Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-09
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

JOHN HADLEY, an alleged horse thief,
| shot and fatally wounded George Crutoh-
| field, constable of Madison township, Tip
ton County, Ind, on the 30th. Two hun
| dred men Immediately started in pursuit
| of the murderer, whom they threatened to
lynch when caught
FRED. w. WRIGHT, aged seventeen, and
Ida May Griffith, aged fifteen, were mar
| ried at Halifax, N. S., recently. The
| license was obtained by the groom repre-
senting himself to be twenty -one and the
girl eighteen.
AN east bound Nickel-Plate freight
train crashed through the trestle near
Silver Creek, N. Y. shortly after mid
night on the 31st- Eight cars fell TWEEN
ty-five feet, smashing them into splinters
and scattering their contents in all di-
rections. Brakeman William Phillips, of
Conneaut O., sustained serious injuries
and is in a critical condition.
UP to August 1. there had been %, 352
more immigrants landed at Castle Gar
den than for the same time last year.
IT was rumored in London, on the 1st
that Justice Day had declined the place
offered him on the Parnen Commission.
Mr.. BLAINE cabled from Europe, on the
31st: 81 shall be present at the great
Portland meeting August Is, aud speak"
THE race for the Chesterfield cup at
UOOQWOOus EuSl Ou luc 1St3 WIS WOu
by Candlemas; Lisbon, second; Dante.
third.
In his report, which was presented at
the Panama Canal Company's meeting in
Paris, ON the 31st M. De Lesseps de-
nounced what he designated as the dis
graceful maueuvers to accomplish the
company's ruin, aud begged his country
men to come to the relief of that COM
pany by taking the lottery bonds.
THE family of Attorney-Genera1 Gar
land returned from Rock Enon Springs,
Va, to Washington, on the 31st The
Attorney General went to Hominy Hill,
his Arkansas home.
The Florida Republican State conven-
ton at Ocala, on the 31st, nominated
Major Y. j. Shipman, of Pensacola, by
reclamation, for Governor.
DURING July last $500 immigrants ar
rived at Castle Garden, an increase of
1,246 over July last year.
A BALTIMORE & OHIO freight train was
wrecked near GAINESVILLE, O., on the LIST.
Ten cars were demolished, and three
tramps, who were stealing a ride, were
badly hurt, one fatally. The railroad
company's loss is heavy.
ALEX. WOOD, colored, who recently es-
capped from Jail at Blackfoot, Idaho.
where he was to have been hanged for
wife murder on July 20, was recaptured.
on the 1st, and returned to Idaho. He
will be hanged on August II.
In the last half of July 11l000 Texan
cattle, the majority of which were des-
tined for the eastern ranges OF Montana
were sent into that State. Stock
men express themselves as pleased with
the prices now paid for Montana beef
in Chicago.
Ex-MAYoR COOPER. of New York, start
ed for Paris on the ID. He will make q
tour of France and Germany.
NEARLY the entire business portion of
the City of Suffolk, Va, was destroyed
by fire on the LIST.
A TELEGRAM from Wakamotoa, Japan,
dated July Is. says the volcano of Mt
Iwahassi suddenly burst into activity, and
in short time fifty-six houses in Iva
senura were destroyed. A telegram re-
ceived on the 10th says that the eruption
still continued, with great destruction
and loss of life. About four hundred
persons and thirty houses in a village
called Bira were buried under the sand
and ashes thrown out by the volcano.
Among those buried were some fifteen
visitors at the hot springs in the neigh
borhood.
MILLIONS of cut worms are devastat-
ing the wheat fields southeast of Grand
Forks, Oak.
THE statement that the English Govern
ment had withdrawn the new magazine
rifle from use in the army was denied on
the I'd.
The race for the Goodwood cup was
run. on the Cd, at Goodwood, England.
Roda, won, with Osrie second and
Timothy third.
In his testimony before the Senate In
dian leadership committee, on the I'd,
ex-governor Pound, of Wisconsin, said
there was not enough land in the Coeur
O'Reille reservation to give all the In
dams their aiiotments in severalty.'
LIQUOR and a quarrel with his father
are the only causes assigned for the sui
eide of Walter Bradshaw, of Washington,
on the I'd.
A MOST terrifcsthunder- storm occurred
in the vicinity of St Cloud and Sank
Rapids, Mimi, on the night of the LIST.
Many houses were struck by lightning.
but no loss of life is reported. Great
damage was done TO growing crops and
other property.
MRS JUNkfss was found guilty, at Terre
Haute. Ind. on the 81, OF the murder of
her sisters daughter, Hattie Debaun
Her soc Is under Indictment as an ae-
cessory.
Oar, OF the Brooklyn Baseball Club,
was laid off as captain, and suspended
without pay, on the Sd, by Manager
Byrne, until he gets ready to play. He
reported sick, on the I'd, was excused, and
then went to Coney island