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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15
a SAD END.

Tho Sequel of the Unhappy Lafe OF Mfs'
Nellie e. Davis-Suicide ON the Eve OF
Marriage She Could Not Legally Con-
summate and Had Not the Courage 70
Break Away From.
CHICAGO, July 9.-Yesterday afternoon
Mrs. Mel lie E. Davis dressed hersei1 IN
white, lay down upon her bed IN an up
per room of house on West Erie street
and shot herself through the head with
revolver. She expired instantly. Mrs.
, Davis was twenty-five years OF age, peute
and attractive, with refined ana intei-
lectual features, jet black hair ana lus-
trous ewes. She came of good parent
ACE and was highly educated in Boston
seminary. When nineteen years OF age
she married T. +. Davis, timer, now
living in Boston. A son was born to the
couple. but after two years OF married
life Mr.. and Mrs. Davis quarreled ana
breach ensued, which resulted In Mrs.
Davis leaving her husband. She kept the
child. and removed to Chicago three
years ago, living with her mother, MRS.
B. d. Lovejoy, who was then conducting
a clearinghouse. Mrs. Davis turned
her education to account and opened
studio on West Madison street, and since
then she has supported herself by paint
ING and sketching, in which she was SAID
to be highly skilled. Her son died two
years ago. The death OF the boy was an
aff1iction which she has felt keenly, ana
only last Tuesday she spent the day at
the side of the boys grave and returned
very much disheartened.
A year ago this month Mrs. Davis, her
mother and her uncle removed to Carlin,
New. She returned from the West three
months ago, accompanied by young
man named Carl Howes, who was very
much in her company. They both TOOK
board with J. ID. Lovejoy, Mrs. Davis
brother, on Erie street. Last Monday
Mr.. Lovejoy gave up housekeeping, and
Howes, Mrs. Davis and the Loveloy
family packed up preparatory to leaving
for Nevada, which they proposed to do
to-day, 1t has been known that Howes
and Mrs. Davis were engaged to be mar
ried, and it was their intention to
have the ceremony performed as
soon as they reached their new home In
the West. Mrs. Davis had never been
divorced from her husband at Boston, nor
had any steps been taken to bring about
legal separation, and in this fact lies
the probable cause of her suicide. Her
engagement with Howes was positive, the
date of marriage set, and 1t is supposed
that she brooded over the fact that her
marriage without divorce would be
crime, and lacked the moral courage 70
break off the match.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15
WANTS THE EARTH.

The Accounting Officers of the Treasury
Fail to Understand the Why and Where
fore of District Attorney Bliss Exce- sive
Fee Bills ia Addition to His Salary-A
Consequent Hitch.
WASHINGTON, July 9.-The account
ing officers of the Treasury and the At
torney-General locked horns yesterday
over another batch of fees claimed by
District Attorney Bliss, of st. Louis.
An account Of seventy-four days. ser.
vices in attendance upon court at St.
Louis was the occasion of the disagree.
ment. 1t came over from the Depart
ment of Justice approved and marked
especial" which is equivalent to an
urgent request for immediate ac-
ton. The auditor had heretofore disal-
lowed some of these accounts for per
diem attendance at St. Louis, be-
cause he knew by other accounts that
Mr.. Bliss was somewhere else attending
to Government business. SO the first
step taken was to request Mr.. Bliss to
make affidavit that he was in actual and
necessary attendance upon court at ST.
Louis during this time. This, of course,
Bliss refused to do, and this part of the
account, Notwithstanding it was approx
ed by the Department of Justice, was
suspended. The accounting officers are
i'll a decidedly bad humor over Mr.. Bliss.
They say he seems to be as solid under
Mr.. Garland as he was before the change
of administration. They say he has
been favored as no other official has
been. The favors began under the Re.
publican Administration and have con.
tinued till the present time He has
been sent all over the country to try
cases that belonged to other districts,
and for this has been paid enormous
fees and expenses. He recently sent in
bill for eighty-three days services as
special attorney in prosecuting cases in
New York City and New Orleans. For
these services his charge was $40 pei
day, or $500. The Attorney General
cut this bill to $2S per day or 1924. II
should be borne in mind that this sum is
additional to the regular salary OF
$4,000 per annum as District-At.
torney in the Eastern District of Mis-
souri,. 1t only adds to the disgust of the
Democratic accounting officer that Mr..
Bliss is fully sustained by the Attorney
General in his claims of these special and
regular fees. There is suggestion in
the Endorsement of especial" on the ac-
count sent over from the Department of
Justice yesterday. MIR. Bliss may be
closing up his accounts with view of
resigning when the Government has
balanced all of his claims, and immediate
action may have been asked by Mr..
Garland with a view to have the way
opened as speedily as possible for the
appointment of a successor. II such is
the case, the auditors refusal to allow
will defeat the programme.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

AN xtueupr will be made TO tow raft
of $500, 900 feet of logs from st. Johns,
New Brunswick, to New York.
The 8, 000, 600 damage suit of the Bank.
ers & Merchants Telegraph Company
against the Western Union is nearing an
end.
AN insane man fired a revolver In the
French Chamber of Deputies on the 9th
the bullet passing close to the head of the
president of the chamber.
F. NJ. MARSHALL, of Stark County, Ohio,
was hazed in a brutal manner by his fell
ow-students in Mount Union college at
Alliance, O., on the night of the 9Th
BY collision between the steam barges
Hickox and Milwaukee on Lake Michi an
on the 9th, the former sank and one sailor
was drowned.
THE Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has
been petitioned to stay evictions until
November, when bountiful harvest will
enable the tanners to pay the landlords.
FIRE broke out in Scoville's confection-
cry and fire. works store in Tonawanda, N.
Y, on the 9th. Six buildings were de-
stroyed. Loss, $4,000; partially insured.
HENRY MYERS, an aged Baltimore shoe
maker, quarreled with his son Henry, Jr.,
on the 9th, over a small amount of money.
The son struck his father, and the latter
picked up knife and stabbed his son,
killing him. The father gave himself up
| to the police.
THOMAS NJ. CARNEGIE, executor of the
VIM. Coleman estate at Pittsburgh, Pa,
issued executions on the 9th against the
Atlas Iron works, limited, on confessed
judgments, aggregating $4,000. The
sheriff has taken charge of the works in
the interest of Carnegie.
A REPORT is circulating in London that
Cyrus W. Field and Jay Gould have pur-
chased contr olling interest in the stock
company which controls the Financial
NeluS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15
A MEDICAL TRIUMPH.

The First Case Record of a Successful
Medical Struggle with Lock- ,w-Alcoho-
lie Stimulants Prove That They Have Use
i'll Certain Emergencies. E&
NEW YORK, July s.-Dr. Robert
Taylor, of this city, reports the cure
of case of or lock-iaw, said to be
the only instance in which a fatal con-
cluson to such an attack has been
averted. On May l, Miss Effie Master
son, daughter of Mr. Robert Masterson,
a retired New York merchant, resident at
Brownsville, had the bones of the toe and
instep of her right foot crushed. DR..
Taylor dressed the wound, removing
the little toe, which could not be saved.
Recognizing the extreme probability of
lock jaw, he put the patient under the in
iuence of morphine. He began by giving
her sixty drops of Majendie's solution of
the sulphate of morphia (One-quarter Of
a grain to the drachm) at each dose,
three doses a day. This he increased
rapidly until it was doubled, and during
the worst period of her suffering that
amount even was exceeded, enough to
keep her III q stupefied condition all the
time. Twice day her wound was dressed
with balsam of Peru and oakum, and the
bandage pressure was carefully regulated
and constantly watched to prevent the
matter from burrowing. 1t healed adj
mirably, showing 4 healthy tendency
from the first.
But eight days after the injury the first
symptoms of .ock-jaw appeared-severe
and increasing pains in the sides of the
face, followed by violent twitching in the
muscles of the face and limbs. The pain
in the sides of the face became so great
that it could hardly be allayed, even by
the enormous doses of morphine given.
In four days after the first symptoms de-
clared themselves, the tetanuS was fully
established. The girls jaws were tightly
locked together, the muscles of the right
leg, arm and side twitched convulsively
and the body was bent like bow, rest
ing upon the head and heels.
These violent symptoms lasted nine
days. During that time, in addition TO
the morphine, large quantities of rye
whisky, brandy. Champagne, sherry, egg
nogg, milk-punch and other stimulants
were given to her. The loss of tooth
permitted their introduction into the
mouth through rubber tube. At length
the first indication of recovery appeared
in the cessation OF the twitching of the
muscles, and then the opening of the
mouth far enough to permit the passing
of knife-blade between the teeth. From
that point the progress of recovery was
rapid, until now the foot is we'll and the
)cck-jaw has disappeared.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15
A BRAVE GIRL.

Her Experience With a Mad Dog on n Pub
lie Street.-The Pusillanimous Conduct of
the Men of wiiiiamSport.
WILLIAMSBURG, Pa, July 9.-Prof. J.
F. Davis has owned terrier for long
time which was great favorite among
the children. AS the Professor was going
out of town Wednesday, he gave the ami
NAL to Miss Annie Berndt, young lady
well known in society here, to take care
of while he was away. In the
afternoon Miss Berndt started down
the street with the dog to
take it to her home. AS she
reached Academy street, the dog COM
menced to growl and fell over on the
sidewalk in fit. In q few minutes the
dog was in terrible agony and was froth-
ing at the mouth. Miss Berndt hardly
knew what to do. She grasped the dog
by the collar and held him down. After
the first commissions were over the dog
tried to bite Miss Berndt, but she held
him by the aid of her parasol and pre-
vented the froth from getting on
her, although one of the sleeves of
her dress was torn by the animals claws.
Several persons were passing at the time,
but when they saw that the dog was mad
they hurried out of the way and left the
young woman in her perilous position,
advising her to let the dog go and seek a
place OF safety. While the dog was in it's
third CONFUSION one of the street cars
came along. None of the men were
brave enough to help Miss Berndt, al
though she asked them to go for some
one to shoot the dog. At last, becoming
tired, Miss Berndt waited until it was ex-
hausted after a CONFUSION, let go her
hold and ran into house near by. The
dog recovered and started to run off in it's
mad career, swapping and biting at trees,
fences and everything it came across. 1t
fell at the foot of tree and was killed.
Luckily no one was hurt, but Miss Berndt
had narrow escape.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

r HALIFAX, N. s., July 8.-The Chamber
Of Commerce yesterday unanimously
adopted a resolution favoring vigorous
protection by the government of the
Canadian fisheries and the enforcement
of measures to prevent trespassers from
gaining further privileges than they now
enjoy until a fair arrangement as 10 the
fisheries have been made with foreign
nations. The President in putting the
motion said all the wild talk INDUCED In
by Senator Frye and other bomhastie
individuals had about died out, and he
believed the difficulty would be settled.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15
The Union Pacific Accounts.

WASHINGTON, July Sat a meeting OF
the House committee on judiciary to-day
arguments was made by Representative
Henley, of California, and Major Red
dington, late chief book-keeper in the
Union Pacific railroad general offices, in
favor of Henley's resolution ordering an
investigation into the accounts of the
company on the charge that the company
has falsited its accounts, fraudlently is.
sued stock. etc. The resolution was re-.
ferred to a subcommittee consisting of
Messrs. Hammond, OF Georgia; Bennett
Of South Carolina and Hepburn of Iowa
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

CoULTERvILLE. H., July 10.-An in
quiry instituted by the State Board of
Health into the alleged cases of poison
ing at this place has failed to demonstrate
any poison in the ice-cream. While there
is no doubt that the majority of those
VINO ate ice-cream on the Sd were taken
sick, yet it Is probable that the extreme
heat, together with fatigue and an I'M
usual diet, would account for the so.
called cases OF ice-cream poisoning. The
ABOVE Is substantially the result of the
oillclai investigation. The excitement
has almost entirely subsidized.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15
A Lost Child Found.

ASSUMPTION, Ill, July 10.-Thursday
at 10 O. M, three-year-old child OF Jo-
seph Murray, living in the eastern part
of town, followed its older brothers up
town, where they were sent on an errand.
the child strayed away from the others on
the west side OF town, near small creek.
and became lost. Many of the citizens
hunted all the afternoon and all night.
dragging the creek for quite a distance,
as the child was thought to be drowned :.
The mother was crazy with grief and
excitement. The child was reported
found yesterday morning by farmer. It
had Travelled about five miles and was I'm.
able to tell to whom it belonged.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15
4 Terrific Storm.

SCRANTON. Pa, July s.-The severest
wind, hail and rain storm known for
years, struck this city from the north
west at 6 p. m. yesterday.
1t lasted about fifteen min
utes, and was most terrific. 1t was
similar to a Western tornado. Trees
We're uprooted in various parts of the
city. Several houses were unroofed,
fences blown down and windows broken.
Hail stones as large as walnuts fell in
large quantities, and the rain came down
in torrents. Telephone wires were
badly injured. The storm north of the
city was still more severe and the damage
to crops and property is very great.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

DEMING, N. NJ, July S.-A destructive
fire broke out here Monday night which
destroyed the principal business houses
of the town. How the fire originated is
still a mystery. The buildings being
principally of wood and the town having
inadequate water facilities, the flames
spread rapidly, and had almost uninter-
rupted sway, although the citizens strug.
gled heroically to save their property, and
finally succeeded in checking the fire be-
fore it reached the residence portion oil
the town. Demng has a population OF
about two thousand, and the loss will he
likely TO cripple its growth for many
wears to come.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

AssEMBLYHAN FRANK SIPP, of Buffalo
N. ", has been sent TO the State Insane
Asylum. The death of dis wife two years
ago and the conduct of his son, a letter.
carrier, recently arrested for stealing
money from letters, are thought to be the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

THE cholera returns from Italy on the
9Th are as follows: Venice, . new cases,
] death; Brindisi, 1S9 new cases, Il dea tbs !;
Latiano, 20 new cases, &c deaths; San Vito,
81 new cases, 4 deaths; Fontana, 76 new
cases, 81 deaths.
JUDGE GEORGE p. SANGER, late Unite d
States district attorney of Massachusetts,,
stout, genial gentleman of some sixty
five years, was swindled at Boston on the
might of the 9TH by a confidence man.
His experience will cost him $3.50.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

A SEVERE shock of earthquake was felt
at Malaga, Spain, on the eth. The heat
in Madrid was so overpowering that the
Cortes was compelled to adjourn before
reaching a vote on the budget estim ates.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

THE total number of persons who emf
grated from Germany from January to
May, both inclusive, is 33,9777. This is a
large decrease, as compared with the fig
ures for the corresponding period of 1885.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

THE Washington gossip mongers are
putting Garland out of the Cabinet again.
They say now that ex-senator Mcdonald
will succeed Garland and not Manning.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

WHEAT harvesting is progressing in
Pennsylvania. Grain in many localities
is much damaged by prostration from
storms. Some farmers report twenty five
to fifty per cent. of their crop destroyed.
Considerable damage has also been done
In some places by the army worm.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

THE New Y ork grand jury have taken
up the charges against Rev. Stephen
Merritt and the Undertakers'- Union, who
ARE accused by John B. Caden of No. $40
West Eleventh street with having boy
,cotted him so that his business was
ruipod
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

THE Manufacturers Record, in its semi
annual review of the industrial growth of
the South, shows that during the first six
months of 1886 the value of the manufact-
uring and mining enterprises of the
South have been increased by about S63,-
6ISOOO
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

THE employees of all the blast furnaces
Tn the Pittsburgh district have decided to
demand an advance in wages of twenty
per cent. The matter win probably be
arbitrated
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

In the case of the four Milwaukee An
archists the jury found them guilty of con-
spring to burn the court house and of in
citing mobs to riot.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

THE New York daily Commercial Bulle-
tin of July estimates the loss by fire in
June in the United States and Canada at
$3.50, 900, an amount fifty per cent. greater
than the average loss in June for many
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

THE London Daily Ne,es says the clos
ing by Russia of the port of Batoum is a
gross breach of faith, and that England
ought not to condone or recognize this ac-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

THE cholera returns in Italy on the 9th,
were as follows: Brindisi II new cases, Z
deaths; Francvilla and Fontana 50 cases,
IS deaths; Latiano IS cases, 26 deaths.
One case is reported at Venice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

THE President sent in twenty one more
retoes of House pension bills on the 9Th.
This makes record of 100 vetoes by Pres
fdent Cleveland, thus equaling the veto
record of all his predecessors.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

PRINCE IuITPoLD, Regent of Bavaria,
has written q letter to Emperor William,
in which he says he has nothing more
at heart than the maintenance and
Strengthening of the relations uniting the
crowns of Prussia and Bavaria for the
welfare of the German empire.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

THE two hundred coal-miners employed
at Rend's mine, at Mcdonald, Pa, struck
on the eth for an advance of two cents
per ton in the mining rate. The mines are
closed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15
NEWS AND NOTES.
4 Summary Of Important Events.

THERE were 226 new cases ofcholera and
tS3 deaths reported in Italy on the 9th.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

mittee on appropriations thinks Congress
willnot adjourn before Monday, July %,
while Speaker Carlisle is of opinion that
adjournm emit can be had on Tuesday, July
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

THE entire hamlet of Romeo, Wis,
burned on the 7th, including the saw-mill,
planning mill, 100000 feet of Ium Der,
store, boarding house and dwellings of
VIM. Van Hoosier. Loss, $4,000; insur-
ance, So, 900. The woods were on fire
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

SECRETARY MANNING took a sail on the
evening of the Sth in Samuel J. Tilden's
steam yacht Viking. The route was from
Yonkers, N. Y, up the Hudson, and the
Secretary seemed to enjoy the sail very
much.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

A BANQUET, at which a distinguished
company were present, was rendered to
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher on the 9th, at
the Metropolitan Hotel, London, by Mr..
Gillig
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

The cholera retasns in Italy for the sth
were: Brindisi, ZIG new cases, 40 deaths
Fontana, 49new cases, 10 deaths; Latiano,
~ cases, q deaths; San Vito. 81 cases. 4
deaths; Venice. new case,2 deaths: Cod
tgoro, rev cases, / death: and several
cases liz the provinces of Bologna, Padua
and Vienna.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

LESLEY and Wilson, the defaulting Of
fcials of the Chesapeake & Delaware
Canal Company, it is believed, have sailed
for Brazil from New Y ork on the steamer
James Gordon Bennett.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

ALL the executive departments were
represented at the Cabinet meeting on the
sth One of the questions considered was
I'm regard to the status of the nominations
which may remain Enacted upon at the
close of the session. The Cabinet also had
a brief discussion concerning the course
of Congress in the matter of pension legis
3ation>
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

THE arrest of four men employed by the
Singer Sewing Machine Company at Eliz-
abeth, N. j., for stealing nearly 1000 shut
ties, has led to the discovery of quantities
of dynamite and arms in the houses of two
of the men.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

THE Tammany Society of New York HIS
tened to speeches by Senator Vance, Con-
gresham Randall, j. Randolph Tucker
and others on the anniversary of INDIE
pendence Day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15

THE business failures during the seven
days ended the 9th, reported by telegraph,
numbered for the United States, 159; for
Canada, 20; total of 179, which is above
the last few weeks