Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-09-28

Two freight trains collided and piled
up wreck in a tunnel near Kirkwood, No.,
on the 18th, and fire cleared most Of it out
OF the way. Two or three persons were
slightly hurt.
THOMAS GREEN, carpenter working
on a mill at Constantine, Mich, the other
day, fell thirty feet and struck on an iron
strap. He lived few hours, with his body
almost cut in two.
A BLUNDERING brakeman switched
nm Illinois & st. Louis passenger train into
Shiny ditch on the outskirts of East st.
Louis on the 10th. A dozen personsewere
slightly injured. ~ - p
j. B. CAMPBELL, Republican nominee
for Sheriff OF Sierra County, California, was
shot dead by a man named Stubs the other
day. The murderer escaped, but two hum
dred men went after him. The murder is
attributed solely to the bitterness of the po-
litical struggle, ,;,,~s...... f....- T..
AT Niagara Falls, the other evening,
man entered the gate at Prospect Park
and informed two ladies that he was about
to commit suicide. He leaped into the rap
ids, but was lassoed just as he reached the
brink of the falls. He spent the night in q
cell.
ANTON PELATA, of Pittsburgh, Pa,
awoke the other morning to find his babe
dead in bed with large black cat sitting on
Its breast. The Coroner held an inquest,
and the jury formally declared the cat to be
the destroyer of the infant.
I THE British man-of-war Phoenix went
on the rocks off Prince Edward Island and
was totally wrecked. No lives lost.
, A STORM at Montreal caused the burn
ing Of La Prairie barracks. which originally
cost the imperial government 100000.
THE Western express on the Boston &
Albany Railway was ditched near Spring.
field, Mass, on the 18th. The engineer,
fireman and brakeman were severely in
jured. A rail had been placed across the
track.
ALoNzo CASH, aged 4s, shot and
NOR tally wounded his wife, Minnie, aged II,
near Dermansville, N. Y, on the 18th, and
then killed himself. s.y 81.
MRS. WIN. JOHNSON was killed and
two others were stunned by lightning, at
Defiance, Ohio, Sept. II.
Mrs. MEENoG, of Keokuk, Iowa, used
coal-oil in kindling a fire, the other day,
and was fatally burned. She ran through
the streets toward the river, but before
reaching the water some one threw q piece
of carpet around her and eXtinguished the
flames. ~
The Maverick National Bank of Bos-
ton, Mass, was recently victimized to the
extent Of nearly Sc, 900 on raised draft.
TIE Postmaster at Socorro, New
Mexico, has been arrested. He is 81, 800
short in his accounts.
NINE. EMELINE LAURENT, who has
been trying to starve herself to death in New
York City, accuses a lawyer named Elliot,
who has been arrested, with stealing from
her title deeds to some property.
SEVEN freight cars and an engine
night. Two men were hurt. A brakeman
left the switch open.
BALTHAsAR GRUEN, a leading Ger
man Socialist, hanged himself in the prison
at Hanau the other day. in
j. II. SHERRY, recently of the firm OF
Squire. Sherry & GaIusha, Troy, N. Y,
killed himself on the 18th. AID Tucker sent
Ohio, on the same day. Financial embar-
rassment.
FIVE weeks ago a daughter of Corne-
Illus Murphy, of Cincinnati, left home to
visit married sister in that city. Inquiries
in all directions and advertisements in the
papers have failed to yield the slightest trace
of her whereabouts. She was betrothed to
a restaurant proprietor in Chicago, and left
behind her a deposit of 900 in her own
name. - 4-s