Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-15
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Incidents and Accidents.

A young lady Of Dubuque, Iowa,
broke leg while skating the other day.
A little girl named Mary Lane was
burned TO death at Presumption, ILL.,, the
other day, while playing near the fire.
John Plumber, boy of thirteen,
chokeHto death in school at Wyandot,
Ohio, the other day, while eating an ap-
pie.
A landlord at Biddeford, Me-, re-
Gently took from tenant in payment for
rent. 4 barrel of flour procured by sub
scrgption by members of the Methodist
Church.
Benjamin Tilburt, German boy liv-
ing near Owensville, Ind, was recently
careleSsly handling gun, when the ham,
mer fell. and the contents lodged in his
body, killing him.
A New Bedford man vented his spite
by paying q judgment of $28 limb Of
the law had obtained against him, in one
cent pieces. The lawyer says he never
before thought $2S was SO much money.
Two German homesteaders were
frozen to death within ten rods of their
homes, near Sioux City, Iowa, few days
DAYS since. They were found lying in
and the other youth.
A Conscience stricken Philadelphia
lady. who lately managed to smuggle a
silk dress pattern through the New York
Custom. House, sent the Secretary OF the
Treasury So as contribution to the
Conscience Fund"
Mrs. Carroll, of Fostoria, Ohio, was,
the other day, reaching her hand through
a broken pane Of glass to her little girl,
when she slipped and cut the veins and
arteries of the arm so badly that she mar
rowly escaped bleeding to death.
Joseph Flaherty, of Peoria, ILL.,, one
day recently bled at the nose till he died.
His brother John, who was disabled by a
railroad accident, heard of it, and jump
ing up in excitement, SO injured himself
that his recovery was doubtful.
"A Bushnell Qll) boy had his leg
broken in singular manner the other
day. He was standing cross-legged, talk
ing with schoolmate, when another lad
thOughtlessly jumped upon his back and
crushed him to the ground, breaking his
leg below the knee.
-Abram Taylor, residing near Jones
boro, Tenn, was the other day engaged
in burning brush in his orchard,
when he was taken with an epileptic
fit, and fell into the flames. He was soon
discovered by his son, who saw him liter
ally roasting alive. He survived the ter
rible accident but a few hours.
William III. Riley, of Omaha, reached
that city recently from Big Divide, twenty
miles distant, having made the trip in his
stocking-feet, over the snow. He says
hot In; ct bo -, ,fo o.
seven who went out to the Republican
River in the fall. He left two companions
by the wayside on his terrible march.
"A few days age, Mr. Houghteling, of
Arcola H., received letter warning him
that one of his clerks, nephew, was dan
gerously insane, and left the epistle on the
desk, where the nephew read it. In few
minutes after, Mr.. Houghteling came in
and went to his desk, when the mailman
walked up to and shot him dead on the
spot The murderer was taken to jail.
A few evenings ago, the Treasurer Of
Santa Cruz County, Cal, was turning off
the gas in his Office, when he was seized
by armed and masked men, who had been
concealed in the office, bound, gagged
and threatened with instant death unless
he unlocked the vault, which he did,
when the robbers took. out $40, 600 in gold
coin, locked him in and left him.
"A Cleveland man was lately pardoned
out of the Penitentiary, after having been
confined twelve years on life sentence
for murder in the second degree, it being
believed that he was really innocent of
any participation in the crime. He i'm
mediately obtained employment, through
the assistance Of friends, pledged himself
to total abstinence from all intoxicating
drinks, and has thus far proved faithful
to his pledge.
"A young woman whose fathers pala-
tial residence is situated on one of the
principal streets of Missouri's Capital, re-
Gently, in the space of a single twenty
four hours, managed, without discovery,
to get herself engaged to eight different
men, and told them all to come at the
same time the next day to obtain her
fathers blessing on their union. They all
did so; and the scene that ensued can be
better imagined than described. The lady
meantime had left the State disguised as
. peddlcr.
John Bishop was one of party of
manacled prisoners who recently escaped
from jail at Dover, Pa. Having no friend
ly harbor in which to conceal himself, he
took to the woods and thickets, and wan
dered about without shelter or anything
to eat for several days. In crossing
corn-field in the night his leg-irons caught
on the stub of corn-stalk, causing him
to fall, and not having strength enough
to relieve himself from his predicament,
he lay there until found When brought
to jail he was in sorry plight. His feet
and legs were SO badly frosted that they
would have to be amputated
The Bloomington, H., Leader gives
an account of rather singular phenome-
non, as follows: "A few DAYS ago we
published an account of an accident at
Springfield, by which William Daniels, of
Normal, was deprived of his hand. 1t
seems that Mr.. Daniels did not know that
his hand had been cut off until he got to
the light. He though his wrist had been
bruised, probably, by falling on the track.
Imagine his surprise at finding his hand
gone. After his wrist had been ampu- |
tated and his arm dressed, he complained
that his thumb was pressed down in an
uncomfortable position in the palm of his
hand. On examination it was found to
be true that his thumb was occupvino the
position he complained of and when - |