Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-03
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
urc,dentx and Accidents.

for fear he would get the cholera.
Andrew Brewster, of Joliet, Ill, got
nm n spree the other day and wound up by
going TO sleep on the railroad track.
Thomas Webster was cut In two at
Newburg Ind, recently, by falling upon
circular saw.
"A daughter OF Jesse Elliot, living near
Algonquin, H., was chOkcd TO death Dy
grain OF corn.
Il. D. Drillard, Of Portsmouth, Ohio
was accidentally shot and killed while
hunting the other day.
"A Young man named Edward Boucher
committed suicide by poisoning, atGrecn
Bay, Wis.
AT Eldridgc, Mich, little Indian
girl four years Of age was recently Durheo
70 death while kindling q fire
Lizzie Muller was 80 badly injured
nv the explosion of a coal oil lamp at 81
Louis the other night that she died next
day
Mrs. George Funk is the last Chicago
woman who kindlcd her fire win kero-
scne, and the first, we believe VINO p'ed 70
relate her experience.
David Fidler, Of Utica, Ill. drew
his rifle toward him by the mnzzle, when
the ball passed through his lung ana Gu
tirely through his body.
The sudden contact Of stick with
circular saw in a mill at Sand City, Mich;
recently proved fatal TO man naned
Everest. a portion of the stick being
driven into his head behind his ear
Mr.. Montgomery farmer living in
the vicinity Of Goshen, Ind, committed
suicide by hanging himself TO tree. No
reason Is assigned for the act.
Joseph Hundry, Of Deerlicld town
ship, Fulton County, Ill, after heating
himself i'm the field, went To the spring
and drank copiously. He then walked u
short distance fell down, and Immediate
ly expired.
Mr.. Delorme. merchant of Milwau-
kee. was accidently killed at Schlcisinger.
vile. Wis, the other day, by the careless
handling OF pistol In the hands OF
farmer
Mrs. C. ii. Remington died suddenly
at Dubuque, Iowa, the other night A
most moriein examination revealed the
fact that she died from the effects of
dose Of strychnine, which Is supposed to
have been administered by herself
The other day, Comfort Starr shot
AMI instantly killed Chester Barrett in
Jefferson Wis The fatal deed was the
result of dispute about the right of pas.
sage through road which Barrett had
blocked up.
Stephen Deshays and Henry Wilkn-
son, his stepfathcr, had an alteration one
morning at their farm, three miles from
Bellevilie, ILL.,, about reaper which both
of them desired TO use, which resulted in
Wilkinson shooting Deshays In the head
and back, killing him instantly.
"A party Of picknickers, near Fair
field, Iowa, INDUCED in the advertisement
of shooting at mark, and Miss Evans, in
handling the revolver used allowed il To
20 of prematurcly. the ball entering the
face Of Maggie Locke near the nose. and
inficting "a serious If not fatal wound.
Some sportivc draymen employed in
grain store at Portland, Oregon, dropped
bag Of wheat down hatchway upon
the head Of fellow workman named
Blake, the other day. just for joke The
execurix offers the horse and dray for
sale at u reasonable figure.
Athens (Ga.) telegram: 1.-TWO or
ahree school girls here arc quite sick from
swallowing heartscase flowers. Their ro-
shttiaisS was iiftt "uNbtfti
one of these flowers whole, and then eX.
pressed a wish, they would have 1t graft
fed prussic acid in the flowers made
them quite sick The romance was voted
humbug.n
"A terrible tragedy occurred near
Santa Rosa, on the line Of the Northern
Pacific Road, recently. Charles Hoefner
and Valentine Scheiner were sleeping to-
gether In their store. IIoefner dreamed a
man was robbng the store, fired at
Schoner and killed him Hoelner was
dismissed on the ground of accidental
shooting
"A young son of Clay Powell, residing
near Urbana, o.. was walking beside "a
four-ox team, which was drawing heavy
load Of lumber, and engaged in talking to
some Of his companions, when one Of the
oxen kicked him, knocking him under the
wheels of the wagon, which passed over
his head, crushing 1t into jelly
MIR. r. o. Lee, a farmer of White Bear
Center, Mimi, was driving home some
cattle one day rcccntly-he being on foot
while his son was riding in wagon
when sharp crash of thunder came, and
the boy looked TO see his father complete
ly envelored in flames, rs he says, from
Deau n lOOl i Hc scScTity Vi TIC suohc
can be imagined when 1t Is told that Mr..
Lees clothes were entirely consumed, even
TO his shoes, and his jack-knifc was with
out handle, while his body was burned
TO an unacceptable crisp.
An honest German grocer at st, Louis,
says the Republican Of that city, being
badly troubled with the pestiferous flies,
undertook to extcrminate them the other
day by what he considered an effectual, as
II certainly was novel, method, viz,
burning gun-powdcr, the fumes of which,
he had been told, was so offensive to their
ollactories that they could not endure its
presence To this end he lighted a piece
of paper and undertook to pour some pow
der on il from two-pound flask, but the
powder was little too quick for him, and
taking advantage Of his misplaced conf.
dence, the whole can went off with a
whizz. Mr.. Otto got pretty well singed,
and his hair and eyebrows were totally de.
moralized, but otherwise he was not in.
jured, except some slight burns on his
hands and face. 1t Is not stated that he
intends to patent his new fly extcrmin-
atOr.