Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-06-07
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

would witness the ceremonies attending
the opening of the Brooklyn bridge. He will
not return to Washington until after Deco
ration Day.
The two ships officers on trial in
Philadelphia, Pa, the other day for viola
ton of the neutrality laws by carrying
arms into Hayti were convicted.
ONE THOUSAND AND SIXTY steerage
passengers arrived at Boston, Mass, the
other day, from Ireland, most of them be-
ing assisted" emigrants.
The Arctic exploring vessel Sophia,
with Prof. Nordenskjold and other scien-
lists, has sailed from Gothenburg, Sweden,
for Greenland.
AT EPSON Downs, Eng, on the 23d,
the Derby stakes were won by Sir F. John
stones st. Blaise. Beau Brummel and Gal
Hard, who had been favorites in the bet
ting, finished fifth and third respectively.
The EPSON high plate was won by Auc-
tioneer.
MUCH anxiety was felt on the oath
for the safety of the schooners Young
America and John Schuette, which should
have reached Milwaukee, Wis, several
days before. The schooner Newsboy was
overdue at Chicago, and the schooner Julia
Larsen was overdue at Racine. At Racine
it was thought that the unknown vessel
that struck the reef there during the recent
gale was the schooner Wells Burt, which
sunk off Crosse Point with all on board.
WILLIAM BLACK and John McLaren
died at Paterson, N. j., the other morn
ing from the supposed effects of eating
poisoned meat. Others of McLaren's fami-
ly were sick.
IT is reported that the British Gov
eminent has expressed disapproval of
French action in Madagascar.
A PAPER steamboat is being built at
Lansingburgh, NY. for Pittsburgh parties
A NUMBER of officeholders in Dakota
have been indicted for attempting to cor
ruptly influence the action of the Capital
Commission in the selection of new To-
cation, as much as $4,000, it is alleged,
having been offered for one vote.
APPLICATION has been made at To-
ronto, Cana, to probate the will of the late
William E. Dodge, of New York. He Had
personal estate in Ontorio amounting to
100000.
UNUSUALLY heavy rains washed away
four bridges of the Mexican Central Rail-
road between Leon and Lagos few days
ago. A train ran into the washout and the
engineer was killed.
AN extensive fire occurred at Vars, in
the department of the Upper Alps, in
France, the other day, and fifty houses were
destroyed. Several persons persisted in
the flames.
AN attack was made on the jail at Mt.
Sterling, KY, the other night by body of
armed vigilantes for the purpose of hang
ing the Barnett gang, but the mob met with
a warm reception from the officers, and the
leader, the Sheriff of an adjoining county,
was probably fatally wounded.
JOE Young was executed at Rich
mond, Little River County, Ark, on the
25th for an outrageous assault ON Mrs.
Schism; Landa Coleman suffered the same
fate at Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La, for
the murder of John Gay, and Jack Taylor
was hanged at Clarendon, Ark, for the
murder of Mr.. Ingram.
ONLY one agrarian outrage involving
personal violence was reported in Ireland
during April.
GOVERNOR PATTIsON, of Pennsyl-
vania, has vetoed bill giving pensions to
Mexican veterans.
FIFTEEN lives were reported to have
been lost on the 18th, in consequence of a
steamboat explosion near Lakeville. Cal.
G. STEUBLING & Co., wholesale inn
porters of German goods, Berlin, Ont, have
failed, with liabilities of $4,000; assets
estimated at $4,000.
A LARGE lumber mill and schooner
were destroyed by fire at Muskegon, Mich,
9th 1ox If
THE National Board of Health at
Washington has been informed of twenty
two deaths from yellow fever at Havana,
Cuba, for the week ended May Is. The dis
ease had made its appearance among the
at that port.
AT Rostoff, Russia, the other day, a
Russian was killed by Jew. Subsequently
a mob attacked several houses and shops
occupied by Jews, which they robbed and
1t was feared there would be
further outbreaks against the Jews.
BAXTER COUNTY, Ark, has been WIS.,
tied by tornado. Great damage to prop
erty was reported, but no lives lost.
AT Montgomery, Ala, additional in
dictments have been found against United
States Marshall Strobach, two deputy mar
shals and Thomas jefferson Scott, Register
Of the United States Land Office.
HENRY B. DERRICK, a negro, was
riddled with bullets by mob at Mariana,
Ark, the other day for burning a livery
stable and its contents.
MILTON G. FOREMAN, of Colfax, Ind,
son and brother of the two Foreman women
murdered near Traders Point, March 8,
was arrested the other morning, charged
with the murder.
THE French forces in Tonquin lost
two captains and fourteen men killed in a
recent sortie from Hanoi.
THEY have had two fatal duels in Ber-
lin, Germany, within few days.
THE English training-ship Mars at
Dundee was badly damaged by fire the
other day, supposed to be of incendiary
origin.
THREE passengers were killed on the
steamship Strasburg by fall of rigging
in gale during her recent trip from Bre
men to Baltimore, Md.
A PLOT to murder the King of Rou-