Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-11-25
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the murderOus onslaught. Fortunately the
murderer and an accomplice were captured
within a few hours after the discovery of the
deed, and the evidence against them was so
clear that they at once confessed the crime
The International single scull race for
the championship OF the world and GOO, be-
tween Edward Hanlan, of Canada, and Ed
ward Trickett, OF Australia, came OF on the
Thames, near London, on the 18TH Haniar'
won an easy victory by four lengths. ii''
WILLIAM V. GROVER, aged So. of
Bed Bank, N. j., married Jemima Mack,
aged ID, last May, and the two went to live,
at. Eatontown. Growers abuse of his young
wife made life uncomfortable, and she left
him. Subsequently she, returned to; the,
house tosget some clothes, when. Grover
shot her twice in the head, inflicting fatal
wounds. s -Ta 45 ~ ~ l4al4at1g
7 AT Las Vegas, Colo, the other night
three murderers, two train robbers and a
horse thief escaped from jail. Aposse went
iii pursuit and overlook and attacked Them.
james Allen and Davidson, murderers, were
killed outright; another is said to have been
wounded, but escaped with his comrades.
The posse continued the pursuit and hoped
to capture the whole party.
> JOHN DUTToN was killed on his farm,
10 miles southeast of Valparaiso, Ind, by, a
neighboring farmer, Brainard Taft. They
had disagreed about the division of corn in
. field = which Taft had rented of Dutton,
and Taft found Dutton in the, field gathering
the corn. After ordering him out, and being
refused, Taft fired at Dutton, killing him
instantly. Taft gave. himself up to the au-
THOMAS w. SOMERs committed sun
eide in front Of his divorced wife's millinery
14th. He had carried out his threat that if
his wife got divorce he would die on her
doorstep.
MISS JENNIE SPENCER, a young lady
Of Burlington, Iowa, moving in the best So
ciety, committed suicide on the, 18th by hang
ing. No, cause assigned. all 4aI,.,s., ~.
SMALL-Pox is said to be sweeping off
by hundreds the Canadian Indians along the
Cult Of St. Lawrence. Those not afflicted
flee from the dead and dying. sM H. iJnr
q THE population of New York City, &C
cortiing to revised official returns, is 1, 206,
I577. 'ss'f@ f'5''.t t'+3@sftas'
THE work of revising the New Testa-
ment is completed. The revision of the Old
Testament was finished some time ago. tti
|ad The population Of Dulcignc are quit
ting the city on account of scarcity Of food.
r. Pile CHILEAN forces under Command
er Lynch are relentlessly raiding the towns
and valleys Of Northern Peru, levying con-
tributions right and left. The people seem
to be panic- stricken, and are fleeing to the
interior towns. '"'
REY. CHARLES A.. GILBERT, an Epis-
g
City, has just died Of. yellow fever at Key
West; Fla. Other deaths from the same
cause are reported. f...a4lt .st...i a...-.-.'
Is iBRADsTREET's revised estimates. of
the wheat crop of 1880 show a total of 455,-
I 649,O0O bushels, the surplus for export being
placed at 100, 724 900 bushels. .1s'@ %
THE fire which developed in the
Chrysolite Mine, at Leadville, nearly two
months ago, is still consuming timbers, and
| the Courts have ordered the suspension of
work in adjacent properties, on account Of
probable danger to the lives Of employees.
Two children Of a Bohemian woman
living in Milwaukee, were burned to death
by the upsetting of a kerosene lamp during
their mothers absence. A.s3sla ir,lE{
r. The barge Morning Starr from Tole-
| do to Buffalo, has been lost with all on
board. She was commanded by Capt. John
| W. Thompson, Of Buffalo, and had a crew of
| six men. = '1-'' iH'' 9" ri'''AH
THE last revised census of St. Louis
will give the city about $50, 200 inhabitants.
leu THREE. young children died recently
at Wilmington, DEL, from supposed pois-
oning, caused by eating uncooked sweet po-
/ tatoes on the vines of which Paris green had
4 I,oo - r;vJl rIf 10 drix no ofafn
/ beetle. .3ysd" -lBHuJ rs ~ lio3stYt,Y
CHARLES SPRINGER and Grayson
| Frokes, of Alton, Ind, dealers in hoop
+ poles, were recently drowned in the Cum
beriand River, % miles below Nashville. z
The town of Newport, Ark, was al
most wiped out by fire on the night OF the
| 18th. Two-thirds of all the houses are in
! ashes and some 200 families We're rendered
homeless and many are in great distress. ii
| WILLIAM F. MARTIN, under sentence
of death in Laclede County, Mo-, on the
10th made his escape from the Lebanen-Jail
through the romantic infatuation of niece of
the jailer, who unbarred the door of his cell,
| gave him $75 of her uncle's money and
| armed him with fine Spencer rife. She
accompanied him in his fight. Martin is
said to be q young man Of fine address, al
though daring desperate, as his acts prove,
| The young lady is pretty, and only about II.
AN old colored woman and two young
children were burned to death or suffocated
in St. Louis, on the 10th. The accident was
caused by the falling to pieces Of. q rickety
old stove, the Goals from which set fire to
1 their clothing. LED t.sfi; !itiH
A CONSTRUCTION train on the Dallas
and Wichita Railroad, having on board thir-
teen men, went through the bridge over
Hickory Greek, four miles from Lewisville.
Three men were killed outright, two NOR
tally wounded, and the other eight more OF
| less wounded.
Hon. JOSEPH E. Brown has been
elected United States Senator from Georgia.
| A SERIOUS municipal complication ex-
I lists in New Orleans growing out Of the re-
fusal of Mayor Patton to surrender HIS Office
to the newly elected Mayor, on the ground
4 that the late election was illegal! ~
| DANIEL TRoUrMAN,a well.to-do farm
err of Dauphin County Pa. was shot and