Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-07-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

1T Is rumored in San Antonio that
Gen. Ord will take years furlough and
then be retired, being succeeded in the De-
partment Of the Rio Grande by Gen. Scho-
field, now commandant at West Point.
NEAR Des Moines, Iowa, a four-year-
old son of George Wheeler got hold of a
loaded revolver and shot his two-year-
sister through the head killing her instantly.
A RECENT dispatch from Stockton,
Texas, says: Major r. j. Lawrence and
corps of the Texas and Pacific Railroad sur
veyors, after number of days Of extreme
suffering from thirst in the White Sand
hills, miraculously arrived at the Pecos Riv-
er without the loss of any men but with the
loss of some stock. Wagons were abandoned
at different intervals for forty miles along the
trail. Great suffering was experienced by
both men and stock. With the assistance
from those first arriving at the river, the
last of the stragglers were brought in with
much difficulty, as numbers of them when
found were crazed from thirst and had en-
tirely stripped themselves of all wearing ap-
parel from head to foot. Three Of them were
found within one hundred yards of the Pc
cos River where they were drinking the
blood of an animal they had killed. Some of
the men were totally blind, and on arriving
at the river plunged in head foremost. The
party congratulate themselves on their mar
row escape from perishing on the plains.
Had it not been for several of the expert
enced and their bravery, the greater number
would have died in the sand.
SIX escaped convicts from the Idaho
Penitentiary stopped stage coach on the
Challis and Utah line, relieved the seven pas
sengers-fve men and one woman-of all
their valuables, and then Invested them Of
all their clothing. The unfortunates travelled
several miles in state of nudity, and, pro-
curing some sheets and blankets, continued
their journey to the railway, where they OBJ
tanned suitable apparel.
ARTHUR HOUsER, Cincinnati boy,
found an old pistol, and in playful mood
pointed it 1T his seven-year-old cousin,
Sarah Ruckstahl, and pulled the trigger. The
pistol was of course loaded, and the ball
penetrated the little girls forehead, killing
her almost instantly.
CHARLES ULRICH, the notorious coun-
terfeiter, who recently completed ten years.
term in the Ohio Penitentiary, is supposed
to be the author of the dangerous 500 coun-
terfeit bank notes now in circulation.
The Pope has decided to accept the
Prussian Church law and will at the next
Consistory nominate Bishops to fill the va
cant sees.
AT Kennebunk, Me-, Mrs. Sylvester
Chick took her only son, eight years old, to
the river, undressed him and held him I'M
derneath the water until he was drowned.
Cba OFT fo6 IN
YALE COLLEGE has conferred upon
President Hayes the honorary degree Of
LID.
A COLoRED man in the Jail at Nor
garfield, KY, under sentence of death for
the murder of Christian Smith, was taken
out by mob and hanged and shot to death.
THERE we're seventy-nine fatal cases
of sunstroke reported in New York City for
the twenty -four hours ending at noon on the
LIST.
THE weekly purchases of bonds by
the United States Treasury has been discoH-
tinued for the present on account of de-
purposes.
PRESIDENT HAYES had a public recep.
ton at New Haven, Conn.,, on the 10Th.
THE army-worm has made its appear
ance in Orange County, N. Y.
THERE has been falling off of Sc, 291,-
800 in the revenue of Great Britain and Ire
land for the fiscal year ending the Both of
June. During the same time the revenue of
the United States shows an increase of about
$11, 100000.
A BA1LIEF, while serving ejectment
processes in the County of Mayo, Ireland, was
shot. No arrests.
AT Jersey City, on the night of the
LIST, Mary O'Connor killed her three young
children, cutting their threats with a razor.
She had been ill for some time and was
doubtless insane.
THREE executions took place on the
I'd. At Rolling Fork, Miss, Link Williams,
colored, was hanged for the murder of one
Plessner; at Starkville, Miss, Scott Bell was
hanged for the murder Of Jim Henry; and at
Huntsville, Texas, English A. Carter, alias
L. B. Jones, was hanged for the murder of
w. H. Spalding.
The gross receipts from internal rev.
enue for the fiscal year ended on June 80,
1880, was in round numbers $123, 100000, an
increase of $1O,O00,0 900 over those of last
year.
Mr.. GLADsTONE's resolution in the
Bradlaugh case, permitting all elected men,
bers of the House Of Commons who may
choose to do SO to affirm instead of taking
the oath, was adopted without a division. A
subsequent motion by the Premier that the
resolution be a standing order was also
agreed to without division. On prelimi
nary test of strength the vote stood 3O3 to 249
in favor Of the Government.
THE Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Times telegraphs that "the crowd
which witnessed the expulsion Of the Jesuits
from the establishment in Rue de Sevres was
almost stupefed by the procedure en-
ployed. In Paris the thing is less serious,
but in the provinces it will have far deeper
effects. France will be divided into two
camps, separated by an unfathemable abyss.
Those only who have lived in the provinces
can form an idea of the effect of these OPP
pressive measures. 1t is expected the Jesuits
will Immediately apply to the Judges, COM
planning OF the violation of their rights of