Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-05-27
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

-Stratton, Vt, had spunky school
meeting the other day, where one party
wanted to sustain school and the other
didn't. The vote for moderator was a
tie, no compromise could be effected and
they wouldn't adjourn, and for eighteen
hours they sat 1t out, until morning came,
and one party gave in out of sheer weari-
ness and hunger.
The Woodstock tVt) Standard says
the meanest man in that State lives in
Chester He was invited 10 join in sing
ing at the funeral of one of his neigh
boris daughters He accepted the In
vitation, and soon thereafter presented
to the father of the deceased claim for
fifty cents for services rendered on that
occasion. The bill was paid
I'm Pittsfeld, Mass, lately Mr.. Isham
was on his way to the bank TO make a
deposit of $500. The wind was blowing
furiously and just as he turned the
corner near the bank fierce gust took
the bills from his hand, and some of
them went up in the air and off over the
country at the rate of 100 miles an hour.
He succeeded in recovering 800.
A Baltimore vender of toy balloons
sustained serious injuries the other day
by the explosion of number of his
wares. A spark from pedestrians
cigar burned hole through the rubber
surface of one balloon, causing the gas
inside to explode with loud report. and
the flame was communicated to several
Others which were attached to the same
String.
The body of the wife of wellknown
citizen of Westfield, Mass, who apparent
ly died year and half ago, was recent
Nv exhumed for burial in another lot
Some persons present had the curiosity
to open the coffin, and discovered to their
horror that the corpse was turned over
and the hands of the dead woman were
clutched into the hair of her head, while
her burial clothing was torn to shreds in
many places. There would seem to be
little doubt that she was buried alive,
and that she met horrible death in her
grave.
"A most deliberate suicide occurred
at the Clarendon House, in Hartford,
Conn, recently. John Watson, son of
Reed Watson, an East Windsor Hill
farmer, engaged lodgings at the hotel for
single night, and carried bundle to
the room with him, containing small
charcoal furnace and pair of bellows.
He set the furnace in a wash bowl,
spreading wet towels upon the floor TO
catch the dropping Goals, stopped all
orifices in the room to prevent the escape
of gas, partially undressed himself, and
lit the fire. He was found dead Oh the
bed in the morning.
The family of Mr.. Starks, residing on
East Town street, Columbus, had little
unpleasant experience Sunday from eat
ing poisoned chow-chow, which happily
did not result in anything serious. DR..
Beckwith was called in and administered
the usual antidotes, which soon removed
all fears OF serious results. A portion of
the chowchow was analysed yesterday
and found to contain arsenic. The
theory is that arsenic is used for the pur-
pose of imparting an elegant coloring.
The article is prepared in a large kettle,
and the arsenic usually settles to the
bottom, thus relieving the chow-chow of
any of its dangerous qualities. Some
times, through carelessness in bottling,
the dregs are also taken up, and in such
cases there is danger Of fatal results if
the proper antidotes are not speedily ad-
ministered. The chow-chow above re-
ferred to is said to be an imported article,
and consequently no one here could be
aware of its contents.-Ohio State Journal.