Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-22

AI DuCu1udu, Va, On the 15tn, "6S
ley Shaw ordered an old woman, be-
lieved by the negroes to be witch, off
his land She followed him to pick
up his track" He, to prevent being
bewitched. attempted tocut her witch
vein" Instead he struck her jugular
vein, and. at last accounts, she was
dying and he was in jail
An almost incredible story of cruelty
came to the notice of the Brooklyn po-
lice, on the 18th, and led to the arrest
OF Eliphalet Stratten, a miser So years
of age, on a charge of having tried to
kill his wife by slow process of abuse,
starvation and neglect.
w. b. Prescott was, for the third
time, elected president of the Interna-
tional Typographical union at Chicago
ON the 18th.
THE builders of the torpedo boat
Ericsson. under construction at Du-
buque, Ia, announce that the vessel
will be launched next month. The
governors of every state in the Missis-
sippi valley will be invited to part;ci-
pate in the ceremonies. The boat is
one of the finest in the country, and its
construction has required nearly two
years labor.
A ST. PETERSBURG dispatch of the
18th said: There is good authority
for the statement that under the Rus
sian-American extradition treaty no
body will be surrendered to Russia ex-
cept ON evidence that will satisfy an
American jury, by which the accused
may claim trial before being extra
dited-"
An attempt was made, on the night
of the 18th, to rob the mail stage from
lone to jackson, Col, by lone high
wayman. Wells-Fargo's guard, Michael
Tovey. was killed and the driver
wounded and two horses shot The
wounded driver, with the remaining
two horses, got away with the stage.
The robber took to the brush.
S. j. JULIAN, a retired merchant,
committed suicide at Lincoln, Neb.. on
the 18th, by hanging himself from a
tree by means of a piece of a wire.
The old man recently lost a portion of
his fortune in real estate transaction
and became imbued with the idea that
he was to be ruined.
AT meeting of the board of directors
of the Union seminary in New York,
on the 18th, it was decided that Prof.
C. A. Briggs, D. D., will continue his
work in the department of biblical
theology as hitherto. The directors
also decided that special provision
should be made so that none of the
students of Union seminary will suffer
from the restriction which has been
put upon the board of educati
CONTRACTOR DANr, who was doing
the work which resulted in the col
lapse of Ford's opera house, in Wash
ington, and the awful loss of life
among the government clerks employed
there, is in a serious condition. and it
is feared that his mind will be affected
by the disaster. His doctor has pro-
hibited his leaving the house and de-
MED the presence of all save the mem
bers of his family.
CLEARINGHOUSE returns for seventy
five principal cities of the United States,
as reported by Bradstreet's. for the
week ended on the 18th, aggregated ST.
OBJ 1864. 527, of which amount New York
city returned s5s6, 2s5, $40. Chicago $751;,
3O2. s32, Boston ss6, ,564, Philadel-
phia SOC. 1897 .O10 and st. Louis s22. 73O. 3s4.
On the 10th the supreme court of In
diana declared the law assessing fire
insurance companies on their premiums
for the benefit of relief funds for Or
ganized fire departments unconstitu-
tional in half a dozen different re-
spects- A great deal of money had pre-
viously been collected under the law.
JOSEPH JEFFERSON, the actor, was
taken suddenly ill. on the night of the
18th, VIII lie en- route by steamer from
New York city to Buzzard's Bay, Mass.
Although very weak, his condition was
not considered dangerous.
IT is given out that Princess Eulalie
will sail for Europe on the Gath.
PRESIDENT CARSor of France suf-
fered relapse, on the 10Th. and much
was felt for his recovery.
WHETHER or not Mr.. Blount has re-
signed his new position as munster in.
stead of commissioner to Hawaii, the
state department still carries his nam I
on the register as minister, and refuses
to admit that he has resigned.