Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-29
A DALLAS (TeX.) physician. who

A DALLAS (Tex.) physician, who
was fined for whipping the Postmaster, re-
fused to pay a few days ago and was sent to
the rock pile to work out his fine with the
gang. t&
PATRICK MCKINLEY, Baltimore g.
Ohio conductor, was killed near Salemville,
o., recently, by being struck by a mail
catcher while leaning from a car.
ALFRED G.. PACKER, who murdered
five companions in the San Juan Mour .tains
during the winter of 1873 and then Ii sed of
of their flesh, was taken to Denver. Colo. :,
few days ago and made full confession OF
his horrible crime.
A GAS explosion in Appleton street,
Boston, Mass, the other morning, damaged
one building and tore. up the street. One
man was badly injured.
THE trial of City Auditor Phil Hinkle
in the Circuit Court at Louisville, KY, on g.
charge of forgery In connection with the al
legged City Hall conspiracy in that place, has
resulted in verdict OF not guilty.
A FIRE at Hamilton, O., the other
afternoon destroyed the distillery of the
| Miami Distilling Company, owned by Patti
| son s. Caldwell, causing loss OF 100000;
| we'll insured.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR the other day
| pardoned Murphy and O'Leary, three card
monte men confined in the Washington ID.
! CO Jail, on recommendation of the Citizens
Committee, who wanted to use them as wit
nesses in the cases of collision between
thieves and detectives. s.. g..
| The Portland, Saco & Portsmouth
Depot. near Eliot, Me-. was burned re-
| Gently. The Post.oiice building and con-
siderable mail was destroyed. ~
| BENJAMIN BATES, of Richmond, Va,
| 4 grand nephew Of Edward Bates, Attorney
! General under Lincoln, committed suicide
the other morning by shooting himself
| through the heart.
| THE recent failure of Todd, French &;
| Co., boot and shoe dealers of St. Louis, Mo-,
| was attributed to the populations of a trusted
| book keeper. The firms unsecured liabili-
ties amounted to $125, 800, their entire assets
being but $4,000.
Two men were arrested at Detroit,
Mich, the other day on suspicion of hav-
ing started fire which burned the Wabash
round house and two freight engines, caus-
| ing loss of some $4,000.
| NINE persons were arrested at
Rheims, France, on the 10Th for inciting the
soldiery to blow up the public buildings.
| A RECENT cable announced that Lady
| Florence Dixie had been assaulted by two
men disguised AS women, near Windsor
Eng. and that she had only been saved from
assassination by her St. Bernard dog.
A NUMBER of Communists held a
riotous meeting in Paris, France, a few
days ago. Revolutionary speeches were
made.
THE steamer Grand Isle, which took
| the place of the steamer Yazoo, sunk recent
| ly near Bonnet Care, La, with the loss of
twenty lives, was burned few days ago,
together WITH her cargo Of cotton, the total
loss being $50, 900; insurance, $4,000.
INDIGNATIoN meetings were held at
several towns in the vicinity Of Uniontown,
Pa, recently, at which resolutions con-
demnatory of the jury 3 verdict acIuitting
y. L. Dukes for the murder of A. C. Mutt
were adopted.
ID. j. TwOMEY, a wholesale confec.
| toner of Denver, Colo, was standing at a
lunch counter eating fish the other day,
when all of sudden he manifested symp-
toms of bone choking and fell to the floor,
expiring a few minutes later.
RowELs, one of the alleged Phoenix
kimainhsm Jail, Dublin, the other night.
WILLIAM KEYS, a farmer of Green
field, Ohio, accused Stanton and John Tay7
lor, sous Of neighbor OF stealing from
him. A fight ensued, when Keys shot Stan,
ton Taylor through the heart and mortally
wounded John Taylor.