Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-29
The New York f;.r

The New York City Sanitary Tnsn...
or reports the death of five memhapct
the Brown family occasioned by thsaad
patton OF rooms entirely closed AZ n;s
ventilation being entirely obstrnctaasal
inhalation of poisonous sewer gas 'he
the use Of defective earthernware' IRON
and want of proper nourishment pipe
"A few days after the Chicago f,o
respectfully dressed lady left three h ms,
and handsome children at the Pro,os,gM
Orphan Asylum, st. Paul, MINI 'r n,an
ising to return in few DAYS. Sb p.J IN
never been seen since, and the cb;IdA@
are unable to give any account of tba, ea
selves, except that they love their ma ren.
and want to go back to them. 'us
"A few days ago, Mr.. Russell Of n
Moines. Iowa, tried to "burn outn p ~
chimney. He used shavings. snrinlis
with lamp oil, and incautiously lef, A y.
oil-can close by. The oil in the con t y
nited, the flames extended to the sn.ts
tire, and in moment the destruction !,
the house appeared imminent, when Mr.
Russell seized the can and ran with # n
the yard, where she threw it on the sn -
The brave lady was terribly burned
A prisoner in the Hudson corn,-
On. j. jail, confined on the charge of hn:
glary, was found, few days since. to b.
i'll with smallpox. He pretended 70 ~
unable to walk, and an ambulance w "e
procured for his conveyance to the boSn
tai. On arriving at the foot of the mi
on Newark avenue, the patient iumneS
out, ran across the meadows and nm nh tba
rocks to the top Of the hill He was f tI
lowed for half mile, but proved too aeat
for his pursuers, and escaped.
"A recent dispatch from Sioux Ctv
Iowa, says: ''Dr. Hall, of Osceola Conn
ty, was lost in the terrible storm tbras
weeks since, and though every possible
exertion was made to. discover his hodv
all efforts were unavailing until some fon,
days since, when dog belonging TO the
family brought in portion of one of h;s
legs. The friends of the deceased after
ward followed the ANIMAL and found the
mutilated body of the unfortunate man
only half a mile from his house.
The Oshkosh (Wis.) Times saws N,
Fuss, proprietor of the Fuss House, at
Menasha, was thought to have died ontbe
9Th inst, and preparations were made for
the burial. The funeral was POSTPONED
until the 18th, when the friends Of the
deceased gathered to do the last rites for
the departed. Just before the coffin was
closed, some of the friends noticed that
the supposed corpse was perspiring quite
freely. A physician was called in, who
proceeded to bleed the man, when the
blood flowed, and he soon came to, and
recognized the anxious mourners He is
now doing well, and is in fair way Of
recovery.
One day last week, dog belonging
to gentleman Of this city was observed
by his master to be approaching him with
something in his mouth, which he laid
upon the ground and endeavored to at.
tract attention to the same. The gentle.
man, thinking it to be bit of leather or
some article which the deg was playing
with, took no notice of it and passed on.
The animal repeated his movements, and
again laid the parcel at the feet OF his
master, who was induced to pick it up,
when, to his establishment, he found it to
be his own pocket-book, which he had
dropped without perceiving the loss. The
sagacious dog had found and safely re-
stored his owners money.-Lynn (.kas)
Reporter.
"A few nights ago, locomotive boiler
exploded at the Susquehanna Depot on
the Erie road, causing tremendous
smash-up. A locomotive which was be,
hind the exploded one was pushed back.
wards, and ran into the caboose of a train,
making complete wreck. The conduct
Or and four other persons were in it at
the time, and were all severely scalded.
Patrick Mccoy was killed. On one side
of the track an old man was found, with
two of his ribs broken, and large hole
cut in one of his legs. On the other side
of the track was his son, with his legs
mangled The caboose took fire, but was
subsequently extinguished.