Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-09

To the memory OF
Warren A. Gault,
Who died moral death
BY stealing pair Of socks,
Tuesday, June "A,
II heaven be pleased when sinners case to Sin,
II hell be pleased when sinners enter in,
II earth be pleased when ridden of knave,
Then all are pleased, for Gault is in his grave.
Incidents and Accidents.
"A Toledo boy, named Bach, died the
other day from the excessive use OF to-
bacco, aged thirteen.
Mrs John E. Bilbrough, bride of
only thirty hours, died recently in convul-
sions at La Grange, Ind.
"A little daughter of Charles WILDER,
Cutters Corners, Mich, was choked to
death the other day, by a piece of peanut
shell.
"A girl in Hunterdon County, N. j.,
was Oh oked dead the other day by her
lovers arm-the young man thinking she
was " only in fun when she struggled.
The boiler in the saw-mill of H. w.
Hockey 81 Co., Decatur, Ind, exploded a
few days ago, wounding seven or eight
persons, two Of them, it was supposed,
fatally.
"A dog, which was shut up in church,
in Taunton, Mass, for five days, made sad
havoc with the hymn books, in the vain
search for something to appease the pangs
Of hunger.
Morris Welsh, a boy twelve years old,
provoked mule led along the street in
Cincinnati by kicking it, whereupon the
animal returned the blow by kicking, pro-
ducing almost instant death.
"A young man of Bloomington, Ill.,,
while practicing in his gymnasium the
other day became entangled in the ropes,
and, falling, broke his neck. His name
was John Undernical.
Mrs. Thompson, of Effingham, Ill.,,
who was seriously burned several days
since, died few nights ago, after linger-
ing in intense pain. Her husband, Miner
Thompson, was improving.
"A. D. Hammond, an alleged counter
feiter, on his way to Dubuque, Iowa, a few
days ago, in railroad car, bandcuffed,
leaped from the train and escaped in the
darkness of the night.
james Sinclair, of Chippewa Falls,
Wisconsin, jumped out of the second story
of oayding house at st. Paul, the other
evening, and, striking upon his head, was
killed instantly He was in delirium,
caused by drink.
AT Carlinville, ILL.,, the other day, a
young man named Ebert Living, while
handling pistol, accidentally discharged
it, shooting his brother, aged sixteen
years, who died from the effects Of the
wound.
A young child of F. w. Randall, of
Tekonsha, Mich tried to swallow a mimic
ball the other day, but failed. and came
near choking to death. The child was in
verted, and it's back thumped till the ball
was dislodged.
"A Sparta, Wis, lad, in fit of boyish
anger, threw pair of shears at his
brother the other day, and completely sew
cred the femoral artery above the knee.
A difficult surgical operation saved his life
after it was despaired of.
"A man recently felled tree in Owen
County, Ind, in an opening of which,
fifty-five feet from the base, was found the
skeleton of bear. The appearance of
the skeleton and its surroundings indicated
that it must have been there for nearly
century.
AT Landonville, Ohio, the other day,
a little girl nine years old, daughter OF
VIM. Campbell, was horribly gored by
vicious bull belonging to her father. She
had her collar bone broken, and was other
wise severely injured, and was in a critical
condition.
AS Mr. Mcfarland, of Warren, Wis,
was carelessly playing with an ak, strik-
ing it into the end of log, it flew from
his hand and struck his little boy, stand
ing near, in the neck. near the windpipe,
cutting large cash, but fortunately not a
fatal one.
"A young man named Macarthur sat
down in Richmond, Va, restaurant the
other day, add when the waiter returned
with his order, he found Macarthur with
his head leaning over the table, dead 1t
was supposed to be case of heart disease
"A Pennsylvania paper asserts that the
sufferer from heavy robbery in the oil
regions has employed lawyers to defend
two of the men accused OF r0bbing him.
that he may not be compelled to pay the
reward of $4,000 he offered for their ar
rest and conviction.
Mrs Stamps, of Clinton, Iowa, went to
visit neighbor the other day, and locked
up her two children, aged two and four years
respectively, in the house during her alb
sence. In ten minutes the house took fire,
and the children were suffOcated before as
sistance could reach them.
"A young lady residing at East Delevan,
Wis, immersed her chignOn in hot water
to test the truth of the stories she had
heard about their being infested with in
sects that eat into the scalp. In moment
the surface OF the water was completely
covered with hundreds Of jute bugs, as
they are called.
"A Norwegian, named Louis Larson,
while chopping wood in the town of Free
man, Wis, was caught under log and
injured so as to be unable to release him.
self His body was found three days after
his disappearance He lived, it is thought,
two days in this condition, and died from
cold and exposure.
When Mrs Edward J. Doolittle, of
New Haven, was preparing for her hus-
bands funeral, she told the undertaken
that he might as well prepare for her burial
one week from that day, as 1t would then
take place; she was apparently in as good
health as ever, but she dropped and died,
and was buried as she had prophesied.
"A man calling himself j. b. Merrill,
and falsely representing himselfas the hus.
band Of the Mrs. Merrill who, with her
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