Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-10-21
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Hon. THOMAS DUvAL, U. S. District
Judge for the Western District of Texas, is
dead.
GEORGE LowERY and David Thomas,
both white men, were hanged by mob In
Nelson County, Va. Their offense was an
indecent assault upon a lone widow, followed
by the robbery of her house.
Mr.. LEON BOUCHER, of St. Louis,
we'll known manufacturer of paints and
nishes, committed suicide on the night Of
the 10th. Cause not known.
THE one hundred and fiftieth ami
versary OF the founding of Baltimore was
celebrated with great display. The prelim-
mary exercises took place on the 18th.
SHERIFF MCCORKLE, of Shelby Coun-
ty, Ind, was shot and killed on the night Of
the 9th while trying to quell disturbance
at political meeting. There are contra
dictory statements as to the origin of the
trouble.
THE United States Supreme Court
convened on the 18th for the October term
of 1880. ALI the Justices were present ex-
cept Hunt, Clifford and Field, and the
latter was expected to take his seat within a
few days. Justice Clifford has so far recov-
cred from his recent illness that it was
pTODaDlo he WOulu also De dDle TO
take his seat during the present session.
THE National Board of Health sus-
tains the recent report of Inspector Sterling
concerning cases of yellow fever on the Low
er Mississippi
GEN. GRANT had public reception
in New York City on the evening of the
18th. There was grand torch-light par
ade Of Republican clubs, with other demon
STATIONS.
Col. r. L. VAN HORN, was unani-
mously nominated for Congressman on the
first ballot by the Republican Convention of
the Eighth Missouri District.
IT was reported on the 9Th at Del
Norte, Colo, that young Jackson, who was
captured by the Indians, had met his death
at the stake.
The citizens of Ouray, Colo, have
held meeting and resolved that in case the
Government does not take steps to get rid of
the Utes they will take the matter into their
own hands.
JOHN CARSON and his son and an
other boy, named Benner, were run down
by an express train and all killed while
passing through railway tunnel near Hunt
ingdOn, Pa.
A SERIOUS accident occurred on the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad
at Byron, Ogle County, ILL.,, on the 10th, by
which four men were killed and six badly
injured. A gravel train ran into a herd of
cows, ditching ten cars. The names of the
killed are Mike Ryan, section man; John
Lockwood and Thos. Larry, farmers, and
one other, name unknown.
THE Democrats of the First Illinois
District have nominated Hiram F. Cody, of
Du Page County, for Congress.
THE Chicago Academy of Music, on
Halstead Street, burned on the 18th. Theo-
dore Bernhard, fireman, was killed, and
several others injured.
A COAL pit near Stillerton, Nova
Scotia, was inundated on the 18th and ten
men were drowned.
GENERAL RoCA has been proclaimed
President of the Argentine Confederation
by the National Congress. Buenos Ayres
has been made the Capital.
THREE children of Joseph Jordan,
who resides two miles south of Carlinville,
ILL.,. :, were left alone and asleep in the house
during the absence of the parents. The
house took fire and burned to the ground
and the children, either not awakening or
death. Their ages were six, ten and thir-
teen years.
Two children of Mrs. George Riley,
twelve miles from Bradford, Pa, were left
alone in the house the other night. The
house took fire and burned to the ground,
and both children were cremated.