Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-07-07
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

1t Eureka, Nm. The killing was done In
revenge for the Hazlitt's having shot Leon
ard and Harry head, the Contention stage
robbers.
Sickness compelled Weston to retire
from the walking match for the Astley Belt
at London on the 22d. Rowell had scored
278 miles and Weston 201.
THOMAS GARFIELD, uncle of the
President, was instantly killed, and Mrs.
Alonzo Arnold, sister of DR.. Boynton, prob
ably fatally injured, near Cleveland, o., on
the 22d, while attempting to cross the New
York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railway track in
front of train.
Mr. B. S. HAYES, President of the In
ternational & Great Northern Railroad, has
been elected First Vice President and Gen.
eral Manager of the following lines, embrace
ing the entire Gould Southwestern system:
The Missouri Pacific and leased lines, the
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern and
Texas & Pacific. Captain Hayes will estab-
lish his headquarters at st. Louis. The
present General Managers, Messrs. Talmage,
of the Missouri Pacific; Soper, of the Iron
Mountain, and Hoxie, Of the Texas Pacific
and International s. Great Northern, con-
tinue in their respective duties.
A CYCLONE in the district of Blois,
France, caused damage Of several million
francs.
TOMBSTONE, Arizona, had serious
fire on the 22d. One hundred and fifty build
ings in the business portion of the town were
destroyed. The losses will probably aggre-
gate quarter of million: About 800 peo-
pie are homeless. The fire originated in d sa-
loon, from the opening Of barrel of whisky,
the fumes OF. which communicated with a
cigar-lighter.
AT Virginia City, New, on the Esd,
Daniel Kelliher, Deputy County Clerk, was
stabbed and killed on tho street by Dennis
Hennessey, curbstone broker. The cause is
not fully understood. but it is believed to be
political matters.
THE Baptist Church at Garrettsville,
O., was blown up on the 22d by powder or
dynamite. J The inside of the church was al
most entirely destroyed. The explosion was
so heavy as to arouse people q mile away.
The criminal is at large and there Is no clew.
MRS. ANNA BONNER, wife of a planter
residing near Hickman, KY, went to bed
with her two children, leaving pan Of
out the mosquitoes. Forgetting the fire she
fell asleep, and awakened to find herself and
children surrounded by flames. She man.
aged to escape, but both herself and chill
dren were so badly burned it was thought
all three would die.
PARNELL will return to the United
States in July, on an extended political
tour.
Two negroes were recently lynched at
Danbury, Stokes County, N. c., their crime
being against white women.
A LUNATIC named Hoffman made a
murderous. attack upon two boarders at the
Mound City House, Kansas City, on the 23d,
one Of whom, George Lucas, was SO horribly
sleeping in the room with the others, and
suddenly drew large knife and rushed upon
them, cutting right and left.
Two new comets have been discov-
cred.
In fit of delirium tremens, Matthew
O'Donnell, laboring man, of East sagi-
nav, Mich, committed "harikari" with a
razor, cutting open his abdomen. He only
lived short time.
A DISPATCH from Tunis says the Bey's
steward has taken refuge at the English
Consulate with securities and jewels worth
million francs, and that he embezzled the
accounts of the stewardship for many years.
TIE remains of Mrs. Henry Halter
man, Of New York City, were cremated in
LIE Moyne's furnace on the oath. 0..
CHARLES G. HELPHREY, confined in
the Ozark (Ark. Jail under conviction Of
numbering young man named James, two
years ago, made his escape a few nights ago
by saving a bar from his cell. f3hf t' ~
g DEPUTY COLLECTOR KEELY, of the
San Francisco Revenue Office, is defaulter
to the amount of s., 600, and has fled. I
! CHARLES A. ANCHIsI, who escaped
from the custody IF a Deputy Sheriff in
New York Hhile under charge Of embezzle-
ment, and who, in the false guise Of secret
service officer Of the Treasury Department,
swindled many persons in St. Louis, New
Orleans, Memphis and other places, has
been arrested in San francisco. .yai-pg ia
JAY GOULD is reported to have pur-
chased the st. Louis Bridge and Union De-
pot, and to have obtained a perpetual lease
of the Tunnel and Transit Railway across
the river. 8s;1 81" s'hs
t SINGULAR fatality attaches to Klachi
Female College, near Shreveport, La. Two
Professors lately committed suicide, one was
killed by a recent tornado, land now the death
Of the President, the Rev. J. II. Tucker, is
announced.
e CHARLES WALKER, City Marshal of
San Marcial, N. NJ, was shot and killed by
Paddy Ryan, who recently escaped from jail
at Ell Paso del Norte, where he was confined
for shooting a Mexican.
JOSEPH MoBREY, tramp, killed
James Guinty with brick at Wilmington,
Del, on the 24th, for ejecting him from a
hotel where he asked for food.
WYATT HOLMES, colored murderer,
was hanged at Holly Springs, Miss, on the
oath. fi 40
DIR. CHAPLIN, for several years an in
mate of the County House, Charlotte, Mich,
cut his throat and died in few minutes.
He was supposed to be over 100 years old.
AT Union City, Ind, an old lady
named Cassiday was killed while crossing