Iron County register., 1883-10-11

COLEMAN Bros, clothiers, New York
and San Francisco, have failed. r.
ST. JoHN's Catholic Church at Iren-
ton, N. J., burned the morning Of tho list.
A SAILOR from quarantine at Calves
ton was caught trying to escape to the main
land on the 1st and was sent back.
KING ALFONSO has returned to Spain.
His prestige at home is considerably in
creased by the Paris affair.
EDWARD LoBELL, charged with for
gerry in Bristol, Eng, was arrested in New
York on ship-board on the 1st At the in
stance of the British Consul.
THE New York Grand jury on inves-
tigating the water rates frauds declares the
examinations of all financial records since
1877 and returns two indictments.
BANDS of infuriated, Spaniards were
roaming the streets of Madrid on the 1st
insulting Frenchmen wherever they were
met. There are reports of serious meas
ures to be taken by Spain and Germany
on account of the insults offered Alfonso.
Mr.. PARTRIDGE, of the New York
Produce Exchange, testified on the 1st be-
fore the Senate Labor Committee regarding
corners and speculative dealing. a-ss -
AT Ashford, Wis, on the 1st, the old
est son of Mrs. Unibs pointed a loaded gun
at his little brother, not knowing it was
loaded, and when he pulled the trigger the
boy was instantly killed. -" q.
DURING a thunderstorm recently at
Amherst, N. H., the residence of Harvey
Wheeler was struck by lightning and Mrs.
Ii
Wheeler extinguished the fire with milk.
REV. j. MORGAN SMITH, for twenty
years pastor of the First Congregational
Church at Grand Rapids, Mich, died on
the 1st at Danville, N. Y, whittier he had
gone for the benefit of his health, from
heart disease, aged about fifty years.
DELEGATES from twenty-three States
held preliminary session in Chicago on
the 1st for the purpose of organizing Ma
tional Laundrymen's Association, and after
effecting a temporary organization ad-
journed till the I'd.
DR.. SALMON, of the, Agricultural De-
partment, has made experiments which in
dicate that incubation is effective against
hog cholera. J.Y.Af e'if- -t..l: e
1T is reported that Jay Gould and
Nashville directory.
ANOTHER case of yellow fever has
been announced in the city of Pensacola
and people are leaving. ...
TwENTY-THREE Provincetown (Mass.)
fishing vessels were on the Grand Banks of
Newfoundland during the recent disastrous
gales and ali rode the storm out safely.
The public debt, less cash in treas
ury, is $1,52l 81 81 .535, a decrease during
September of $14, ,707, ,229.
ONE of the most experienced officials
of the Post-offce Department. estimates
that the loss of revenue during the next
twelve mouths, ,occasioned by the reduction
OF postage from three to two cents, will be
about 50, 100000.
SECRET service officials say that they
don't believe there is any truth in the re-
port that the postal notes are being ''raised"
in different parts of the country. They
claim that the 'raising" process can not be
applied to these notes. -.'7.
ETHE steamship Lydian Monarch
which arrived in New York from London
on the 1st brought ninety-two. cases of
"properties." They belong to Henry Irv
ing, the actor, who will sail from Europe
October 10. The scenery to be used in the
tragedy of s'The Bells' is contained in
twenty boxes. .....
IT is understood that r. Stockett Mat
thews has declined the nomination for At
torney General given him by acclamation
by the Maryland Republican State Con-
vention. Professional engagements re-
quire all his time. ...
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