Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-06-08
News aud Notions.

. NCtVS dUAO OO8AVu0e
Major General George n. Crossman, Of
Philadelphia, is dead, aged 81. ,tse
feet, thirty-foot deposit Of solid salt was
struck.
! 1t was Monroe who was Justice Of the
Peace after the expiration Of his term as
President.
Joshua F. Speed, one of the early friends
of Abraham Lincoln, died at Louisville, KY,
on the 29th ult.
The general condition Of cattle and sheep
this spring is much more favorable than 1t
was year ago.
Senator B. II. Hill, of Georgia, sojourning
at Eureka Springs, Ark, is reported much
: improved in health.
Over 5000 immigrants arrived at Castle
Garden, New York, last week. This Is the
Largest number on record.
The United States Life-Saving Service the
past winter saved 1875 lives and recovered
81 1863 worth of property. z
A Silesian apparatus attached to plant
records its growth and also indicates the
spaces by tap of an electric hammer.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee is lecturing in South
ern cities on sChancellorsviile," for the ben
eft of the Southern Historical Society.
| The remains of the late Chief Justice
Chase are soon to be removed from Wash
ington to Spring Grove, near Cincinnati.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
has secured Il permanent establishment in
/ a11 hold ~,
| land.
The daily consumption of matches is $780,
| 000,0 900, or Il yearly consumption of 1S1 $780,
0O0, 900, or 1851 3-5 matches for every one of
| fifty million people.
While attending picnic near Madison,
Ind, Miss Kitty Alling fell down precipice
seventy five feet high, but, strange to say,
was but slightly injured.
The first consignment of new wheat from
Texas arrived in st. Louis on Thursday. It
was rather damp and tough, but brought by
auction the high price of $1.32 per bushel.
The erection of the Garfield Memorial
Church, on the site of the little wooden
chapel, at Washington, where the late Pres
ident was so punctual an attendant, has
been actively begun.
While off on long spree, an Iowa repro
bate used the name of good deacon on the
registers of the hotels at which he put up,
and the deacon was put to great trouble by
the scandal which arose. ss.as..-
The greatest weol-growing county in the
United States is said to be Washington
county, Penn. 1t produces annually $780,
900 to 100000 pounds of wool, worth in
cash 81 ,0o0, 900 for the wool alone.
The grave of ex-President Taylor, at the
old family homestead, six miles from Louis
vile, Ky., was appropriately decorated on
Decoration Day, in presence of large gath
ering. An Grafton was delivered by Gen.
Ekin.
A lady in Dalton, Ga, had two sunlowers
growing side by side in fiower-pot. They
were flourish'ng finely until peculiar notion
induced her to name them Frank and Jesse
James, when they Immediately faded away
and died.
An Indiana farmer believes that famine
is near at hand, and for several years has re-
fused to sell any of his large wheat crops.
The grain fills nearly all the buildings on the
farm, including the residence, and much Of
it has spoiled.
A large canoe in excellent condition has
been found near BeN, Switzerland, 1000 feet
above the sea level and nearly 5000 feet
above the valley of the Rhone. No I.acus-
rne relics have ever before been found in
switzerland at such an elevation.
The army worm is doing serious damage
% the wheat in some parts of Howell coun-
a. ;x.c 81,
'edations in Douglas county, but the crop
throughout the State, looks well
md promises an abundant yield.
A general strike among the iron workers
or increased pay has been begun, and many
Mills throughout the country have been COM
,elled to suspend operations. 1t is esti-
mated that 10000 workmen and dependents
will be directly affected by the strike, which,
rom present indications, may continue for
months.
John Whidden and his son Irwin, two
runken rowdies, attacked prominent mill
wner of Sumter county, Fla, and brutally
ssassinated him. A posse started i'm pur-
nit of the desperate men and ran them
own in a swamp. The Sheriff of the county
1 trying TO arrest them was fired upon, and
ne posse returned the fire, killing both mur-
erers.
The body of Miss Zou Watkins, the st.
ouis schoolgirl who so suddenly and mys-
'riously disappeared, WAS found floating in
he river at Carondelet. No marks Of yio-
nee were apparent, all the jewelry and
oney the Young girl was known to have
I'd on the day of her rdisappearance.befng
und on her person, and the mystery Of her
sath will probably never he explained.
party of English capitalists, ut the head
whom is the Duke of Manchester, now in
is country, have formed a company with
,o0o, 900, for the purpose of purchasing
ads on the line Of the Canadian Pacific
silway, with view to inducing iinmi-
ants TO locate thereon. The company is
w negotiating with the railroad company
large slice of its g, 900 land grant.