Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-07-22
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-s1he lightning played lysly r New
Orleans the other DAY, 80 auZng 'ns
sforni picture of Morse NE mssn.oI ~
the telegraph, seemed TO se an oo1ec' q
particular spite, il being literary ein -
shreds.
in New York lately, al 2 swimming
establishment, two well-known s"ihining
experts kept their seats while z young
man named Hannekamp was drowning,
and made not the slightest effoH 10 rescue
him.
Two ingenious horse-fhieyes stole
horse from Mr.. Ennis, CT Rleiinona-
Conn. the other day, by leading II nom
the stable with rope thirty feet long: Ms
daughter saw the men and the horse, Dut
al they were so far apart thought nothing
Of 1t.
Joseph Mazrall, Of Littleton, n. H.,
was caught in q shaft making 800 revolu.
lions minute, the other day, and whiried
around three minutes before the machinery
could be stopped. but, though every parsi-
Gle Of cioeling was torn from him except
the neck band Of his shirt and part OF one
shirt sleeve. he was not much injured.
1t isn't always best to be TOO spunky.
In Mount JOY. Ohio, few days ago, a
young lady and gentleman were amusing
themselves with pair Of scissors, when
the Young man threatened 10 cut her nose
off, thinking Of course that she would
draw her heal back when he would snap
the scissors al her; but she wasn't 10 be
scared or dared, and stood her ground,
and the consequence was that he cur me
end Of her nose almost off. The doctor
"A txIy Il in t.ysf
the same nose that il was before.
"A queer pauper case was lately on
trial at Norwich, Conn. The town OF
Preston claimed that the authorities Of
East Haddam fraudulently and corruptly
persuaded Orrin Wade, a Preston pauper,
forty-five years Of age, 10 marry Sarah
Brooks, an East Haddam pauper, sixty
seven years old, in order that East Had
dam might be relieved Of the expense OF
caring for her OF course the Haddam-
ties claimed that it was purely love
match but the fact is, the two separated
on the day Of their marriage and have not
lived together since.
As the driver of an express wagon
was passing along Main street, Bunker
Hill district, Boston, with loaded team
the other afternoon, which included cop
per fountain Of soda, he was startled by
a loud explosion in his wagon, and sec
ond later was hurled over the head of his
horse, while the side Of his wagon was
stripped completely off, and a ifty-pound
ffrkin Of butter was distributed about the
neighborhood in minute particles, and a
good. sized cheese served out in quite as
unceremonious manner. Investigation
showed that the soda fountain had ex-
ploded.
jewellers in the first stories of high
tenement houses have some advantages
and also some misfortunes Of position. In
New York the other eveninga woman was
sitting In her lower floor front door nurs-
ing her baby, when piece Of marble fell
from the fifth floor, striking her child on
the head and killing it in her arms. The
mother tainted at the first appearance of
blood on the top Of the child's bead, but
did not know what had happened until
some time after, when she had revived and
found she had no baby. Two women
roomng above had used the stone to keep
their window open, and it had fallen by
accident The women were arrested for
caTelessness.