Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-19
MAYOR A T. WRIGHT of Bellefon-

MAYOR A. L. WRIGHT of Bellefon-
tame, O., who was elected a year ago
| by the aid of the temperance vote, on a
solemn promise not to get drunk while
| in Office, was so helplessly inebriated,
| recently, that he had to be carried to
his office Tc had also agreed to re-
| sign IL he get q INK, but now refuses to
| do so.
CORONER OPENHEIMER was called to
| Scipio, n. y, on the 18th, to investigate
the death of the 16-year-old son of T.
Davis, whose parents, upon the advice
| of an ignorant quack doctor, immersed
| him in barrel of scalding hot water
| for the cure of rheumatism, from the
| effects of which treatment the boy died.
| BELLA PREUsCH, aged Il, of Virginia
| City, New, fatally shot herself, on the
18th, on account of having been suspend
| ed from attending public school for al
legged misconduct. When she was in
! formed that the wound was mortal she
| declared that she was innocent of the
! charge against her.
The suit of the assignee of the Gla-
morgan iron works of New York
against certain gamblers to recover
| sums lost by the defaulting treasurer
| Wigion has been discontinued. and it is
understood the claim has been settled
| in full out of court.
WILLIAM BROTHERToN. young man,
| has left Napa, Cal, for New York,
trundling wheelbarrow. The trip is
| the result of wager of 81, coo on his
| ability to accomplish it within six
months. Two years ago he made a
| similar trip from Los Angeles to Gin
cinnati in five months and two days.
| THOMAS MASSEY, a prominent mer-
| chant Of Milwaukee, Wis, was irv
| stantly killed on the 18th. He leaned
out of his attic window to diSlOdge some
| icicles, and losing his balance fell to the
| sidewalk, striking the porch in his de-
| scent. His skull was fracturedand his
neck was broken.
IN imposing fines, on the 18th, on
| twenty prisoners made during raid on
a Nashville {Tenn.) gambling house,
! Judge Bell said there was some excuse
| for men playing the seductive game of
| poker, but none for craps, and he would
| make the distinction by filming the
| poker players SO and the crap players
| SIS.
THE business failures occurring
throughout the country during the
seven days ended on the 18th, number,
| for the United States, 239. and for
| Canada. 81. or total of 273, as COM
| pared with total of 265 the previous
week. For the corresponding week OF
| last year the figures We're 252.
FREDERICK PATRICK was shot and
| killed by his sOn-in-law, jeff Van Horn,
| in Blount county, Ala, on the 18th, for
protesting because Van Horn had mar
ried his daughter against his wishes.
The murderer had only recently left
Jail.
THE emphatic refusal of United States
| Senator Walthall to stand for re-elec
| ton causes regret at jackson, Miss.
| The senator's return to the senate was
| assured. and he will be asked to recon-
| slder his determination.
| SOME of the officials of the Ohio state
prison believe that George Elmer, a
Van Writ county prisoner serving a
| two-year term for arson. is Tascott, the
| murderer of Smell, the Chicago million.
| aire.
| COUNT GEORGE kAROLYI, of Hungary,
| who ran away from his home and was
| married in Oakland, Cal, without the
| knowledge of his family, has been To-
| Gated in Santa Barbara.
| ANOTHER uprising in the Samoan is
| lands, in which Mataafa and Tamasese
| will join hands against King Malietoa,
| is predicted.
THE negroes of the Comoro isles have
| revolted and declared themselves free,
| The sultan of the islands has fled.
IN pursuance with a concurrent reso-
| luton the Kansas legislature add
| jOurned sine die on the 18th.
THE assembly bill excluding all Chi
nese except those now in the state
passed the California senate, by 40 to 5,
On the 18th.
THE financial situation in Buenos
Ayrcs is improving, 10000, 600 having
| been subscribed to the new national
loan. Gold was quoted at $50 on the
18th.
A PILOT boat ran ashore at Sandy
| Hook, n. j., on the 18th. Her crew
was rescued by the life-saving station
crew, with much difficulty.