Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-22
Incidents and Accidents.

lHClututS anu ACCIutHSs
George NJ. Webster, of Sherman, No
killed three full-grown bears with his ak
as they came one by one out of hollow
! tree.
At Hunters Point, L. l., the other
day, three men were fatally burned by The
/ explosion of an oil-tank, while they were
making repairs in the furnace.
"A young lady in Philadelphia hsh
come permanently insane from freeing
wearing fashionable bonnet.
A young lady at Fond du Lac, Wis.
was recently married without shoes or
stockings, in accordance with an old
within that such an act would bring good
luck.
The other day the house of Mr.. Nc.
Bee, near Hamburg, Iowa, took fire while
the family were asleep, and was burned
to the ground A blind girl, the sister Of
Mr. McBee, lost her life.
"A locomotive attached to freight
train burst it's boiler near Schwazbmg,
| Wis, the other morning, killing VIM.
Tiel, brakeman. Ransom, fireman, was
fatally scalded
Mrs. Amelia Johnson, of Southbury,
Conn, who killed her drunken and brutal
husband on the 21st of January, has been
discharged the jury holding that she shot
him in self-defence
Two little children in Anamosa
Iowa, were recently pulling at opposite
ends of string. The string broke, and
one of them fell backward into a kettle Of
boiling water, scalding it to death
A man in Kansas City (Mo) hotel
blew out his gas on retiring and shortly
after rushed down to the Office and in.
uuired if there was "a glue factory neM
door," Indignant curiosity saved his
life.
On a recent Sunday, five persons were
baptized by immersion in the river at
Evansville, Ind, of whom three were
grown women, and one girl OF thirteen
A hole had to be cut in the ice for the
purpose.
"A West Davenport Iowa family,
named Wheeler, few weeks ago, LOST
two of their seven children by scarlet ie-
yer, and on the week following the fever
attacked the other children, and on Sat
urday three of them died in the same
hour.
"A lad named Shower, of Appleton,
Wis, began to lick his ak with his tongue
He only began; of the remnants OF MS
tongue they have patched enough TO-
gether to enable him to swallow the very
finest sorts of food.
"A little boy in North Adams Mass,
took mouthful of magic oil to cure the
toothache. Finding it too hot, he sspat IL
into the stove, when it took fire and COM
municating along the stream to his NOUN
burned him severely about the lips
Joseph Boyer, while hunting RADIUS
near Pee ria, ILL.,. shot himself in the race
and head, causing probably, fatal injuries.
The game had taken refuge under a piie
of brush, and Boyer undertook to drlse
them from cover by beating the Dru'n
with his gun, when it was discharged.
"A new and careful bridegroom IN
Cleveland, kept the wedding-rlng III nl'
mouth during the fore part OF the ceie,
mony, SO that he could find it when ,is
proper moment arrived. He munoie9
along all right until the minister wlnkea
at him as hint to produce the TILE
when, in his nervousness, he swalloweu IT.
William Erving, employed by NJ, III.
johnson, of BoZrah, Conn, because Mi o,
Johnson refused to marry him, snot .na.
young lady and fatally wounded her. peas
Mrs. johnson so badly about the hes cav
that she died soon after, assaulted VI.
servant maid, and then cut his own tnioaV
from ear to ear.
"A few weeks ago the family OF WI,
j. M. Ball, of Sutton, VT, were lahoad
sick about the same time, when plo'ttv
to be the result of poison, occasioheu "a
the use of water running through d N al
pipe recently laid down. They were n.; a.
very sick, the recovery of Mrs. Ball oeins
for some days considered hopeless
The other day, two boys, aged p e,easn
and thirteen years, sons OF a MI n 10,
living about two miles south OF oPlm ns
vile, Iowa, went out to spring some uap
for muskrats or mink. Failing 10 Ie. .Ier
search was made for them, ana Univ
frozen bodies were found within l"en'
rods of one of their neighbors. 80.
"A farmer in Adams County, lli'' 4
Gently lost nine calves by poisoning ,;,h
lot of Paris green he had mixed up a s
flour, for the eXtinguishment Oh P ar.
bugs last season, was thrown into Living All
chard near the house, and Whlie mater'
his calves through the orchard 70 ' wa the
as is the daily custom, they picheu "
poison, which killed them all ,,m
The New Albany Qnd.) o'a" a@o a
says: 1--WE learn that few days This
coffin was shipped from Chicago :. and
city, and, as there was no claiiian ~ auc.
no one to pay charges, it was SOFA a a.
ton and knocked off for three unvnaned
The purchaser took it home ana that
it, and what was his horror TO nh human
il contained the dead body OF Jun
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