Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-09-11
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.


The boiler used in the iron works OF
Jones & Laughlin, in South Pittsburgh
recently exploded. The cylinder was
torn into fragments, large pieces crashing
fhrou IN the warehouse, demolishing an
adjoining train of cars, and finally bury
ing themselves in the earth, nearly 2OO
feet away. Fortunately no persons were
injured, AS the explosion occurred before
the men had commenced work.
One day lately child OF William
Holmes, at Kingston, n. Y, had been SUI
fering from cholera i,gaatnm, but had
nearly recovered Torclieve resilessness,
the attending physician gave n preserip.
ton embracing four grains OF dqua eo'n-
ptor. A druggist or his clerk by mistake
used spirits Of camphor. The child was
seized with commissions, after taking the
medicine and died in few hours.
The New Haven Palladium says that
while two bows. aged ten and fourteen
wears. sons Of Mr. Dwight N. WEIGH, OF
that city, who were visiting friends in
Eas, Hampton, Conn, were bathing from
an island near the center Of Pocatapaug
Lake. their boat, which was moored q
little from shore, fioated off and was
waited to the main land about mile
away. The boys, fearing the finding OF
the boat with their clothes therein would
cause serious alarm, launched from the
island on an old table, and the eldest boy,
hosting an umbrella in his hands, sailed
off TO their runaway and secured it.
--Eben Busby was recently shot, near
Storm Lake, Iowa, under the following cir
cumstances 4. Busby and another young
man were sitting in the bottom OF The
RuGhY
leaning his back against the front. Two
of the dogs started some chickens right
by the side of the woods. AS they came
up to them the driver stopped the horses,
and they all started 10 get out. Busby's
gun was laying againt the front seat, with
the stock against the dash board, and the
barrel pointing toward the back Of the
wagon. Busby reached to take his gun,
and the first that was known they heard a
report of the gun They looked around
and saw Busby fall backwards. The
whole top Of his head was. blown com
pletely off.
The Allentown, Pa, Chronicle men
lions the following as having recently
occurred in that vicinity: In the after
noon, between five and six O'Clock, Hiram
j. Schantz, Esq, stood above his mill at
the head of Cedar creek, and without any
apparent cause he was turned around
twice by some invisible force. What 1t
was he cannot divine for he felt no wind.
A moment after he noticed a body OF
water five or six feet high rushing toward
the mill from above, coming from di-
rection where no creek ran, and which
was the water Of water spout which, IL
is said, descended near Crackersport, and
Al. "A a.
with IT, He ran TO the mill and notified
the hands TO open the gates, which was
done. A culvert under the road to convey
the water 10 the mill was washed away,
and about one.half of the saw MILL in
Guiding the water wheel, was destroyed.
In the house the water covered the lower
floors, soaking the carpets.
"A recent telegram from Rochester,
N. Y, says that the evening express train,
as it approached Batavia, ran into a car
rage, killing both occupants. The engine
struck the launches of the horse attached
to the carriage, killing 1t and rendering
the carriage complete wreck. The
names Of the occupants Of the carriage
were james Anderson and Dennis Delaney
One of them was thrown number OF
yards into field, and the other was
dragged along until the train was stopped
His body was horribly mangled The
engineer, John Day, stopped the train as
soon as possible, and got off the engine to
see wba, injury had been done. In pass
ing in front Of the locomotive he saw il
covered with blood and brains, and was
so overcome by the shock that he walked
few steps when he fell. He was carried
into The smoking-car and died in few
minutes.
"A correspondent of the New York
Sun writing from Morristown, n. j. thus
tells how couple of young ladies recent
ly outwtted swindling railroad EN-
ploye: The Misses Hunter Of this town
having spent an agreeable summer vaca
ton from their home, lately arrived In
New York, previous to their starting for
Morristown, and purchasing at the Morris
d Essex depot the necessary tickets, pre-
scented the same to the baggagc-master
respectfully requesting him to have theil
trunks, seventeen in number, checked
The shrewd dignitary gave long, shrill
whistle and informed them that the cx
press Office was the proper place in which
TO apply If they wished TO take theil
trunks with them, as each passenger was
allowed but one hundred pounds baggage
Inquiry at the latter place revealed tn,
fact that the exorbitant tariff of 81 .25 wa!
demanded for each trunk. Upon thu
ladies demonstrating the expressman gal
lantly relented and agreed to send tn,
contraband goods for one dollar each
But the ladies remembering that a pas
sengcr (and trunk II he choosc) Is Car
ried over the road for eighty cents, de
INJURED even 70 this magnanimity, ant
without further ado quietly walked to thu
ticket Office and bought fifteen tickets
These they exhibited and the baggage
official gave the ladies the checks which
they sought. The result of this financia
maneuvcr is that the Misses Hunter hav
fifteen tickets, only two being demande'
of them by the conductor; as they ar
good until used, according TO stipulation
the company may be compelled to trans
port fifteen passengers. with as man,
trunks, II necessary, from New York i
MOrrist0wn.
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