Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-03-21
Incidents and Accidents.

"A Fond du Lac wis Justice has re-
Gently fined man 500 for selling gift
concert tickets.
"A young man of Port Byron, N. Y,
died recently of hemorrhage following
the extraction of a tooth.
Mrs. Strong, aged eighty-four, was so
badly burned by the explosion of gaso-
line lamp at Kalamazoo, Mich, the other
day, as to cause her death.
Pneumonia has killed seven out of a
family of nine in Camden, Miss, all of
whom were in perfect health last Christ
mas day.
AT Brownsville, Texas, the other day,
a man named Atcheson Wells, while wad-
ing in the river, stepped into quicksand
and vanished from sight IN second.
An absent-minded Laporte Qnd.
clergyman forgot his engagement to mar
ry couple until about twenty.three hours
after the time appointed for the we'd
ding.
-Four men at Boston have been suffo-
Gated by inhaling gas from charcoal
stove in their sleeping-room, the top of
which had been removed.
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Detroit, left alone by their mother, found
pair Of scissors and six $40 greenbacks
in bureau drawer, and had great amuse-
ment for an hour.
"A child two years of age, named
Anna Maria Stoop, fell into tub of hot
water in Chicago, few days ago, and
was so severely scalded that death was the
result.
The first case in Kansas under the
new liquor law is reported from Delphos,
where Mrs. Donahue has recovered
verdict of 800 against saloon-keeper
for selling liquor to her husband.
John Dress attempted to clean out
his well, near Peshtigo, Wis, and found
in it the body of man, carpenter who
had worked for him before the fire. The
remains were taken out and buried.
of the 1,544 fires in New York during
the thirteen months ending February
last, 100 were caused by coal oil and it's
compounds. OF the 112 deaths from
burns and scalds, during the same period,
80 were from the same cause.
Hon. Thomas NJ. Brown, distin-
guished attorney of New Albany, Ind,
while returning home from his Office in
that city, the other evening. suddenly fell
on the pavement and expired almost i'm
mediately.
Julia Connolly, aged eleven, recently
died of hydrophobia IN Brooklyn, N. Y,
having been bitten by mad dog three
weeks before. Six other children were
bitten by the same animal, which has
since been killed.
Mrs. Goebel, of Terre Haute, Ind,
spent recent rainy afternoon in over
hauling venerable clothes-chest, and
found wedged in crevice gold coin
which she lost when child, in Germany,
twenty-five years ago.
John Harrison, of Jersey City, car
penter, unable to obtain employment in
Chicago, arrived home few days ago,
nearly frozen and starved to death, hay
ing concealed himself in a grain car
where he had been six days without food
or drink.
"A son of o. G.. Evenson was killed.
the other day, at Kilbourn City, Wis.
The child reached up to get an ak, which
his father had placed out of his reach,
and it fell, cutting a deep cash in his
head. He bled to death in few minutes.
At Lagrange, Ind, small building
detached from, and part of the La
grange County Infrmary, was recently
destroyed by fire, and an inmate named
Mogundy, who had to be kept in confine-
ment, was burned to crisp before he
could be rescued.
"A cow owned by a resident of Addi-
son, N. Y, recently died, it is said, in
consequence of eating straw that had
been taken out of bed which had been
slept on during the sickness of person
who died of diphtheria. She had every
symptom of the disease.
MIR. S. Levi, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, re-
Gently held pistol in his hands, and in a
playful manner pointed it towards his
body, saying, "Here goes my lifep' 1t
proved to be loaded, and the ball entered
his side just below the heart, inflicting a
probably mortal wound.
Edward Chevevoy, a wealthy mer-
chant of New York, sufferer by con-
sumption for over year, when apprised
by his physicians, a few days ago, that
there was no hope of his recovery, sent
his attendants from his room and shot
himself through the head with re-
volver.
Frank Hetzel, young man residing
snort distance from Davenport, Iowa,
was driving spirited team the other day,
IN the western part of the city, when
they took fright and ran away. He re.
ceived compound fracture of the thigh,
and severe internal injuries, from which
he died.
Forty years ago blooming young
girl Of sixteen married an old man of
sixty for his money, expecting that he
would soon die and leave her wealthy
young wife. A few days ago the lady
died at the respectable age of fifty.six,
leaving husband aged one hundred, and
four children to mourn her loss.
Recently, at Highland, Duchess
County, N. Y, Mrs. Wood being
slightly indisposed, as was thought, her
husband assisted her to bed, and subse-
quently retired himself. On awakening
in the middle of the night he found her
dead, having slept several hours beside
the corpse of his wife.
Seven years ago, q man living near
Racine, Wis, lost q pocket book, contain
ing go in cash. The other day he re-
ceived by mail the interest on the 80 for