Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-05
The cut her throat and the two were buried

she cut her throat and the two were buriec
together.
The Franklin sugar refinery, Phila.
delphia, Pa, was damaged by fire, Sept. 25
to the extent of about s., 000, 900.
JACOB KUNTZ, merchant of Fond
du Lac, Wis.,, was murdered and robbed al
Barton early on the 25th.
JOSEPH DUNN, of Whately, Mass,
has been arrested for poisoning his wife. He
says it is trumped-up charge to cheat him
out Of some property. ..--
B. S. CRANER, well known in St
Louis, No., took a fatal dose of laudanum
in Baltimore, Nd, on the 24th. 4
j. w. HANKS. aged so, hanged him.
self in his barn near Decatur, Ill.,, the other
day. Domestic troubles are mentioned. He
had farm of 500 acres and plenty of stock
A FARMER named McCracken mar
ried Miss Read, near Leroy, H., few
days ago, and charivari party celebrated
the event with frightfuI din. The. groom
opened fire with revolver, and the bride
used a shotgun. johnson Boone was seri.
ously injured, and Messrs. Merriield and
Drake were badly hurt. Et
. THOMAS DoDD, of Covington, KY,
was shot dead while standing on his own
doorstep the other night. Edward Welsh,
father of young girl who expected to mar.
ry Dodd, has been arrested on suspicion.
e. w. FOSTER, printer hailing from
Pittsburg, Pa, got into Jail at Syracuse, N.
Y, the other day, through some mistake
and committed suicide. - sI.s . To-
CHARLES SHOWERS, aged 81, board.
ed train at Canton, Ohio, the other night,
intending to jump off at 3 crossing q few
miles distant. His body was found the next
morning, the top of his head cut off and his
brains scattered along the track; 4,,.--
AN old gentleman named Wood, liv.
ing in Fullerton, De Witt County, H., says
that while walking in the streets OF Bloom.
ington, few days ago, he was seized by
two men, who said they were detectives ano
that they wanted him for passing counter.
felt money. Despite his resistance he was
hurried to the train and taken to Kansas
City, Mo. On arriving there it was speedily
seen he was not the man wanted, whereup.
on the alleged detectives slipped out of the
Justices court and left Mr.. Wood, who was
compelled to pay his fare home, to depart
without learning the identity of those whe
committed the outrage.
ALONZO FOLLETT, a New York
broker, made an assignment to Solomon
Hanford. An attachment against the prop.
erty was obtained by Henry Werner, who
claimed that fraud was being perpetrate6
on the creditors. Follett is said to have fled
and his liabilities are estimated as high as
5000, 900. He and John S. Tutke are pro.
prieors of an extensive nursery at Bloom.
ington, Ill.,, where Follets's interest was
attached the other day by a New York
party.
M: S. THOMPSON, Vice-President OF
the Washington Ice Company, of Chicago
mysteriously disappeared some days ago:
leaving an invalid wife. He is believed tt
have sunk from 900 to $4,000 in grain
speculations.
THE stereotype plates of nine volumes
of Dickens works have disappeared from s
Boston publishing house.
THE heirs of Francis L. Farmer, OF
Indianapolis, Ind, are contesting a will
which gave $1,000 to Bishop Chatard, an6
$1,000 to four children, leaving 100000 tt
accrue for the benefit Of the estate.
A WABASH train loaded with choice
stock which had been on exhibition at the
Sangamon County Fair, was wrecked on {
switch near Pekin, ILL.,, the other day.
killing one man and seriously injuring six
others.
JULIE BOIsvERT, not twenty years OF
age. has been found guilty, at the Montreal
Assizes Court, Of administering corrosive
sublimate to an infant child of Mrs. Noel, By
whom she was employed as nurse.