Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-04-27
Personal AND GENERAL.

AT Poughkeepsie, N. Y, on the 18th,
Moett, twice convicted Of the murder of his
wife, and twice sentenced to death, was
granted third trial. In the afternoon ses.
sion of the court his counsel pleaded guilty
to murder in the second degree. The plea
was accepted and Moett sentenced to the
State Prison for life.
FRANK EVANS, a guest at the Great
Western Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa, was
found dead in his room the 9th err day. He
had shot himself in the ear with small re-
volver, which was clutched in his hand.
Evans seemed to be a thorough gentleman,
and did not mingle much with the other
boarders. He was we'll supplied with fine
clothing, and was employed by q law firm in
New York. ~i a..
CHRIsTIANA TAYLOR, the old negress
charged with the murder of the two Miller
children at the farm of Joseph Fisher, near
Washington, d. c., has been convicted.
In a case in Philadelphia court
where the ENLIGHTENMENT of nearly $40, 900
was charged against bookkeeper possess
ing political influence among the Irish peo-
pie, a sensation was created by the expos
ure of an attempt to pack the jury. The
corrupter, James L. Clifford, was arraigned
on a bench warrant.
The Yanktonnais Indians at Poplar
River have been drawing farming imple-
ments and seeds from the agent, who also
paid them fifty cents per day and rations
for cultivating the soil for their own profit.
Now they have struck for higher wages.
FoR the offense of paying attention to
a wealthy widow, school-teacher near Per-
rysville, Ark, named j. NJ. Butler, was
killed with shotgun by an unknown as
sassin the other night.
JOHN SMITH, young man of dissolute
habits, was cremated in Hohead & Co.'s
furnace, Philadelphia, Pa, the other day.
1t Is supposed that he crept into the furnace
in a drunken condition and went to sleep.
When the fires were made he was probably.
asphyxiated by gas and then burned to
death. The deceased was well known
throughout the neighborhood as an erratic
character and musical genius.
STIvERs' carriage factory in New
York City burned on the 18th. Loss, $780,
600; insured. One hundred and fifty work.
men are thrown out Of employment. Smoke
from the factory was carried by the wind in
of fire was raised, and in the stampede that
followed Frank O'Donnell, a boy, was seri-
ously injured by being thrown and trampled
upon.
THE steamer Planter exploded her
boiler just as she was leaving the dock at
Charleston, S. C. on the 18th. Jake Wash
ingten, colored deck hand, was killed. L.
F. Bosang and w. T. Ham, mate and engi
neer, were seriously scalded. Two colored
men were slightly injured. No passengers
were hurt. The vessel and cargo were
slightly damaged.
In lecture at Jersey City, N. j., on
the 18th, Scoville blamed the Stalwarts and
Stalwartism for Guiteau's crime, and said
that Conkling spent his time making capi-
tai for his faction of the Republican party
instead of working for the good of the coun-
try. Guiteau's brother and Fritz Snyder,
who found the newspapers in the juryroom
in the hotel, were present, with eight re-
porters, three policemen and about twenty
others.
THE libel suit against Bishop Hare, in
New York, resulted in a verdict of $40, 900
damages.
At Racine. Wis, on the 18th, VIM.
ing, because his father reprimanded him for
keeping late hours.
w. II. PUGH, wealthy citizen of
Racine, Wis, was killed by Hardy Clifford,
on the 10Th, in quarrel over bet on the
walking match. The most intense excite
ment prevailed when the crime was made
known. Clifford, seeing the rising storm,
to give himself up and was placed
in Jail.
ID. j. PRICE, of Bay View, Wis, who
was Postmaster for some years and men,
Der of the Legislature of 1881, tried to kill
his wife the other day, and, not succeeding,
shot himself dead. The deed was done
while he was drunk, and was the effect Of
long dissipation.
HENRY GALLAGHER, of Allentown,
Pa, who has a daughter suffering from St.
vitus' dance and harbors the hallucination
that Father Dongan can but will not cure
her, saluted the pastor with two shots from
a revolver, few days since, both of which
missed.
FIVE miners were buried by land
slide near Leesport, Pa, few days ago.
Frank Buchs and John Fisher were dead
when taken out, having been suffocated.
Two of the others, Thos. Noecker and
George Rissmiller, were severely injured,
and when taken out were unconscious.
WHILE temporarily insane, a mer-
chant of Louisville, O., named c. r. OBJ
inger, leaped from a night train at New
port, Del, and wandered into a residence,
where he was shot as a burgler, and dam
yerously wounded.
FIRE at Titusville. Pa the other
day, destroyed the Hotel Brunswick, the
Parshall Opera-house and hotel, and the
Watson stables, on which the loss is esti-
mated at S25O,0O0 A fireman was fatally
burned, and a colored cook probably lost
ner life.
JAMES hurley and two sons, of
Howard City, Mich, were drowned on the
10th, while spearing fish.
OLIVER MoRRELL, boy connected
with newspaper Office in Omaha, has had
access to the POST office while his mails were
being weighed. The other morning he was