Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-27

by cutting his throat with razor. lie
had been sick about three weeks, and, II
is supposed. committed the horrible deed
while In state of dependency The de-
ceased was about 70 years old.
The lively little RerieU Of Peoria
saws: "We have not had q balloon ascen-
sion in Peoria for many years, but the
people OF this settlement are now standing
in silent awe, tearfully watching potatoes
going up out of reach and sight, with
good start at 81 40 bushel."
M NJ Ball, a passenger conductor on
the Allegheny Valley Railroad, while
coupling the locomotive to the tram, a,
Reynoldsville, Pa, a few days ago, slipped
and fell under the wheels OF the engine
Both legs were taken of, and the poor
fellow died shortly afterward.
MOT many days ago man named
Hughes, living in San Francisco, having
occasion to visit well near his residence,
accidentally fell in, and remained inn
mersed in the water for over thirty-six
hours before he was discovered and re-
leased II took several days for Hughes
to recover his previous tranquility.
Henry Roe, discarded lover of Miss
Mollie Wallen, of BoOnyille, Mo-, met
his former sweetheart a few days ago,
drew revolver from his vest pocket and
shot her dead. Appalled, at the awful
deed he had committed, and almost with
out moments intermission, he turned
the fatal weapon against his own heart
and fired shot that laid him dead where
he stood. ~
An accident occurred on the Buffalo
81 Lake Huron branch of the Grand Trunk
Railroad near Brentford, Canada, lately.
The express going east came in collision
with a mixed train coming west The
fireman Of the express was killed, and one
Of the brakesmen and the baggageman in
jured. None of the passengers were in
jured. -Four or five cars were badly
smashed, and the baggage-car burnt.
"A severe accident occurred in Lafay-
cite, Ind, recently, by which a porter at
the Lair House, named Joseph Cox, near
ly lost his life. He was shaking carpets
on the roof Of an addition to the house,
and walked off the roof backward, falling
distance of about forty feet There were
no bones broken, but he was injured in
ternally, and the doctor thought his re-
covery doubtful. He has wife and four
children.
II. G. Stearns, Postmaster at Stock
bridge, Wis, and editor of the Stock
bridge Enterprise, recently administered
dose Of strychnine to his wife, and af-
forwards took dose himself. His wife
died, and Stearns at last accounts was in
a precarious condition. Failure in bust
ness and dependency over financial mat
tiers was the cause of the terrible deed.
Stearns was cripple, and had the repu-
tation of being an upright man.
The house of Herman Hemp, farm
er living in the Sufficool settlement, town
Of Weston, Wis, took fire and burned to
the ground few days since. The farm
er's wife was after pail OF water, and had
not been gone but few minutes when she
discovered the flames. Dropping the
pail, she speedily returned, and, reaching
through the window, seized two of her
children, who were sitting on bed Mr..
Hemp was absent from home at the time,
and not thing in the house was saved.
james Glen, of South Canaan, Wayne
County, Pa, went to Providence, Luzerne
County, one day last week, to see his
brother In returning home on Thursday
he rode upon one of the coal trains pass
ing over the mountain from Carbondale to
Waymart. AS the cars were descending
plane No. 10, trip of loaded cars broke
loose from the plane above, ran away,
killing Mr.. Glen, and destroying a num-
Der of cars. Mr. Glen, who was respect
able farmer, leaves wife and number
of children