Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-06-04
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.


1nCloonW ana ACclO0nUs
An American schooner, the Phoenix,
was recently capsized in whirlwind OF
Ship Channel Keys, and Eve women and
one man were drowned.
-Tobey q Booths packing house, in
Chicago, one Of the largest in the North
west, was burned to the ground q few
nights ago. A large amount Of cured and
partially cured meats and over 500 live
hogs were destroyed. Loss, $125,0OO.
"A few days ago, at Warrensburg,
N. Y, David Mead picked up in the
street what he supposed to be . stone.
Upon throwing 1t from him it ex-
ploded, injuring him fatally. 1t was
nitro. glycerine exploder, such as are used
in mining.
Not long since an engine on the
Syracuse & Northern Railroad went
through the draw of bridge near SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, killing the engineer and con-
ductor of the train. The accident was the
result of pure carelessness on the part of
the engineer.
An extraordinary accident occurred
at Whitehall, N. j., the other day. The
wind was blowing with such violence that
small boy was blown from his fathers
porch upon the picket fence, where he
was held fast by the point of picket
until his cries brought relief
The other day James Beiand was
standing in shute upon mass of coal
dust, at Wilkesbarre, Pa, when the gate
below was opened for the purpose of filling
car, and he was drawn down with the
dust, and in a moment was out of sight.
The operatives at once set to work to ex-
tricate their comrade, who was soon found
smothered to death.
-Neephagon College, at Cross Plains
Tenn, was recently totally destroyed by
fire at all early hour in the morning. 1t
was with great difficulty that the young
ladies could be induced to leave the burn
ing building, and many of the male
students rushed into their rooms and
forced them or. in their nightclothes,
thus saving their lives.
"A lady was standing on wharf in
New York the other day, bidding adieu
to friends about to sail, when the head of
huge cask of molasses that was being
hoisted on an elevator above her burst
out, and she became an immensely sweet
and sticky substance. 1t is said the ex-
pletives she used on that occasion were
distinguished more for their emphasis
than for their strict propriety.
An extraordinary incident of canine
affection occurred in connection with the
recent calamity in Massachusetts,. Col.
Joel Hayden, one of the sons of the late
Lieut.-Gov. Hayden, has dog of the st.
Bernard kind. He has for long time
been the village favorite and the pet Of
the school children. Ira Bryant, the
father of Mrs. Col. Hayden, over sixty
years of age, was great favorite with the
dog Bryant was lost in the disaster. On
Sunday afternoon the dog started out and
followed the searchers for bodies in the
meadow lands. He was then seen on
Miller's flats paving in the sand and,
when he was visited, it was found that he
had dug quite deep in the dirt, in which
excavation was discovered the lower
portions of mans limbs. The next half
hour revealed the form of Bryant. Dill
gent search had been made for these re-
mains, but it seemed hardly possible that
any human being could have found the
imbedded corpse.
"A lady residing near Coopertown,
Tenn, had a very unpleasant adventure
with a snake the other day. She had
just stepped into the edge of grove
when she felt something moving about
her right foot. STOPPING forward to see
what it was, large adder struck her in
the breast, his fangs fastening in the
bosom Of her dress. 1t then dropped
back, and she then discovered that she
wasystanding on the reptiles tail. Her
first impulse was to run, but before she
could move the snake had begun coiling
itself around her ankle. With great pres
ence Of mind she seized an opportune
moment to place her left foot on the rep
tiles head. There she stood, one foot up
on the head of the snake and nearly his
whole length coiled around her other
ankle. She was too far away from any
one to summon help and she was COM
PEELED to undergo the loathsome ordeal
of unwinding the coils that the monster
had thrown around her. This she sue.
ceeded in doing, the snake meantime
writhing and twisting with all its power.
She then by quick moment dashed its
head against a tree, and while it lay
stunned pounded It's head to jelly with
stone. For several hours afterward her
bands and arms were much swollen and
of dark color, but this soon passed
away. :.
Religious and Educational.
The MethOdist invelghs against official
church journalism.
Music in the public schools of st.
c,,,o cnsfo nn0 a 500.