Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-30
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

that Territory, and that the laws are inef-
dcient to checkits prOgrcAe. A
DR REID and Henry rSge, whose
families livein the same house near Bastrop,
Tex, had an impromptu duel with revolv-
ers, growing out of family difYfculties. Page
was shot in two places and probably fatally
wounded. The Doctor received only slight
flesh wound.
THREE bales of Kansas cotton were
sold In st. Louis the other day for shipment
to Liverpool.
GEORGE PARROT, alias "Big-nose
George" famous border desperate and
robber, has been sentenced to be hanged at
Rawlins In April. .t xss.,,
THE will of Mrs. Maggie Embry, pro-
bated at Elkton, KY, leaves 500. Zoo to
Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tenn.
An YUNG, Chinaman, committed
suicide in Chicago on account Of continued
financial reverses sustained by him in en-
deavoring to master the mysteries OF the
American game Of poker. ts.,sts5
MRS. FENToN, wife of member of
the police force at Hamilton. Ont, was IA
tally burned by her dress taking fire from
the stove.
The entire family of Mr.. Henry w.
Hartman, Of st. Louis, are afflicted with
trichinosis, caused by eating uncooked sau-
sage. An examination of the sausage dis
closed myriads OF trichinae.
Two colored children who had
been locked in the house during
the absence of their parents in Prince
George County, Va, were cremated by the
hurninp down Of the edifice. -
Mr.. LEVI PErTIBoNE, of st. Louis,
celebrated his one hundreth birthday on the
18th of December. He was born in Litch-
The residence of Mrs. Amarillo
Mitchell, at Newton, Iowa, burned the other
night and Mrs. Mitchell was, consumed in
the building. The cause is supposed to be
the upsetting Of kerosene lamp. She was
SO years old. A3e~ ,1,0f' ~ -
Two brothers named Muller were
killed by Albert and Alfred Quackenbush,
also brothers, at the Kellogg ranch, about
ten miles from Santa Rosa, CAL, in difficult
ty about some lands. It is claimed the shoot
ing was done in self-defense.
JOHN CHEW and John Mead, colored
men, attempted to cross the railroad tracks
at Fulton Station, near Baltimore, when
they were struck by train and both in
stantly killed. s sf,.- i.
JOSEPH SMITHERs, a prisoner in the
Columbus CO., Jail awaiting sentence for
arson, committed suicide by cutting his
throat. si, @ss3
Ed. MCLAUGHLIN, farmer living
near Troy, Dohiphan County, Kans., is ia
tally afflicted with trichinosis. His physician
says he is being literally eaten up alive.
A. Ross and j. McWhinney, of
Lakeport, CAL. went out shooting in boat
and were drowned. They had been drink
ing heavily, and it is supposed became too
drunk to manage the boat.
THE number of lives lost by the burn
ing of the wallpaper mandatory at Buffa-
10, n. Y, is believed to be fifteen.
TIM Harrison Wire-works at st.
Louis were partially destroyed by fire on the
night of the 18th. Loss about $40, eco; fully
insured. Four nuLs-ed employees are
thrown out Of work.
DIR. X. GRAFTON, q well-known
physician of Wyandotte, Kans., committed
suicide with morphine. He leaves wife
and family. No cause assigned.
Ed. LONG, colored, was hanged at
jackson, Tenn, on the 18th, for the murder
Of Rogers, also colored; and Daniel Keith,
white, was hanged at Rutherfordton, Nc:
on the same day, for the murder Of young
negro girl named Alice Ellis.
FRED. OLDs, young man serving a
term of life-imprisonment in the Kansas
Penitentiary, for the murder of an old man
named D. w. Farris, in Topeka, in 1874, has
Withdrawn his former plea Of guilty, and
makes a statement charging his father, now
dead, withhaving committed the murder. The
prisoner says he took the onus of the crime
upon himself in order to shield his father,
who would otherwise have been convicted,
and that an additional motive for the act
was the belief of the father that he could Sc
cure his sons pardon on account OF his
youth, the latter being at the time of his
conviction but 16 years of age. Failing in
his efforts to accomplish this, and goaded by
remorse, AS is presumed, ) the old man hanged
himself. A pardon has been applied for.
WILLIAM MULHOLLAND was shot
and killed in Kansas City, ON the 18th, by
colored barber known as "Prof." Charles 8.
Jefferson. The latter's wife, who is white
woman, left him some time since and was
supporting herself by renting rooms to
dodgers. Mulholland was one Of her ten
ants, and jealousy on the part Of the hus-
band was the cause Of the murder.
Two masked burglars entered the
house of DR.. J. s. Mott, wealthy merchant
of Independence, Mo-, on the night Of the
18th. Selling the Doctor as he made his
appearance, they compelled him, at the muz-
zle of revolver, to divest himself Of all his
clothing, and remain silent spectator Of
their depredations. They packed up money,
jewelry and clothing valued at about 81 900,
after which they coolly Invested themselves
Of their own garments, threw them into the
fire, and putting on suits of the Doctors
best clothes, made good their escape.
A TRUNK containing the remains of a
middle-aged man was found at Pittsburgh
on the nth, having been checked through
from Philadelphia by passenger who prob
ably left the train soon after leaving that
city. 1t is thought the man was foully dealt
with.
FRANCIS TREvALYAN AUCKLAND,
batter known A Frank auckland. the well.