Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-03-20
SEVERAL witnesses testified in the

SEVERAL witnesses teStIned IN the
Carpenter trial at Petersburg, ILL.,, on the
18th to defendants intimacy with the muir
dered girl, Zura Burns.
OK the 18th the anniversary meeting
of the National Woman's Foreign Mission
airy Society took place in Philadelphia.
Pa. The number OF auxiliary societies was
reported at 1919, an increase of S32 over
the previous year. The number of mem
bers is $50, 632. an increase of 1861.
AN Indianapolis butcher discovered
on the 18th q lusus nature in an unborn
calf. The animal has the body of the beast,
while its head is alleged to be perfectly
shaped image of that of a human being.
Hair has grown along the back of the neck,
but the skull is bare like that of an infant.
SENECA MILLER, one of the men who
threw dynamite cartridges into the house
of Paving, at toughkeepsie. N. Y, has
been convicted of murder in the second de-
gaze, and ano her of the gang Immediately
pleaded guilty.
THE forfeiture of the Oregon Central
land grant has been agreed to by the Sen
ate Committee on Lands.
On the 14th it was expected the road
from Suakem to Berber would be clear in
ten days.
THE laborers employed on the Cape
Cod ship canal have struck because tne
cook spoils their food.
THE Nihilist leader of Sudeikin s MUIR
derers is said to have sailed for America.
NOTwITHsTANDINGth the enforced home
pork diet, trichinosis continues to prevail
in Germany.
AT Somerset, Ky, Frank Slagle was
hanged on the 14th for the murder of two
men at Cumberland Falls.
A GIRL of fourteen, named Maggie
Clarity, took fatal dose of Paris green in
Chicago on the 18th, because her mother
scolded her.
On the 18th it was found necessary to
close and seal the entrances to the burning
mine at Pocahontas, Va, in order to put
out the fire.
The Virginia Legislature has passed
the bill making the Commissioner OF Agri.
culture an elective officer over the Gov.
ernor's veto.
In San Francisco On the 18th the sale
of tickets tor PATHS second appearance re-
suited in a violent crowd at the box-ofIice
and regular riot with threats to tear down
the the alter and mob the spectators.
On the 18th a slight earthquake shock
was felt throughout Alicante, province OF
Southwestern Spain.
THE Chinese cic ar-makers' strike has
ended in San Francisco, Cal.
In Portland, Me-, the apothecaries arc
being prosecuted for failing to register I'M
der the State law. The amount of penal
ties upon conviction will be very heavy in
most cases.
The Chamber of Commerce of Ly-
ons, France, protests against the embargo
on American pork.
IwENTY-SEvEN delegates, including
the United States, have signed the Inter
national convention for the protection of
submarine cables.
THE Dominion Government has OBJ
jected to some of the emigrants sent out by
the Tukes Committee, and has notified the
English Government that many of them
are unsuited to colonial life.
CONSIDERABLE excitement prevails
at Columbus Junction, Louisa County, Ia,
over the reported outbreak of the foot and
mouth disease.
A REQUEST has been sent to Captain
James B. Eads, in London, by Director
General Burke, of the Worlds Exposition
at New Orleans, to ascertain the terms OH
which the steamer Great Eastern can be
had to bring exhibits from Liverpool and
serve as a floating hotel st the Exposition
wharf until the following June, then re-
turning to Liverpool with a full cargo
through the jetties at the mouth of the Mis-.