Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-03-24
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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Land Lessue, and especially condauil the
Ladies' Eehd League. NI
5 A,MosT frightful calapjtY occurred in
'BunsIo, Ivy q 81 Ia l1tKlsa A boiler un-s
.deygoing sepaa htH1e rhealx Iron WORK.
exploded @hils being tested; Hlling eix men
md wourohg Eve hers. Drps q whom
lcan not posSibly II ver. tsEHe done ofsths'
boiler, weighfng Over 200 pounds, was CAR
ried swiftly tAreughsthe air for distance of
500 feet and fell upon the sidewalk. Another
mass crushed through the roof of an elevator
several hundred feet distant; third frag
mentwas carried 800 feetaway, and came down
right in front Of man as he emerged from
his door, while fourth was found an eiShth
of mile distant. A number Of the sur
rounding buildings were-badfy wrecked by
the flying debris. The names ofthe Killed
are: Robert Patterson, VIM. Gibson, John
Langenfeld, Francis Chadwick, John For
rest and VIM. Wager. Carl Otto Wolf, Alex.
Rupert and Henry Mackay were supposed to
be fatally injured y, az ri 4noy ri III
THE Governor OF. Tennessee sent a
message to the Legislature recommending
prompt acceptance Of the bondholders' prop
osition to adjust the debt at par and three
per cent. interest bonds to run twenty-nine
years. - fEaf ~ q .'a5 -
The terrible murder of Miss Matte
lfshmaei, near JoIesboro, Craighead County,
Ark! has been most terribly avenged. Four
negroes, manned Green Harris, Giles Peck, j ohm
Woods and Burt Hoskins, were arresfedfor
the murder and held to await the action of
the Grand Jury, At midnight body OF
masked men, variously estimated at from
200 to 800, surrounded the building in which
the prisoners were confined, oterpowered
the guards, broke in the doors and windows,
seized the terrified negroes, and, dragging
them, to tree about 200 yards away hung
them. It is reported that the negroes made
alfull confession OF their guilt. claiming that
they killed Miss Ishmael for refusing to lead
them to the spot where her fathers money.
was concealed. tstts ais stl Sara ts
A PASSENGER train on the Denver &
South Park Railroad was, thrown from the
track near Thompson, Colo, on Che 18th.
The sleeper turned a complete somersault,
and landed m Platte River, down a twenty
five foot Ienbankment. L. j. Smith, of
Leadville, and F.. j. Stennard, Pullman
Conductor, were seriously injured. lAllthe
passengers were more or less, scratched and
bruised. 50 "t2sFa8S7'i s6'''i'''' s''- 9
THE President has nominated Henry
G.. Pearson for Postmaster at New York. Mr..
Pearson was First Assistant to Mr.. James.
F.. !. !. PR1HCE''. HARRY GENET, one Of the
last Of the notorious Tweed Ring in New
York City, has. been sentenced to the Peni-
Tertiary for eight months and to a fine OF
So, 604, to stand committed until paid. i
.FouF masked men entered Che resi-
dence OF Miss Elizabeth Roberts, 100 Second
Place, Brooklyn, N. Y, in broad daylight,
bound and gagged Miss Roberts and a fe-
male servant, and under threats Of instant
death compelled the lady to hand over to
them three ST. 600 bonds and quantity of
valuable jewelry. They then hastily drove
off in wagon which they had in waiting.
II ZEE, Wakefield Rattan Works, at
Mass, were almost entirely de-
stroyed by fire on the 18th. Loss about
$500, 600; insurance, $325, 600. Five hundred
persons are thrown out of'emplosment."
. ACCOMPANY has been organized and
charter applied for to build telephone line
between Kansas City, st. Joe, Atchison,
Leavenworth, Lawrence and Topeka. -,
ED TURNER, a negro who committed
an Indecent assault upon a white woman,
was taken from the jail at Mississippi City,
Mss, and hanged by mob. - /
"A YOUNG daughter Of James Connolly, /
living eight miles from Fort Dodge, Iowa.
lost her way while returning home from
school during recent storm. When found,
after a fong search, she was frozen to death
and her body nearly concealed by the snow.
on the Pan handle bridge at Pitts
burgh, wild freight and a yard train coll,
lided, throwing, three cars down fifty feet.
Charles Carney, the conductor, was killed,
and Patrick Cullen, a brakeman, fatally in
jured.' r. Harrison, q brakeman, had both
hands cut Of aaf , ae'7 st ~ u "a 20
Mr.. E.A. FORD General Passenger
Agent of the Vandalia line, has been APP
pointed Genera1P assenger' and Ticket Agent
Of all the Pennsylvania Railroad lines west
of Pittsburgh. F.'' - e'azsE th
JOHN SMITH, aged %, was killed at
Monroe County, Mich, by the ex
plosion Of a saw-m1ll boiler. s51' 7a3 80.
Two Polish children, left alone in a
house in Posen, Presque Isle County, Mich,
a few.days ago, were burned to death.
THE United States of Colombia has
made contract for a cable north and south
from the Isthmus' Of Panama, to connect
with the International lines. '4'
AUSTRIA has also forbidden the i'm
portatfon Of all pork products from the |
United States. ai*f $ ass'"'". F'4 'a.A
In New York City Emil Pauly was
shot by Ernst Stephen, who then committed |
suicide. Pauly's wound is probably not IA
tai. The two men were natives Of Germany, !
and both wood carvers. Parly boarded |
with Stephen, andthe latter was jealous Of |
the formers attentions to his wife. 80 HsA'f
HIGHwAYMBN attempted to- rob q
mail coach near Benson. "A. T. The driver,
refusing to halt, was shot dead upon his box, /
and one passenger" was mortaiIy'
wounded. "A detective who occupied a 4
seat 4aby the driver fred several shots /
at the robbers, but probably without effect. I
The horses Were frightened into run, how
ever, and took the stage safe through. to 4
Benson. slaaA ilsw fss E2I'afa1so 75dt ~
j. STANLEY BRowNshas been appointed !
Private Secretarytfoo President Garfield. az !
ALBERT, KECK,' aged seven, died of I