Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-20
r. Barnum, of St. Cloud; Auditor. Ru,.olph


Lehmicke. of Saltwater; Secretary of State,
A. L. Lamberton, of st. Peter; Treasurer,
John F. Russell, of Houston County; At
torney- General, George N. Baxter, of Rice
County; Railroad Commissioner, r. S. Cook,
of Owatonna. The Convention Endorsed
Judges Clark, Dickinson and Mitchell, the
present Supreme Judges. Dickinson and
Mitchell are Republican nominees.
VIM. TOWNSEND, a dry-goods mer-
chant Of Franklin, Ind, was found dead
with bullet hole in his forehead, in his
room at Cincinnati hotel. A note to his
wife shows it was suicide, though no motive
for the act can be discovered.
A DISPATCH from Fort Wilcox, Ari-
iona, 9Th says: Troops are now moving
across southeast Of Chiricahua range toward
Mexico to intercept the hostiles in that di-
rection. Orders have been sent to Bernard
to follow the hostiles into Sonora, if permits
sion is granted by the Mexican authorities
to cross the line and to cooperate with their
troops. A courier arrived at Bowie reports
that Arnold's command attacked the Indi-
ans between Badocolona ranch and the
Huacahuaca Mountains. The Indians aban-
doned all their animals and took to the
the rest have gone to the south end of the
Huacahuaca Mountains.
A HORRIBLE double murder has come
to light in Ellsworth County, Kans. On the
21st of September Andrew Ware and his
son, aged II, both mysteriously disappeared.
1t being known that Ware and a neighbor,
l.. A. Rose, had had some difficulty, suspi-
cion Of foul play was entertained, and
search being made, on the 9Th inst the
bodies of both father and son were
found buried on Roses farm. Rose
meanwhile had fled, but his wife has given
full particulars of the terrible crime. She
says her husband shot the elder Ware twice,
and then Drained the son with the butt of his
gun to prevent his testifying against him.
The wounds upon the bodies were such as
described by Mns. Rose. The murderer is
IS years Of age, six feet high, fair complex
ion, has blue eyes and a red face; weight
200 pounds; chin whiskers and mustache;
has a scar from knife under the left nip.
pie.
NEAR Clinton, Iowa, on the 9Th, a
passenger train dashed into heavily laden
freight car at crossing, throwing it on to
the platform of the station. j. j. Flanagan,
the agent, and Arthur Cuddy, a lad of 10,
were killed and three other bystanders more
or less injured.
GEN. JOSEPH c. ABBOTT, ex-United
States Senator, died at Wilmington, N. c.,
on the Sth.
A DISPATCH from Denver, Colo, says
a controversy took place over the telegraph
wires between j. S. Mcbride, operator at
Glorietta, and Jack Hardy, operator at Levy
Station. The latter went to Glorietta and
called on Mcbride about midnight for the
purpose of revenge. Hardy was found on
the floor Of the telegraph office fatally shot.
Mcbride is missing, and the shooting is sup
posed to be justifable.
A YOUNG negro named Robertson,
who committed q most aggravated assault
upon an old lady of 65, at Morgan's Fork,
Franklin County, Miss, was lynched by a
party of several hundred citizens, white and
black.
AT Quincy, ILL.,, on the 9Th, shoot
ing ARRAY occurred between John McDade
and Thomas Jackson, in which the former
received bullet through the body and the
latter one in his jaw and another in his thigh.
McDade died on the following day from the
effect of his wound; Jackson seemed likely
to recover. McDade was a well-known bus
mess man and formerly Chief of
Police. jackson is a sporting mana gam
bier. The ARRAY grew out of game of
cards, in which McDade claimed to have
been cheated, and while under the influence
Of liquor he armed himself with a shotgun
and attempted to kill Jackson, who defend
ed himself with revolver.