Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-22
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Incidents and Accidents.

Incidents and Accidents.
| Charles Horstman, of Fountain City,
MINI stepped on a rusty nail, which pene-
trated his foot about two inches, and after
wards died Of lockjaw.
A two-year daughter of D. H.
Kennedy, of Washington, Ind, fell INTO a
tub of water that had been left standing In
the yard, and was drowned.
AT Oxford, Me-, a few days ago, three
mems. E. Erville, J. Baker, and Robert
Edgecombe-were drowned in pond by
the upsetting of boat.
Two families in New Albany, Ind,
were made quite sick, a few days ago, by
eating lettuce upon which eggs OF potato
bugs had been deposited.
The Usage, Uowa) Press says that
Mrs. Hinkley, of that town, was poisoned
by potato bug virus Timely aid of a
physician was all that saved her life.
John Hawley was caught in the
machinery of paint mill in Newburrg,
Ohio, the other morning, and so badly in
jured that he died in thirty minutes.
"A young man named Wood died in
church, at Augusta H., on recent Sun
day evening The preachers discourse at
the time was on the uncertainty of life.
Two young girls at Saginaw, Mich, re-
Gently killed themselves by taking NOR
phine, they having make wager that
they could take five grains without in.
jury.
james Bottom, wife and three children,
Of Appleton City, Wis, were driving to
church the other Sunday when the horse
ran away, upset the buggy, and killed all
but one child.
Mrs. John Cogan, Of Hartford, Conn,
used TO light fires with kerosene. Had
her infant child not been playing around
the stove at the same time, her sister
would have adopted the orphan.
THAT strong minded young woman in
Boston, who attempted to tame colt
while visiting her country cousins month
ago, finds the management of her new
front teeth exceedingly troublesome.
I'm Cincinnati, few days ago, Matte
G. Davies, a young woman, was endeavor.
ing to kindle fire with coal oil, when
the can containing the fluid exploded,
burning her terribly. She died the same
day.
"A bolt of lightning entered house
at Brooklyn rece thy, perforated a pile Of
China plates without fracturing or dis
lodging any of them, and set fire to a
demijohn Of whisky standing in closet.
The other day, George McKneely,
living short distance from Mount
Pleasant Iowa, was bitten on the nose by
snake, while reaching into the crib for
corn. 1t was feared the bite would prove
fatal.
"A young man, named Weber, and a
young lady, named Mary P1aus, went out
boating on the lake. at Chicago, the other
evening, in very small boat, and sud-
den gust of wind upset the craft, and they
were both drowned.
AT Cleveland. the other day, boy
named John Anderson fell into bed of
refuse tar, and was almost drowned be-
fore some men pulled him out. He was
afterward put into barrel OF gasoline for
the purpose of cleansing him.
John Bennett, of Ashley, Tenn, who
was bitten in the hand by small dog four
years ago, died recently Of hydrophobia
The wound was small and soon healed, and
he had been in good health and sound
mind, showing no signs of madness, until
a few days before his death.
ID. G. Robbie, of Hartford, Conn, has
wonderful black Spanish hen. A few
weeks ago this hen laid two eggs per day
for four or five days. then for few days
but one egg, till one Sunday she outdid
herself by laying three large eggs-the
first being perfect, the second containing
nothing but white, and the third being
all yolk.
In Chicago few days ago, BERTHE
Kelly, aged ten, was shot and killed by
the accidental discharge Of pistol in the
hands of colored boy, named Douglas.
Suspicion was at first entertained that the
shot was Intentional, and Douglas was put
under arrest; but the little sufferer, before
he died, fully exonerated him of all blame.
While three young ladies were bath
ing in Willow Greek, at Mount Morris,
Wis, the other evening, two of them got
beyond their depth. Their cries at
tracted George Tracy, a miller, who rushed
in to save them, out they chung to him in
such manner as to render him helpless
and all three were drowned
New York made it lively for the Cor.
oner on recent Saturday, with 2 sudden
deaths, fatal falls from windows, 1 death
from scalding with hot tea, from goring
by COW, from falling head foremost on
an iron railing, from being run over by
horse-cars, from fracture OF the skull by
china dinner plate, and from delirium
tremens- Total, 10.
Mrs. Morris, an old lady of Brooklyn,
went into lawsuit about some property
in that city, and won her case when the
property had been used up. There was not
enough Of It TO satisfy all the claims of her
lawyers, and they have sent her to the
Ludlow Street Jail, hoping that her friends
Will ransom her by paying their fees.
The agitator in the oil works Of Alex. |
ander, Bcho6eld & Co., at Cleveland, ex- !
ploded few days ago, and Get on fire a
tank containing LOO barrels of coal oil.
This, with the building containing it was
entirely destroyed, A carpenter named