Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-10-25
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

1<t1S ' SSdS, NC" AcAiCo, Caught his 1OOU
a frog on the 18th and could not removeit
in time to avoid train, which killed him.
MOODY and Sankey Successfully be-
gan series of meetings inthe Royal Thea
ter, at Limerick, Ireland, on the 10th. The
building was crowded to its utmost capaci-
ty. The services were singing by Sankey
and two addresses by Moody. The audi
ence appeared spell-bound under Moody's
preaching. go.
JENNIE Noon, of Scranton, Pa, was
reported dead. A friend called recently
and expressed surprise ATTENDING her alive
The girl fell in swoon and remained I'M
conscious until the 18th, when she died.
REBEL bands recently entered the
city of Port au Prince, Hayti, pillaged the
stores, set fire to the houses and murdered
all resisting. Among the killed were two
Generals. Troops finally dispersed the
rebels. 80. ......... .........- .,
A PARIS dispatch of the 18th says
that owing to the resignation of the. Span
ish Ministry France now considers. the diff
ficulty with Spain, arising from King AL
fonso's reception IN Paris, at an end. -
"A MAN named Urena recently at
tempted to ,.assassinate THE President of
todhio 'IIOlihaiSo az IVY AA&f LAY hS
President, shot his assailant dead. The
-would-be assassin had no accomplices.
p" JOHN F. ANDREW, son of the famous
war Governor, at Portland, Me-, married,
ON the 18th, Miss Harriet Thayer, daughter
of the late Nathaniel Thayer.
REAR-ADMIRAL j. M. b. CLITZ, y. S.
N, has made application to be placed on
the retired list under the forty-years' -sery-
ice provision. +'
90 EDWARD COLLINS, a child hurt by a
street-car in Boston lately, was awarded
So 900 on the 18th for injuries received.
NEWSDEALERS held a meeting in
Brooklyn on the 18th and again resolved
not to sell the New York Herald for less
than three cents.
- CHARLES H. Cooke, a boy of fifteen,
who lost three fingers in New York manu-
factory, obtained $1,000 damages on the
18th. .... . ,.it --t.
ALBERT .WooD, a Mlssourian, brake
man ON tue st. Paul & Omaha Road, was
killed in the yards at Blair, Neb., the night
of the 18th. '.'-.-. 't.i
HARRY JONES, clergyman son and
travelling salesman tor an indianapolis
cigar firm, was arrested in that city ON the
18th for theft. 3 -.-,.t: -.
JOHN B. NIXON, once widely known
as a New York halter, dropped dead ON the
18th at his mine near Tucson, Arizona.
COLONEL VANDERPOOL, awell-known
Utah rancher, was killed on the 18th, a
blind calf running In front of his horse and
throwing the animal, which crushed Van
derpool in its fall.
MANUFACTURERS of bags met in New
York on the 18th and decided that there
was over-production of their goods and to
make only a limited quantity next year.
+ The autumn meeting of the Institute
of Mining Engineers closed on the 10Th in
New York. The next meeting will proba-
bly, be held in Cincinnati, in February.
LoRDLANsDowNE, the new Governor
General of Canada, and wife have sailed
for Canada. ...-
ANOTHER telephone combination has
been formed, the Globe Telephone Com
pany, of New York, absorbing the Shaw,
of Chicago. ' .i.-:' 81
THE anniversary of the discovery of
America was celebrated on the evening of
the 18th with splendid banquet in the
Opera House at Madrid, Spain. The build
ing was brilliantly illuminated and deco
rated with flags and the coats of arms of
Spain and the republics Of North and South
America. 81. ...' .r..
AT the sale of seats for the first
nights performance in the new Metropoli-
tan Opera-house, New York, the highest
price obtained for box was $3.50 and for an
orchestra seat was $35. The lowest price
for an orchestra seat was $14.5o.
The village of La Estrella, Province
of Tervel, Spain, was inundated on the
10Th. Sixteen houses were destroyed and
over forty lives lost.
The Evangelical Conference opened
its sessions at Allentown, Pa, on the 18th.
A RUSSIAN has been arrested in Ger
many for sketching the forts at Konigs-
berg.
THOMAS LIvERMORE, agent for the
Amoskeag Cotton Mills was before the
Senate Labor Committee on the 18th. He
testified that the mills used 10000 bales of
cotton yearly, turned out 100000 to co.
600, 900 yards of cloth at a cost of between
s., OOO, 900 and $6,OOO,O0O. The, cost of labor
was about thirty per cent. of the total cost
of the goods, or about $l,500,OO0. Amount
of capital employed in plant, building. ETC.,
about equal to the yearly production.
American operatives number one-fifth of
the employed. =. They are the best opera
tives.
THE Cinnamon in Salt Lake City,
Utah, are in an uproar. The City Council
has ordered them to leave their promiscu-
Gus housings among the whites and con-
centrate in suburb by themselves AS
many of them have long leases on their
premises they propose to resist in the
courts.
In the Episcopal Convention at Phil
adelphia on the 18th report was made adj
verse to the erection of the diocese of West
Tennessee.
THE Spanish Ambassador to France
has rendered his resignation and insists up
on its acceptance. t"'
A FRENCH transport started on the
10Th for Tonquin with 80 men and a guam
tity of war material.
Upon the retirement of General Sher-
man, November 1, 1888, it is understood
that Gen. Hancock will succeed Lieut.
S.b,r;,1a,, IN, co,,,yaond of tho hi wi ion