Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-15
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.


Incidents and Accidents.
A little daughter of DR.. Foote, of
Colchester, Conn, was fatally strangled
the other day by the lodgment of bean
in her windpipe.
The boiler of locomotive standing
at Port Jervis exploded the other even
ing. killing the fireman and man who
Was standing alongside.
--Thos GARNER, blacksmith living
near Cincinnati, was choked TO death the
other day while attempting to swallow
some beefsteak at dinner.
Two men, nearly dead from starva-
ton. were taken out Of a box car at
Jackson, Ark, few days since, having
been confined three days without food or
water, their object being to steal ride
from St. Louis. One of them went
crazy after his release.
A curious and almost incredible
story comes from Springfield, Mass. 1t
is that child, four years old, elected
from his stomach, recently, frog five
inches long. Froggy endured the opera.
ton for a while, but soon expired. The
child had been sickly for two years and
the doctors were unable to afford relief
for reasons which are now obvious. 1t
is now supposed the frog was swallowed
while drinking brook water.
A few days ago, at Vicksburg Miss,
Aid. ID. 4. Ryan, Thos. Donavan
and Mr.. Smith, a plasterer, were suffo-
Gated by foul air in cistern near Ryan's
we'll They entered the cistern to exam
iakjt for repairs. Smith entered first.
NJ hearing from him, Ryan entered,
and Donavan followed to see what was
the matter. A negro gave the alarm, but
all were dead before they could be
taken from the cistern.
William Smith, of Trenton, H., was
leading mule to water the other morn
ing and, supposing the animal to be
gentle, carelessly noosed the halter
around his wrist. Suddenly the mule
got frightened and ran away, dragging
the young man headforemost distance
of more than mile. His arm was near
ly pulled off, and his whole body shock
ingly battered and bruised Life was
extinct when. he was found by his
friends.
"A dreadful threshing- machine acct
dent occurred at Franklin, Mimi, the
other day. A steam thresher had been
at work threshing and had nearly com
pleted the job, when all hands stopped
for a few minutes and the machine
stopped also. While the machine was
standing still and just as they were about
to start it again the boiler of the engine
exploded with terrific force, throwing
the engine and boiler about 100 feet and
landing it on a stack of straw about ten
feet high. Three persons were instantly
killed and three injured, one of the in
jured having since died, making four
killed. The names of the killed are Mrs
M. Burnick, Miss Kate Devine, DIR. $. d.
Grant and Perry Borke. Injured: Mar
tin Devine, shoulder broken and injured
internally; Thomas Cunningham, arm
nearly torn off Perry Borke was blown
about 400 feet from the engine and land
ed in marsh. Miss Kate Devine was
torn in three pieces, her body being
picked up in three separate places. DIR.
Grant, of Carver and several ladies with
him had arrived on the grounds to wit
ness the operations of the steam thresher
just before the explosion occurred and
were almost instantly blown into eter-
nifty. at3 ar
A few miles from Fort Madison,
Iowa, is an apple orchard growing in
the midst of dense forest. The pecul-
iarities of the trees are, first, the shape
of the leaf, which is much larger than
the ordinary apple leaf, being long and
quite slender; second, they bear fruit of
the finest flavor, and parties come for
miles around to taste them, and some
take leaves and press them to keep as
curiosities. An old settler relates that
about 1895 Red Wing, famous young
chief on his return from st. Louis, spent
u few days at st. Charles, Mo, then a
small settlement, now a iourishing city.
While there he was given few apples to
eat, which he seemed to enjoy very
much, and asked for some of the trees
One of the settlers procured some TWEEN
ty-five young sprouts, and gave him the
necessary instructions in planting them.
These he carried a distance of one hun
dred miles to his home, and planted
them around his wigwam. The famous
old chief Black Hawk gave this as the
true origin of the trees. They are up
ward of eighty years old, and from
present appearances will live many
years 20 come.