Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-26
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

SieSs 'o"aru getting Inelr displays ready.
Secretary johnson is at the wheel. as
usual, and is steering things with steady
hand, which promises that all things will
be ready for opening day. Besides the
exhibits there will be some of the
popular features of last year.
Gilmore will be on hand with
slxty-five musicians, and there will be
music in the air; the ladies' favorite, the
tea hong, will be larger and more extern
sive in IFS appointments, and the oily,
rotund figure of Mr.. Baker, the Buckeye
popcorn man, will loom up conspicuous
ly amidst his bevy of fair maidens dis
pensing the succulent cereal and other
goodies. Last year the routine between
spells of inspecting the exhibits was tea,
music and popcorn, and preparations
seem to be under way to repeat the pro-
gramme.
THE operatives of the great wholesale
clothing manufacturing houses of Boston
are preparing to make fight against the
introduction of new basting machine,
which is now in an experimental stage.
Each machine used, it is said, will throw
fifteen girls out of employment.
PATRICK MCDONALD, of Athol, Mass,
fatally assaulted his wife Oh the 18th with
an axe
THE dead body of VIM. Gray, Jr., the
defaulter, was found near Boston on the
18th, with a bullet through his head.
PRINCE ALEXANDER has been assured
by the. Porte that Turkey would assist
Bulgaria again, if attacked by Servia.
The Ohio State Democratic convention
met at Toledo on the 18th, nominated a
full ticket and adjourned.
CATuOI he baa1, 6rivar off
Queens island, at Belfast, and have also
been forced to quit work in many large
establishments.
Mrs. CLEVELAND is to start the machin-
cry in the Minneapolis Exposition by
touching a wire to be run into the Presi-
dents cottage in the Adirondack.
SAMUEL WOOD, of New Y DIRK. died, leav-
ing a bequest of 5000, 00) to found an insti-
tute, bat the will has been pronounced in
valid, and the heirs get the estate.
SIX elevators and their contents were
burned at Ida Grove, Ia. on the night of
the 18th. The loss is $4,000; insurance,
$4,000. Origin of fire unknown.
COLONEL DAVID HENDERSON, Repub-
lican representative in Congress for the
Third district of Iowa, was renom;nated
by reclamation on the 18th.
PATRICK II. MCCARRoN, a Providence
Or. - barber, while insane, on the 18th,
cut the throat of James Crosby while
shaving him. Crosby went out in the
street but died on the sidewalk.
WASHINGTON puts up $4,000 for prizes
at a National competitive drill to be held
next May.
AN attempt was recently made to assas-
sinate the President of Uruguay, and the
would-be assassin was so terribly mall
treated that he died soon afterwards.
A HOUSE in course of construction col
lapsed at Carlsruhe, Germany, on the 18th,
killing eight workmen and injuring sew
eral others. The architect of the building
has been arrested.
SAMUEL r. PAYsoN, of Boston, has made
an assignment to Samuel johnson, of
Hoovey & Co. The announcement of this
assignment caused great surprise, as Pay
son had been considered as one of the
wealthiest men in the city.
CHARLES E. BISHOP, of Portland, Me-.
is backed by DIR. j. H. Hamilton, of Rich
mond, Me-, for $1,000 to excel young
Brodie's feat in jumping off the Brooklyn
bridge
THERE is quite flutter in society cir
cles at Steubenvlle, o., over the mysteri-
Gus disappearance of Miss Edith Camp
bell, society young lady of hitherto I'M
blemished reputation, who left her faith
er's residence by means of a window.
JOHN W. LACY, Chief Justice of Wyo-
ming Territory, has resigned.
JAMES O'NEILL, who came to Boston
from Ireland only week ago, fatally
stabbed his wife and his mother in-law,
in Cambridge, on the 18th. He followed
them across the ocean to commit the deed.
The Queens speech at the opening of
Parliament on the 10th was remarkable
for its brevity.
VIM. ANDERSON, of Keokuk, Ia, died of
poison on the 10Th, and his wife and moth
er-in-law have been arrested on charge OF
administering il.
j. O'kELLY gave notice in the British
House of Commons the 10Th that he
would introduce bill for the better gov
eminent of Belfast.
WIN. WATKINS killed Louis Hilbert at
Aurora, Ind, on the 10Th, and was prompt
ly lynehed by the people.
ROYAL commission is to be appointed
to inquire into the working of the existing
land system in Ireland.
At KEoKUK, Ia, the Missouri, Iowa &
Nebraska road was sold by the Master in
Chancery on the 10Th, under orders of the
Federal court.
GLADSTONE says nothing has occurred
to change his convictions regarding the
Irish policy of the late government.
f. w. SHAFER is under arrest at Keo-
kuk, Ia, on charge of incendiarism.
A SPECIAL military officer is to be sent
to County Kerry, Ireland, with such
power as will enable him to restore order.
THOMAS r. LYONS shingle-mill at Lud-
ington, Mich, burned on the night of the
18th. The mill was built few years ago
at an expense of S25, 900. 1t is total loss,
together with SOC, 900 shingles. No insur-
anee.
IT is stated that unless the Afghan
boundary commission leaves the scenes of
its labors in September it will probably
be snow-bound all winter.
III. TANNER has just been arrested at
Teton Basin, Idaho, for killing FL. Weller,
Gus Hamln and H. Eiggerman, his asso-
sociates in working placer bar near
jackson Lake, July 16. He confesses,
claiming it was in self-defense.
THE fight between the Government and
the steamship lines over rates for ocean
pos tai service has ended in favor of the
Government.
LORD GRANVILLE asked the Govern
naent for clear statement of their Irish
policy, but Lord Salisbury declined to
furnish it.
AT North Bloomfield, o., on the 10Th,
Holmer Quaile fatally stabbed Allie Parks,
lad eighteen years of age. Quaile, who
was intoxicated, quarreled with a cousin
of Parks, and the latter inte<fered to pre-
vent bloodshed. This 50 engaged Quaile