Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-12

GERS for the ensuing year: T. B. Wakeman,,
| Of New York, President; T. c. Leland, at
New York, Secretary; CORTLAND Palmer, OF
| New York, Treasurer; E. A. Stevens OF
! Chicago, Chairman of the Executive Com
mittee, and Mrs. II. G. Lake, OF California,
of the Financial Committee. The officers
have all served the past year.
GUSTAV RAUCH, a butcher, was ia
tally wounded while sitting in his shop, at
Moline. ILL.,, the other night, charge Of
| small shot taking effect in his chest, neck,
and face. The work was done by a brother,
Charles, who stood on the sidewalk not
twenty feet away and fired through the win
dow. The trouble was all about a young
woman who kept house for the brothers,
| both of whom were infatuated with her and
wanted to marry her. 1t is supposed she
decided in favor of Gustaf. Charles was
| arrested.
Mrs. MINNIE KNOX, of Franklin,
Ind, made an unsuccessful attempt to kill
her little boy with an AK, the other day and
subsequently stabbed herself with pair of
scissors three times. The wounds, it is
feared, will prove fatal. She has been SUBJ
iect to epilepsy for several years.
| STEWARDS dry-goods house in New
L
Hilton states that the widow has been re-
ceiving rental of 100000 per annum from
| the Tenth street building, and it is to be di-
vided up to pay more. .,..a...:fs.+
NELSON WALLING, a wool manufac-
| turer at Millbury, Mass, has failed, owing
| $4,000. The effects of the Avery Manutac-
turing Company of New York have been
| seized by the sheriff.
| RHODES, the murderer of the Massie
family, was taken from Jail in Charlottes-
vile, Va, Oct. 1, and hanged to a tree. He
| confessed, and said his mother and brother
had no hand in the killing.
ALICE SIMMONS and her six-year-o1d
boy were fatally injured by train near At
lanta, Ga, Oct. 9. -... -a,..
A TRAIN on the Memphis & Charles
ton road met with an accident near Madi-
son, Ala, Oct. /. A coach and sleeper were
thrown from the track and several passen-
gers received slight injuries.
OFFICIAL reports from Mier, Mexico,
announce 500 cases of yellow fever and 135
deaths to date.
THE most striking railway wreck on
the 1st occurred near Dawson, Ill. Two
freight trains met, with crash heard three
miles away, and blocked the track with
heaps of debris. Only one man was hurt.
| ELI BAUGHMAN was accidentally shot
and seriously wounded by Robert Barney
while hunting near Dunkirk, Ohio, the
other day. Barney mistook his companion
for squirrel. t1-1-
THERE was an expensive blaze in
Maquoketa, Iowa, the other morning. A. S.
Carter and Ringless Bros. & Co. suffered
the heaviest losses.
Volt BURBANK, barber at Newton
Falls, Ohio, poisoned himself the other day,
having failed in three previous attempts to
cut short his career.
FREDERICK BECKER, aged 38, was
struck by train while crossing bridge near
Massillon, Ohio, the other night, and literally
torn to pieces. One leg was found two
miles from the scene of the accident. On
the same day, Val. Geram, track walker,
was killed near Rowlesburg, W. Va, and
Bert Helm was decapitated in the Lake
Shore yards at Elkhart, Ind. s-.-.
CITIZENS of Bridgewater, Mass, are
very indignant over the marriage of grand
daughter of the late Hon. Artemus Hale to
a divorced man from Denver named Henry
A. Blake. Believing that the scheme was
pre- arranged between the parties, a mob of
twenty five men and boys serenaded them
with fsh-horns and tin pans.
Rev. e. B. S1MoNs, Baptist minister
Of Greenbush, N. Y, charged with writing
love letters to young lady Of his congrega-
ton, has resigned. .- --- .4.