Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-01-10
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

On the 31st Conway Brown, Har-
ward student, killed himself at the home OF
. friend in Providence, r. I.
On the 31st Alexander Brogden, q
member of the British Parliament and iron
master, failed for f723,oO Henry Brog
den failed for like amount.
ANOTHER victim, Fritz Holder, who
was wounded in the affair of Christmas
Eve at Yazoo City. Miss, died on the 1st
IT is believed by Captain Pike of the
Inflated Arctic steamer Proteus, that Lieu
tenant Greedy and party are safe at Lady
Franklin Bay.
On the LIST the Emperor of Germany
kept open house. So did the President OF
the United States.
In the Bond trial General Ben Ed
wards made the closing speech ON the 31st
The case was given to the jury on the I'd.
AT Unity, n. H., Edward Reyes died
a few days ago, leaving an estate valued at
$12,045. His will bequeaths the $40 to his
daughter, while the schools of the town get
the $4,000.
On the 31st, Matthew Coudy, aged
seventy, died at his residence in st. Louis,
Mo. A telegram was sent to his brother
James in Hancock, Nd, announcing his
death. In about an hour telegram was
received in st. Louis carrying intelligence
of the death of James, aged eighty years.
Their deaths occurred just an hour apart.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL has resigned
the Rectorship of st. Andrews University.
The funeral of the late Archbishop
Perche took place at New Orleans on the I'd
with imposing ceremonies.
SENATOR SABIN, of Minnesota, favors
a cessation of debt payment and wants out
standing bonds converted into fifty-year
two per cents.
IT was expected that Lieutenant Har-
Der, in charge of De Longs body, would
reach the terminus of the railroad, at Orem-
berg, Russia, by the 18th.
On the I'd Judge Krekel decided in
the United States Court at Kansas City
that the Missouri authorities are en- tiled to
the custody of Frank James till the Blue
Cut robbery case is disposed of.
In Paris the Marquis de Rays has been
sentenced to four years. Imprisonment for
enticing many persons into bogus coloni-
zation scheme. Four of his associates were
given two years each and one five years.
The Khedive of Egypt wants his Min
lister of Finance to cut down expenses.
JUDGE THURMAN, of Ohio, has gone
TO Eureka Springs. Ark.
The oath of office was taken by Gov
ernor Robinson, of Massachusetts,, on the
Sd.
COLONEL SUDEIKEN's murderers have
been arrested in st. Petersburg.
On the Sd Captain Pike, of the Pro-
teus, gave the Arctic Board his views on
plan for relief of Lieutenant Greedy.
j. E. AND VIM. REDMOND, irish men,
bers of the British Parliament have landed
in San Francisco from Australia.
1T is said the Women's Christian
Temperance Union is about to initiate an
other political movement to secure Pro-
hibition plank in one of the National Con-
vention platforms this year.
ALTHOUGH declared not guilty by the
jury, the troubles of the defendants in the
Emma Bond outrage case in Illinois are by
no means ended. There appears to be a
studied aversion to their presence in the
community they formerly called home, and
each seems to be seeking an abiding
place more conducive to health and longev-
ity.
GENERAL SLoCUM proposes to have
Congress vote on free ship bill.
THE resignation of Henry Willard was
presented to the Northern Pacific Board on
the 4th and accepted.
PRESIDENT GowEN of the Reading
Road, it is said, will resign to become gen.
erol solicitor of the entire Vanderbilt sys-
tenn.
On the 4th Henry Willard made an
assignment, transferring to William Endi-
colt and Horace White all his property,
including the new house.
IT is now reported that the recent al
legged accident to the Gar of Russia was in
reality an attempt on his life by Nihilis;s,
who claim that they have given him a fair
trial, and that he has failed to introduce
promised reforms.
SPEAKER CARLISLE continues to re-
ceive dispatches from members of the Ken
lucky Legislature urging him to allow his
name to be used as a candidate for the Sem
ate. A good many Kentuckians in Wash
ington believe that the outcome of the con-
test will be Carlisle's election.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
On the 29th Henry Tape was arrested
at Lynchburg, Va, charged with several
to wreck trains.
, On the evening of the goth a mob