Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-01
IOWA STATE NEWS.
AIIan,akee County.


fell from the bridge TO the ice below the other
afternoon, sustaining fatal injuries.
Cerro Gordo County.
IF. williams four children, in Portland
township, were taken very sick recently; two
of them died in short time, and the lives OF
the other two were barely saved. The cause
is supposed to be drinking from an adjacent
creek, which had become poisonous on ac-
count OF the large number OF fish that had
frozen and were decomposing in the stream
Clayton County.
H.C. Van Leuven has bought half inter
est in the McGregor Nens.
Dallas County.
portion Of the bridge at Abel was burned
a few days ago.
Floyd County.
Charles Hcndleman, OF Charles City, went
to Dubuque the other day and got drunk,
was robbed, and then took dose OF NOR
phine and lay down in the street to die. A
good Samaritan OF a doctor picked him up,
pumped him out and sent him home again.
Jackson County.
young man, at Bellevue, was driving 10
cutter drawn by one horse, the other day, and
10 prevent the animal from being frightened
at passing train he got out and held the
bits while the horses head was toward the
railroad. The light frightened her, and she
ran Immediately on the track. He then iet
20 TO save himself The horse and cutter
were crushed by the train.
Jasper County.
A few evenings ago the family OF Robert
Linden, living near Newton, went to church,
leaving two young daughters at home. Dur
ing the evening the dress OF the younger, five
wears old, caught fire. The elder started for
a neighbours, the burning child followed her,
and the latter ran until her clothes burned
from her body, when she fell exhausted, and
so terribly burned that she died.
Three buildings on the south side OF the
square at Newton were burned the other af-
ternoon They were occupied by McColman,
as a clothing store; Dudley, as dry goods
store, and Clark 81 O'Donnell, as bakery.
Loss about $4,000. The stocks In Carpenters
drug store and Wren's dry goods store were
considerably damaged by water.
johnson County.
Morley Blaine, Of Big Grove, was fatally
kicked by horse not long ago.
In a recent Sunday afternoon saloon row
at Iowa City one Felix Hughes was stabbed
with bownie- knives by couple of roughs
The victim received seven stabs, one entering
the lungs.
George Welch has been arrested at Iowa
City upon the charge Of negotiating bogus
note with the Savings Bank.
Linn County.
The aged mother OF Col. Carskaddon fell
down the stairs of the Baptist Church at
Marion, recently, and was so badly injured
that death ensued in few hours.
The other afternoon at Cedar Rapids a
Young man named Eugene Watson, who was
stealing a ride, fell from the top OF the cars
on the Northwestern Railroad bridge and
was instantly killed, his body being severed
at the hips.
Madison County.
VT Knapp, Of Earlyille, while trying to
shoot a neighbours cat the other day shot a
neighbours wife.
mahaska County.
A founding was left on the doorstep OF a
prominent citizen Of 0skaloosa few days
since by stranger in the city, supposed to
be from Minnesota. 1t was adopted by
childless husband and wife.
Page County.
Henry Bailey, Of Clarinda, firing Of his wife,
Indiana married woman he thought would
he more agreeable TO him.
plymouth County.
On the I'D a disastrous fire was reported in
progress at Lemars.
Polk County.
The proprietor Of aw-mill at Valley juno
ton fell against a saw, the other day, and
had his left arm taken off. He took out the
severed limb, placed 1t carefully on a shelf,
and walked quarter Of mile grasping the
Stump with the other hand TO stop the bleed
ing. Ii was case of unadulterated grit.
The Mi.chellville Ne,ss, edited and pub
iished by Mr.. George w. Wilkinson, has sus-
pended.
The wife Of John Allen, an East Des Moines
barber, recently attempted suicide by taking
a large dose Of cbloroform. Jealousy is re-
ported as the cause.
Pottawattamie County.
DIR. p. J. Mcmahon, leading physician
OF Council Bluffs, died recently at the age Of
sixty-three. While amputating patients
hand four years ago, modification having set
in, he was SO unfortunate as to absorb some
Of the virus, and from this he never recov-
cred, but slowly and surely succumbed to the
poison.
Sac County.
A fellow in Sac City kicked his sister out
his door the other day.
scott County.
Joseph Smith, Of Davenport, was walking
along public street the other day with a
pistol In his pocket. All at once the weapon
exploded, and the ball entered his leg, where
at last accounts ii was quietly reposing,
vigorous probing having failed to reveal its
whereabouts.
q. II. Boyer, young man employed in
Schult ~ Wales insurance office at Daven-
port, was recently sent to the bank with q
check for s475 and since then Cyrus cannot
be found. 1t turns out, by letters found in
his valse, that he Is one Of a gang Of young
thieves with Chicago for headquarters.
xyapello County.
A man named William Bowen, living near
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