Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-07-06
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ment At Columbia was badly shattered DUR
ing the storm. 81
+ Mr.. EIcOLb 8 rich merchant from
Y1catan,S who has been trading in New
York; has taken back with him two ragged,
dirty and friendless urchins who attracted
his attention on Broadway. He expects
to educate and discipline them for his BUSH
ness.
A MAN supposed to be Frank Stratton,
of North Lebanon, Ohio, was arrested near
Dorkes, Ind, the other day, for stealing a
buggy and harness from Jessie Nixon.
While being taken TO Muncie, securely
boundsthe thief threw himself from an ex.
press train and was killed, He was about
26 years old. medium height, slender build,
and had dark hair. 'sti'-''''
T. A hotter at the st. Catherine gold
mine, near Charlotte N. O., exploited on
the 24th, fatally iujuring three men, ii.
THERE were six cases of sunstroke in
New York City on the Gath. - :, fl;s.s
THERE was, disaster on the Manitoba
Railway, near Atwater. Mimi. June Oath
A gravel train went down an embankment
and into eight feet Of water. Eleven men
were Killed and a number injured. h'lt
A COACH in which q number of young
people from San Francisco. CAL, who were
camping out in the vicinity, were taking a
ride, went over, the bank of the turnpike
near FELTON,, june %, killing Misses Iva
Crowdery, Eva Massey, Celia Scott and
Master George Scott, and seriously injuring
Masters Burr, Burhng and William Mock
les. :.. IS. 4t,f a,' ir.ft Is. t....,,
AUGUSTUS ROSENBERG and w. S.
Carpenter were drowned while bathing at
Big Rapids, Mich, the other evening.
T. AT Atchison, Kans., June "a, S. Har-
rison and W. Wilson, negroes, had a dis
pute about some money matters and ad
journed to q basement to fghtit out. While
Harrison was laying down his coat, Wilson
picked up chair and broke his antagonists
neck.
! JACK SHELDON, Thomas Beeson, and
VIM. Beavers, in Jail at Neosho, Mo-, threw
some lime in Jailer Nuts face, June "a,
knocked down the guard, and made dash
for freedom Nuts son shot Beeson down
about 200 yards from the Jail. A hundred
citizens started after the others, and Beav-
ers was recaptured a mile from Jail. Shell
don took refuge in the woods, where he was
surrounded and shot down. e, "a
| The Mississippi Valley Amateur Row
| ing Association races at Creve Ceur Lake,
Mo-, June % and "a, were close and exciting.
The Modocs won the barge prize. The Min
nesota, Burlington, Farragut, and Excelsior
crews all got trophy. t aat s-tHIt'
A WAVE nearly twelve feet high swept
along the shore of Lake Erie, from Paines-
vile to Cleveland, Ohio, the other morning,
accompanied by o roar like thunder, the
wind shifting from south to north. The I'M
dertow did great damage at Cleveland. A
lot Of steel rails weighing twenty tons were
thrown back ten feet, and one man was
swept out into the lake and drowned.
GOVERNOR CRIrTENDEN has pardoned
the st. Louis gamblers. 5s...s. .,,.,.l, =,
THE store-house of the Pacific Mills,
Lawrence, Mass, burned the other night.
W. A. Hodges and George Remick, firemen,
were suffocated. Loss on stock and build
Ting estimated at 100000 ct
THOMAS j. FOSTER, representing Fort
Wayne in the Indiana Senate, and publisher
of the Journal, killed himself with revolv-
er the other day. ,...5.-t. e..f-.. .-,..
THE. Jones spice, mills, together with
the Pacific docks, at Portland, Greg.
burned on the 25th. Losses will reach $780,
|, QOO.i "hi ;is-'"A 'f'" T7i- A,''i s.f
A TERRIFIC storm swept along the
Platte River in Nebraska on the 25th. The
corn was badly beaten down in the southern
part of Saunders County, and the small
grain utterly ruined. Two houses were
blown down in Wahoo. A two-story barn
was carried fifty feet through the air. A
herd of 125 ponies were swept by the storm
s,I,k f1,, GalI
through wire fences. Not pane of glass
was left in the windows facing west. The
school .house at Clear Creek was completely
wrecked. = . .... 80. ....
THERE, is an outbreak on the Mesca-
lero reservation, caused by the killing of an
escaped prisoner from Fort Union whom
the Indian police were attempting to arrest.
Lieutenant Llewellyn was shot twice while
endeayoring to quiet his wards, but is sus-
tained by the principal chiefs. Three COM
panies of cavalry were dispatched from Fort
Stanton. "'' '' 1883.
A wATER-sPoUT chased train into
La Fayette, Ind. June "a. 1t whirled rocks
and immense trees along in its course, but
spent its fury before it, caught up. The
steeple, of st. Paui's Cathedral at Indianapo-
lis was blown off and several other build
ings damaged on the 25th.
H. SMITH, a saloon-keeper at Chico,
CAL, killed his wife. June %, and was taken
to Jail, where he took dose Of poison in
order to disappoint large party of lynchers
who were trying to get at him.
A BUGGY race near st. Joseph, Mo-,
on the 18th, ended in collision. Mr.. H. T..
Below was fatally injured, and his wife and
q lady friend were badly hurt.
ALL the anthracite coal companies of
Pennsslpaafa have made voluntary ad-
vanoe of 10 per cent. in the pay OF miners. J..
DISGUISED assassinsd fatally shot
Thomas Magoghe, constabulary pension
err, while sitting in the lodge Of a wealthy
farmer at Kilkellar, Ireland, June %.
jar. A, ,HUBBELL, Chairman of the
Republican Congressional Committee, in an
open letter to George William Curtis asks
the latter to Join him in requesting the Pres
idenf to submit to the Attorney General the
question of liability under the law for max
ing campaign contributions. ,,.1ss t.t.r