Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-13

Incidents and Accidents.


A Pottstown, Pa, boy recently died
from the effects of splinter which was
run into his toe.
A man named Earle fell thirty feet off
a coal dump at Cairo, few days ago,
breaking his neck.
Mrs. Catherine Geiger, Kenosha
County, Wis, woman, was recently butted
To death by vicious ram.
During the prevalence Of the yellow
fever at Memphis, twenty out OF twenty
two inmates Of clearinghouse died.
An Omaha COW fell into cistern the
other day. II took fifteen men, fifteen
women, thirty babies and forty-six dogs
to cxtricate her.
A disease has recently appeared
among the horses in indianapolis, Ind,
which is pronounced similar to the epizo-
otto plague Of last year.
AT Detroit, recently, Thomas Jane
son, while amusing himself by trying TO
push his dog into the river, fell from the
dock and was drowned.
"A widow in Central Illinois refused
an offer of $75 for three calves, but init
mated 10 the man that he could have them
for nothing conditiOnally. He returned
next day with the license.
"A case has come TO light at Kalama-
100, Mich, Of young woman ofexcellent
education and social position, who has,
within the past two years, spent large
fortune in satisfying her appetite for strong
drink
"A Racine Wis., lawyer, who has been
quite interested in a young lady Of that
place, and who has literally showered his
grcenbacks upon her, has recently grown
cold towards her and commenced suit
10 recover the money he has squandercd
upon her
"A young lady in Lancaster, Pa, has
the initials Z. VI. &. A. engraved on one
corner of the card which she hands To
some of her gentlemen visitors. AT first
they think she belongs TO the Young Mems
Christian Association, but it il not long
before they discover that it means "fou
may come again"
The question with which Vicksburg.
Miss, is now wrestling, is 10 ascertain
how much more dangerous than bur
glar is the average Vicksburg policeman.
One of them recently attempted TO cap
ture burglar, and before the job was
finished shot a horse and two citizens,
The burglar escaped.
"A Menasha, Wis, wife, who had not
lived on the best terms with her husband,
recently took ~ 200 in Government bonds
from the lining Of his vest, and then they
parted with expressions Of mutual esteem.
Since the husband has discovered the rob
berry he regrets the step, and declares he
has lost confidence in the sex.
Rufus Townsend, Of Albion, Iowa,
has, until lately. been quite pronounced
in his attentions TO a pretty millincr OF
that village. The woman evidently meant
business, but Rufus meant pastime. The
result of judicial settlement Of their
misunderstanding is that Mr.. Townsend
has had 10 pay the fair creature of silks
and ruchcs, the very comfortable little sum
$1,000.
"A Milwaukee man who was about to
leave for Chicago recently, and whose
wife came with him TO the train 10 see
him of, attempted 10 kiss her good-by
without taking his cigar from his mouth.
The effort was failure, and the unfortu-
nate man leaped from the cars pursued by
an Infatuated woman, with hat in her
hand, patch of ashes on her cheek, and
great deal of fire in her eye. He got
livelcr send.of than be bargained for.
Not long ago the minister of one of the
colorcd churches in Memphis announced
that on certain day a praycr.meeting
would be held to supplicate the favor Of
God in behalf of the yellow-fcver suffer.
ers, and cxhorted his congregation TO put
on sack clock and ashes" on the solemn
occasion. An old sister in the church
took the exhortation literally, and came
into the sanctuary on the morning Of the
appointed day with nicely fitting dress
made of coiiee-sacks and profusely sprink-
led with ashes. The appearance Of that
colored saint in the vcstibulc Of the
church was the occasion of considerable
wonderment on the part of the brethren
and sisters.