Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-12

The latest accounts from tue recent
great food at Leon, Mexico, an vicinity,
place the number Of lives lost at 100.
cyclone visited many places in Iowa
or the 4.h. Casualties of greater or less
extent are reported from several 10 WIS.
The town Of Algona IS said to have been
blown away.
The President, on the 9Th, approved the
act authorizing the sale Of a portion of
the Wi9nebego Reservation i, Nebraska.
THE rejected bridge across the Hudson
river at New YORK City is designed to be
the largest in the world, the. middle span
being 1850 feet long and the end spans
], 800 feet. Gustave Lindenthal, the de-
signer, says that Brooklyn bridge will be
of small consequence in comparison
with it.
HOWARD Il. WARREN, Philadelphia
er-carrier. surrendered himself to a
New York policeman on the 5th. He said
that he had been indicted for stealing
letters, and had escaped from the deputy
marshal. United States Commissioner
Hitchcock issued a warrant for his return
to Philadelphia.
j. E. CUTTER, of Maiden, Mass, charged
with shooting his brother-in-law, was, on
the 9TH, found guilty of assault with in
tent to kill.
MARTHA LEFFEL, one of the most prom
inent and wealthy women in Clarke
County, O., committed suicide, on the
4th, by hanging. She was seventy-six
years old.
IT was decided, on the 5th, to renew the
boycott on the lager beer breweries Of
Brooklyn.
WHILE John Savage was removing some
decorations from across the street at Tiff
fin, O., on the 9Th, he fell from ladder
twenty feet to the sidewalk, breaking his
arm, leg and hip, and crushing his skull.
He can not recover.
EMPEROR WILLIAM of Germany reviewed
the Life Guards and Hussars at Potsdam,
on the 9Th.
BAERIsTER EDMUND LEAMY, Parnellite,
was elected to Parliament from the dis
trict of South Sligo, Ireland, on the 9th.
Mr.. Leamy was unopposed.
SHERIFF CAMPBELL, of Hudson, Wis,
received word, on the 9th, that thieves had
raided the village Of Star Prairie, a town
fsty miles distant. They broke into all
the stores and blew open every safe in the
town. After finishing their work, they
stole a horse and carriage belonging to a
resident, and made their escape. They Sc
cured considerable plumber.
A CINCINNATI audience of $500 people
was treated to a disgraceful exhibition of
kicking by the players of the Athletic
SluD Oh The OtL bOoSCHcT uueu
Pitcher weighing 500, and Larkin and
WEIGH 500 each. Tebeau, keenan, and
Fennelly were each fined $25. Immedi-
ately after the game Doescher teie-
graphed his resignation.
The Canadian police arrested in To-
ronto, on the 9th, the notorious counter
feiter, johnson, who escaped from the
United States authorities in Detroit three
weeks ago.
THE Hungarian Free Masons held
mourning lodge in Vienna, on
the 5th, in memory of the late Emperor
Frederick. Beautifully -worded messages
Masons.
The body of Joseph F. Rapp, with bull
let-hole in his temple, was found lying
upon the graves of his recently deceased
wife and child, in st. Mary's Cemetery,
ON Nunnery Hill, Allegheny, Pa, on the
9th.
THE Swatara, with General Sheridan on
board, sailed seward from Delaware
Breakwater on the 9th. SO
OWING to a wrong order issued by an
operator on the Pennsylvania railroad,
terrible collision between two passenger
trains occurred at Butzbach, Pa, on the
9Th. Fifteen passengers were badly hurt,
three, it was feared, fatally.
JOHN CURTIS, late of Little Hooking, O.,
but now residing at Bolton, Kas., a few
days ago sent $1,000 by Wells, Fargo &
Co.'s Express to his brother at Little
Hooking. When the package arrived, it
was found that the end had been cut, the
money extracted and the envelope filed
with pieces of paper about the size of the
bills.
A COMMITTEE was appointed at a mer-
camille conference held in Birmingham
Eng! land, on the 9th, to examine and re-
port upon the projected ship canal from
Liverpool to Birmingham.
Mr.. PATRICK EGAN telegraphed to Mr..
Henry Labouchere, on the 9th, as follows
1.-The letter introduced by the Times, in |
the ODo1nell trial from me to Carey,
dated October, 1881. and the letter from |
Mr.. Parnen to me are villainous concoc- |
tons"
BERLIN papers, on the 9th, denounced |
as a forgery the letter asking Herr Won
Puttkamer to resign, and assert that it |
was written by a Liberal, whose writing |
has been identified. They admit, how |
ever, that the letter was signed by En-
peror Frederick.
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