Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-09
HENRY HAIeHr, aged eighty-fiye and

HENRY HAIaHT, aged eighty five, and
very infrm, was burned to death In the
destruction Of the residence OF his SON.
in-iaw, Richard w. Horn. at Lake None
gan, near Peekskill, N. Y, on the 81.
QUARREL between the families OF
Thomas Mcnamara, n Cincinnati tea mer-
chant, and William Prout, livery stable
keeper, on the 81, termin ated in the death
by shooting OF Prou..
POLICEMAN HANS HANSON, of St. Paul,
Mimi, was shot and killed, on the night
of the I'd, by parties unknown. It is sup
posed he was taken for a '.foot-pad," as
his uniform was concealed by rubber
coat.
SOME OF the party leaders are becoming
anxious over the delay Of the President in
issuing his letter OF acceptance, but the
latter, on the Sd, int;nated that he did not
think there was any hurry about the mat
ter.
A DISPATCH from Ottawa Ont, on the
Sd, says: Terrible forest fires are raging
in the country about this city, which it is
impossible to check. owing to the dryne IS
of every thing combustible. Villages
and farm property in the vicinity are in
imminent danger of destruction.
MATTHEW BYRNEs, aged twenty-one, of
Port Richmond, Staten Island, jumped
from Brooklyn bridge into East river, on
the 81, sustaining shock and internal in
juries which may prove fatal He was
picked up by passing vessel and taken
to Long Island College Hospital.
THE National Plumbers convention, in
session in Boston, adjourned, on the Sd,
after electlng John NJ. Hugot, Of Boston,
as National district w. F.; Richard
O'Brien, of Washington, secretary and
! treasurer, and John w. Dougherty dis
| trict M. w.
GABELL, the con tractor who was award
ed the job of erecting the new Brooklyn
post Office building, has failed to sign his
contract, the time for the execution OF
which has expired. His bid was the low
est made by nearly a quarter Of a million
| dollars.
PROF. +. A. PARKER principal OF the
| high school of Dubuque, Ia, one of the
| party of teachers visiting the Yosemite
valley, shot himself at Stockton, Gal, on
| the I'd, while suffering from an attack of
| intermittent fever. His remains were
sent East
The last day of the Goodwood (En-
gland) race meeting occurred on the Sd.
| The feature of the programme was the
race for the Goodwood stakes, handi-
| cap Of twenty sovereigns each, with f5Oe
added, which was won by Stour tead,
A NUMBER of men working in the Du-
luth, South Shore & Atlantic railway
shops at Marquette, Mich, and on the
line OF the road. were laid off, on the I'd,
preliminary to turning over the line to
the Canadian Pacific which has secured
| control Of it
A TRAMP calling himself Michael
Keenan,, but who is believed to be John
7. Shevlin, was arrested at Dudley, Mass,
On the 81, for the murder, seven years
ago, in a Pennsylvania town, of a mar
who was acting as q peace-maker be-
tween Shevlin and man with whom he
was fighting.
In the Criminal Court in Chicago, on
the Sd, before Judge Halves, the cases
against the alleged dynamiters, Sevic,
Hronek, Chapek and Chleboun, were con-
tiuued, by agreement of counsel, until the
September term
ARRANGEMENTS for q wedding between
George Blair and young lady Of Berlin,
Wis, were all Knocked in the head, on
the I'd, by the prospective bridegroom,
who at the last moment decided in favor
of morphine rather than matrimony.
Latest reports say he may recover.
CAPTAIN RIcKABY, his son and two
sailors OF the schooner-yacht Rambler,
which was capsiz ed in storm about fif-
Teen miles out from Sn1CdSO, on the "a,
were picked up and saved next morning
after clinging to the wreck, which was
most of the time under water, all night.
A MEETING Of workingmen at Indian
apolis. on the I'd, called for the purpose
of urging Ex-Governor Porter to run for
Governor on the Republican ticket, was
captured by nti-Harrison men, who de-
nounced the Republican platform, and
requested Porter, as a friend of working
men, not to be O. candidate.
A wINDSTORM on the I'd in the town
of Lake, near Chicago, did consider
able damage to buildings in course of
erection. Six cottages, just nearing COM
pletion, were wrecked, entailing a
loss of $4,000, and many sheds, fences,
small barns and trees were blown down.
PRoF. ELISHA GRAY, of Highland Park,
ILL.,, on the Sd, obtained letters patent,
dated July 81, 1888, for a combination OF
instruments called q telautograph, con-
sisting of a transmitter and receiver,
and designed for transmitting messages
by wire between distant points by the
sender in his own handwriting; thus do
ing away with skilled operators.
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