Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-23
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

on the night OF the 10th, the victims being
Thomas Dilley, an extensive stock-raiser,
and his wife. They were murdered in their
bed, Mr.. Dilley being shot through the head
and instantly killed, while Mrs. Dilley was
beaten insensible with . spade handle, and
died within few hours. The murderers
are believed to be two tramps who had been
employed by Mr.. Dilley in husking corn.
Two valuable watches were taken.
JAY GoULD's conservatory, at his
country seat at Irvington- on the Hudson,
was destroyed by fire on the 18th. Loss,
$15O, 900. The building was 4SO feet in length.
and the collection of tropical plants and
fruits is said to have been the largest and
finest in the country.
A NAIL and baggage car on the Lou
isville Short-line Railroad was burned on the
night of the 10th near Lagrange, Ky. Moth
ing was saved from the car excepting two
trunks. Charles A. Price, express-messen-
ger, was badly burned.
The Railway Commissioners of Geor-
gia have ordered the reduction Of fares on
first-class roads to three cents per mile, and
the roads will retaliate by an effort to abol-
ish the Board.
The Oklahoma colonists on the 18th
broke camp at Hunnewell and marched to
Caldwell, Kans. which is on the main road
to the Territory. The troops still continue
their escort duty. Capt. Payne has been de-
posed as leader, and DR.. Wilson sent to
Washington to intercede for the withdrawal
of the troops.
CHARLES MARSHALL, a noted des-
perado, was lynched at Belleville, Nevada, on
the 10th. His latest crime was the shooting
of an inoffensive old man named Jack Nc
Cam.
w. S. HoLBRooK, agent of the Amer
lean Express Company at Dubuque, Iowa,
on the morning of the 18th shot and
killed his little daughter and
then took his own life in the
same manner. He leaves wife. All his
friends agree that the terrible crime must
have been committed during moment of
insanity.
JOHN B. HARDIE, United States
Deputy Marshal, was killed in an encounter
with moonshiners in Marshall County, Ala.
AT Lawrence, Mass, Miss Pinkham
was shot and instantly killed by her para
mour, Mr.. Workman, married man with
family, and until recently overseer OF the
Washington Mills. Workman subsequently
shot himself, and is not likely to recover.
Jealousy.
GEORGE SCOTT, a half-breed Indian
and negro, was taken from the Jail at Bra
iii, Ind, the other night, by party Of
masked men and hanged. Scott was guilty
of most brutal assault upon the wife Of his
employer, Joseph Allison, well-to-do
farmer living in the eastern part of the coun-
ty. 1t was rumored that the unfortunate
woman had died from the effects of his bru-
tai treatment.
MRS. THOMAS COOPER, residing near
Bedford, Ind, was burned to death by her
clothing taking fire from the kitchen stove;
and Mrs. Louis Shotwell lost her life at Bos-
ton Station, KY, by her clothing coming in
contact with some burning grease on the
stove.
A TERRIBLE coal-oil accident is re-
ported from the vicinity of Napoleon, Liv-
ingston County, Mo. The wife Of James
Jones, b well-to-do farmer, was filling
lighted lamp, when the oil took fire, causing
the explosion of both lamp and oil-can and
throwing the burning fluid over Mrs. Jones
and her two children, one young babe,
the other girl aged IA years. The babe
died from inhaling the flame; the little girl
was struck in the head by piece of the
shattered glass, which penetrated her brain,
causing almost instant death. The mother
was enveloped In flames, and although her
husband ran from the barn, where he was
at the time, and stripped off her burning
garments, she only lived short time.
Two men we're killed by boiler ex-
plosion in the Baker Car Works at Latrobe,
Pa.
ERNEST A. THoMALEN, stamp clerk
in the Chicago Internal Revenue Office, has
absconded with So, $50 belonging to the Gov
Two more cases of trichinm have oc-
Cured in Chicago, the victims being 81. c.
Hansen and wife. It came from eating raw
sugar cured ham. Neither was expected to
live.
The boiler in Fabel & Sons soap fac
DRY at Louisville, KY, exploded on the 14th,
killing Phil Hempel and fatally injuring two
Or three others.
REV. FATHER BERNARD DONNELLY,
! venerable Catholic priest, died at Kansas
City on the 18th.
MEDICINE BULL, the Brule Chief,
was recently accidentally shot at the Lower |
Brule Agency by a revolver that dropped
rom the pocket of Mr.. Beverage, Agency |
Clerk The wound is serious one, but not |
fatal.
THE keystone Vinegar Factory a
Erie, Pa, burned on the night Of the 18th,
md three fremen were killed by falling |
walls.
AT Leavenworth, Kans., girl named
aged II, was fatally burned while
to extinguish q fire caused by |
he upsetting of kerosene lamp.
A BOILER explosion at Garrettsville,
D., on the 18th, killed John Langston and j.
!. Durfee, and injured several others.
AT Albany, N. Y, Charles A. Burt,
naltster, shot and killed Kate Smith, his
and then killed himself.
GENERAL GRANT and Mrs. Grant
nave been given dinner by the President
md Mrs. Hayes at the White House.
ELIAS MCVEIGH and his hired man,
named Barrett, were murdered by two In
lians near Eufaula, !. T., on the 18th. 1t
$ believed the Indians were hired to do the
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