Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-01-27
Personal AND GENERAL.

Z Aty -etSCAtA CtACCG duu T lI6G ANeuucs NEW
York. During the night she went down in
to the kitchen and kindled . fire of wood and
shavings on the middle Of the floor, with the
evident design of burning herself to death,
as when discovered by the superintendent,
who had been awakened by the smell of fire,
thewoman stood in the center Of the pyre, her
clothing all afame. He speedily res
cued her from her terrible position,
but not before she had received
fatal injuries, from which she died
few hours later. The fire communicated to
the woodwork of the building, and it was
with some difficulty extinguished. There
were in the institution at the time sixty-five
children and eight grown people. It was
subsequently ascertained that the woman
was partially insane, and had wandered from
the house Of her brother on Forty-frst
Street. She is said to be the wife of Morris
Kerstine, of Ashley, H., and has brother
and sister living at Marion, Ill.
A SERIOUS explosion occurred at the
Armory in Stafford, England, which is
charged to Fenianism. One boy has died
from injuries received. -
A RAILWAY accident at Wakefield,
Yorkshire, England. caused the death Of
seven persons. The injured number thirty
or forty.
JOSEPH DERoCHE, a French Cana
dian miner, was hanged by vigilance COM
mittee near Bodie, Cal. He had shot and
killed Thomas Treloas, because the latter
objected to Deroche dancing with his wife.
A SINGULAR and unaccountable crime
is reported from Lapeer Village, Mich:
While people were at church, Mrs. Barnard
went to the house of Rev. E. Cur
tbs, the Baptist pastor, attacked his
wife, an old lady about 65, threw her
down, poured gasoline over her clothing
and set it on fire. The poor woman was so
shockingly burned that she lived but few
hours. Mrs. Barnard is about 40 years old,
the wife of prominent citizen, and has
been conspicuous in her attention to church
affairs. Some think she was crazed by re-
ligious excitement. She was arrested.
j. PHILIP KRIEGER, the defaulting
Cashier Of the defunct Broadway Bank, St.
Louis, committed suicide on the 18th. He
was on trial for ENLIGHTENMENT.
A HORRIBLE triple murder was COM
mitted during the night of the 18th, near
Plain City, in Madison County, O., the vic
Tins being Mrs. Matilda Scott, colored
widow, her daughter, aged %, and adopted
son, aged IA, named Charles Goode. All
three had their brains beaten out with club.
Information of the crime was first ascer-
tanned from colored man named Robert
Garrett, who came into town and reported
the affair in an excited manner. He was at
once suspected of being the murderer and
placed under arrest. Garrett formerly
worked on the Scott place, and three months
ago left in anger because the widow would
not rent him the farm.
In Guilford Township, 10 Davies
County, ILL.,, the other morning, 17-year-
old son of Martin Ehredt, a prominent farm
er, took up rifle, supposed to be unloaded,
and pointing it at his elder brother, in bed,
ordered him in joking manner to get up
or he would shoot him. The latter, entering
into the spirit of the joke, told his brother to
fire away. He did, taking deadly aim, and
a bullet penetrated his brothers neck, pass
ing through and lodging in the base of the
brain, causing instant death.
The boiler of J. F. Balls brickworks,
opposite Cumberland, w. Va, exploded,
demolishing the engine-house and wound
ing three persons, one fatally-Cooper Still
well, the engineer.
CAPTAIN GEORGE w. Gibson,
Eighth Cavalry, u. s. A., committed suicide
on the 18th, at Fort Duncan, Tex. Cause
not stated. He was a native Of Michigan.
Mr.. w. H. GARDNER, of the Louis
vile (Ky.J Sunday argus, died at Socorro,
New Mex, on the 18th.
SITTING-BULL is reported to be again
on the war-path. se. 4.
A DAUGHTER of Mr.. Charles Kinslor,
nine years old, of Alton, ILL.,, was fatally
burned the other evening by her clothes TAX
ing fire from an open CRATE.
Mrs. FANNY BRAY, of Chatham,
N. c., went away from home leaving
ing the mothers absence the house took fire
and burned to the ground, the two helpless
children being consumed.
GENERAL GRANTS visit to Albany, n.
Y, was made the occasion of a grand public
demonstration.
FIVE boys coasting at Paterson, N.
j., were all badly injured by running into
telegraph pole at the foot Of the hill. One or
more of them it was thought could not live.
THERE has been several days. hard
fighting between the Russians and Turco
mans at Geek Tepe, without decisive results.
A FIGHT between Americans and
Mexicans took place at ball at Las Mia.
N. Mex, on the night of the 18th. "Doc"
Hodges and Frank Smith were killed and
one Mexican was killed and several were
wounded. Further trouble is anticipated.
CAPTAIN HENRY M. SHREvE, of St.
Louis, in 1929 invented and put in operation
the steam snag-boat now in use upon the
Mississippi and tributaries. In 1884 he APP
piled to the Government for compensation
for the use Of said patent, and since that time
the claim has been theoretically pressed,
and nine different Congressional committees
have reported favorably on the claim. Cap
tain Shreve died in 1851. His heirs have just
received the sum of $4,000 awarded upon
the claim by the present Congress.
MARTINS morocco factory and Lam
casters carriage factory at Lynn, Mass,
burned on the 10Th. Losses about $780, 600.
Several hundred hands are thrown out of |
employment.
A BIG lumber fire occurred at Mich
igan City, Ind, on the 10th. The principal |
losers are Peck & Son, $4,000, and Wilson,
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