Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-11-17

ment in the courtroom acknowledging that
he had stolen the money, but asserting that
parties who had been instrumental in pros
ecuting him were equally guilty. The con-
fession has produced genuine sensation.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has designated
November "a as a day of national thanks
giving and prayer.
PINKNEY M. KING, aged 20, has been
convicted at Little Rock, Ark, of counter
feiting, and sentenced to two years. i'm
prisonment at Detroit and to pay fine of
81, 900.
THE trial of B. X. Scott, formerly
Governor of South Carolina, for the murder
of Warren G. Drury, a drug clerk, at Ma
poleon, o., on Christmas morning last, re-
suited in verdict of not guilty. On the
morning of the killing Scott went to store
in which Drury was employed, in search OF
his son, who, in company with Drury, had
passed the night in carousal, and had been
taken by Drury and put to bed in room
over the store. Drury met Governor Scott
in the store and attempted to dissuade him
from going upstairs. The latter then shot
Drury, killing him instantly. Governor
Scott maintained that the shooting was acct
dental, and the Jury seems to have coincid-
ed in this view.
Col. WATSON B. SMITH, Clerk of the
U. S. Circuit Court, Omaha, was found dead
outside his Office door on the morning of the
5th, with bullet through his head. Col.
Smith has been very prominent in enforcing
the new liquor law, and the opinion is uni
versal that he was assassinated just as he
was leaving his Office. His body was cold
when found. A citizens meeting was held
and it was agreed to raise $40, 200 to be used
in hunting down the assassin. The great
est excitement exists. Col. Smith was
quiet and highly esteemed citizen, and had
been an officer of the United States Court
for eight nine years. He leaves wife
and six children.
A. STEIN, a prominent figure in po-
lice circles at Iowa City, Iowa, cut bis wife's
throat, chopped up his mother-in- law, and
killed himself by poison. Stein and his wife
are dead, but the mother -in-law may recov-
er. Jealousy, insanity, and liquor are the
cause.
THE Opera-house building at Joplin,
Mo-, burned on the night of the 9Th. Two
stores occupying the lower floor were de-
stroyed with all their contents. Total loss
about $4,000, partially insured.
ENoCH EMORY, formerly editor of the
Peoria GII.) Transcript, was stricken down
on the 9Th by an apoplectic stroke and not
expected to live.
Miss ELLA JUDD, aged IS years, q
popular and handsome young lady, of Mon
roe, Wis, was fatally burned by the explo-
sion Of kerosene lamp. Her clothing was
set on fire, and before assistance could reach
her she was actually roasted by the flames.
A DISPATCH from Kankakee, ILL.,,
says: Ludwig Benke and Peter Kohner,
laborers in the employ of the Illinois Gen.
trail Railroad bridge department, were car
ried over a dam on flatbOat and drowned.
ADvICEs from the West Indies report
many lives lost by the recent floods there,
and the loss of live stock, damage to the
fruit interests and railroads, is estimated at
$40, 100000.
A NEGRO named Bob Williams was
1ynched in Greenville, S. c., the other night,
for assaulting young white girl.
CHARLES HEBDEN, wealthy farmer
residing near Copac, St. Clair County, Mich,
made will on the 18th and next morning
killed his three-year-o boy, cutting his
own throat soon after and dying in few
moments. He had been considered insane
for some time.
The Eagle Pier buildings, Hoboken,
n. j., together with barges and merchandise
to the extent of half million dollars, burned
on the 9th. The steamers Rialto and Ply
mouth were damaged.
LIEUT.. Con-. A. H. WRIGHT died at
Key West, Fla, of yellow fever.
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