Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-13
PERSONAL AND GENERAL .

General Government for arm and ammuni.
ton.
THE ship Alice Buc' <, from New York
to Portland, Oregon, laden with railway
iron, was wrecked A Ravens Beach, off the
Golden Gate, Calf ornia, and ten of her crew
were drowned. An Anchor Line steamer
arrived at New York reports the sinking Of
a vessel and loss of all on board. A ferry
boat neacSavannah, Ga, went down with
twelve<colored people.
A NUMBER of the hostile Indians have
come into Fort Apache and surrendered,
and it is believed the few still out will either
surrender or be captured without further
fighting. They will be tried by a military
to meet at Fort Apache within
q short time.
AN excursion train on the Air Line
Railway, near Aylmer, Ont, collided with
a freight train at Orwell, five of the nine
passenger coaches being completely
wrecked. Two passengers were killed out
right and several are missing, supposed to
be buried in the wreck. About twenty
were severely wounded, and a number
slightly. Seven bodies were subsequently
recovered.
MAJOR MEANS, of Cincinnati, has is
sued an order peremptorily forbidding men,
bers of the police force to take any active
part in politics.
SENATOR JONES, of Nevada, an init
mate friend of President Arthur, has been
on a visit to ex-senator Conkling at Utica,
N. Y. The event is considered by some to
be~of great political significance.
THE Wisconsin Democrats have NOM
mated Hon. N. D. Frat for Governor.
THE Massachusetts, Prohibitionists
have placed in nomination full State ticket,
headed by Charles Almy, for Governor.
The Weaver wing of the Maine Green
backers>have held convention and declared
themselves to be the National Greenback
party of Maine, and opposed to all fusion or
alliance with other parties.
KING KALAKAUA made an informal
call'upon President Arthur on the 2Sth. The
Secretary of the Navy has placed a Govern
ment vessel at the disposal of his Majesty for
q trip to Yorktown and Fortress Monroe.
The Pennsylvania Democrats have
placed Orrin Noble, of Erie, at the head Of
their ticket, as candidate for State Treas
urer.
A DISPATCH from Rome says: The
destruction caused by the earthquake in
Abruzzi far exceeds anything indicated in
the first reports. The Archbishop of Chieti
appeals piteously for help. He says the
disaster is only comparable to that of Cas-
samacciola. Over 1000 houses are unin-
habitable and the remainder more or less fs-
sured. Four-ffths Of the population are
shelterless.
The three Iron Mountain train rob-
bers have been captured and are now in jail
at Washington, the county-seat of Hemp
stead County, Ark. Their names are Will
liam Cox, Jesse Stevens and William De-
laney. Cox was arrested in Hampton Coun-
ty, Texas, and Stevens and Delaney in the
Indian Nation. Cox, who was the lead
er of the gang, is hard-looking
young fellow, with small black eyes, black
hair, black mustache and low forehead. His
companions are types of the average cow
boy. They have been so fully identified as
to leave no doubt of their being the guilty
parties. It is said the Express Company
have recovered portion of their stolen
money.
PRESLEY CowEN, aged 81, son Of
Hon. d. D. T. Cowen, of st. Clairvifle, o.,
made balloon ascension with Prof. Tony
White at the Guernsey County Fair, Wash
ington. The balloon in descending caught
upon tree top and pitched Cowen out. He
died within two hours from the effect of his
injuries.
GOLD memorial medals will be issued
from the United States Mint, having on one
side medallion of Garfield and on the other
side one of Lincoln.
VIOLENT rain storms, with tornado
Accomplishments, occurred throughout the
West on the Goth and 30th, causing great
destruction of property and some loss Of
life.
GEORGE SCovILLE, ESQ, of Harlan,
Wis.,, whose wife is cousin of Guiteau's,
will appear as counsel for the Assassination
in his trial. Insanity will be the only de-
tense attempted.
A TERRIBLE tragedy is meagerly re-
ported from Greene Cut, Burke County,
Ga. In Magistrates Court quarrel
two sons, Arthur and Mike, on one side,
and Charles Walker and Ed Palmer on the
other side. All began firing about the same
time. Palmer shot Arthur Smith dead, and
old man Smith killed Walker. Mike was
MORALLY wounded.
AT Spartanburg, S. c., B. w. Hicks,
a white man, was hanged for the murder Of
his wife last May.
FIFTY buildings in the business center
of EIdred, Pa, were destroyed by fire on
the Goth. Loss, 500, 600.
AN entire passenger train, with the
exception of the locomotive and tender, was
blown from the track of the Des Moines &
Fort Dodge Railroad, at Perry, Iowa, dur
ing recent gale. The coaches, which were
crowded with passengers, were overturned,
and number of persons were quite badly
bruised.
ARNErA, a Cherokee murderer who
shot I. Dry for a jug Of whisky, was exc
cuted at Tahlequah on the Goth.
The Wisconsin Prohibitionists have
nominated State ticket. T. D. Kanauz is
the candidate for Governor.
A DISPATCH from Victoria, B. c.,
says the steamboat Elizabeth J. Irving took
fire at the town of Port Hope, Frazer River,
and was entirely consumed. She had on
board the mails, eighty passengers and full