Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-23
PERSONAL AFD GENERAL.
MUNLEr ELLIS and Wright Newson

TN. Ellis naQ . pistol, ana finally drew II
and shot Newsome in the head, killing him
instantly. The two gentlemen had some
time ago been paying attention to the same
young lady, and this was the beginning Of
bad feeling between them.
DURING . severe storm near Wheel
ing, West Va, on the 9Th, family named
Straub. living on Glenn's Run, were swept
away in the night, the mother and five chill
dren being drowned and the father carried
on a log to the head Of one of the Sisters Is
lands, where he was found in an insensibIe
condition.
The negroes who murdered farm
or named A. F. Hall, near Lockesburg,
SEWER County, Ark, were hanged by an in
furiated party Of citizens.
The Department of State has issued
= pamphlet containing the report Of Mr..
Scanlon, Chief of the Bureau Of Statistics Of
the Department, relative to the pork indus
tries of the United States. This report COW
ers all phases of the pork trade, and its state
ments are substantiated by European and
American experts, dealers, packers, hog
raisers, shippers, health officers, inspectors,
railroad men, etc. The pamphlet is intend
ed for distribution in Europe. its object be-
Au6 W SOe ~ AC5t tAC CAAStAuS plCJuu1C00
against the wholesomeness Of American pork
products-prejudices that have in many cases
been fostered for pecuniary reasons by those
inimical to the American trade.
THE city of Quebec, Canada, was
visited by most destructive confagration
on the night of the 9Th, which originated at
the corner Of st. John and Oliver Streets and
spread so rapidly that the Fire Department
was unable to check its progress until the
entire quarter of the city known as the ST.
John suburbs, lying midway between St.
Roch's and the Upper Town, had been
swept away. The greatest confusion reigned
| and property spared by the flames was freely
plundered by thieves. Several persons are
known to have persisted in the flames. Prob
ably 600 buildings were destroyed, among
them st. Johns Catholic Church, the finest
church edifice in the city. The total loss
is estimated at ST 500, 200. The Legislative
Assembly voted 500, 900 for the relief of SUI
ferers, and large private subscriptions are
being made.
A TERRIBLE riot occurred at Cork,
Ireland, on the 9th, while the races were in
progress. The mounted police charged the
mob. There were a number of casualties
ON both sides. Twenty rioters were ar
rested.
THE centennial of the birth of George
Stephenson, the originator Of the railway
locomotive, June 9,was celebrated in various
parts Of England, the chief observance being
at Newcastle n-Tyne, Stephenson's birth
place, where there was procession Of rail-
way locomotives, nearly every railway COM
pany in the United Kingdom being repre-
scented in the line by its most powerful en-
gines. In the afternoon there was process
sion of trade societies, hundred thousand
persons participating. The occasion was
also celebrated among the railway employees
In various parts of the Continent.
COUNTY JUDGE HARRIS, of Perry
County, Ark, and John L. Mathews, editor
of the Perryville Times, have been forced to
leave their homes on account of threatened
violence. The trouble originated in the
prosecution, by order of Judge Harris, of
two delinquent Deputy Sheriffs, Green Myers
and James Isham. The Times published
several articles rejecting upon the delin-
quents, soon after which an attempt was
made to burn the printing -office. The Judge
and the editor then received written notice
through the Post-ofice to leave the town
within fifteen days, under the penalty of
death. They left. Judge Harris arrived at
Little Rock and had an interview with the
Governor, who promises him all the assist
ance needed to protect the lives of threat
ened parties and to maintain the law.
The Theater Royal, Belfast, Ireland,
was entirely destroyed by fire on the sth.
THIRTY army and navy officers have
been arrested in Russia during the past
month on account of Nihilistic tendencies.
THE Ute Commission, with an escort
of soldiers, has left Los Pinos for the Grand
River country, to select the lands for the
new reservation.
THE first fifty miles of the lula Gen.
trail Railroad, Mexico, was opened on the
9th, to Cuantla. The Monlos Railroad has also
been opened.
THE boiler of the steamboat John II.
Hanna exploded on the 9Th, near New Or
leans, scalding and otherwise injuring eleven
employees, all colored. Five of them died
soon afterward from their injuries, and four
others were not expected to recover. One
was drowned. The Hanna and St. John
are said to have been racing at the time the
explosion occurred.
THE Post-office and MONEYS and
Bayliss's stores, at Washburn, Barry Coun-
ty, Mo-, were robbed on the morning of the
9th. One thousand dollars worth of stamps
| were taken from the Post office and -, 600
in cash from Bayliss's store.
Two wife-murderers were sentenced
| in the st. Louis Criminal Court on the 9th
VIM. Mcqueen, two years in the Penitentia-
ry, and James Banks, colored, for life.
AN East-bound Ell Paso stage was
stopped and robbed by one man, who over
awed four passengers, including soldier.
| The mail pouches were emptied.
Rev. FATHER D. F. HAGER, a Catho-
| lie priest, and his brother were smothered
| to death at Corcoran, Hennepin County,
MIMI, on the 9Th. The gentlemen were
stopping with friends and slept in close
| room with an imperfectly burning lamp.
AT Espanola, N. M, two desperadoes,
Knowles and Connors, were summarily dealt
with by the vigilantes, the former being shot
and the latter hanged.
ANTHONY w. GARDNER has been
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