Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-12
PERSONAL AND GENERAL


years; Samuel Cleveland, aged eleven
years, and James Masters, aged nine
years.
The President will not leave Washing
ton for his summer vacation until the
fourth week in this month. He will go
direct to the Adirondack mountains, and
will be accompanied by Mrs. Cleveland,
Mrs. Folsom and one or two intimate
friends.
j. II. HAsLETr, who was defeated in
the notification of Thomas Sections cleo
ton on the grounds of undue influence
and bribery.
JOHN E. REDMOND, NJ. P, and William
O'Brien, editor of United Ireland, have
been appointed delegates to the Irish Ma
tional convention at Chicago.
SECRETARY ENDICoTT had q singular
experience on the 4th for Cabinet officer.
He visited the House to secure action on a
resolution for the acceptance Of the Grant
gifts. He walked all around the chamber
without being recognized by single men,
Der, and was just about leaving when Mr..
Randall recognized and engaged him in
conversation.
Mr.. MoRRIsoN's surplus resolution fall
ed by "pocket Veto"
THE prisoners in the Jail at Columbus,
Ind, sawed their way out on the 9Th, and
all escaped with the exception of an in
sane man.
THE New York grand jury has post
poned inquiry into the charges against
Squire and Flynn until Mayor Grace gets
through with his investigation.
AT meeting of the Liberal Unionists
in London it was agreed that the Radical
and Wing Unionists should work to-
gether.
AT meeting of the National League in
Dublin on the 9Th resolution was passed
suggesting an immediate revision of the
judicial rent system.
LORD LONDONDERRY and Sir Michael
Hicks-Beac took the oath of office at Dub
lin on the 9Th.
THE British Parliament reassembled on
the 9Th.
THE Knights of Labor and the Miners
Association of Pennsylvania, heretofore
at outs, are trying to fraternize.
A RoBBER boarded Louisville & New
Albany train near Green site, Ind, on
the night of the 4th, shot and seriously
wounded the baggageman, but was fright
ened off without securing any plumber,
and made his escape.
RoLLIN R. GREGG, a well-known ho-
mnopathic physician of Buffalo, N. Y, is
dead, aged fifty-seven years. He was
author of several medical treatises, and in
1885 was president of the International
Hahnemannian Association.
FIRE on the morning of the 9th in
building in Cincinnati, occupied by Burk-
hardt, furs; Valkert, cap manufacturer,
and Benjamin, silk hat manufacturer,
caused loss of about $4,000. Benjamin
loses $1,000, insured; Valkert, $1,000, in
sured; Burkhardt, $4,000; insurance, $19,-
600; Tweed, on building, $4,000; insured.
AN immense public meeting of citizens
at Sioux City, Ia, on the 5th adopted re-
solutions to use all possible means to
secure the apprehension and punishment
of the assassin of the Rev. Geo. Haddock.
Governor Larabee has offered a reward of
$500 for the arrest and conviction of the
murderer.
THE second trial of Alfred Packer, bet
ter known as the "man eater" was con.
cluded at Gunnison City, Col, on the 9TH.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty of
manslaughter on five counts. Judge Har-
rison sentenced the prisoner to forty
years in the peniten tiary or eight years
for each man, it is supposed, he MUIR
dered.
THE contest for the Montreal challenge
cup between detachment of Canadian
artillery and various British detachments
took place at Shoeburyness, England, on
the 9Th. The Canadians won with a score
of &c. The Middlesex team were second
with a score of 30.
THE July fire record in the United States
and Canada, as estimated by the New
York Commercial Bulletin, involved the
loss of $4,000, 900 worth of property-ffty
per cent. greater than the average fire loss
in July for nearly twenty years.
OHE HAUsEN, who was arrested among
the emigrants on the steamer Hecla re-
Gently, in New York, charged with forg-
ing Bank of Norway documents, was sent
back to Norway on the 9Th by United
States Commissioner Duell.
LIGHTNING killed child of James L.
McLeery, near Chillicothe, No., on the 9th.
THE decree of divorce in the Crawford
Dixie case at London has been made alb
solute.
SECRETARY LAMAR is to make tour of
the Indian agencies.
THE subscriptions to the new Panama
canal loan have exceeded the most san
guine hopes of the company.
MISS DAISY MURDOCH, the talented
young actress, died of consumption in
New York on the 9Th.
REV. Mr.. FINLAYSON was condemned to
pay 50, 600 fine in divorce case brought
by a merchant named Cookson at London.
THE business portion of the town of
Mancelona, Mich, was destroyed by fire
on the 9Th.
REV. DIR. O'RELLY, of Detroit. Mich,
cabled $50 600 to the treasurer of the Irish
parliamentary fund on the 9th.
A DISPUTE between two editors at Bue-
nos Ayres about the nationality of Sarah
Bernhardt resulted in a duel, in which
both were wounded.
Hon. JAMES B. MCCRARY was renomi-
mated for Congress on the 9th by the DEM
ocrats in the Eighth Kentucky District.
THERE is SO much discord and social
confusion in Burmah that it has been de-
cided to send 8 700 additional British troops
to that country, and an additional force of
police.
THE pleasure yacht Cruiser was caught
in a storm on Lake Huron and six young
men belonging to prominent Canadian
families were drowned.
SENATOR VEST, of Missouri, thinks re-
cent legislation will ruin Yellowstone
Park unless Congress comes to its rescue |
next session.
A CALL was made on the new Colonial |
Secretary at London on the 9Th by the |
British colonial delegates, headed by Sir |
Charles Upper, high commissioner for !
Canada.
A RAID was made on a Socialist render
vous at Hamburg, Germany, on the 9th. 1