Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-08

days since by being Shrov mo- hi here's
which he was riding atfnll seed u putt g
q drove Of cattle.a - 81 ~ M
I. A new paper is about to be started In Al
hia, hyG. N. Udell, to be called the REPORTER.
II h to be neutral.
Muscstine CopnsH
Charles Jennisonya former citizen OF Mus
catine, was killed in Colorado recently in q
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Page Ceunsy. IA eauisausssssa Ia Il
Page County will hold ttler sixteenth an
nual fair On the groapds At Clarindas com
mencing Sept. IS, 1884, and viii continue five
days. aaiagggla teallnRai eds ~ 20
Polk County. tzsssgtyG wQT bffa ssisGsI
~ A workman In Des Moines coal mine hati
his back crushed and knee broken by afalis
ing bank the other dsya6s fs8iags rosa
A poor woman at Dss Moines, being unable
to bear the expense of burying neF dead In
FAINT, hid It in clothes chest, where It was
found by the police, whose attention was at
tracted TO the matter by the ssIckening odor
pervsding the premises. 81 tssfsf ban 9s'itsA
scott Coanty. la a9hi DIV es"s ~
There was great excitement On Front
street, Davenport, the 'otlief evening, caused
by the discovery that Mr.. Jennie wyatt, who,
with her husband, had rooms at the house, was
lying apparently In the agonies Of death, A
messenger was dispatched for medical assist
ance, when il was ascertained that She had
taken mofphine. In the course Of an hour she
was able 10 converse, adnitting that she had
taken thirty grains tof morphine on account
OF some disagreement with her husband ~
!, a terrible aud probably fatal accident oc-
cured in Davenport lately In consequence Of
the careless handling Of Kerosene OIL, "A Mrs.
.Tiedmann, residing on Twenty second street,
attempted TO build a. IRE with green wood
Not making rapid progress enough, she took
the, can Of Kerosene and, began pouring oil on
the Goals Instantly an explosion occurred,
covering her body with flames and burning
oil. She ran out into the garden, where her
cries attracted the .neighbors, one Of whom
put blanket around her, extinglishing, the
fames.i Her face, breast and arms we're terri
bly, burned and blackened.
IS A terrible explosion took place the. other
afternoon at the glue factory Just below Dav-
export, by which several men were injured
some OF them fatally. tn AfsH sT@Bl
! Shields wooden mill, at Davenport, was re-
Gently burned. Loss about $4,000, on which
there was an insurance OF $780, ,tf ~ :
Warren County. a ,,.,.,9 ,,..t{..s,t,,
A few mornings since the residence Of Mr.
John jackson, OF Richland township, was
destroyed by fire, Involving loss of 81 600.
Webster County. d8f4ag4Hs 4gstg8u4p
Dphtheria prevails largely in Fort Dodge
%. N. Riddles dry-goods store at Fort
Dodge was recently destroyed by fire. The
loss aggregated about SIS, 600. Incendiarisn
is the attributed cause OF the fire. "A boarding.
house few miles east was burned the night
before Loss $1,000.
!. Not colorcd person in Fort Dodge. : 1914
woodbury. County. f&t5fAd
n The Sioux City Exchange Touring mills,
owned by G.. i. ~ ID. J, Hedger took fire
on recent morning and were entirely de-
stroyed. Loss about $4,000, upon which
there was an insurance Of $4,000 'tsss8 spS
i Sioux City Is threatened with sensation,
and good one, too. A widow of no In
different charms has captivSted boy OF six
teen years OF age, and the youngster wants
TO marry her, and she Is willing. heswidow
is thirty.eight years Of age, and she threatens
to elope with the boy, and the boys father
threatens to knock the top Of her head off
and send his love-slck son to the Reform
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