Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-16


Two freight trains collided at Dayton,
Mich. few DAYS since. Engineer Ben
nett was seriously hurt, and fireman and
brakeman slightly injured.
H. j. Shredder, a laborer at the Rock
Island ull) Arsenal, was lately struck py
n large piece Of rock thrown up by a
blast, and terribly mangled. Death loi-
lowed. .,........,e,-.-sz
Thomas Randall, Of Woodstock, VI,
after 30 years incarceration in the Brattie.
boro Insane Asylum, has lately been re.
leased and pronounced cured. lie is %
years old
s "A few evenings since son of +. T.
Parish, of Galipolis, Ohio, was thrown
from his horse, striking his head against
fence and breaking his skull. lie died
from the effects of his fall in one hour.
"A teacher at the Rockwell street
school house, leyeland, o., named Miss
Jennie M, Silcox, died recently from in
iuries received few hours previously by
falling down the steps Of the school build
ing.
I'm the town Of Clynan, Dodge Co.
Wis, the other morning, d German named
August Tormy was caught by the tum
| bling rod, wound around it two or three
times, and SO badly hurt that he was MOI
expected to live.
Willy Fountain and John McCallis
ter, colored boys aged about ter, were
shooting birds with revolver near Cairo
ILL.,, few days ago, when the revolver in
Fountains hands was accidentally dis
charged, instantly killing McCallister.
Charles Galpin, aged 10, while care
lessly handling a loaded gun recently, al
Southwick, Mass, laughingly remarked
| TO his sister that he would shoot himself
at the same time drawing the gun toward
him, muzzle foremost, when it exploded
| lodging nearly the whole charge of sho
in his brain, killing him instantly.
An accident occurred in the tunnel Al
Fifth Street and Washington avenue, st
Louis, lately, which caused the death of 8
young man named William Johnston
Johnston was attending to one of the ma
chimes for hosting the earth from the ex
cavatiOn, when he slipped and fell, receiy
ing internal injuries from which he dice
shortly after. 54} W aHft"I 20
/ If ever man suffered three deaths
in one, Mr. Arnold, of johnson Co, Mo.
has so suffered Recently, in attempting
i to extinguish the flames of burainl
threshing machine, the insatiate threshel
/ caught him, of course To save him from
| burning, a friend considerably seized al
ak and chopped off his leg with thre'
stout blows. The victim died,of course
! "A brave young woman Minnie Jack
| son by name, rescued an old woman from
being run over in the Providence, r. /.
streets the other day, stopping runaway
horse just as he was about to pass ovel
| the old woman, who had fallen dowr
from fright and herself receiving con
siderable injury TO her arm. Miss Jack
son seems to be obtaining quite reputa
| ton for her deeds Of heroism, having
saved small child from similar fat
less than year ago. s..
| "A young lady of Jacksonville, III.
named Ellen Summers, said to be slightly
deranged in mind at times, boarded
Western Railroad the other evening, ant
when just outside the city limits, she, fo
some unknown reason, stepped to TIL,
platform and leaped from the train whil
it was in rapid motion, breaking one o
her legs, and badly, and it is feared fatal
ly, injuring herself otherwise. @
Recently, old Squire Vaux, well
known colored man of jackson, Tenn
while cleaning out well, was simprison
ed for four hours by the caving II of tn
curbing and walls Of the we'll The curb
ing from two sides of the well caught hin
midway the body, while other piece
formed kind of roof over his head
against which the .caving dirt pressed
holding him a prisoner and yet Saving
him from certain death. In this immi
nent peril he remained for three or fou
hours, and yet was rescued without serious
Injuries. Whites as well as blacks du,
and otherwise worked to save him, ant
to their untiring efforts, he owes his life
! The San Diego (Cal) World tells of ,
terrible combat between California
lioness and Jake Bergman, a supervisor
of that county. One day recently Berg
man was aroused by the peculiar noises
made by his stock. He looked down tn,
valley and saw his cattle grouped togethe
in hollow square, the calves in til,
center. A rampant Of horns was present
ed to whatever danger might menace. Ii,
left the house without armiDg himself
and In passing clump of trees was at
tackled bv a large California 'lioness. TIL,
ferocious animal mastered him, and tore
his breast and arms. An Indian servan
arrived TO the rescue. The lioness pounc
ed on the Indian, and was mangling hin
fearfully, when Bergman struck the beas
on the head with heavy club, killing il
The lioness measured six feet from tn,
nose to the tip of the tail. On being cu1
open its stomach was found to be empty
leading to the conclusion that it had beer
made unusually ferocious by hunger.
i The Power of the Heart Thu mo