Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-01-11
Incidents and Accidents.

"A Berlin wis lady absorbed in con-
versation in front of one of the stores, in
advertently stepped back through s15
light of glass.
"A carpenter at Anoka, Mimi, died at
that place the other day, of lock,jaw. 1t
was caused by wounding his hand with a
splinter.
Edward Hetzel, farmer residing
near Bourbon, Ind, while intoxicated, fell
from his wagon upon some sharp sticks,
which penetrated his brain and caused in
slant death.
While the postoffice at Knoxville,
ILL.,, was being removed the other day, a
package of 200 letter was found, many of
them containing drafts and valua bles
years.
The residence belonging to G. A.
Woods, of Pittsburgh, at Wheatland Pa,
burned on Christmas. Two servant girls
were burned to death.
Some young Texan hunters, feeling
cold, built fire in the woods. About the
time it got well under way they had
reason to believe that the fire had been
built over their powder flask, for the only
one who was not hurt by the explosion
counted the others as they came down.
Miss Mary Ellen Foy, of New York,
a pupil in the Normal school, while eat
Ing an apple, recently, swallowed por-
tion of the core, which cut the lining of
her throat and several arteries like a
knife, she falling to the floor and vomit-
ing large quantities of blood. She would
die of her injuries.
"A man was recently discharged from
the Penitentiary at New York, where he
had been for some time on a six months
sentence, having been committed by mis-
take for another person. He was witness
in an assault and battery case, and the
stupid Court made out the commitment
against him instead of the assailant.
David r. Dckey, of Randolph, Ten
nessee made bet that he could eat four
bottles of brandy peaches and drink all
the liquor, together with two full tum-
blers of raw whisky. He drank the
whisky and finished all the peaches, drop
ping dead while holding the last peach to
| his mouth
"A farmer in Warren County, Ind, set
a steel trap for corn thief. and next
morning found his game secure. The
poor victim had the part of the hand in
the trap frozen. He had reached in from
the outside of the crib, and of course
when caught, was powerless to release
himself The trapper invited the cap
tured chap to come in and warm, after re-
leasing him, but he pleaded business else
where and declined the offer.
Mrs Weissert killed her mother-in-
law. Mrs. Klauser, in Louisville, KY, the
| other day, and the coroner's inquest re-
vealed the probability that the murderess
| is deranged on the subject of crime, from
| reading cheap novels and f1ashy literature
of the day. Numerous such books and
papers were found i'm her room, and it
was proved that she had been in the habit
of porting over them necessarily.
In New Orleans on Christmas day,
John Hampton, first officer of the ship
| Success, was accidentally drowned. Mrs.
| WaldrOn accidentally caught fire and
burned to death. A. Busch was shot dead
| by Joel Cameron. Two persons were
dangerously stabbed, and two dangerous
| ly shot during an assault. Five persons
| were accidentally shot Nine bows were
severely injured by gunpowder explo-
sion, two dangerously.
Mr.. Swindler, of Burlington, Iowa
had occasion to go up ladder, few DAYS
since, at the Union Hotel, to the third
story window from the ground. On look
| ing round he found he was followed bv a
| dog The dog kept on until he reached
the top round of the ladder, when he was
pretty thoroughly exhausted, but had
presence of mind enough to put his
| fore feet over the round, and hold on I'M
til he was taken in at the window.
A most horrible calamity occurred at
Floris, Iowa, on the Southwestern road.
few nights ago. In a low board shanty,
banked up to the windows, such as are
often seen along the railroad lines, lived
man, his wife and four children. On
that night the shanty took fire and burned
to the ground. In the morning the neigh.
bors, none of whom had been aroused by
the fire, gathered around. when the char
red remains of the entire family were
found in the ashes.
"A letter containing a $1,000 check.
sent from Hartford to Norwich. and moi
received by its owner, after causing the
postal authorities some anxiety, turns out
to have been properly taken from the
Norwich Office by young man living
with the person to whom it was address,
ed who put il in his Oyercoat t<.cke saa