF collision with horse
car. So
Jacob Seals was arrested for theft in
Carlisle, KY, a few weeks ago, and while
in Jail, became conscience stricken, so that
his mind gave way, and when he was
brought before the court for trial, q few
days ago, wasa raving maniac. a'i ia,
Quite sensation was created at q
circus and menagerie at indianapolis, the
other day, by the escape of a leopard from
ito cage. There was great excitement in
the canvas, but, the animal was secured
after an hours chase, and safely recaged.
The sad story of the two little chill
dren Of Bfunell Bonaparte, Of Wexford,
Rhode Island, who were buried alive by
the falling in-of the wall of cave, has as
sad a sequel. Mrs. Bonaparte, who was Ill,
died from the shock, and Mr.. Bonaparte,
the father, has become insane. lll.aal 1's
Carl Hult, q Swede, who lived at
day, and drank some alcohol to cure it.
This failing, he went to dentist, who
gave him chloroform, tried to pull the
tooth, and failed. He then took HUT
home, and gave him some more chloro-
form and left him. Hult died in his bed.
Two boys, Chester Haskins and
Harry Millerman, had desperate encoun-
ter with bear near BalsaW Lake, Polk
County, Wis. The fight was close one,
the boys getting roughly handled, their
clothes badly torn, but they were not
hurt. After protracted fight,
they killed the bear with an axe and re-
volver.
Scarlet fever and measles recently
killed eight young people in one home, at
Lake View, near Buffalo, N. Y, within
three days. The afflicted family was that
Of Mr. Van Name, ard the victims in
Guided four sons, two daughters, q grand
son and grand daughter. The oldest
was seventeen years Of age and the young
est sixteen months. 'tiH u"
30 Foreign Gossip.
Quebec derives SO, 900 annual revenue
from chimney sweeping. isld >"it-9tA .'t
1.-The Emperor William has for state
occasions marble throne. .ts ia III
Over $685., 600 900 and 1900, 600 PEG.
pie are employed in the liquor traffic in
Great Britain. . JNG SOLICIT go" 3id ~
--In Switzerland, a law ispsupssed max.
ing 1t unlawful for any one under fourteen
years Of age to smoke tobacco.
1t Is said that Napoleon became gray.
haired during his sojourn at Wilhelms-
WV Lli u ...nl5is Isl ad3 ri harms
-Telegraphic messages are now re.
ceived In England, daily, from India, Sing
apOre and Java They occupy three TO
four hours in transmission. In, III. g,-,al
"A clerk in the Berlin Post Office, con,
victed of having written obscene words
on letters addressed to- the Empress Au.
gusta, has been sentenced to one, years inn
prisopment. 'oca.s ,,ta sa,, ,,~s,,..s ,,t,.,i
"A Stockholm correspondent writes
hat not less than fifty persons are sus,