Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-02-27
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE Bunne1 family, among the
most prominent people of Garfield, O.,
mother, daughter and two sons, were
arrested, on the 18th, on a charge of
arson. Their dwelling was burned re-
Gently and the agent for the insurance
company while inspecting the ruins
found that straw and hay, over which
oil had been poured, had been scat
tered about the house.
A Mrs. BRoKAw, of Brooklyn, who
is described as new" woman, has
gone into the cemetery business. On
piece of ground in the suburbs she
is preparing a last resting place for pet
dogs.
THE three-year-old daughter of Will
liam Wilson, of Garfield, o., while
playing with sulphur matches, ate off
the heads and died from the effects
of the poison within two hours of
the occ urrence.
THE Vulcan coal mine, located in the
hog back just below the town of New
castle, Col, was completely wrecked
and set on fire by a terrific gas explo-
sion, on the 18th, and it was believed
that 60 workmen in the mine were
instantly killed.
DILL AZ Il " do otA iShSh WIFI SIo
at his home at Buck Shoals: eight miles
from Asheville, n. c., on the night of
the 18th, and his condition was such
that his physicians feared he could not
recover.
THE president. on the 10th, approved
the bill abolishing the post of chap
lain and professor at the West Point
military academy and providing that
regularly ordained clergyman be ap-
pointed to serve as chaplain in civil
ian capacity for term of four years.
PRIVATE WILLIAM H. IAMs, who
gained unenviable notoriety for insub
| ordination during the great strike at
Homestead, Pa, was reported, on the
10th, to be dying in Baltimore nd
| hospital from bullet wound in the
abdomen, received during an alterca-
ton with fellow-lodger.
| A JOINT resolution to revive the
| grade of acknowledgement Of the
United States army was introduced in
the senate, on the 10th, by Mr.. Ellxins,
of West Virginia, and referred to the
committee on military affairs.
| Our of work, out of money and
served with disposses, notice, James
Mccartney, a New York bartender,
shot himself through the head, in his
| apartments, on the 18th, while standing
with his wife's arms around his neck.
Their six children were asleep in the
next room at the time.
| BESIDES the sum Of a9, SOC, 600 which
will be asked by the British admiralty
for the construction of four battle
| ships, four first-class cruisers, four
! third-class cruisers and 60 torpedo de-
stroyers, the government will ask par
lament for a large sum for guns and
! men.
| THE board of inquiry that investi-
gated the grounding of the steamship
st. Paul exonerated Capt. Jameson of
any culpability in the matter.
THE vote on the Arizona statehood
| bill has been reconsidered in the house
| committee on territories, and it now
| stands unprejudiced, as it did before
the vote sidetracking it was taken.
THE pardon of ex-United States Con-
sui Waller, prisoner in France on
conviction of treason in Madagascar,
was sent to President Faure, on the
18th, for signature
THE young king of Corea has arrived
at st. Petersburg with the object of
seeking the protection of Russia for his
country.
A DISPATCH from Havana says that 80
DAYS is the limit which Gen. Weyler
has set for the wiping ont of the revo-
luton. He promised delegation OF
sugar planters that by March Is the
country would be cleared of the insur-
gents
THE city of Guthrie, Okla, retains
title to Noble park, containing almost
Is acres, in West Guthrie, by decision
| rendered by Secretary Smith, affirming
a lower ruling.
j. T. LANBoRN, . wealthy farmer,
| was found murdered in his house at
Fall Leaf, Kas., on the 10Th. The
murderers literally chopped the old
man to pieces. They left NO clew.