Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-01-26
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ID "A passenger named EIaton was shot
and fatally 2wodnded on the Louisville
Railway few nights ago, by his little son,
who was playing with pistol" +,
A child OF a Mr.. Harper, Of Keokuk,
Iowa died the other day, from the effects
Of dose of oxalic acid administered by
mistake for fnedidDey y
The Hamburg, Iowa, Times reports the
death Of cOlored man from peculiar
cause. He owned pair Of mules that had
CHAMBERS. He caught the disease from
Them, and died of It. a}a a
Andrew Engston, living four miles.
from Altoona, H., was almost instantly
killed the other day, by the bursting of the
cylinder of an old corn-sheller which he
was turning for amusement.
AT Hayne,s Corners, Ind, the other
night, the house Of j. Taylor was de-.
stfoyed by fire, and one Of his children, .
girl of IL years, was so badly burned that
She died q few days afterward. bssss2a
! The hotel of Ira Penival, at Walton,
KY, was recently burned. The little
daughter Of Perciyal, young girl living
in the family, and q colOred woman
persisted in the flames. Perciv4ps wife
was seriously burned 1a 4i9ga y
| AT Young America, H., few days
ago, 9 little girl daughter of David Fox.
an enpioye OF the Chicago, Burlington y
Quincy Railroad, while swinging on
clothes-line, fell with such force upon q
sheet of ice, as to kill her instantly.
The Glenwood, Iowa, Opinion says:
1.-THE youngest son Of John Vankirk, re-
siding on Silver Greek, was shot and killed,
Saturday evening, by the accidental dis
charge Of pistol in the hands Of an older
brother" ezaL ~,
Captain W. Fl. Smith, of Canianche,
Iowa, tucked 1896 away in the stove-top,
where the burglars couldn't find it,
Next morning his wife, not knowing about
it, built q fire in the stove, and the captain
had toasted greenbacks for breakfast.
The other day Alonzo Cole, of Adams,
Mich, was engaged in fastening binder
on q load Of hay, when the rope broke and
the pole struck him 80 forcibly as to throw
him to the ground, breaking his neck and
causing Instant death.
Ia -+The dead body of Alfred Clapp was
found In the Anna, Ill, cemetery, a few
days ago, burned to a crisp. He made
himself Q bed Of leaves, which, catching
| fire, brought on a fit, during the paroxysms
| of which he was burned to death. .ffe
Mrs John Tallev, Of Mount Pleasant,
Iowa, few days since, took draught
Of hair dye that her husband had Just
brought home, nistaking it for medi-
cine. She died from its effects in five
minutes, The liquid contained prussic
acid
b Mr. J.9walsh, train master on the
Rockford, Rock Island g. St. Louis Rail-
way, a few nights ago picked up a pocket
book containing nearly $1,000, On re-.
turning it to its owner, that individual
kindly offered Mr.. Walsh fifty cents.
The other morning, a son of Jacob
Shelborn, of Mount Vernon, Ind, was
playing with a pistol containing a charge
Of powder, when it accidentally went of,
shooting his 12,year-old brother in the
face, destroying one Of his eyes, and prob
ably both. 7ifI kal N51ii (
lin, Chicago, q few evenings ago,
Honora Gallagher, aged eight years, in at
tempting to lift coffee-p pot from the stove,
brushed her clothes against the hot stove,
when her dress took Ere, and she was so
badly burned that she died the following
morning. z" &"
"A young man, itinerating in Indiana,
found in the kitchen of a house in Elk
hart, an object chained to chair, having.a
body, limbs, feet and hands like q human
being, but with head and face Of monkey.
The woman of the house owned that she
was the monsters mother, but carried the
idea that they kept it a secret from the
public. iaaI'gl Ng afae gfa lalqs
- > In Canaan, n. H., a few days ago, af-
ter John Sullivan had whipped two of his
boys, aged II and Ia, very severely. the
tables were turned on him by them. They
took him out gagged him, hung him to a
post in the barn, and strangled him till he |
grew insensible. His wife, coming out,
cut him down just in time. The enter
prising youths have disappeared, !,
"A small child was frozen to. death in |
Dry Point township, Ill.,, one night re-
Gently! The father, who is widower,
staid away from home, on the night in |
question, leaving the babe to the care Of /
the other children. They put the child in
his cradle and went TO had, awakening in |
the morning TO find him frozen ,stiE, -
THE mystery attending. the fate OF
Charles Ingham, who disappeared NEARLY |
twentyIyears ago, has Just been cleared up
by the discovery Of. a skeleton, and a brass
plate bearing his name, buried beneath the /
floor of cottage in Delaware, Ohio. The
cottage WAS occupied. at the time of his
disappearance by two men, who, were ar 4
rested on suspicion OF numbering him. but
discharged for want Of evidence. i'll
tj--Oa the day before Christmas the Har.
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