Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-10-05
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

An Ansonia Comm man is the model
economist He bought a new suit OF
clothes TO go TO his wife's funeral in on
Thursday, and on Saturday took the pre-
caution Of marrying again before the gar
ments grew rusty. All he found 1t neces.
sary to do was TO remove his hat-band and
change his gloves and neckte.
"A few days ago the Cleveland Super
intendent of Police received an anony-
nous letter entreating him to have an OH
Ger examine a certain barn in the Eight
zenith Ward. A couple of officers went TO
the barn designated in the letter, and upon
looking in at the window heard some one
groaning Opening the door terrible
sight met their gaze An idiouc boy, entire
ly naked, lay upon pallet of damp straw |,
literally starving to death. The father OF
the boy, named Kanen, when arrested,
was asked by the Superintendent: Why,
in Gods name, did you treat the boy IN
such a manner" and he replied; oh,
he's only an idiot" The boy lived but
few minutes after being discovered by the
officers. The parents of the boy were
locked up.
Samuel Howe, aged sixty seven years,
of Locust Hill, Armstrong County, Pa,
recently arose while asleep, mounted his
horse and rode eight miles before he
awakened. Being missed, the trail oil
the horse was followed, and found to lead
TO the house of brother-inlaw OF Mr..
Howe, and the old gentleman was there
in bed. He had ridden up TO the house
on horseback, at about six o'clock in
the morning, bareheaded, with only his
night-clothing on. Entering, he had said
o his brother in law: Il am very tired
ind want TO go to sleep" His relatives
were greatly startled at his singular adj
vent among them, and at first thought he
was insane. They soon discovered, how.
ever, that he was in a state of somnambu.
lism, and at once put him 10 bed. When
his followers arrived at the house, about
eight O'Clock, the old gentleman was still
asleep.
Miss Rebecca J. Allen, sister of the
Master of the State Grange Of Missouri,
was found To be missing from her home at
Allerton, Mo, the other afternoon. The
last that had been seen of her was during
| the evening, when she was seen following
| 100 yards behind young boy, her nephew,
both of whom it was supposed were going
| to an orchard a half mile distant. 1t ap-
pears that the boy had gotten considera-
| BILE distance ahead of the young lady
when he suddenly heard her crying out
| Tommy Tommy as If she were in dis
tress. He hurriedly retraced his steps TO
| the place from whence the call appeared
| to come, but he could neither hear nor see
anything, although he called out several
times. Running back to the house he
alarmed the family, who instituted short
| and fruitless search. The neighbors soon
gathered together, and the country was
secured until two O'Clock in the morning.
After daylight party was organized for
another search, and the body of the I'M
fortunate young lady was found lying in a
ditch by the side of the road leading TO
her house. The ditch was four or five feet
deep and wider Miss Allen was lying on
her left side, with her face downward, as
if she had fallen foremost into the gully
by accident No bruises were found on
her person except scratch where her face
had struck the earth. The physicians
who examined the body expressed the
opinion that the fall which she received
produced insensibility, and that she had
died from exposure 10 the cold wealth.
er which prevailed during the night.