Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-27
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


LEON S. SMITH. the young man who
started in with the avowed intention
of swindling banks out of $500. 900 with
the aid of passport and forged drafts,
and who secured nearly $1,000 from
Michigan banks by way of experiment.
ing, pleaded guilty at Grand Rapids,
Mich, on the 18th, to the charge OF
forgery. Sentence was deferred.
APPARENTLY undismayed by the loss
of their navy, the land forces of the
revolutionists in Rio Grande do Sui
Brazil, have become more aggres-
sive than ever. Generals Saravia
Tareiz and Salgado have AHMED
their forces, and are besieging Yagu.
and it's capture will be difficult.
JAMES LEE, the well-known horse
trainer, died at Saratoga, n Y, OF
the 18th, of pneumonia.
Ex-Gov. O. II. STONE, of Iowa, died
at Oklahoma City, Okla. on the 18th
THE mystery surrounding the disap
pearance, a few weeks ago, of Ruiz
Manchera, wealthy ranchman living
near Ures, in the state of Hermosillo
Mexico. has been cleared up by the
finding of his dead body in the wilds OF
the Sierra Madre mountains. The
body had been partly devoured by
wolves.
THE physicians at St. Nineent's hos.
pital, New York city. are unanimous in
pronouncing Miss Dot Sonwell, the
snake-charmer, who was bitten by a
RATHER. on the 10th, a most peculiar
Young woman. In spite of the fact
that 4 venomous snake bit her in a
dangerous spot, and that the poison
had plenty of time to get in its work.
she continues to improve, until now it
is almost certain that she will recover.
THE case of Stephen Reiger, the last
of the defendants in the celebra ted
Molydor murder cases at Detroit, Mich.
ended. on the 18th, in verdict of mot
guilty" which gave general satisfac.
ton. as there was no doubt that Reiger
was forced to go with the murderers.
A NYACK On. W physician reports
the death. after seven hours existence,
of triplets which must be classed with
the most remarka BILE ever born. The
triplets weighed in the aggregate fif-
teen pounds. There were two boys
and girl. The boys were joined by a
ligature almost precisely like that which
united the Siamese twins, and were
perfect.
LLOYD ASPINwALL, a prominent New
York club man. and member of an old
and wealthy family, was arrested, on
the 18th. on a charge of having forged
the Endorsement of his brother. William
II. Aspinwall. upon the note for s.. 400.
NATURAL gas was struck. on the 18th,
near Newtonbrooll, Ont. VIM. Holmes.
at work in a well fifty feet below the
surface, signaled that he was in
and man named Sharp de-
to assist him. He did not re-
turn, and after water was used to dis
sipate the gas the two bodies We're
brought up Holmes was dead and
Sharp can not recover.
JOSEPH LOHMANN, the organist for st.
Paurs church and bookkeeper of the
natl, is in deep trouble. The company
charges him with a shortage of $4,000.
Lohmann has been the secretary of the
company for about twenty years, and
in German circles was one of the best
known insurance men in the city.
On the 18th Worlds Fair Commits
sioner Turnbull, of Florida, stated i'll
the national commission that he
thought Agricultural building was
in imminent danger of being set on
fire. A pipe was found running to the
roof which was so hot that it could not
be touched. and the gallery around the
pipe seemed to be charred.
A Boston dispatch of the 18th an
nounced the shutting down for the
month of August of the Amoskeag cot
ton mill. This is the largest cotton
mill in the United States, and proba bly,
in the world. 1t employees 5000 opera
tives. uses G, 1000. 900 pounds of cotton a
week, and pays s2a5,O0O a month in
wages.
AN open cable car on the Walnut
Hills line, Cincinnati, running down Gil
bert avenue. on the 10Th, jumped the
track. The gr;pman. John Dieterlich,
was thrown to the ground and fatally
injured, and several passengers were
hurt.
On the night of the 18th every store
in the town of Susanville, Cal. was de-
burned, causing n loss of $500 one
fourth covered by insurance. In all
sixty buildings were burned.
THE case of the Plankinton bank d.
rectors, recently indicted by the grand
jury for accepting money knowing the
bank to be insolvent, was called in the
criminal court at Milwaukee on the
18th. but was continued to the Septem-
Der term.
THE Boston Post announces that
Mayor Matthews of that city is in the
field as a candidate for governor of
Massachusetts,
Mrs. CONRAD FERNHAM, of Tona-
wanda, n. V. has fallen heir to about
81 Zoo, 900 by the death of an uncle in
India.
Cor. c. JONES, JR.. historian of Geor-
gia, died at Augusta, on the 10th, OF
Bright's disease, aged 81.
MAGGIE PIXLER and Emma Pixler =.
her cousin. each aged 5, were run down
and instantly killed. on the Goth. by n
car on the West End Electric line in
Pittsburgh, Pa.
THE special convention of the state
officers of Colombia at the Worlds fair
and the dedication of the Colon bian
pavilion took place on the Goth.
WILLIAM BRUoN, of New York city,
has been appointed receiver for the
Findlay, Fort Wayne & Western rail-
road for Indiana.
THE American Bar association will
meet, August 80 and 81, in Milwaukee.
EXECUTIONS of opponents of the gov
eminent are said to occur almost daily
in Honduras.
SYKES. ALLIs & MOOREHOUsEs large
wooden mill at Reynoldsville. Pa, was