Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

FIVE HUNDRED school children con-
nected with the Vaughn grammar
school in kcnsingtOn. a Philadelphia
suburb. went on strike. on the I'd. be-
cause a new principal had been placed
in charge of the school.
y MOB entered the barber-shop of
Frank j. NictOriS at Oshkosh. Wis. on
the evening Of the I'd. and tarred and
fcathered him. For several weeks the
Chicago Sunday Sun has had scurrilous
articles on prominent citizens of Osh-
kosh. the authorship OF which was
traced to Nictoris. and to which he con-
fesSed.
JAMES l.. SINGLETON and Mrs. Eliza
A Singleton were married at Nuncic.
Ind. on the Sd. Mr.. and Mrs. Single
ton are nearly 20 wears of age and lived
together as husband and wife until
about twenty years ago. when they
We're divorced. Since then it was gen
orally supposed that the old gentleman
was dead. hut he returned. and not
much time was spent in arranging mat
tiers in Il satisfactory manner
FRANK V. kEATKY. a real-estare deal
er from Whoo. who had been taking
treatment at the bichlOride of gold cure
institute at Blair. Neb.. since April II.
committed suicide. on the Sd. by throw
ing himself in front of the Black Hills
passenger train on the Ellhorn rail-
road.
ANNA DICKINSON. refOrmer. politician.
lecturer and pioneer in the woman :
rights movement. was reported. on the
2d. to be dying at the Fifth Avenue
hotel. New York city. DR. Goldthwait.
the hotel physician. mad slight hopes of
his patients recovery.
ALMY. the murderer Of Christie War
den. was taken to Plymouth. y. H.. on
the Sd. where argument is to be had on
his motion for a new trial on the ground
that he was not in court when SEN
fenced to death.
JAMES l.. WoLCOTT. of Dover. was APP
pointed chancellor OF Delaware. on the
Sd. to succeed the late Willard Sauls-
bury.
Mrs. BRIDGET ELIZABETH WALSH. wife
of Il Chicago teamster. was murdered.
on the Sd. by her husbands nephew.
Thomas Walsh. and the body matilated
in manner more horrible than the
mutilations of any of the Whitechapel
victims. The murderer was arrested
and confessed.
ROBERT ID. FOWLER. of the Anglo
American Provision Co. died. on the
Sd. in London of typhoid fever Mr..
Fowler was born in the neigh borhood
of Belfast, Ireland. and was about 53
wears old. His fortune is estimated at
$500. 600.
REPRESENTATIVE SPRINGER. hartman.
presided at the meeting of the house
ways and means committee. ON the Sd.
for the first time in several months.
II. Is. GILIIsPIE. a well-known mine
operator of Aspen. Col. was paid $3.50
900 in money and mining shares, on the
Sd. by J. J. Hagerman to compromise
suit against the latter for misrepresenta
ton.
Mrs. VICTORIA CLAFLIN-WoODHULL
MARTIN Is now in Chicago with her
husband. John Biddulph Martin. one
of the wealthiest private bankers in
England. and a member of the royal
commission appointed by the queen to
take charge of the English exhibits at
the Worlds fair next year. Lady
Cook. viscountess OF Montesarat. nee
Cla!iin. i in charge also. while Mrs.
Martins Young daughter. Zula Maud
NooGhull. i in New York. Mrs. Mar
tin says 1t l. Il matter az prophecy. in
which she firmly believes. that she is to
bc made president OF the United States
in 1898.
orr of 5000 Polish emigrants who
went To Brazil. l.5OO are recorded as
having returned. 1t is estimated that
$4,000 Poles have died in Brazil from
yellow fever.
Hon WIN. HENDERSON. one of the old
est and most prominent lawyers of In
diana. dropped dead. on the Sd At his
home in indianapolis Mr.. Henderson
was as years old
BOMBS were thrown 1T the mail train
running from Temesvar. Austria on
the 18th. and three of the first-class pas
senGers were injured
LAWRENCE w SCOTT. of st. Paul.
Mimi. who has charge of several vicious
tigers belonging to Forepaugh's circus,
was attacked by one of the animals at
Reading. Pa. on the 5th. and seriously
injured. His scalp was lacerated in a
frightful manner. but he will probably
recover. He was taken to the hospital
The amended Chinese exclusion bill.
having passed both houses of congress.
was signed by the president, on the 5th,
one day before. il is claimed by some,
the old law expired.