Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-10


THE Congressional programme, as an
nounced, contemplated adjournment inn
mediately after the ccmpletion of organi-
cation on the It'll. The death of the Vice
President was to be announced then, and
the House adjourn. On the sth the MEM
bers were to draw their seats and the Pres
dents message then be read.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
On the "a Lulu Allstett, aged nineteens
committed suicide by taking morphine at
Indianapolis, Ind.
THE Barnum Wire-works at Detroit,
Mich, burned on the Sd, entailing a loss OF
nearly $1,000
ON the Sd the McGraw Saw-mill, owned
by Birdsall & Barker, the largest on the
Saginaw River, in Michigan, was de-
stroyed by fire.
THE tug-boat Dora Emory blew up in
East River, N. Y, on the Sd, and boat and
crew of six men entirely disappeared.
MARSHAL CLEMENTS was hanged at
Saguache, Col, on the Sd, for the murder
of his brother and his brothers wife. The
execution was witnessed by vast throng,
and Clements maintained his firmness to
the last.
ON the night of the ID the body of Bertha
Duckwise, aged twenty -one, was found at
Detroit, Mich, with her throat cut. Her
lover and affianced husband, William Ste
vens, is suspected of the murder.
The British ship Magician, from Cardiff
to San Francisco, has been sunk in coll
lision.
ON the 4th an indictment for bribery in
connection with the purchase of armory
sites was returned against General Shaler
by the Grand Jury at New York.
On the 4th, at Indianapolis, Ind, John
Griffith pointed what he thought to be an
empty pistol at his head and pulled the
trigger. He will not recover.
On the 4th Bentel & Co., private bankers
at Freedom, Pa, were robbed of So, 900.
On the 4th VIM. Rohlfing and his son
were killed by runaway team near Ke-
nosha, Wis.
On the 4th the boiler of locomotive on
the Epson County (Ga.) Railroad explod-
ed four miles from GAINESVILLE. Engineer
Hoaker was instantly killed and the fire.
man badly scalded.
WILLIAM STEVENS, suspected of the MUIR
der of Bertha Duckwitz, at Detroit, Mich,
was captured at Orion, Oakland County,
on the 4th. His clothes were spotted with
blood. In his pocket was a razor with
of it having been cleaned. A ring, cameo,
set in pearls, having in it the inscription
"W. s. to B. D., 1884," was taken from his
finger. Herefused to say anything, and
at first denied his identity.
A SERIOUS collision occurred on the East
River IN. W bridge on the 9Th, caused by
the grip giving out on one of the trains,
and allowing it to run down the incline and
crash into the train following it. Several
persons were seriously injured and the cars
were badly wrecked.
THE boiler of Eaton g. Parks Touring
mill at Sullivan. Ind, exploded on the
evening of the 9th. Ambrose, the miller,
was seriously injured and both proprieters
were cut and bruised.
On the 9TH DIR. j. A. Hall and Mrs. Ma
tilda Brown were sentenced to three and
half and four and half years respect
lively in the Penitentiary at Pittsburgh,
Pa, for criminal malpractice.
KATIE GRIFFIN, one of the victims of the
recent natural gas explosion in Pittsburgh,
Pa, died on the 9Th.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE Governor of Arizona reports ex-
tensive smuggling along the Mexican bor-
der, and asks the Government for help in
stopping it.
THE federation of organized trades and
labor unions will meet in annual session at
Washington, D. c., on the Sth inst.
DURING November the deaths of Roman
Catholics from smallpox at Montreal
were: City, SIS; Cote st. Louis, So; Ste.
Cunegonde, 102; st. Jean Baptiste, 90; st.
Henri, %; st. Gabriel, 144. The deaths
among the Professionals to November 2Sth
Tl,nv,a L Laa . H.
the beginning of the epidemic. Six verified
cases were reported on the I'd.
AT Newark, N. J., a secret society has
been organized for the determination of
dogs, owing to the number of rabid ami
mails. Six children who have recently
been bitten by rabid ours are to be sent to
Paris to be treated by DR.. Pasteur, pro-
vided he will undertake the cases.
THE Erie Railway Company has Of
fered reward of 81 900 for the arrest and
conviction of the person or persons who
maliciously misplaced the switch at Scio,
N. Y, where the st. Louis Limited Ex-
press was wrecked on the morning of the
Sd.
On the Sd wedding was spoiled in
Brooklyn, N. Y, by the interference of the
groom's wife.
FIGHTING lis reported to have been re-
sumed by Servia, owing to Prince Alexan-
der's refusal of their terms.
On the Sd about 800 Scandinavians, gath
cred from all over the Northwest, passed
through Chicago, en- route to their native
land. Es1
Two survivors of the German bark FL
delio have landed at Belfast, Ireland, and
report that seven of the crew are lost.
THE Missouri delegation to the Farmers
Congress at indianapolis soldly opposed
the proposition to restore the tariff on wool
of 1880.
THE order of expulsion of German
Americans from the island of Foehr lis
again suspended through the Intervention
of United States Minister Pendleton.
ON the Sd the Cabinet met and remained
in session about two hours. All the mem
bers were present except the Secretary
of the Navy who had gone to New York. |
The Presidents message and other mat
tiers to be submitted to Congress were |
considered.
THE Standard Oil Company has a scheme |
under way to pipe natural gas from the |
Venango district, Pennsylvania, to Buffalo, |
N. Y.
1t was held by the court at Indianapolis,
Ind, that Commissioner Holt was justified |
in breaking open the ballot-box to count |
the ballots.
JAMES HENEEsoN, known as "Chicago
Eddie" a noted burglar, for whom large
reward was offered, has been captured at
Pa.
THERE is a pretty considerable row in |
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