Iron County register., 1886-07-22
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Lodge and the Grand Lodge of England.
THE statue to Denis Diderot, the French
philosopher, was unveiled in Paris on the
14th.
MARTIN o. VAN FLEET, the defaulting
treasurer of Huron County, o., who was
for three years a fugitive from justice,
and who was recently extradited from
Canada on a charge of forgery, was sem
fenced to six years imprisonment in the
penitentiary on the 14th.
DR.. CARL PETERS is comforting with Mr..
Henry N. Stanley over project for fur
ther researches in Africa with view to
co1onizing.
THE Bureau of Statistics reports that
exports of beef and pork products for the
eight months ended June 80 last aggre gat-
ed in value $J0,S45,239, against $61 ,309, 152
during the same period in 1885.
a MAN giving the name of James Hull,
who was arrested in Philadelphia a few
days ago while attempting to pawn some
articles of un derclothing, proved to be
James j. Mason, who is wanted in New
Orleans TO answer the charge of embez-
zling over So, 900.
THE ree-mile single-scull race for
$1,000 between Enright, of Toronto, and
Griffin, of Buffalo, at silver lake, N. Y,
on the 14th, was won by Enrighu by three
lengths. Time, 21:40.
SENATOR MORRILL,, of Vermont, was on
the floor of the Senate on the 14th for the
first time since his illness.
COMMANDER w. S. SAMPSON has been
selected to succeed Captain Ramsay as
superintendent of the naval academy at
Annapolis, Md.
PATRoLMAN REEM, of indianapolis,
caught Charles Gill, colored, on the nj ght
of the 14th, in a store robbing the money
drawer. He accompanied the officer to
the street, but then overpowered him and
broke away. BEEN fired three shots after
him, the third of which struck the negro
near the heart and killed him instantly.
CATHERINE LEWIS, the well-known
actress, has been granted an absolute
| divorce by Judge Donohue, of the Supreme
| Court of New York, from Oscar L.
| Arfwedson, to whom she was married in
Manchester, England, in 1876.
Rev. NJ. S. RAGsDALE, of Knox County,
Indiana, has been nominated by the Re-
publicans for Congress.
Mr.. GLADSTONE returned to London on
the 18th in excellent health.
l. r. TRASK, of st. Louis, has been elect
ed president of the National Association
of Commercial Travellers.
THE Mexican congressional elections re-
| suited in large majority for the Govern
| ment.
| SPEAKER CARLISLE vindicates Congress
man Hatch from the charge of neglecting
or opposing the pleuro- pneumonia bill.
PERUvIANs propose to use the American
gold dollar as the basis of all monetary
transactions.
THE London Daily Ne,cs pu blishes a
long interview with Henry Ward Beecher
on the character of English, as compared
| with American elections, and the political
situation generally.
AN English bank with capital of $10,-
| 0O0, 600 is to be established in Madagascar.
THE joint resolution providing tenn
porarily for the expenses of the Govern
| ment until July 81 was submitted to the
| President on the 10th and was at once ap-
proved.
FIVE new business blocks in the center
| of Bloomer, Chippewa County, Wisconsin,
burned on the 18th. The loss is estimated
at between 10000 and $75, 900; insured for
about one-half.
j. 1CHTERHAUSEN, a Belgian coal l-passer
on the steamship Beigen Land, which ar
rived in New York on the 18th, came on
deck while the vessel was at sea on July 6
and deliberately jumped overheard.
Every effort to save him proved unavail-
ing.
HENRY FURRY was sentenced at Des
Moines, Ia, on the 18th to the peniten-
tiary for life for the murder of Floyd Vest
at Runnells in February last. The crime
was one of the most cold -blooded in the
| annals of the State.
THE Duke of Argyle and Mr.. Goschen
are willing to enter Lord Salisbury's Cab
| met provided the moderate Liberals Sc
cure fair share of the offices.
THE Tamaulipas revolutionists have
| captured the town of Aguas Leguas, five
persons being killed in the fight.
A RIOT among the prisoners in the Rich
moud (Va.) city Jail occurred on the 18th,
| but squad of efficient policemen, num-
bering about twenty, succeeded in
| squelching the affair before serious trouble
occurred, by arresting the ringleaders.
THE steamship st. Andrew, from Blue
| fields Nicaragua, for Philadelphia with
| bananas, was wrecked on Fortune Island,
| Bahama, and is total loss, together with
| the cargo. The crew are probably saved.
THE coroner's jury in the case of Po-
liceman Gardner, of Belfast, who died
., from the effects of wounds received in the
| recent riot, failed to agree after five hours
deliberation, and were discharged.
| WHILE an iron dealer of st. Petersburg
was unloading a wagon filled with old
| artillery material he had purchased at a
Government auction on the 18th, a nine
| inch shell, supposed to be harmless, ex-
ploded, killing six teen persons and wound =
| ing many others. Four of those killed
| were children.
The Albany IN. Y.,) bi-centennial cele-
| bration opened on the 18th.
| The business failures in the United
| States for the seven days ended the 10th
/ numbered 163.
THE funeral services over the remains of
Cardinal Guibert, Archbishop of Paris, on
the 18th, were very impressive.
BOILER exploded at Port Austin,
Mich, on the 10th, killing boy and injur-
| ing two men,
BARTLEY CAMPBELL is reported in a
| sinking condition at Bloomingdale Asy-
| lum-
GENERAL BoULANGER. French Minister
| of War, and Baron Larienty were to fight
| a duel at nine O'Clock the morning of the
| 18th.
GEORGE HARRISON, colored, was hanged
| at Shreveport, La, on the 10th, for the
murder of Geo. Allen.
JOHN w. PHELPS has been arrested at
| Fis hkiu Landing, N ", on a charge of
| bigamy.
THE London Times argues that the lack
of personal weight among the Conserva-
tives necessitates Conservative-Libera