Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-12-06
-OS.th 2eth three. hodias were washe4

.~-QNsthe 26th three hodias were Washssl. ]
ashore at Wharton, Ont, bearing life-pre-
servers marked ECLIPSE" which heads to
the belief that the steamer of that name has
been lost with all on board.
For the murder of John Seaman IN
Pike County, Ind, in August last, Elijah
Craig has been sentenced to fifteen years
in the Penitentiary. Is, III
AT hartford, Wis, Mrs. Ellen Long
has confessed having murdered the
boy Harry Whittemore, eleven years old,
whose body was recently found. She does
not give her reason, but it is supposed the
crime was pronpted by the boys knowl!
edge of . criminal intimacy between Mrs
Long and Mr.. Whittemore.
( The Municipal authorities of Indian
apolis, Ind, have prohibited the sale within
the city limits of what is embraced under
the head of g fash literature" The State
law provides heavy penalties.
By the overflow of White River in
Indiana, the damage has been very great,
thousands of acres being inundated and
unsecured corn and root crops ruined. 40
.sON the Goth cold wave struck Salt
Lake City, Utah, freezing things up gem
orally.
AT Oil City, Pa, Henry Montgomery
in fit of jealousy, on the 26th, fired three
shots at himself with suicidal intent, but
| the bullets would not kill.
THE four children of Carson Iosier,
| at Mt. Gilead, O., were seriously poisoned
| by partaking of cabbage on which Paris
green had been used. p =
On the 26th the laborers employed at
Oliver Bros. and Phillips Mills at Pitts
burgh, Pa, were notified of an intended re-
duction of their wages to 81 perday. They
had been receiving Sips. Ats s<-F@.
| In Vincennes, md, diphthera has APP
peafed in its most malignant form. Out of
seven cases six had already proved fatal,
I and it was feared it would become cpl
demic. A case OF smallpox has also APP
peared in Washing ton, twenty miles east
| of Vincennes, child of VIM. Guy being
sick with it. ..y-,
The recent report that the American
Bishops proposed that the Vatican send a
Nuncio to America is unfounded. The re-
port probably arose through misappre'
hension of the fact that the Vatican thinks
of sending Mgr. Sepiacci- to preside as
Apostolic Legate over the labors of the
Council to be held in America in 1884.
| {. ACCORDING to Marseilles dispatch Of
the Goth $4,000 men will be mobilized imme
diately for China, and General Gamperon
Minister of War is said to be negotiating
fer the service-ofter great transports by
which toferwardtEe troopsto their desti
| A DISPATCH of the Goth from Berlin
says: "Some anxiety has been caused here
about the Emperor William. For the pas
two days heshas not taken his accustomed
drive from Inter Der Linten to Theirgar
ten. The truth is, he returned on Saturday
evening from Etzlingen, where he had beer
on hunting excursion, and felt exhausted
On Sunday he determined to take rest
and remained in the palace, yesterday ane
to-day, but received the Minister'S reports
as usual, and there are no fears of serious
illness" z-,-s %.-. -
On the evening of the Goth terrible
accident occurred at GAINESVILLE, o. TIVE
| little bows Tommy and Ed, sons of Eval
Davis, a puddler at the rolling-mill, hat
. been in the habit of playing with an old gul
that was lying about the house. Recent,
an older brother loaded the gun, placing i
In a corner end warning the youngsters t.
leave it alone. The evening in question
Tommy found cap on the floor, and aske.
his father if he might shoot it off. The fla
Their, who did not know of the loading O
the gun, gave his permission. Ed. stood VI
: in corner of the room and told his brothe
\ to shoot at him, which he did. The boy fell
: shot through the lungs, and died in a fey
minutes.