Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-01-13
PERSONAL AND .pxrp,,

afEhsVNAlL And .4ENERAL.
AT Hamburger, fremont County,
ioMa, N W" lear eve, Miss Lulu Wood,
49,. $50. o. - 1inent merchant, and her
-. =. at, Miss Kate Campbell,
W. enas -. 80 Sol. Campbell, Of st. Joseph,
Wooa,s dressing for ball, when Miss
Afess came in contact with hot
e.. nd instantly burst into flame. She
~ T.. ed to run, and in passing Miss Campbell
1e fire communicated to her dress. A serv-
/, ant rushed in and threw a blanket over Miss
Wood, extinguishing her burning attire be-
| fore she had received any serious injuries.
Miss Campbell, however, was by this time
literally enveloped in flames, and before as
| sistance reached her she was SO badly burned
that she died the following day.
AT Otis, Laporte County, Ind, on
| New Years eve, Henry Augustine, aged Is,
attempted the murder of the entire family OF
his uncle, James Augustine. He first shot
! his uncle, then his aunt, both OF whom were
aroused from sleep by their nephew entering
| their room. The two sons, both young men,
ran down stairs upon hearing the firing, and
| were met by their cousin, who shot one OF
them dead and fired at, but missed,
the other. The assassin then fled
from the house, but soon returned and ex-
| pressed great contrition for what he mad
done, at the same time surrenderipg his re-
| volver to his surviving cousin. Before his
arrest could be effected, however, he again
absented himself. Mr.. Augustine is likely
| to recover, but his wife will die. 1t is said
| that the young assassin was actuated by re-
venge for some wrong, real or fancied, In
| the settlement Of his fathers estate, and it
is believed he had previously attempted to
poison the family. .Eyjf-ar
ABE ROTHsCHILD, on trial at Jeffer-
son, Tex, for the murder of Bessie Moore,
or 'sDiamond Bessie, twas found not guilty.
There was great excitement in the court
room at the announcement OF the verdict,
which was probably based upon the theory
advanced by Rothschild's attorney, that the
girl committed suicide, inasmuch as the dead
body could not have remained exposed for
nearly fifteen days without showing greater
signs of decomposition. y nR9 ! sla.ss
AN old colored woman named
Slaughter, reported to have turned CEN
tury, and her son, aged about sixty, per-
ished from exposure during the recent cold
spell, about six miles west of Boonville,
Mo-, where they owned small farm. Both
were infirm. There were plenty of proyi-
sions in the house, and pile Of wood out
side, but not cut.
PREsIDENT-ELECT GARFIELD, on the
9Th, formally rendered to the Ohio Legisla-
ture his resignation as United States Sena-
tor, and at the same time notified the United
States Senate Of the fact. @a"
Mrs. CICERO Brown, of Norcross,
Ga. was tanning the fire with her apron
when her clothing ignited and she, was
burned to death. The unfortunate lady was
young and of high social standing. She had
been married only year. era -fsH
A FIRE on the premises of the Crescent
Cotton Press Company at New Orleans, on
the morning OF the LIST, destroyed number.
of wagons and large lot OF expensive para
phernalia in process Of construction for the
coming Mardi Gras festivities. Sah#
r. The Marion House and the bank
building at jackson City, Mich, burned on
the 31st, involving loss of some 10000. &
Two negroes, Fred. Harris and Henry
Peters, were killed by the collision of bal
last train and hand-car near Glencoe, KY,
on the LIST. VIM. Devine, conductor, and
several employees were injured. a
MAJOR Boss, of the Oklahoma colo
nists, has challenged Lieut.. Wood, of the
Army. ST .f srs .-.5ss... - ..
HENRY WASHINGTON, colored, was
hanged at Jackson, Miss, on the 31st, for
the murder of Mr.. Hill, worthy white citi-
zen Of Hindes County.
ANDREW EHRUKE, of Davenport,
Iowa, celebrating with cannon ON New
Years Day, was so badly injured by pre-
mature explosion that he will probably die.
BEvEaLY MITCHELL and Henry Tay
lor were badly injured by the explosion of a
boiler in the Dupont Paper-mill at Louis
Vile, KY, on the 1st. The latter is not ex-
pected to live.
AT the Lockwood House, Sidney,
Neb., recently, Detective James l.. Smith
ended the career of bad character named
Black by shooting him in self-defense.
JAMES Snow and George Chamber
lain, responsible for the recent railway acct
dent near Tifin, O., have been arrested for
murder. a %G 10. - 3
A LITTLE son of Isaac Shane, of East
Springfield, O., was lighting pieces of paper
at stove, when his clothes ignited and he
was roasted alive.
THE Fond du Lac accommodation
train on the Northwestern Road was thrown
the passenger car going down an embank-
ment. Six persons were injured, among
them Rev. A. j. Mead, Presiding Elder of
the GAINESVILLE District, who suffered frac-
ture of the right shoulder.
The long-delayed verdict of the Cor
oner's Jury. in the case of the Alpena disas-
ter on Lake Michigan, in October last, has
finally been rendered. The jury find that
the vessel was in bad condition and gener-
ally unseaworthy, and that the Goodrich
Transportation Company should be held re-
sponsible for all damages.
AT Memphis, on the morning of the
Sd, Henry Burton twice shot barber named
Tate and then shot his own wife. Tate re-
turned the fire, MORALLY wounding the in
jured husband. Mrs. Burton's wound is
not serious; Tate will probably die.
FIVE persons out of six in the family
of Samuel Krump, wellknown New York
printer, have died from diphtheria within
six days at Mr.. Krump's mansion In Mont
It, NJ l~A.-