Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-02-19


were sold at Lexington, KY, on the 18th,
bringing So, 455, an average of about $565.
/ Count Marcus, bay stallion seven years
old, brought 81 100.
/ AN attempt was made to wreck a pas
senger train on the New Orleans division
of the Texas & Pacific Road on the 18th.
A freight came along out of time and was
| thrown over.
| MRS. A. A. KING, of Cleveland, O.,
against whom charges were preferred by
| her husband in order to secure divorce,
+! proved her innocence and showed that the
| whole affair was a pus-up job. Her hus-
band is prominent merchant.
| j. w. Murray was hanged at Portland,
| Ore, on the 18th. His neck was broken
and death was instantaneous.
THE Secretary of the Interior disbarred
from practice as attorney, John Mclean,
of Rookston, Ill.
JAMES TOLLIvER, a Jackson Mich
barber, endeavored to cut the throat of
Mrs. Wesley, a married woman with
whom he had fallen despera ,ly in love,
and failing in his purpose cut his own
throat, severing the windpipe.
THE Oregon Legislature has not yet
| elected United States Senator.
| PEOPLE all through Canada are yearn-
ing to take part in the Soudan war.
Two men were mangled by the explosion
| of a powder mill at Hubbard, O., on the
| 18th.
MORE earthquake shocks are reported in
| the province of Grenada, Spain.
SANFORD JACKSON, colored, was hanged
| at Selma, Ala, on the 18th for the murder
| OF Rufus Gill, another negro.
A RAILWAY mail clerk has sued the Mis-
sissippi Valley Railroad for $4,000 dam
ages for injuries received.
WHEN the British Parliament meets
| again more stringent rules for visitors will
be put in operation.
The Courthouse at New Athens, Tex,
was destroyed by fire on the 18th. 1t is
thought to be the work of an incendiary.
The Illinois Legislature took no ballo
on the 18th for United States Senator,
there being one absentee on each side.
COLONEL THos. BUFoRD, who murdered
Judge Elliott, of the Louisville Court of
Appeals, died in the Lunatic Asylum at
Anchorage, KY, on the 18th.
THE Manchester Guardians commercial
article says that business throu ghout Great
Britain is small, and that producers are
unwilling to accept lower prices.
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD celebrated his
eightieth birthday on the 18th, and many
distinguished guests called on the eminent
New York lawyer.
The President has, by executive order,
opened to public settlement after May LIST,
all lands within the Niobrara or Santee
Sioux Indian reservation in Nebraska.
CONSERVATIVE papers of London charge
the Government with suppressing General
Gordon's diary and letter in which he re-
la, ~ l. 4:
before relief came.
CAPTAIN BEDFORD PIN, of the British
Navy, addressed the National Cotton
Planters Association at New Orleans on
the 18th on the subject of "Lve Stock and
Ranches of the United States"
BURGLARS broke into the bank of Mr..
Seely at Osceola, Pa, on the night of the
18th, and secured $1,000. They were fol-
lowed, and after a most exciting chase
were captured and most of the money re-
covered.
A MICHIGAN delegation called on the
President-elect on the 18th to urge the
appointment of Orlando NJ. Barnes for
Secretary of the Interior. Mr.. Cleveland
promised that he would at least remember
the name.
The House Committee on Invalid PEN
sions will report favorably bill provid-
ing for the increase of pension to the wild
of General George H. Thomas to 5000
year.
In the case of the Government against
Mr.. and Mrs. James Graves, on trial at
New York, charged with smuggling dia-
monds, the jury on the 18th rendered
verdict FORGETTING to the Government the
$4,000 of unset diamonds, but released to
Mrs. Graves the five pieces of diamond
jewelry found in her possession.
THE British steamship Gladiolus, Cap
tain Sinclair, twenty seven days from
Newcastle-on-Tyne, arrived at New York
on the 18th, after a stormy voyage, during
which the crew of the steamer Benwell
Tower were rescued from their vessel,
which was in sinking condition.
THE British schooner Opera, from st.
John. N. B., for Boston, was found at sea
bottom up, and as nothing has been heard
of the crew it is presumed they have all
persisted.