Iron County register., 1882-10-26

and thus the entire means of support o. the
family were taken away. Their condition
| was not made public till the other day, when
the elder daughter died of starvation. g The
chief of police was then informed, but the
story of the poor family's application was
| heard so late as to render assistance Of little
| benefit, for two days afterward the son fol-
lowed his elder sister into eternity, and the
| next morning the younger tialIgflter and
| only remaining child died. WhenA1sited BY
the police the family was found tobe In the
most destitute condition, without even a
tocrust of bread in the house, and 1t is said
that the children's lives might have been
saved had they been giysn proper sfoodfin
time.
TIE body of Mrs. Woods, of Cincin.
aata one Of the Victims OF shs sdisaster
on Georgian Bay, was found, stripped Of
1eweiry and vafuabies, concealed on an
isislands BThe lighthouse keeper discovered
the corpse a week before the search party,
but said nothing. - . =
The Pennsylvania road the other
evening ran a car from New York to New
ark, n. j., lighted by electric lamps fed by
Faure accumulators, the experiment prov
ing thorough success. .t.,...
"a DILL VI CASuuupC Aol Y IL ISSuCo Oy
bank at st. Joseph, Mo-, was recently paid
with $500 at the American Exchange Ma
tional Bank in New York, it having1 been
raised in the most skillful manner.az las
E, AT the dedication of soldiers -monu-S
rment at Beverly, Mass, the, other day, a
platform fell with q. large number of specta-
tors, five Of whom were seriously fnjnre d.
'dtCAPrAfN WEBB, the famous English
swimmer, finished his task Of remaining
sone hundred hours I'm tank of fresh water,
at New York, during which time his weight
decreased twenty-siX pounds .es.F.ssss go + .
MAYOR DE BEyoIsE, of Hunters
Point, Long Island, has been held to bail in
$1,000 to answer indictments for embezzle-
ment and malfeasance in office.
Two pugilists bruised each other for
$3.50 a side, near Kansas City, Mo-, on the .
18th. Three rounds were fought in ten
minutes and fonrt cen seconds. Mr.. Hanley
of Colorado was the fayoite.in the betting,
but Mr.. Sweeney Of Missouri got thei money
on foul. -
DIR. j. c. SALE, Of Paint Creek, ".
Va, went to sleep on the track the other
might and was killed by a freight train. s. He
was graduate of Redwood College, and
stood high in his profession. q .ssad tuH
CONSTABLE KNAPP, of New Albany,
Ind, arrested Samuel Rankin, of Louisvile,
KY, the other night, for insulting ladies ON
the street. On the way to Jail Rankin
freed himself and fired bullet into the
officers abdomen, infiieting serious
wound. sE~.a b ..ye... - ,E ..-a.F D.
THE tug-boats Argus and Major, to.
gether with the. narrowgauge railroad
freight depot and contents, Pier s. South
Wharves, Philadelphia, Pa, burned on the
10th. Three of the crew of the Major were
badly burned, and a number of others seri-
ously injured by falling spars. =, Loss, |
800, ,000. |
D. H. PORTER, brakeman, fell from |
his train at East Palestine, Ohio, on the 18th,
and was killed. NJ. O'NeiIl, Western |
Union Telegraph lineman, was fatally in |
ured by a train near Davenport, Iowa, on |
the same day. r ~, 49, .'.-g. e.. -a--i.,'.
THE work. of raising the steamship
Gresham from the bottom of the river at
New Orleans has been abandoned in conse-
luence of an accident on the 18th, when
some forty chains which had been placed |
under the hull gave way under the strain.
DR.J. d. WHEELER is held for ac-
ion of the grand jury at Decatur, ILL.,, in
with the death of Miss Ella
Rsley. -.. tn.
AN italian professor has appeared at
Fla, claiming to be able to cure
7ellow fever in a few hours, without re-
tricting the patient in diet. aa1 yst "a 4
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