Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-04-20
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
CHARLEs McGUIRE Shot and inst,

uay. he tnen placed the revolver to his
head, fired ball through his own brain,
and fell unconscious upon the body of his
victim. MCGUIRE is described as an edu-
Gated Scotchman, we'll connected, but con-
sidered little eccentric. The young lady,
to whom he had been paying some atten-
tion, was in her seventeenth year.
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, who is
now seventy six years of age, was recently
swindled out of S19,350 by faro sharpers in
Boston gambling den. His family have
taken steps to recover the money. y
A PARTY of lynchers recently pressed
a, steamer into service at Raymond City, w.
took Joseph Smith, colored, from Jail and
hanged him to tree. The charge against
Smith was assault upon a white woman. He
made confession.
THOMAS FIsHBURN, aged As, pros
porous farmer. of Eaton, Preble County,
Ohio, recently dubbed his wife to death,
fed from the house to a wheat field, and cut
his wrists and throat with pocket knife.
Jealousy drove him mad. He imagined
that his wife was trying to get possession of
the farm, and that she thought more of the
children than she did of him..
A TRAGEDY marked by unusual fiend-
ishness and brutality was enacted at Hop
kinton, Mass, the other morning. Patrick
Kelly murdered his son, literally chopping
his head from his body. The family were
and went out into the yard, returning in a
few minutes with an ak in his hand. His
16-year-old son was sitting with his back
toward the door. As Kelly entered he lifted
the ak and, without word of warning,
brought it down with full force upon his
sons head. The blow was CHANGING one
and the ak was blunt, so the head was not
split, but the boy fell over dead. The mon
ster, not satisfied with this, proceeded to
strike at the boys neck, until he had sew
cred his head from the body and sent it roll
ling across the floor. The murderer was ar
rested before he had gone . square. L.-
? In Philadelphia, Pa, the other day,
three sisters died suddenly within half an
hour. Two of the women, Sarah Watson,
a widow aged 80, and Mrs. Cynthia Wins
more, aged IS, resided at 329 Wharton
street, and the third, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith,
at 1885 South Fourth street. About 10
O'Clock at night Mrs. Winsmore, hearing a
noise in her sisters room, entered and found
Mrs. Watson in dying condition. Medical
assistance was promptly summoned, and
Mrs. Smith was also sent for. Mrs. Watson
expired in few minutes. Almost immedi-
ately Mrs. Winsmore fell to the floor uneon-
scious, and in ten minutes she died. Ten
later Mrs. Smith, the third sister,
was a corpse. So.
GEORGE STARK, colored, has been
arrested in Detroit, Mich, for beating his
old son to death.
Ten persons were attacked with
trichina at Bridesburg, Pa, April 9th. Mr..
and Mrs. Lutz and four children were not
expected to recover. Members of two other
families TO whom diseased ham was given
we're also attacked.
JACOB LESTER, aged 20, was drowned
while bathing in pond near Atlanta, Ga.
On the 9th. He had been sick for some time,
and is supposed to have been seized with
cramps. His body was recovered. Il
A TORNADO in Southwestern Kansas,
q few days ago, carried death and destruc-
ion over u wide area and played some sim
sular pranks with numberless objects in its
path. Moving north from Raymond, it
Frustrated telegraph poles and unroofed
barns and dwellings. The buildings on the
arm of j. NJ. Profit were badly racked
md a splendid orchard ruined. The house
If S. Wilson was demolished, and Mrs.
Wilson, just on the point of confinement,
vas killed, and young lady, daughter
If G.. Parker, a neighbor, was badly
INJURED, probably fatally. The build.
ngs on the farms of D. Mcfarland and
leo. w. Lawmon were also destroyed. The
extensive buildings covering the sorghum
machinery of j. n. Mayberry were leveled
o the ground. A large barn on the farm of
T. j. Weis was blown away, but seven head
# horses were left in their stalls uninjured.
n the town of Chase, twenty buildings
we're demolished and cars were blown from
he track. Mr.. Read, a hotel-keeper, was
Tiled, his wife was fatally injured, and other |
ives were lost. Mrs. Henry Muscott was
eriously injured, and her babe was snatched |
rom her arms by the wind and carried some |
distance away. A tin can was blown into |
md almost through plank in the platform |
the depot, and tub full of |
ggs stood safe and sound on the floor of a |
,rocery store while all around was ruin. A |
PORTION of the same storm seems to have |
truck Clay County, west Of Topeka, where |
he wind swept from the southwest to north |
asst, accompanied by heavy rain andfhail, |
Icing immense damage. The full force of
he wind struck the large frame dwelling |
+ John Rocks, in Hays Township, |
nd completely demolished it. Seven
ersons were in the building at the |
ime, and all were badly bruised, Mrs.
iann, daughter -in-law of the owner OF the
property, being instantly killed. Pieces Of
be house and furniture We're scattered
cross the prairie for more than mile.
'wo of Mr.. Rocks boys were in the stable
ear by, and scarcely realized that violent
torn was coming before they saw their
ome in midair and everything around it in
uins. They rushed to the house in time to
eseue their mother from perilous posi-
ion. she being caught by falling roof, the
orner Of which was held up by an organ,
hus preventing the timbers from crushing
er. The storm showed itself in Pratt
county and several other points, but not
With so much violence.
A PARTY of 400 Italians at work on
he West Shore Railway at Fort Plain, N.