Iron County register., 1882-06-22
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Peterson, all taking deadly effect. He then
fired at a bystander, who, attempted to dis
arm him, without effect. Then, running a
few steps, he deliberately shot himself in
the breast. Peterson died in few m nutes
and Taylor was mortally wounded. There is
some mystery attached to the affair, the
men having been apparently on the most
friendly terms.
ADOLPH SCHOMMER, Polish jew,
who was sent to the Nebraska Penitentiary
for stealing, but was subsequently sent to
the insane asylum, and for seven months
posit lively refused food except what was
forced down him, died the other day. He
reduced his weight from $50 to 80 pounds.
A few hours before death he ate vora-
ciously.
JOHN BRILL, of GAINESVILLE, Ohio, was
killed by train near st. Joseph, Mo-, June
10. It is supposed he went to sleep on the
track. s-s -..E .
ROBERT STEPHENSON, of Menominee,
Mich, member of the Legislature. superin-
tendent of the numbering operations of the
Ludington, Wells & Vanschaeck Company,
and large stockholder in that corporation,
died on the Sth, from the effects Of burns re-
ceived at the mills.
THE latest South American news is to
the effect that Ecuador is in the throes Of a
revolution, Peru in anarchy, and Chill
smitten by epidemics and brigandage
JAMES MCHARE and JohR4fAves,
employed on the railroad section at Pecos,
thirty miles south of Las Vegas, N. Mex.
engaged in fight the other evening. McHa5e
shot and killed Graves and esca1
but was afterward overtaken by party of
forty men and lynched. McHare was from
East Saginaw, Mich.
CHARLES BOOTH, aged II, was
drowned while bathing near Topeka, Kans.,
June 10.
Mrs. MAGGIE TANGO, of Chicago,
fell from third-story window to the side
walk, a distance of forty feet, June 10,
striking on her head and shoulders, and she
died on the way to the hospital.
AGILDIUs Hook, a German, drew
razor from his pocket and cut his throat
from ear to ear in st. Mary's Catholic
Church, Buffalo, N. Y, June II, and then
rushed for the street, where he hacked him.
self again, and fell into the gutter and ex-
pired. The worshipers were transfiXed with
horror, women screamed and tainted, and
great confusion prevailed.
LIE LIAh SouhGy Aohhs au OloOh-
field, Mo-, was entered on the afternoon of
the 7th and robbed of nearly $500.
Five men entered the bank, and while
Cashier John Ford turned to make change
presented drawn revolvers. The sixth man
detained lady at the front door while the
robbery was going on. Cashier Ford and
his sister-in-law were the only persons In
the bank when the robbers entered. The
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Brookfeld in northerly direction. Imme-
diately after the robbery q posse Of men,
headed by the Marshal of Brookfeld, gave
hot pursuit, and after an exciting chase,
during which shots were freely exchanged,
the robbers were run into log house, sur
rounded, and compelled to surrender. They
gave their names as Winfield Allen. Frank
Mason, Fred Mason, and Burt Ward.
THERE was triple lynching at Law
renee, Kans. June 10. George Robertson,
King, and Peter Vinagar, the negroes
who murdered David Bausman, were taken
from Jail by masked men and hurried to the
bridge, where ropes were placed about
their necks and they were dropped off.
The envelope factory at Rockville,
Conn.,, owne by White, Corbin & Co., was
damaged by fire and water, June 10, to the
extent of $1O0, 600.
A POWDER magazine at Davenport,
Iowa, was struck by lightning the other
night. Stones were hurled in every direc
ton, one weighing 80 pounds a quarter of
mile. A horse was killed at a distance by
another stone. One was thrown into
house, striking bed where two children
slept. Windows were broken a mile away.
<os,
over a dam on Fox River, June II, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Priest, of Neenah, Wis, were
drowned. -..
/ A BOILER exploded at the Edgar
Thompson steel works, Braddock, Pa,
June Ii. Assistant Superintendent Adair
was fatally injured and three workmen were
hurt. FH-
Mrs. j. w. BARRETT, of Washington,
D. c., was killed on the steamer Star of the
East. at Bath, Me-, June 10, by collision
with a schooner. Several other passengers
were seriously injured. The steamer was
greatly damaged.
JAMES FREEMAN, % years of age, of
Acton, Mass, shot himself through the
heart, June IL. t,.. ~
MARY CoNNoRs, residing in New
York, has been placed in the Tombs on
charge Of deliberately starving small boy.
Two unknown tramps were cremated
in barn at Painesville, Ohio, June 10. The
fire is attributed to careless smoking.
AT Maiden, England, the other day,
Sir Claude de Crespigny made an ascension
with an aeronaut named Simmonds, intend
ing to cross the Channel. The car struck
a house, and De Crespigny fell out and
broke his leg. Simmonds was swept on
ward, and was seen over Calais in the after
noon.
JOHN JOHNSON, a negro who as
saulted little white girl, was taken from
Jail at ock Hill, S. c., June IL, and hanged
to q tree. t
]. H. HARTMAN, aged 15, rushed out
of his fathers house, near Davenport, Iowa,
the other night, and ended his career by
plunging into the river. His mind had heeL
affected for some time, presumably by bath
ing while too warm.
AN obstinate COW threw Baltimore
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