Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-08
incidents and Accidents.

The little daughter of Mr. Gardner,
residing at Hampton, H., got up few
mornings age 10 build fire, and when
! built heated poker and put it into a five
pound can of powder. The explosion
which followed fatally burned Mrs. Gard
ner and two children and consumed the
building.
Frank Darlington, young man
| twenty-five years of age, son of John Car
| rington, living nine miles east of Jack
sonville, ILL.,, rose from the dinner-table
the other day and fell dead. Cause,
| heart disease He was a robust, active
Young man, and had been hard at work
! during the forenoon.
A few evenings ago while the ma
! chinery of the fanning-mill factory in
Kenosha, Wis, was in full blast, one of
/ the employees, a young man named George
| Berry was saving board at a circular
saw, when the board slipped and flew up,
striking him across the stomach and in
! ficting such internal injuries that he
died shortly after
"A balloon ascension was advertised
as one of the attractions OF the Lenawee
| County fair, at Morenci, Mich, recently.
! While being inflated the machine broke
away, and man who was assisting in
the operation got his leg entangled in
| the trapeze ropes and was carried up a
| height of nearly mile. He succeeded
in righting himself and hung on until the
| balloon descended in an open field some
distance away, when he was rescued,
| frightened but unhurt.
"A sad case of poisoning occurred at
/ naE
Mrs. John Kellogg, of Troy, N. Y, boy
| of twelve years, and a SON of Thomas II.
Doane, of nearly the same age, went out
the day above mentioned and gathered
quantity of toadstools, which they mis-
took for mushrooms They gave them
to a servant-girl to cook, and, after they
had been prepared the three partook of
them quite freely. Shortly afterward
they were taken very sick, and medical
aid was summoned and everything done
to relieve the sufferers, but young Kellogg
died after undergoing terrible agony.
"A singular case of equine PRESENT.
ment of evil occurred short time ago
on Madison street, Chicago, just east of
the bridge. AS the last Blue Island
avenue car was being rushed up the hill
the horses by mutual consent stopped
q,
which was shut at the time. There was
nothing out of the way in the vicinity,
yet, do what they might, the driver and
conductor were not able to induce the
horses to go ahead Suddenly an intelli-
gent passenger bethought him that the
horses might think the bridge was open,
so he walked upon and half way over the
bridge in their view. This was all that
was necessary The horses leaped for
ward and crossed the bridge without any
further misgivings, and the intelligent
passenger received the smiles and thanks
Of all the lady passengers in the car.
"A private letter from gentleman in
Texas to man in Cincinnati tells the
story how a man was saved from hang
ing at San Antonio: about month
ago one man killed another in a fracas.
He was very much alarmed knowing
that should he be caught he would be
hanged TO the nearest tree convenient for
the purpose. A friend of his hearing of
his situation went to see him in his hid
ing-place, and promised for considera-
ton (of money, of course) to give him a
powder, which he should take when he
was captured, that would prevent his
being hanged or shot. The poor man,
believing it to be a charm, readily paid
the sum demanded and received the pow
der, which he was to swallow when there
was no other hope. The next day the
man was discovered in his hiding place
by "a crowd of men, who were determined
to carry out the decision of Judge Lynch,
and were about to hang him to tree
which they had already selected. The
prisoner, with great reluctance, yet hav-
ing faith in the power of his powder, was
taken to the tree, and when all the
arrangements were made took the pow
der from his pocket and swallowed it,
The effect was quickly seen, as he fell
dead Immediately"