Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-25
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

! THE trial of Luke Emerson, the Mis-.
| souri, horse dealer, who in February last
1 fatally shot one man and seriously wound.
| ed another in Oxford street. London, was
concluded on the 10th. The jury acquit'
ted Emerson of the charge Of murder, and
| he was discharged.
| KEEFE refuses to pitch for the New
Yorks for less than s., 900 year, and as
MIR. Day declines to pay over 1000. it is
probable that Tim will not be with the
Giants this season.
| Two brothers of the man who committed
| suicide at the American Hotel, Niagars
Falls, recently. have identified the body
as that of James w. McGann, of Peters.
| burg, NY
| THE State Department has been in.
| formed by Consul McLain, at New Provi.
| dence Island. that the brig Tarifa, OF New
York, j. w. Brown, master, stranded a,
| Mosselle shoal, Bahama on March 81
| while bound for Vera Cruz with cargo
of crude oil. The ship is a total loss, but
| the crew Of nine men and part Of the
| cargo were saved.
PRIVATE letters from Vienna convey the
| intelligence, undoubtedly authentic, that
the Austrian court is exertiug every pos.
sible endeavor to conceal the actual con.
dition of the Emperor and Empress
Both are represented as being in the las
stages of mental dissolution.
GOVERNOR NICHOLS Of Louisiana issued
a quarantine proclamation, on the 10th, t
take effect May l, in accordance with the
| resolutions lately adopted by the State
Board of Health.
THE schooner Eva, of Baltimore, Md,
| which had been missing for several days,
was, on the 18th, given up as lost by her
| owners. She sailed from Baltimore for
Old Point Comfort with load of oyster
shells, and was manned by Captain Henry
| 1saacs, of Baltimore, and a crew of five
men.
The condition of Louis Kossuth was re-
ported, on the 18th, as much improved.
His physicians stated that the favorable
symptoms of his malady were increas.
ing.
THE court-martia1 of Lieutenant Com
| mander Book, in Washington, ended on
the 18th, but the findings of the court
were not made public. The extreme pen :
atty that can be imposed upon a COM
mander for leaving his ship in time of
peace is dismissal from the service, but
there are certain modifying circumstances
in Lieutenant Commander Books case
that will probably lessen the sentence to
temporary suspension.
SECRETARY BLAINE estimates that there
VI oydOU ou lIic
in his department for the 210 United
States consulships.
FELICIE VYART, aged seventy-two, q
professional beggar, died recently OF de-
bility and neglect in New Orleans, and
when the coroner searched the shanty he
found S3i, 900 secreted in various places.
PELLETTIER DELAHoUSSAYE, of New
Iberia, La, and his youngest son, Louis,
were, on the 10th, shot and dangerously
wounded by an unknown negro. The ne
gro was afterward captured and lynched
by party who pursued him.
THE steamer Everett. rafter owned by
the Burlington Ua.) Lumber Company,
was struck by a gale near Burlington, on
the night of the 18th, and sunk. Sixteen
persons were on board, twelve of whom
escaped.
DIR. ELIOT COUEs, accompanied by Mrs.
Coues, will sail for England during the
summer. Il is his purpose to take a trip
around the world in the interest of the
Philosophical Society of America.
THE Nova Scotian Legislature was pro-
rogued, on the 18th, by Chief Justice
Macdonald, Administrator of the Govern
ment.
THE National Academy of Sciences at
its session in Washington, on the 18th,
reelected Prof. O. r. Marsh, president,
and Prof. Simon Newcomb, vice-presi-
dent.
JOHN II. SWIFT. brutal wife murderer,
was hanged at Hartford, Conn.,, on the
18th. This is the case in which the sisters
of the condemned man labored SO earn
estly in his behalf in the State Legislat-
ure.
FRANK ROBINSON, wanted in Chicago for
stealing $3, 800 from a building and loan
association, has been captured in Kansas
City.
JOSEPH KING, a wealthy farmer near
Springfield, Mass, was killed by his son
Edgar, on the 18th. Edgar then fired the
house and committed suicide.
A BAG containing $4,000 in gold was
stolen from the express office at Brainerd,
Mimi, on the night Of the 18th.
SYLVESTER GRUBB, who killed his sweet
heart, Gertie Downing, at the Vincennes
Und.) fair, last fall, was hanged on the
10Th.
WHILE removing telegraph poles, in
New York City, on the 18th, two men were
dragged from third story window by a
guy rope. One was instantly killed and
the other seriously injured.
Mr.. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, having in a
published letter stated that Lord Ran
dolph Churchill said in November he
would not contest the seat for Birming-
ham, Lord Randolph replied, on the 18th,
that the statement was utterly false. 1t is
expected that further interchanges of
amenities will ensue between the two
gentlemen.
Two thieves were arrested at Provi-
dence, r. l., on the 18th, and receipts
were found upon them for goods sent by
express to Mrs. Mamie Marshall, of New
York, and to parties in Chicago. They
gave their names as Michael Roach and
George Burke, and are believed to be
noted thieves. They had been working
Boston and other Eastern cities.
The Paramount coal mine and breaker
at Pittston, Pa, operated by w. II. Har-
ris, was closed, on the 18th, by the sheriff,
The embarrassmea of Mr.. Harris was
caused by dullness in trade.
WHITELAw REID was sworn in as United
States Minister to France on the 18th.
THE Common Council of Boston, on the
18th, appropriated $1,000 for sports on
Labor Day. Half the sum will go toward
defraying the expenses of a regatta on
the Charles river, under the auspices of
the New England Amateur Rowing Asso-
citation.
RICHARD BYRNE, member Of the book
publishing firm of c. A. Thompson, New
York, died in the Pullman sleeper of a San
ia Fe train near Alma, Kan, on the night
of the 18th. Death was caused by hemor-
rhage of the lungs. Mr.. Byrne, accom-
panied by his wife, was on his way home
from California, whittier he had gone for
his health.
AN exhibition of revolutionary relics
was opened at the Louvre, in Paris, on
the 18th, by President Carnot.
LEVI SPRATT, of Boston, convicted of
passing counterfeit bills, was, on the 18th