Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-01-04
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ridge, Of Allegheney. for naturalization pa
| pers.
A PASSENGER train was stopped by
brigands near Naples, Italy, few days ago.
LEWIS THOMPSON, mulattS, eighty
one years Of age, the first man ever COM
mitted to Sing Sing Prison, was sent back
for six months for stealing a door.mat in
New York the other day. Over forty years
of his life have been passed behind grated
windows.
Two men clinging to the upper rig
ging of sunken ship off Galveston, Tex,
were rescued by the bark p. j. Willis the
other day.
THERE were 1917 business failures in
the United States during the seven days
ended on the 22d, against 20S for the previ-
GUS seven days.
THE United States survey steamer
Ranger broke down her machinery off Mex
leo. the other day, and laid up for repairs.
| THE Commercial AdUertiser's new
block at Buffalo, N. Y, was destroyed by
| fire few days since; loss $3.50. 600.
AT Hoagland Station, ten miles south
OF Fort Wayne, Ind, the other day, the
eldest son of DIR. A. Deirbiss was gored to
death by a COW. IA. 80. n ,5.t -=i'
The heirs of Benjamin S. Rotch, of
| Milton, Mass, who had figured upon re-
ceiving $500. 900, were agreeably surprised
| recently by the discovery that the estate in
| yentoried over So, 000,O0 ElI-
GOLDsMITH's Hall, in Philadelphia,
Pa, worth 500, 200, was burned the other
evening.
AT Alvarado, Tex, the other morn
ing fire destroyed nearly half the town.
HENRY BURMAN, aged 101 and a SOL
der under Butcher, died at Greenfield, Ind,
few nights ago. gssss.'.s-- p. 49,.
RECENTLY trustees of the Philadel-
,phia gas trust asked an investigation of ac-
counts. They said for a long time previous
to 1882 an organized system OF embezzlement
had prevailed in connection with the man
sgement of the trust. q
FORTY infantry at Tampico, Mex,
mutinied the other day, and after desper-
ate fight with the guards,es6ptd.' Captain
Burgess was killed and Lieutenant and
several soldiers were wounded. - .-.s
BAssETr's paper-box. factory at Bir-
mingham, Conn. burnedsa few days ago.
Loss, 500, 000., .t5... -
By the will of his uncle in Scotland,
W. C. Anderson, a telegraph operator at
Montreal, Cana, comes into possession OF
$3.50, 900.
For the murder of Thomas Jones in
July last, F. L. Jones was hanged at Louis.
vile, Miss, on the 22d. l,st
AT Exeter. Eng, an explosion of pc
troleum few days ago caused great fire
along the wharves. Over $4,000 gallons of
blazing oil ran into the river Exc, lighting
up the shores on both sides.
Two people were killed and third
dangerously wounded by Alexander Jeffer-
son in Brooklyn, New York, the other night,
all on account of unrequited love. He made
his escape. .ti
IT was said that smallpox was raging
in epidemic form in Ell Paso, Texas. and
Paso del Norte, Mexico, recently, and much
excitement prevailed.
+ A FAMILY of six persons at Fargo D.
T., were poisoned by eating. canned jelly,
the other day. One boy died, the others
would recover. ....
AT Estilline, D. T., few days since,
the three young children of Mr.. Barker
were burned to death in their fathers house
during the temporary absence OF their
parents. In attempting to rescue the young
est child Mrs. Barker received burns which
placed her life In danger.
In Clarksvllle, w. Va, a few days
since. Albert Prem was found guilty of rob-
bling the mails and sentenced to ten years in
the Buffalo Penitentiary. He was a mem
Der of the Red Men, an organization similar
to the ku-klux, that had been terrorizing
things In Bourbon County, KY, for a long
time past. His conviction was relied upon
to break up the Red Men. -.,.
CAPT. A. G. MUTT, cashier of the
Pennsylvania State Treasury. was shot and
killed by NJ. L. Dukes, prominent lawyer
and member-elect Of the Legislature, at
Pittsburg few days ago. ...
OF twelve students who died at the
University of Leipsic, Germany, during the
last season, one was killed in a duel and six
committed suicide. g.. Ed. s...s....;
JAMES SMITH & Co., manufacturers
of cotton goods, Philadelphia, failed the
other day. Liabilities, S40O, 200. .-l .
A POWDER explosion at Berkeley,
CAL, killed one white man and Chinaman
and seriously injured another Chinaman, the
other day. .-.; res. y ..
.SANAAsASo - DA>hs % AooAASA htOAS
of Columbus, o., drank heavy dose Of ar
senic few days ago, supposing the same
whisky, and died in few hours.
ADvIcEs from Ladonia, Tex, the
other day stated that VIM. Vaughan NOR
tally wounded two brothers named Boone,
great-grandsons of Daniel Boone of Ken
lucky fame. The difficulty grew out of
some little dispute about potatoes. One
hundred men were in pursuit of the MUIR
derer. -"
2 By collision on the Chesapeake g.
Ohio Railroad, three miles from Millboro,
Va, the other day five men were killed and
two wounded. The cause of the collision
it was said was due to q freight train being
thirty-fve minutes behind time, and of
course running on the express trains time.
The conductor of the freight train claimed |
his watch was half an hour slow.
j. G.. ASTON, the oldest paper-dealer |
at Columbus, Ohio, recently made an assign
v,art 20 onyar liabilities ~ Con 0nN