Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-12-07
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
T. A. H. Cones, young physician,
was killed by train near Thornton, Ind,
Nov. %. He was crossing the track, and
failed to hear the whistle. liz, -
WHOLESALE robbery Of the mails east
from Denver. Colo, is complained Of. Over
100000 in drafts and, cheeks have been
SEVEN gorkmen were killed and a
number of Others Injured by tho fall Of a
railway bridge near London, England,
Nov. "a.
AT fire in Indianapolis, Ind, Nov.
"a. Kate Daily and Ella Keenan,, servants
sleeping in an upper room,a were burned to
| death. .E,Fntk
AT Little Rock, 20, Miss
Matte Chrisman, daughter Of Dr.. Chrisman,
and prominent young lady in society, took
| dose of strychnine, installing it for quiz
lnine.'l 1t threw her into most terrible con-
l'vulsions, and death soon came to her re-
lief. .ai ',-,it nod ,,i,,f s.tt
DAVID EVANS, an inventor who had
spent the last few years of a long life in vain
toll upon a perpetual motion scheme at
Waterman>& Beavers works, near Wilkes
barre, Pa, sent three bullets into his brain,
Noy. %, leaving letter OF explanation
ending: g. 1t is clear and evident thatI am
in the utmost poverty and distress. Having
no health or strength to Be slave any more,
believe it prudent to leave this tyrannical
and oppressive world l1, and 81 r be paupsr no
|, A TRAIN on, the Saltwater Branch of
| the Chicago milwaukee, & St. Paul Rail-
road was wrecked at St. Croix, Wis, the
other. day, caused by defective rail- The
engine went down an embankment. Engi-
neer VandeWerker was instantly killed and
the fireman badly Injured. 2 IA number, Of
passengers were slightly hurt. 1'''ef
RoBBERs faided the town Of Airing
ton, Texasdtbe other night. :; A grocer was
compelled ito band out alarge sum Of money,
and several dwellings were .ransacked. -cla-
The business people ofMorris, Mimi,
lost more than 100000! by fire. NOV. %.
Clark & Keen, WOODEN goods, Philade lphia,
Pa. by the. burning OF Arrolt g mills on the
same day. al ns"i. ahr t,fUoo
Mrs. MOSES WELLS. made her bed
too near the fire and was fatally burned at
the residence of her SON, NEAR j ake's Run,
w. Nass the other night. r,',. 5naL. irr..s
Rev! b. II. WOODRUFF, Of Baltimore,
Nd, who pleaded guilty to opening letter
with the intent of -abstracting correspond
ence and secretfngo and embezzling the
same, has been sentenced to pAyga fine of
$3.50 'tr i1f 9nH Z h9FiYius .;-...s
SOME union lasters in shoe factory
at Montreal, Canada, struck because men
outside their organization were given work.
fra-
solved to dismiss all lasters unless the strik
ers returned to labor, an act which, seems
likely to precipitate general walk out by
ten thousand operatives aq.'F .....
= w. D. rHoYr, telegraph operator at
the glucose works in Eeavenworth, Kans..
and train dispatcher. named Bailey, at
Lawrence, had dispute over the wires the
other day, Bailey insulted Hoyt, and re-
fused to apologize, whereupon the operator.
went to Lawrence and MORALLY wounded
the train dispatcher by shooting him in the
chest. ...5.,, ,'.., $50. '''''
VIM. FIELDS, his son, and another
young man named Dean, were fatally in
jured while driving across the track at
Union, Pa, Nov. %. A train knock ed the
wagon into splinters.
The French steamer Aubartique has
been wrecked off the coast Of South Amer
lea. .,r tW-- g.
The explosion of an oil tank in Devoe's
works at Brooklyn, N. Y, Nov. 26, caused
the loss oftwo lives and aquarter of a million
dollars' worthSof property. T.;-s,
d. AN engine dashed into Pullman car,
near Newcastle, Canada, Nov, %. No pas 4
sengers were hurt. The engine-driver, fire.
man and brakeman were badly scalded.
One died, and the other two were not eX-
pected to ive.nsFI 7aGs ..r 90 3.
e "A MINER named Forsythe put some
sticks Of dynamite in the oven, at Belize
view. Pa, the other day, to thaw. BE was
not there whenthe explosion occurred, but
when he hurried to the scene he found his
house wrecked, u little son dead, two other
children bruised and cut, and his wife dy.
fnc.d hhH 1ia# - - ,*"iAFf 1f''~la1
FIVE lives were LOST by, the wreck of
the schooner Collingwood, In Lake Michi-
gan, during the recent storm. >nots 4
u. II. WILMorT was, shot three times
and fatally Wounded ia "a room at the St. 1
Marc Hotel, ,Washff.gtoh, D. c., the other
night j., r., Ansney,, brother -in-law,
apda pension clerk named Turnbull have
been arrested, but, declined to say anything
about the attain. 1yoI i, .u3".nt
! lTaE remains of Taylor. Dunbar wereI'
found in the woods near Darlington, Ind,
the other day, the body full oflbuckshot, an
empty gun close by, and the pockets of his
clothing rifed. Buck Stout, young man
Of questionable character, was arrested In,
indianapolis, and confessed the crime. . /
:, JACOB BoxER, the bread-winner for
a family of five = was fatally injured by fall.
ing from a scaffold in the railway shops at
Delaware, Ohio, Nov. 26.uis:I.uA z,f;cir.
, THE ssfaith-cure'' establishment, at
Buffalo, N. Y, has closed for want of
funds. Ia +It = jti-'t'i7H4 ''s3 -ftia
THE Pacific express on the Erie Rail-
way was derailed near Horneilsvine. N. Y,
Nov. 26.. The first cars, including an extra
coach and q smoker, were badly wrecked,
and several passengers were hurt. The
fireman, VIM. Andrus, was Instantly killed.
The accident was caused blythe breaking Of
Z alt la l,.its-sn- Gaiuys
Il. STEWART, aged .!25. took a fatal