Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-12-09


Tn paytuckft. II. l., few days ago.
a young woman hanged hersei rom nDss
OF the young man whom her sister was
about 20 marry.
The other afternoon, while playing 10
an excavation In Brooklyn, tnree Doys
were buried alive by the sudden iaii OF
tiie earth bank. When assistance caine
they were removed from Dcnealh lhe mass
Of earth, but life was extinct.
-phincas Williams. book binder,
who wa. formerly worth some 5000, but
snuandered the whole amount in pur.
chasing lottery tickets, committed suicide
In Hartford lately by poisoning himself
with Paris green. lie vas seventy Tour
years old and unmarried.
i'm Chester County, Pa, q few days
ago. George Ewing shot his son. The
father was about letting down the hammer
of bis gun, but his hand being wet the
hammer slipped from him and caused ne
gun 10 discharge It's contents into The SIDE
OF the boy, producing dangerous injuries
A New FORK State butcher has been
arrested at Scranton, Pa, for selling dis
eased meat. lie took twenty two ole cows
To Lgzerne lately, slaughtered eight ana
s.ndcavorei 10 sell the meat at six cents a
Mound According 10 the Scranton Re-
y,uJiican the meat was simply carton.
The butcher was held for court.
A West Brattleboro (Vt) boy met
4xith a queer accident the other day that
narrowly escaped killing him. Some
cows we're In the yard and one OF them In
irving 10 hook another missed her object,
and one Of her horns struck the boy IN
the mouth. ffacturing his jaw and badly
injuring the roof Of his mouth,
The town of Pleasanton, Kan, IL
greatly excited over what appears 10 be
a case of murder and suicide. james
Brooks, an old resident, was found dead
on tie bank Of the river, three miles from
plcasanton, with bullctbole in his head
His wife was afterward found dead In the
river. II IL supposed that Brooks killed
bis wife and then committed suicide.
-wendolinc Gaeger, a brewer by occn.
patton, fell from the new Greenlawn
bridge al Columbus, Ohio, the other day
and was instantly killed. Gaeger, while
out walking, came 10 this bridge, IN course
Of construction across the scioto River
Thinking ~ save time he attempted To
cross the. river by wire on the bridge,
200 feet long and fifty feet above the
feet hand over hand, when the wire com
menced cutting bis hands. Hetben sought
10 return 10 the point from which he
.starlcd, but was unable 10 cling to the
wire, and soon fell upon The rocks below
and was dashed 10 pieces.
In one ofthe cars was beautiful young
lady dressed in deep mourning, who was
taking home the dead body Of her mother,
which WAS forward in the baggage.cr.
Suddenly The girl sprang up In her seat
and began shouting Murder mtrdcrP'
Several Of The passengers at once rushed
10 her, but found that her reason had LEFT
her and she was rayirg lunatic, doubt
less caused by excess Of sorrow She was
borne from The crowded car, struggling
violently, and IL required the united exer.
tions VI several men % restrain her from
doing violence either 10 herself or 10 9th.
ers till the train arrived at place where
she could he safely conGned-Pmttand
tAe.) dr9lH,
Over ten years ago negro called
upon claim agent al Detroit, ana filed a
claim against The Government for bounty
and back pay for services In the navy
during the rebellion. The papers In the
case were duly made out and sent 10
Washington and favorable answer was
received but the man vanished myste-
riously, and was not again heard Of I'LL u
few days ago, when he walked Into the
office Of the claim-agent and surprised
him by nquirlng: IL you got dat money
YETI" He explained matters by stating
that shortly after leaving Detroit, ten years
ago, he was arrested in Toronto for bigb-
way robbery, and had been confined ~
Kingston Penitcntiary ever since.
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