Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-11-23

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Corwin has arrived at Victoria, B. c., from
the North, bearing particulars of fgh
with indians and the destruction of vii
lage. The village destroyed was located a
| Hochino, on the Alaskan coast. A tribe ha(
seized and held two white men and a steam
launch which had been sent out with tug
| While the boat, provided with bomb
| gearing, was firing, an explosion occurred
| and an Indian chief, who was sitting OF
| board the launch, was killed. The trib.
| surrounded the captured launch with thu
| two white men and nearly succeeded in get
ting possession of the tug. The latter,
however, got away and steamed to Sitka
The Corwin, with the captain and sixty
sailors and marines, was dispatched tc
Hochino. Capt. Merriam demanded the
| surrender of the launch and the prisoners
which the Indians refused to do. The nex
morning the Calling gun was placed on ar
Indian canoe on the beach. The force was
afterward landed and destroyed all the ca.
noes. The Indians fed 90 the woods. The
village was shelled, and the huts that re-
manned standing after the Smelling were
looted and burnt. Several warriors who
ventured out of the shelter of the woods
were killed. The severe lesson was required
as the tribe had been guilty of many acts OF
cruelty toward the whites.
LOUIS OLSEN, who left Minnesota the
other day for trip to Europe, celebrated
his arrival in New York by drinking enough
to drown his reason and then shooting his
wife. The woman was taken to the hos
pltal, where an arm was amputated and she
died; three children We're placed in a pub
liz in no f,kl
to Jail.
Two men were seriously injured by
an explosion OF naphtha near Boston, Mass,
on the 18th. The flash was visible in cir
Gle OF fifty miles, and created no little ex-
element. ..-..
AN unknown man and woman were
suffocated by gas in a room at the Aston
Place Hotel, New York, on the 18th.
A FAST train on the New York Gen.
trail was thrown from the track near Peeks-
kill, on the 18th, and three passengers were
badly hurt. ....
GEORGE KEoN was fatally shot by his
brother, at Bullett's Grove, near Louisville,
KY, on the 18th. The shooting was acct
dental.
MISS BOARD, aged Is, daughter of
well-known farmer of Boone County, W.
Va, was standing too near a fire, the other
night, and gust from an open door blew
her dress into the blaze. Helpless from
fright, she ran through the house and into
the yard, where she fell to the ground. Her
agonizing shrieks brought assistance, but
too late to save her from horrible death.
A FARMER named James Stewart shot
and instantly killed John Parker, near Mon.
roeville, Ind, the other day, in mistake for
q deer.
The steamer Westphalia, from New
York for Hamburg, put into Portsmouth in
distress on the 18th a large hole having been
made in her bow by collision with an I'M
known vessel off Beachy Head. 1t is be-
lieved that the other vessel has gone to the
bottom, with all hands; also boat from
the Westphaia, which contained an officer
and six men.
The steamer John M. Chambers,
with 800 bales Of cotton, was sunk by St.
Louis towboat near Plaquemine, La, the
other morning.
In bar-room fracas at Lawrence,
Mass, on the 18th. Thomas Kennedy was
fatally stabbed by Michael Douhy, who was
arrested.
Miss CARPENTER, a young lady pa
tent at the Eastern Lunatic Asylum, Lex
ngton, KY, committed suicide by hanging,
, few days ago.
THREE workmen were killed, two IA
ally injured, and five others badly hurt by
/ boiler explosion in the Forest City Iron
Works, Cleveland, Ohio, on the 18th.