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

II. oHEfdEhD, OF ManCH0St0Fs tu.t
shot himself on q train near Canon City,
Colo. the other morning. He had been suf-
-fering from brain fever and was onhis way
East for treatment. - r Sc S
= AT Clarksburg, Harrison County, w.
Va, the other day, w. B. Stout and j.
Carpenter quarreled over the settlement Of
an account. The lie was passeds when Carr
penter picked up rock and struck Stout on
the left eye. cracking the skull, and making
"a wound that will probably cause his death.
Two drovers bought $4,000 worth
Of cattle in Ritchie County, W.. Va.y paying
! one-tl1ird in cash and the remainder in
worthless checks, which were not returned
from the banks until the sswindiers were
we'll out OF reach. - ! i
DONOVAN, aged "a, proba-
bly, fatally stabbed his father during quar-
rel in their home at Jersey City. N. j.. the
other night. -
F"9CLEvEDoN HALE, the residence of
Sir Arthur Elton, near Bristol, has been de-
stroyed by fire. Abortion of the library,
considered one Ut the most valuable in Eng
land, was burned. -
THE wholesale boot and shoe house Of
Phelps, Dodge & Palmer, Chicago, has for
years been Systematically robbed by a. band
of employees ofsali grades fromlheads Of de-
partments to, dray men!y, Augustus Wells
was the head of the conspiracy among the
drummers, and has been placed In Jail,
while four others are under surveillance at
distant points. Seven others have been
marked for close watching..ii The books Of
the firm are, said to show the, abstraction OF
goods valued at $4,000.
>, In the United States Court at Omaha,
Nebr., the other day, T. E. Clary, formerly
postmaster at Sidney, was convicted of max
ing false, returns as to the arrival of mails,
and fined $780,. uGsT afystacfi g. s5attp
TIE paper-mill Of Bittner & Lyning-
ton, near Lancaster, Penn, and a,covered
bridge adjoining were DESTROYED by fire the
other day, the loss being S145, 900.
H. o. HoFFMAN Of Bloomington, ILL.,.
pubIishes'a card Withdrawing from further
prosecution Of his case before the confer.
ence at Dies Moines:io fje?suv; ypjif
) sIx a saloon on M est Lake street, Chi.
cago, the other night, John Kinney, q freight
conductor on the Northwestern road, fatally
shot the bartender. Peter Viego, for refusing
to serve him With beer While Intoxicated.
THE Katahdin If6n Company, of
Maine, has suspended, with unsecured debts
of 10000. tnu cgniy a." .sfH7f ] {
IA SISTER of Buffalo Bill tried to re-
cover tract of land, near Cleveland, Ohio,
on the ground that the deed was obtained by
illegal Methods plea by which the Cody
family hoped to secure valuable tract on
Euclid avenue. Judge Mckinney decided
that the woman had not. even the shadow of
claim. t. "a .,fayF ...ry ,,,g.,, -
h., ., D. F, FISHER, doorkeeper of the New
York Academy of Music, claims to have re-
ceived check for $50, 900 from a gentle
man for whom he did favor twenty years
ago. -.,Ff 80" "t.f@* F..'"t
: In Dublin, Ireland, the other night,
Detective Cox was fatally shot by a man
named Christopher bowling. Detective
Eastwood, pursued the assassin and shot
him in the head, arm and hand, and he is
not expected to recover. 1T seems that a
party. Of ten men had come out of public
house frequehted by -Fenians, when they
commenced to fire on the officers. Two Of
the suspects have been arrested.
FRANK JAMES was arraigned in the
Criminal Court at Kansas City, Mo-, Nov.
q, for robbery Of the Independence bank in
1867 and the murder of Detective w icher in
1874. To both indictments counsel entered
plea of not guilty and the court fixed Mon
day, Jan. %, as the day for trial.
The stove foundry of Bonnell, Duffy
& Co., at Quincy, H., with a large amount
Of stock, was destroyed by fire the other
evening, the loss aggregating $1oo,0O0.