Iron County register., 1880-01-15

Il Turner Hall, on East Fourth Street, New
York, was partially burned at an early hou
on the morning Of the 5th. William Win
kie, the proprietor, together with his famil
and several employees slept in tn
/ upper part of the building, ant
the flames spread so rapidly tha
all ordinary means of egress were cut off
Henry Gehweiter, aged %; Louis Schmidt
aged 3O;.. Teresa Erhard, aged %, and VIM
Geib, aged 10, were burned to death. Win
kle and his wife were both badly burned
and three others were injured by jumpin,
| 1t is reported that two young Americans
| Geo. Green Of Texas and Frank Senter o
Boston, were in a mail-coach, near Guara
janto, Mexico, when it was attacked by
band of 30 robbers. With winchester rifles
these young men fought the, whole band
killed five and wounded several, compelling
| the others to retreat. Green was slightly
wounded. 8 i'.l
A letter recently published by Mrs. NC
Meeker discloses the horrible fact that all Of
the women who were held as captivesby the
Indians after the massacre at White River
| were subjected to the most ignOminious treat
ment at the hands of the brutal savages
This fact was given I'M evidence before the
Commission, but out of consideration for
the women concerned, it was not given to
the public. f.., - fT.s5 -.
Columbus Miles, negro, was hanged by a
mob at Amherst Court house, Va, on the
night Of the 5th, for committing an indecent
assault upon white lady.
Leonard Case, a wealthy resident of
Gle eyeland, o., committed suicide on the
night of the 9th by the inhalation of chloro-
form. He placed a sponge saturated with
the anesthetic in close proximity to his face,
and then, wrapping blanket closely about
his head, lay down to die. This was the con-
dition in which his body was found, and the
presumtion is that his death was painless
one. The deceased inherited property from
his father and brothers valued at $7,000,00O
which has since nearly doubled in value, so
that he was considered one of the richest
men in the State. He was a bachelor and
very eccentric, especially in his benefac-
tions, which were frequently large and pc
cIIliar in their character. He had been in
i'll health all his life, and it is supposed pre-
ferred to make painless exit from the world
rather than to drag out what at best would
be only a few more days of pain. He died
leaving no will, and his vast estate will go to
some 80 or 40 cousins living in different parts
of the country, but mainly in Southwestern
Illinois, 5..7a- ~. ..@.l+E -''
Mrs. Daniel Haskins and her three chill
dren, Annie, aged 10; Eddy, aged 4; and an
infant, were burned to death in their resi-
dence on Union Street, San Francisco, on the
morning of the 9Th. i,
The buildings 3sS-3s9 Main Street, Mem
phis, were burned on the night of the 9th.
Peter Mete, a fireman, was Killed by falling
walls, and several others were injured.
Mrs. Kate Anderson, aged %, was fatally
burned by coal-oil explosion in Chicago on
the evening of the 9th. She undertook to
hurry up the fire for supper by pouring oil
upon it from can. She lived only about
three hours afterward.
Marcos SaIazar, a Mexican horsethief, was
hanged by the vigilantes at Alamosa, Colo,
on the night of the 9th.
Gen. II. Webb was hanged at Hillsvile
Carroll County, Va, on the 9Th, for the MUIR
der of his father-in-law, John Granville, in
June, 1878. He made a confession of the
crime. .t..-- .g-.s,.,..-
Benjamin G. Bogert, Treasurer of the New
York Produce Exchange, committed suicide
on the 9th, after having been exposed as a
defaulter to the amount of $31 900.
Alton Matthias, colored, was hanged at
N. c., on the 9th, for the MUIR
der Of Reuben Herring. '2f'4'''f
MISCELLANEOUS.
Miss Roxana Brigham, maiden lady Of
Marlboro, Mass, died on the Sd from ac
tual starvation. For nine days she had
positively refused to partakc of food on ac-
count of an hallucination that It would be
wicked for her to do so. She was about u
years of age and had for many years been
employed in a millinery establishment in
Boston. .trt s.H i,p.-t.t
Eleven survivors of the wrecked steamer
Borussia were picked up by an Italian bark
and taken to Baltimore. They suffered
greatly from exposure in an open boat before
being rescued. F .... #.4-.f,z..s
An immense meeting was held at the Mad
ison Square Garden, New York, on Sunday
night, Jan. 4, at which Charles Stewart Par
nell spoke in behalf Of the Irish people. At
the conclusion Of his address it was resolved
that A" a formal and earnest appeal be made
to aid in the grand achievement of giving this
ancient people living i'm their own land,
realizing the idea given utterance to by Mr..
Parnell, on his arrival, Of giving ireland a
place among the nations of the earth; in
other words, ireland for the Irish and the
Irish for Ireland" 4f. s- .,.s S..
Gen. Prado, President of Peru, arrived i'm
New York on the 9Th, on his way to Europe.
Gen. Prado left home in a somewhat hasty
and informal manner, and his flight is
deemed an adIsh lus.esf the hopelessness Of
the Peruvian re. "Gen. Nicholas de
Pierala has meanwhile been proclaimed Su-
preme Chief, or Dictator, and promises to
effect the salvation of Peru by expeiling the
Chilian invaders from her SOIL. Gen. Daza,
President of Bolivia, has been deposed.
It is rumored that the Interior Department
is considering the adyisability of removing
the Utes from Colorado TO the Utah Valley
in Utah Territory.
Ouray and the other Ute hostages, II in
number, in charge of Lieut.. Taylor, took the
cars at Pueblo on the 7th, en- route to Wash
ington. There was much animosity eXhib-
tied by the citizens at their presence, and
cries of Hang the red devils!" /" Shoot the
numbering fiends?" etc, were freely heard
Detailed reports of Russian military
preparations which come from various
points on the Austrian and German frontiers
are beginning to excite attention throughout
recently published and circulated at Berlin,
holds that Germany's eastern frontier is suf-
ficientiy defended and that there need be no
fears of a Russian invasion. I'D
A terrible snow-storm prevailed in the
Sierra Nevadas on the Sth to 10th, complete
ly blocking traffic on the Central Pacific
Railroad, 2 Several snOw-sheds were
crushed and buried beneath the immense
drifts. H ,tFs-s
The Ute delegation arrived at Washing
ton on the 11th and were assigned quarters
at the fremont House. They. arc closely
guarded at all hours. , ,..a
AFFAIRS IN MAINE.
The Maine; Supreme Court on the Sd pub
lished an opinion upon the points arising in
the canvass in that State as submitted by
Gov. Garcelon. The opinion, which is
signed by all the seven Judges, is in nearly
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