Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The body of GeOrg johnson, q
Swede, aged So, was found hanging
from the limb of a tree in Forest park
in st. Louis on the Esd. johnson was
out of employment, and it is supposed
that brooding over the fact that he
could not send to Sweden for his sweet
heart to come over and get married led
to the self-murder.
MICHAEL J. O'BRIEN, the Chicago pol
itician and west side saloon keeper,
who shot and killed his wife about two
years ago, was sentenced, on the 23d, to
the penitentiary for life.
THE widow of the Baron de Hirsch is
credited with the intention soon to give
81, 500, 600 to divers benevolent enter
prises in America.
THE opening sale of seats at Cincin-
natl, on the I'D, for the coming en-
gagement of the Metropolitan Opera
Co. was the largest ever known for a
similar engagement in that city. More
than 800 people were in line at Z a. M,
nearly 100 having held places all night.
One purchaser alone paid 500 for seats,
and over 81, 900 was realized from the
sale.
NJ. A. PELToN, a machinist at the pa
per mill at Watervliet, Mich, was
caught on a shaft between two beat
ers, on the ed, and literally torn to
pieces. His head and arms were
wrenched off and he was otherwise
horribly mangled.
The magazine of the Rock Glycerine
Co., located a mile and a half from
Wellsville, N. Y, blew up, on the 22d,
and Shooter Youngs, his team of horses
and wagon were blown to atoms. Dorr
Clark and Thomas Meyer, who were at
work so feet from the magazine. were
quite badly hurt.
In wreck on the Cleveland & Mari
eta railroad at Eagle Hill, o., on the
oath, Fireman Dye was pinioned be-
tween the engine and tender and death
seemed certain to him from the flames
of the wreck, but with rare presence of
mind and nerve, he called upon a min
er, Ed Jones, to take his pocket knife
and cut his arm off, which was done,
saving him from a horrible death.
THE president promptly signed the
| joint resolution, which passed congress
on the 25th, authorizing the secretary
of war to furnish tents to the sufferers
| of the Mississippi river floods.
Two GROCERY stores, a meat market,
a warehouse and a residence were
burned at Andrews, Ind, on the 22d.
! The fire is supposed to have been in
| cendiary; loss, $50, 900. Fred Reeves
and David Olive were burned, the lat
| ter fatally.
TIRE family of Louis Perez, an insur
gent chief, consisting of two sisters
and eight children, have been captured
by Spanish troops and placed in the
prison for disorderly women in Ha-
vana-
| CAPT. SAMUEL C. LEMLT, judge advo-
cate general of the navy, went to Pitts
| burgh, Pa, on the Gath. to receive the
honorary degree of doctor of laws from
| the Western University of PenEsyl-
vania-
THE Cuban insurgents captured Hol-
guiu, in Santiago de Cuba, on the 9Th.
The town is very important one and
the news of its loss has cast great
| gloom over official circles in the city of
| Havana
| The celebration of the centenary o:
Emperor William l., who was born
| March %, 1877, was observed through.
out Germany as national holiday.
Born antitrust bills introduced BIZ
the Lexow trust investigating commit
tee have been passed by the New York
assembly with out amendment
The president and Mrs. Mckinley at
tended the last indoor cavalry drill at
Fort Myer, Va They drove over with
Col. and Myron L. Herricl, of Cleve-
land, who are stopping at the White
House. Secretary Porter and Mrs. Por-
ter were also of the party.