Iron County register., 1881-12-29
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
A BOAT containing fourteen persons
left Galway for the Arran Islands. When
midway of the passage storm was encoun-
tered. The boat sunk and all hands per-
ished.
A COLoRED lad named Solomon
Davis, residing at Warrenton, N c., loaded
his fathers musket and killed his little sis
ter because she insisted upon telling their
mother Of his theft of cold 'possum from the
pantry.
The Grand Opera-house at Columbus,
O., burned on the morning of the 18th.
THREE well known citizens of Jeffer-
son City, Mo-, were instantly killed on the
18th by an accident to a construction train
on which they we're taking a ride over the
new road, now being built towards the
Usage River. They were Mr.. Chris. Wag
ner, grocer, formerly County Treasurer;
Mr.. Green c. Berry, formerly Sheriff; and
Mr.. Oscar Manning, young man engaged
in the book and stationery trade. Two 9TH
ers were somewhat injured. The locomo-
tive and the entire train were wrecked by
going over an embankment.
A PARTY of cowboys and gamblers
undertook to 'run" the town of Caldwell,
Kans., the other day, and in attempting to
suppress them Mike Meagher, former May
or of the city, was shot and instantly killed.
The cowboys then went to a livery stable,
compelledsthe proprietor to furnish them
with horses, and rode off towards the Terri
tory. George Spears, a gambler, who had
been in with the cowboys during their ca
rousal. was shot and killed by citizen dur
ing the fight. A posse of citizens pursued
| the marauders, determined to show no quar-
ter.
CHRIS. gibson, the Oldest scout in
the Government service, reports to General
Pope that there will be an uprising OF the
Utes, Piutes, and Navajoes in New Mexico
| in the spring. The reds on the Utah reser-
| vation are being freely furnished with arms
by the Mormons.
RICHARD JENNINGS, who shot and
as alleged, at Austin, New, was hanged by
the vigilantes.
A TERRIBLE double murder is re-
ported from Hot Springs, Ark, the victims
being an old farmer, VIM. Supplis, and his
wife, who resided about one mile north Of
the city. One Flanagan, said to be a
"crank," is thought to have committed the
deed.
The Executive Committee appointed
| by the Irish American Convention at Chi
cago have issued an address appealing for
subscriptions in aid of the Irish cause.
THE bodies of three men, supposed to
be Mexican banditti, were found hanging to
| tree on the Bandera road, northwest of
| San Antonio, Texas. They are supposed to
| have met their fate at the hands of the Ger
man farmers of the neighborhood.
AN extensive counterfeiting gang has
been broken up in Powsheik county, Iowa,
| and the leaders arrested. The county has
| been flooded by them with spurious silver
| coin. 2S2
The 14-year-old son of Timothy
Greenrod, of Indianapolis, hanged himself
| on account of having been chastised by his
father.
HOLLOWAY, the defaulting Teller of
| the Poughkeepsie On. " Bank, has been
declared insane and sent to the State Asy
lum.
PETER ZERBEs, aged 55, died in
! Chicago of hydrophobia, on the 18th, having
| been bitten by Spitz dog seven weeks pre-
viously.
DIR. ISAAC I. HAYES, the Arctic ex-
| plorer, is dead.
Two children of August Alberts, near
| Petoska, Mich, set fire to pile OF shavings
| in the house during the absence OF their
parents and burned to death.
PATTEN and Madden, two despera-
does of Independence Mining Camp, some
twenty miles from Leadville, were riddled
with bullets the other day by posse OF the
more peaceabe inhabitants who had long
suffered from their lawlessness.
The Baptist Church at Lacrosse, Wis,
has been destroyed by fire, only the bare
stone walls remaining.
THOMAS MAJOR committed suicide in
Chicago by poison, on account of the death
of his wife while giving birth to a child,
| which also died. All three were buried in
one grave. Major was Frenchman by
birth. foreman of large wood working es-
tablishment.
Col. DUNKINs, of Austin, Fish Com
| missioner Of Texas, and Chief Engineer Of
| the New York, Texas & Mexican Railroad,
| died from the effects of injuries received
| in a railroad accident, both his legs being
| cut off.
BEEF is being shipped in refrigerating
cars from San Antonio, Texas, destined for
| the Paris markets.
A CORRECTED list of the victims of
the Vienna Ring Theater fire has been is
sued by the police. 1t gives the total num-
Der of victims 794, of whom only IA have
been legally identified.
FORTY.SEvENTH CONGRESS.