Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-03
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

TIE daughter of Rev. Brannon, of
Dadesville, Ala, was killed, and his
wife was fatally injured, on the Goth,
by being thrown from buggy.
| An immense sensation was created in
railroad circles at Omaha, Neb., on the
| Esd, when it became known that suit
! had been begun by the Union Pacific
against c. ii. Mckibben, late general
purchasing agent of the road, for the
recovery of 100000, out of which he is
said to have defrauded the company.
A CABLE message was received at the
Navy Department, on the 23d, from
| Consul Garesche, at Martinique, as fol-
lows: Half Fort de France burned.
Martinique demands aid. Five thou
sand homeless people need lumber, beef,
pork, flour and other provisions. Cable
| quickly what States will do"
| THE English syndicate which one
year ago was heralded as seeking to
purchase the dime museums of the
| United States has secured control of the
houses in Sackett & LAWYERS circuit at
Omaha and Lincoln, Neb., and st.
Joseph, Mo. The price paid is said to
| be S75, coo, Messrs. Sackett & Lawler
retaining one-ffth interest in the mu
SeumS.
| HOPKINS & MARKS, members of the
New York Association of CloakmakerS.
surrendered. on the 24th. to the terms of
| the lockedout workmen.
PAYMASTER DURAN of the Mexican
Central railway is in Jail in the City of
| Mexico, charged with being $40, 1000
short in his accounts.
PARKER HARRIS Ed Carr, and Hardy
Ballard, colored, and Frank Brenlsh,
| white, were hanged at Memphis, Tenn,
| on the oath.
JOHN LAWRENCE SULLIVAN was
| called to plead to an Indictment. charg-
| ing him with prize-fight:ng, in court at
| Purvis, Miss, on the cath, and Simpli-
| fed matters by pleading guilty and
| soliciting the merciful consideration of
| the court. He was accommodated to
| the extent of a $500 fine, which was i'm
rediately paid.
BY the collapsing of foot-bridge lead
ing from a wharf at Brest to the steam
/ err Saint Jean, on the 25th. several hum
| dred persons were precipitated into the
| sea. many of whom were drowned.
| MICHAEL ID. HARTER was nominated
| for Congress on the 153d ballot by the
| Fifteenth Ohio district Democratic con-
vention on the 25th.
THE appeal in the Kemmler case
came up for argument in the New York
Court of Appeals at Saratoga, on the
24th, but when counsel for the people
opened his argument the Court stated it
| did not desire to hear him and affirmed
| the decision of the courts below. which
| was that the warden of Auburn prison
was the proper person to execute the
| death sentence.
| THE United States steamer Adams ar
rived at San Francisco on the 9th, from
| Honolulu, having left there June 9.
| The Charleston was still at Honolulu
when the Adams left, but the Nipsic
had gone on q cruise about the islands
| in the Pacific until July 3. Affairs are
reported quiet at Samoa.
| THE Turner's National convention in
New York City. on the 24th, adopted
resolution signifying its disapproval of
any change in the present immigration
laws, and pledging its members not to
support any Congressional candidate
who did not so think The next bunds
funniest will be held at Milwaukee in
| 1898, and the next convention at Wash
| ington in 1892.
REPORTS from several cities of the
| West and Southwest since the hot
weather began show a large number of
cases of supstroke and overheating,
many of which have proved fatal. The
mortality among infants in Chicago,
| Cincinnati, Louisville and ST. Louis has
been very heavy.
JAMES GUAM, alias Solomon, who was
found guilty of burglary, armed with a
| dangerous weapon, committed in East
| Des Moines couple of months ago, and
during which he seriously shot George
Grimes, was sentenced ct Des Moines,
Ia, on the 18th, to twenty-five years in
the Anamosa penitentiary. Guam had
only been out of prison a couple of
J weeks when he committed the crime.