Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-02-05


An infant with twelve toes and twelve
fingers was recently born in Lawrence,
Kansas.
A freight locomotive exploded near
Pass Marechal, La, few days ago, kill
ing the engineer and fireman and wreck
ing four cars.
"A telegram recently received from
Port Townsend, Washington Territory an
nounces the total loss Of the ship Panther,
stated at twenty.thrce.
"A farmer near Reading, Pa, recently
| lost valuable mare from lock jaw, the
disease resulting from wound caused by
the animal running rusty nail into its
foot about week before.
An employee of the Winneshiek Paper
Works at DEBORAH, Iowa, named Peter
Sandal, lately received frightful wound
by jumping on pitchfork in an empty
vat. The handle entered the groin, pass
ing up to the liver. The wound was
mortal.
Mrs. Reilly, of New Haven, a short
time ago, arose from her bed in SOM
nambulistic state, and concealed herself
upon beam under bridge across Mill
river, where she was discovered about
noon next day One day lately she died
from the effects of the exposure.
"A little son of Charles Hoevet, of
Supervisortown, H., was recently anus
ing his brothers and sisters by twisting q
towel around his neck in imitation of
hanging, and in turning around his feet
slipped. He fell the length of the towel,
which was fastened TO roller In the
fall his neck was broken.
"A few days ago, III. Nelson, of Clear
Lake, Iowa, attempted to split an obsti-
nate log with powder. He bored the
hole, filled in the explosive, started the
fuse, lighted it, and then endeavored to
get out of the way. just here he fell, and
before he could get up again, the log ex-
ploded and he received large measure
Of splinters in his neck. He died next
day.
Ina Detroit police court recently, when
man was about to be tried for assault
and battery, he brought forward his boy,
ten years old, as witness. The Justice
asked the lad If he knew the nature of
an oath, and the boy said his father had
explained ii. "What did he say?" asked
the Justice. "He said," replied the boy,
"that If didn't swear the other fellow
struck first he'd tan the whole hide off
my back" That boys testimony was
dispensed with.
AT Wilkesbarre, Pa, an anthracite
coh mine recently caught fire and at latest
accounts was burning at an ungovernable
rate. Two acres of solid coal were. in
flames. Miners at the peril of their lives
were endeavoring to subdue the flames,
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alarmed for fear that the twenty-six foot
vein of the mine, which extends for some
distance under the city, and Is crowded
with foul gas, would ignite, in which event
most disastrous consequences were feared.
The wife of Charles Farley, a hotel
clerk in Portland, Oregon, had been in
an insane asylum before her marriage,
and was still subject to Eighty spells
One day lately passers-by discovered that
his house was on fire. They went in and
saw his child in a pile of embers burned
to crisp, and Mrs. Farley sitting with a
blanket wrapped about her waiting for
the flames. Next day she remembered
having killed and roasted the child, but
said she was dreaming at the time that
what she was doing would be great
benefit to her little daughter. She had
10 iSeu the CHllu HOm Dotie, anu lln-
agined that the unnatural nourishment
was only slow starvation.
On the 18th of January, a man named
Keller, residing near Mount Joy, Pa. visited
that place and drew $500 out of the bank.
On his way home after dark, he was stop.
ped by two men, one Of whom caught his
horse by the head, while the other pointed
pistol at his head and demanded his
money or his life. Mr.. Keller replied
that he had but a small amount Of money
about his person, but sooner than lose his
life he would give it to them, at the same
time putting his right hand into his side
pocket; but instead of pulling out his
pocket book, as the thieves expected, he
pulled out revolver and shot the one
dead who was holding pistol toward
him, and shot at the other one as he ran
away, but without effect.