Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-06-19
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.


reoenily setiod her comes:sc ds.sustses hy
taking dose Of prusSic sesd-
A recently arrived GesEAa 81.
drowned herself iaA c3serxn 8 Ssnrmna6z
because che was honessck-
Two Negroes SER killed ms Eve
wounded 3, Report n j. rscrssay- r.
the fall Of frsme bai3dmg-
Ms. K. FIeacAu NJ cszzxAz - Gss
machinery Of sa8U11l Il Asoa- H. fsse
other day. and crushed 70 6saSA-
John A. Dsw0er, a SpriHgtesE- IL
while harnessing 8 koge the cxh<- ssr,
was kscked By De animal u ~ sczsseAa-
ard died "a hcy afleswEd
Chicago tbe oshex dsy. four ys2s-
old s0n u Rednesd p. Homer usdersook
TO cross over de cis1csn O soue boards
but fell III and vsS drowned.
A shres year old child a. Roh<rS Dom
aldson. OF Manis1se. Mich, feli inio tnb
OF bot water few days sgo. snd vas 50
badly sealded dat he died In few hours.
A liule daughter a. James Kephart,
living near Gorsey, Iowa was accidental
ly drowned by falling into . large kettle
used for boiling soap. which the rains 81
the lass few days had filed with water.
A Mrs White, living in the vicinity
Of Cbaylo,fe. Eaton County, Mich. after
having retained home from 3 funeral. re-
Gently, Jumped from fhc wagon and frac-
tured her leg. from the effects Of which
she died in few days.
- During thunder storm at GAINESVILLE,
O., Inc other evening, Miss Maggie Neh,
while washing dishes, was instantly killed
By lightning A house in the course Of
erection near BY was struck and entirely
demolished
Miss Leo Hudson, the actress. died In
ST Louis, from the effects Of injuries re
ceiyed in the Grand Opera house In that
drama Her favorite horse was killed by
the same accident
Two painters employed in the Nichi.
gan Southern & Rock Island Railroad
depot, in Chicago. on the 9Th, were &C.
riOusly injured by the falling Of a gcaffold,
upon which they were working, To the
ground, disiancc Of fifty feet One o
them died almost Immediately.
Ar Hamilton, Nevada. a short time
since, a difficulty occurred between
Benefits wife and Carey's sister Benefit
approached carey's house, armed with a
pistol Carey fired shotgun through the
window, aid blew of the top OF Benefits
head. Carey is ia Jail.
"A child about three years old. named
Leying, living about ten miles from Ne
braska CITY, was burned To death in a
wagon, where she had been Ieft To play
while her father was blowing near by Il
IL supposed that she found some matches
In her fathers coat pocket, and with them
SCI fire TO The hay in the wagon-bcd.
An unhappy Tcuton, named Fred.
Engleking, living in Chicago, made an
unsuccessful attempt to end his life few
days ago. He placed the muzzic Of
small pistol in bis mouth and fired the
contents down his throat, but whether the
stimulants he had drank countcracted the
effect Of the bullet, or whether death was
aycrted by some other cause, IL not
known.
Another Chicago woman, Mrs. Alison,
IN her haste 10 make fire the other morn
ing, poured some kerosene upon the al.
ready lighted kindiing. Ii igni,cd imme.
diately, The vessel from which she was
purine II was envcl0ped In flames, and
before her husband, attracted by her
screams, could subduc the flames, her
head, neck, and arms were badly burned.
She will probably not try the experiment
over again.
"A man and his wife are reported to
have died recently. near Roanc Mountain,
IN Carter County, Tom, from using milk
said To have been rendered poisonous by
the cows eating grass on which yap0rs
impregDated with arsenic had settled. II
is said that families who have lived in
that neighborhood for years, have become,
az 1t were, "acclimated," aud that this
milk never affects them disastrously; and
that the cows get fat on this sort Of
fodder
-AtJacksob. Mich, the other day, an
old man named Philip Mulligan was on his
way 10 Detroit, Ia charge Of the Sheriff of
cassopolis, TO serve term In the work
house, on charge Of vagrancy. While
IN the waltingroom Of the depot, as the
doctor passed him, having bottle of
chlorofom in his sidepocket, Mulligan
grabbed 1t, and, before any one could in
terfere, drank two or three swallows.
causing his death in few minutes.
IF. j. Spcakman. young man living
at Webster City, Iowa, had been keeping
company with q young lady named Ella
DARN. Driven 10 desperation with a
burning passion for the idol of his heart,
he purchased q scventy.fve cent pocket
pistol, loaded Il with buckshot and sought
her residence, when he again pressed his
suit, reminding her of her promise TO be.
come his wife She refusing and denying
his assertions, he drew the pistol and fred
the charge entering her temple He then
shot himself three times In the face, hold.
ing the weapon 80 close that his whiskers
were singcd and the flesh horribly SCARED
and blackened. 6pcakman was arrested
and, IN default Of 5000 bail, was lodged
IN .he waterloo JAZZ, on charge OF assault
with intent 10 kill. Both parties were
severely though not fatally injured.
Industrial.
The Salem Oregon mills are ship
ping flour 10 China.
All the Massachusetts, ''shoc towns
arc complaining of dull times