Iron County register., 1880-12-16

DURING. the temporary absence of
James Harris and wife from their homo, at
rElizaville, KY, the other night, one Of their
Children, aged years, was burned to death.
Its clothing caught from an old fashioned
fire. place.
M A NUMBER of expelled German So
.cialists, recently arrived at New York, were
rendered apublic reception at the Germania
Assembly Rooms on the 9th. The entire
assemblage wore red silk ribbons, bows or
rosettes, and the hall was decorated with red
silk flags.
CHARLES HENDERSON, colOred, was
hanged at F1iar's Point, Miss, ON the Sd,
for the murder of Thomas King, a white
man, in December, 1870. ~
vs. CONGRESS reassembled on the 9th.
The. Presidents Message was received and
read. A few resolutions were introduced in
the House, but no action Of Importance was
taken. 'e'-'-' '4'' ~
GEN. VIM. B. HAzEN has been ap-
pointed Chief Signal Officer of the Army.
This appointment promotes Gen. McCook,
of Gen. Sherman's staff, to the Colonelcy of
the Sixth Infantry. !
GEN. WALKER, Superintendent of
Census, has the entire enumeration of the
United States ready to send before Congress,
except one district in Iowa. te 1
IE.is reported that Gen. Howard will
succeed Gen. Schofeld as Superintendent at
West Point. "''3'' ~ 3'
THE agitation in Germany against the
growth of Hebrew influence is exciting great
feeling. In Berlin it has provoked street
fights and anonymous pamphlets, and some
leading Jews propose the founding Of news
papers to support their cause. >. ,,;-.
MICHAEL WALSH, a St. Louis police
officer, was shot and killed on the morning
Of the 5th, while patroHing his beat, by some
person unknown. A brother officer wit
messed the shooting, but the murderer es-
capped in the darkness, leaving no clew to
his identity. ..-.
= The third and last session of the
Forty sixth Congress convened at noon on
the 9Th, quorum being present in both
Houses. The Presidents Message was de-
livered and read, but aside from the intro
duction Of one or two resolutions in the
House, there was no attempt to open up
business in either body. ''' ]''s %
SENATORS Teller and Hill introduced
several bills on the 7th, changing in several
particulars the existing treaty with the Utes.
Senator Mcdonald introduced a bill for tax
ing United States legal-tender notes. In
the House the day was consumed in discus
sion over the Morgan Joint rule regulating
the counting of the Electoral votes, which
the Speaker decided was privileged qRes-!
tion. a. ..... ....-I,
Z. A SERIOUS accident on the Chicago
and Northwestern Railroad occurred on the
of the 4th. The Geneva Lake Ex-
press was temporarily disabled at Carey Sta
tion, thirty eight miles from Chicago, and
had sent back a flag to warn the James,
vile train, running only fifteen minutes
behind it. Owing to dense fog prevailing
at the time, the engineer of the approaching
train failed to see the signal, and ran at full
speed into the standing train, smashing the
two rear cars into kindling- g-wood and
injuring several OF the passengers,
two it was thought fatally. The woodwork
of the cars tool. fire and burned up COM,
pletely. The locomotive engaged in the en-
counter was badly wrecked. @ 81
JOHN w. MARTIN, a st. Louis police
officer, was charged with neglect of duty and
sentenced to be dismissed from the force.
Upon learning the verdict he deliberately
drew his revolver and put a bullet through
his brain, dying instantly. 4aj -
THE Rock Island east-bound passen-
ger train, that left Atchison, Kans., on the
night of the 9th, jumped the track near Ed
gerton junction, the entire train and engine
going into the ditch, killing Captain Sims,
one of the oldest mail agents in the West.
Mail Agent Bellard was injured badly, but
will recover. Quite number OF passengers
were more or less injured, but none seri-
ously. Stoves were overturned and set fire
to the coaches. The entire train, consisting
Of two coaches, mail and baggage and ex-
press car, was burned. E.,
THREE thousand miners are thrown
out of work by the temporary suspension of
collieries in the Pottsville (Pa:) district.
THE breaking ground for the Mata-
moras g. Matagorda Railroad, Mexico, on
the I'd, was the occasion of considerable cer-
emony, large number Of dignitaries from
both sides of the Rio Grande being in at
tendance. te.
FEDERAL Deputy Marshals have
jailed at Memphis twelve men charged with
the wreck of the steamer City of
IT is said the escaped members Of
Victories band are committing the most
horrible crimes in Chihuahua, Mexico, in
revenge for the loss of their leader. From
twenty to thirty men, women and children
of various places are known to have been
murdered and mutilated in a most shocking
and detachment Of ten men re-
turning with Gen. Terresasl after he had
abandoned the command that wiped out
Victorio's band, were attacked by about
thirty Indians, and only two, Gen. Terresas
and one man, escaped.
THE mail-coach eastward bound was
captured and robbed by highwaymen three
miles east of Brownwood, Texas, on the /
night of the 7th. The passengers yielded up
about $165 and the registered mail about
1850 more.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. =.