Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-07-05

RECENT advlceS from Vera Cruz,
Mex, indicated that the yellow feverepi-
demic was raging fearfully. One thousand
deaths had occurred in two months.
SIXTEEN buildings, including three
churches, were demolished by cyclone at
Elberton, Ca, the other night. One man
was killed.
FoRTY-sEvEN lives were lost by the
burning of a theater at Dervio, Italy, on the
shores of Lake Como, on the 25th.
A GREAT fire occurred on the 25th
among warehouses and vessels at the island
of Gutujewski, mouth of the Neva. The
loss would be over 500 0e0 roubles.
JOHN H. ALEXANDER, colored,. has
been admitted to West Point. after passing
an excellent examination. -~-~.----~-
THERE has been more bloodshed in
Ireland. In fight between two militia
companies, one from Dublin and one from
North Mayo, at Curragh the other night,
seventeen men were wounded. The fight
lasted two hours.
LYNCH, alias Norman, who gave tes-
timony that secured the conviction of his
fellow-dynamite conspirators in London,
has been released. ...;F r.t..s
The jenkins brothers were both held
for murder without bail at Mansfield, La,
on the 25th, for the killing of Rev. J. Lane
Borden.
COLONEL FARINHLOT, of Essex Coun-
ty, Va, had quarrel with blacksmith,
and the other evening visited the smith,
with five-pound weight in his hand, to eff
feet settlement of the trouble. The black.
smith crushed the Colonel's skull with q
sledge-hammer.
JOHN l.. STRIKER, wealthy New
Yorker, was drowned while bathing at Sar-
atoga on the 18th. 1f He had been married
only two months. fs-....f.. = -........ t-....
EIGHT, persons were killed and many
others were injured by a railroad collision
near Havana, Cuba, on the 25th. ..
REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER's sew
entieth birthday was celebrated by a large
number of his friends and admirers On the
18th at the Academy of Music, in Brook
lyn; N. Y. !t.ira. .4.....f .tfsajJa.4 5... 81
The Planters Cotton Seed Oil-works.
in A1giers, opposite New Orleans, La,
struck by ligh thing during a thunder
storm on the 18th and entirely destroyed.
1t was the largest cotton seed oil-wOrks in
existence and the loss was roughly esti-
mated at S., 0Oo, 900, including the building,
stock and machinery. Several cottages
adjoining the oil-works were also de-
stroyed and five firemen were slightly
scalded by the explosion of tank.
WHILE q wake was in progress at
Milford, Mass, the other night over the
body of Captain William P. Burke, a kero-
sene lamp upset by one of the mourners
set fire to the house. The hilarious mourn.
ers had barely time to save their lives,
leaving the dead body behind them to be
burned to ashes. The house was destroyed,
together with three others close by. The
entire loss was $4,000, and nine families
were made homeless.
ELMER SNYDER, a farmer residing
near Glen City, Pa, was recently surprised
by visit from a young man claiming to
be his runaway son, who proved to have
been a Chicago Qn.) thief. The villain
waites his time and then robbed the old
man of s. 800 in money and bonds.
Mrs. DAVID A. RATHFORD, living in
ington County, Ind, was struck by light
ming the other day while attending to
milking and instantly killed. .
ANDREW MCHALE, thirteen years old,
fell several hundred feet to the bottom OF
the Enterprise Colliery, near Wilkesbarre,
Pa, the other day and had his skull crushed
and his body horribly mangled.
A LARGE stave factory at Meanwhile
Wis, was destroyed by fire the other night
and a young Polander, night Waterman,
was burned to death. ..