Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-10-02
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

H&SSibOTSs<0s OlV1uo6o OK e1JD6T- AlG9on or
twenty per cent. next week.
A NOTICE was posted in the works O Z
the Brooke Iron Company of Birdsboro,
Pa, on the 23d, announcing ten per
cent. reddction of wages of all employees,
except day laborers, the reduction to take
effect October J.. The works employ 600
hands.
SINCE the assignment Of the Newcomb
Sc Buchanan Company at Louisville, KY,
no one has seen or heard tof two of the
members of the concern. Crookedpess is
freely charged, and the superstition is that
| they have gone to join the army Of tour
lists in Canada. ~
HEAVY rains have relieved the long
drought in the Miami Valley of Ohio.
The annual convent ion of Insurance
Commissioners began at Chicago on the
oath. .l
DURING twenty -four hours ending the
evening of the Oath there were. AL fresh
| cases of cholera in Italy and 203 deaths,
DARWIN n. GARDNER, of Cleveland, O.,
shot his wife on the oath and then shot
himself. No cause for the tragedy was
apparent. .5st 5,t! f.t5,5;ts. ,y-l Fem
ENGLISH bondholders have ratified the
agreement for the settlement of the Mexi.
can debt us 30 - Il ''F' 20 i,a* !
THE will of the late Charles w. West, of
Cincinnati, o., bequeaths large amounts
to charitable institutions.
The bazaar and 400 houses at Zeitoun,
Syria, burned on the Oath. -t.i''f 5''tt y
THE Chinese Government has applied
for 1900 square feet of space at the New
Orleans Exposition.
AN article in a French paper of the oath
declared that the relations between
| England and France are SO strained that
| a rupture is feared. ..4s.e,-s-. --s.n r..
OWING to differences with Prime Minis
ter Ferry, it is limited that General Cam
| penon, French Minister of War, will soon
resign. F-t. '.'t 81
BUFFALO dealers recently shipped 95,-
| 600 bushels of wheat to Chicago to help
| out shorts on September delivery.
| THE British War Department forward
| ed So00, 900 in gold TO General Wolseley on
the Oath for expenses of his expedition.
JOHN FORE, an Italian barber at Rinzua,
| Pa, was shot dead on the oath by Mrs.
| Kavanaugh, to whom he was paying the
| devoted against her wishes.
THE potato crop of New England, New
| York and Canada. according to one thou
| sand reports received, is considerably be-
| low the average.
| In Investigating the affairs of the New
comb Buchanan Company at Louisville,
| KY, it is learned by bankers that dupli-
cate warehouse receipts were given. .
| LARGE shipments are being made to
China from San Francisco in view of the
4 war clouds that hang over the Celestial
Empire. Within one month 400 tons of
| -four have gone. over. ..l.!.....l ~
SEPTEMBER corn on the Chicago market
| = Al. M
| 1t was currently reported that Jay Gould
was behind the stupendous deal that was
| squeezing the shorts so numerically.
The Democratic State Convention of
| Colorado was held at Denver on the 24th.
Alva Adams, of Pueblo, was nominated
| for Governor, Mr.. Grant declining a re-
nomination unanimously rendered.
JOHN GRAY, a wealthy farmer Of Cass
| County, Ind, was killed on the oath on
| his farm while engaged in pulling up
stumps- His team started suddenly,
throwing heavy stump upon him, injur-
| ing him SO that death soon occurred.
THE Social Science Congress, which met
at Birmingham, Eng, has adjourned.
CHAs. R. RICE, travelling agent for
Chase Bros, nursery men, Rochester,
N. Y, killed himself at Paterson, N. j.,
on the oath when about to be taken to
Jail on, the charge of swindling his en-
ployers. ...
THE Emperor of Germany has conferred
upon Herbert Bismarck the Order of the
Red Eagle. ,-.E .a. ..t
THE Grow Indians, much to their dis
gust, have all been removed from Still
water to their new agency on the Little
Big Horn River, short distance south of
Fort Custer. The new, agency is about
fourteen miles from Clusters battle ground,
the scene OF the massacre of 1876. ..s.s
A TREMENDOUS food occurred recently
at Buenos Ayres. Many lighters foun-
dered and shipping was extensively dam
aged. The position OF affairs caused by
| the disaster is alarming. 5zI -.,.s..7
| The Turkish authorities at Scutari re-
Gently seized Montenegrin ship laden
with arms and ammunition. The Monte
| negrin authorities have demanded isatIs-
| faction. .'-t --i. 500 .5.-.4.
GALBRAITH MCMULLEN died at Sandy
| Lake, Pa, on the 25ph, in his 105th year
A GEEMAN, seventy-five years of age,
| fatally shot his wife, aged sixty five, at
Whitestown, Pa, on the 18th, the result of
quarrel. ......
A PARIS journalist elcped on the 2jth
with the young wife of an English noble
| man. $685.. fH
PRESIDENT MITCHELL of the ilwaukee
| & s.. Paul Road denies the report that he
| is about to resign.
| JOHN w. GARRETT, President of the
| Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, was
at last accounts extremely i'll and his re-
covery deemed impossible. ,t..a
| THE limited express train from Boston
| for st. Louis was announced to commepce
running Monday, the 18th, reaching st.
| Louis via the Wabash. ..,f-f4..t .If D
! RAILROAD managers at a meeting in Chi
cago formed new pool on far Western
| business, and decided to call it the Pacific
| Coast Association.
| THERE were four deaths from cholera at
Toulon on the 25Eh. The disease is increas-
ing to an alarming extent in Genoa.
The city of Brussels, Belgium, is again
| tranquil, and renewal of the disorders
was not expected before the communal
| elections in October. .t-s-s :. ID
| HANK ADAMS, a New Jersey negro, who
abducted a daughter of one of the wealth
| lest citizens of the State, was sentenced on
the. 18th to fifteen years Imprisonment.
| BLAINE, Butler and st. John, will be ia
indianapolis, Ind, on Thursday, October
I'd. +s .s
| EFFORTS are being made to arrange
single scuIl race for 5000 between
/ Hanlan. Beach and Teemer. --. 3"'t
! In English official circles it is believed
that Germany's attitude toward France
| in the Chinese difficulty has had dis
| quietipg effect upon the French Cabinet.