Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-08
Incidents and Accidents.

Sarah Smith, OF Omaha, scalded her
IL to death the other day, with pot Of
tofee.
Mrs Hunt, of Indianapolis, was recent
noisoned by eating peaches out of cor
foded tin.
Carrie Thompson, pupil at Canton
Mo school died few days since from
rcessive bleeding at the nose.
Mrs. Lucy A. Williams, aged sixty
,oars. was burned to a crisp in fire in the
ity Of Brooklyn, a few days ago.
"A South Carolina prisoner deliberate
he Judge was delivering his sentence.
DIR Morehead, New York druggist,
has been fined $50 for conveying small
[noy patient to the hospital in a crowded
horse-car.
-Abbeville, Mo-, has been visited by a
yery destructive fire, the loss aggregating
about $4,000. The courthouse was
among the buildings destroyed.
Virgil Thorp, Danville Qowa) boy,
while playing at the game known as ''shin-
nv" few days ago, was struck in the eye
with the ball and died a short time after
ward.
Calvin w. Morgan, of Lubec, Me-, was
killed while skating few days since, by
coming in contact with clothes-line,
which threw him upon his back.
Fred. Gottfried, the young man who
was thrown from sleigh at the same time
as Governor Matteson, of Springfield, H.,
has become insane from his injuries.
A child of Thomas Sken, of Mani
towoc, Wis, drank the contents of a cup
Iva tah 1,aI r.1a ytr,fh -,
reach, the other day, and died soon after
in great agony.
"A Kentuckian received dangerous
and probably fatal wound during a
scuffie the other day, by being thrown on
the sharp point of lead pencil, which
penetrated to the brain.
Mr. /. w. Stewart was cutting a log
into slabs on his farm, at Hennepin, H., a
few days ago, when the log reared up and
struck him on the head, so injuring him
that he was not expected to live many
hours
There appears to be nothing so de-
structive to human life as empty firearms.
A pistol or gun which everyone believes
to be unloaded is very likely to go off in
some miraculous manner and kill some
body, and as O. rule ought to be feared more
than when known to be loaded
H. T. Rumsey, a prominent citizen
n of Lacrosse, Wis, died at Chippewa
Falls, few days ago, from an overdose
@ of laudanum, taken to produce sleep,
81 while suffering from severe nervous
y affection.
-Michael Madegan, a prominent Rail
road contractor of Pittsburgh, while re.
Il Gently coming home intoxicated fell from
u the steps leading to the Fort Wayne Rail
& road bridge, receiving injuries from which
he died.
q "A Mrs. Cuddy, Of st. Louis, recently
left her little girl of four years alone IN
4 the house. The child's clothing &C
! cidentally caught fire from the stove and
1 she was so badly burned that the attend
ing physician thought she could not
recover.
"A little babe, cEild of Mr.. William
Justice, .of Glenwood, Iowa. was burned
to death in its crib the other day. 1t is
supposed that spark from the fire, some
five or six feet distant, flew into the Grab
and set She bed on fire.
The GAINESVILLE (Wis) Gazettt says that
boy Of that city poked shelled corn into
his ear After the crop had sGouted in
ulC IlCH sui, UCSnh W iCCI
Bile, anGsa surgeon was summoned, when
nine kernels of corn were extracted.
"A young girl named Haucke, living ct
Richland Grove, H., chewed piece OF
ordinary red sealirg-wax as substitute
for chewing-gum. The wax contained
Venetian red, deadly poison. The girl
fingered few daysiand expired in great
agony.
New Jersey has some muscular Chris
ianity within its borders. A party of
roughs recently attempted to break up g
donation visit given by members of the
Methodist congregation at Denville.
They were, however, thoroughly whip
ped, pinioned and taken to the county
Jail.
AT Clear Creek Canon, near Golden
City, Gel, a few days ago, a number of
laborers were engaged in attempting to
dry box of Hercules powder at a camp
fire, when the powder exploded, killing
two men-John Hughes and Barney Bloom
and seriously wounding several others.
"A singular interview took place in the
Jail at Allegan, Mich, the other DAY, be
tween George Freeman, who was just
starting for term of thirty years servi-
tude in the State Prison, and his wife, upon
They embraced fondly, and swore to be
true to each other through life.
"A Watertown wis grocer who is not
much in the habit of original composition;
scrawled '4Salt Pork" on yellow cara
the other day, and hung it outside his
door. Fora week his side of the street
was nearly deserted, and now he hires bis
sign painting done by somebody VINO
doesn't make Salt Pork" look Ike
SMALLPOX.
Says the Marquette Mining ./ournot:
IAN Indian up on the Houghton d Onton-
agon Railroad lost the cork out OF can
of nitfe-siyeerinc, and replaced it with a
wooden one, which he drove into Its place
with his little hatchet. The can was ceisT
pletely ruined, and the noble red man Is
supposed to have made the quickest trlpto
the happy hunting grounds on record,
"A convict in the Auburn On. ~ state
Prison is down with the smallpox, ana
everybody is wondering how. ne could
have caught the disease, as he is man
who has been confined nearly two years,
works where he is never approached by
visitors has recpiypd no letters, ana mas