Iron County register., 1886-08-05
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ss soon as fpossible. the remaining $4,000 |
aaves in Cuba was passed unanimously
oY the Spanish Chamber of Deputies.
THE Marquis of Londonderry, it is off,
,ially announced, has been appointed
Viceroy of Ireland. Lord Iddeslesgh has
been appointed Secretary of State for
Foreign affairs.
at Fon du Lac, Wis, on the 2Sth., fire,
Supposed to have been of inceEdiary ori- 1
gin, nearly destroyed the American House
Loss, $4,000.
THE cholera reports from Italy on the sSSh
were: Twenty mine new cases, five deaths
at Manduria and uhirsy-oEe new cases,
seventeen deaths,elsewhere.
DURING the storm at Lancaster, Pa on
the nj ght ef the 9th, lightning strEck
ladder on which a ycerng girl was stand
ing, at Ftye's farm, near Washlngton's
borou Oh, Instantly killing her. He- left
side was burned to q crisp.
SAMUEL FULHAN's saw-min ana shin
gle-mii, at Gowan, Mich, together with
40,Oe0;sj0 feet of lumber and 100000
shingles, burned on the 2Sth. Loss, 800,
600: Ensured for $15C00O. The fire is sup
possd to have started from a spnrk from
the-mill.
CHILDREN playing in an empty Ice
hose at DesMoines, Ia, on tie 2Sth, set
frs to it, and it was destroyed. Every
thing was G-y as powder, and a hot
vind bore the flames ahead uktil fourteen
vbuildings, mostly homes of people in mod
srate circumstances, were destroyed. The
loss is not less than $4,000, pretty well
covered by insurance.
GREAT destruction is being caused sgy
forest fires i'm Wisconsin.
FRANK BERGH was arrested at CIeve-
land, O., on the 29th in connection with
the Knoch tragedy in Michigan.
TWELVE prisoners escaped from jail ut
Wheeling, w. Va, on the Goth, ten of
whom were recaptured.
PLACARDs appealing to Irishmen to
make the greatest demonstration possible
on the departure of Lord-LieuteEan ant
Aberdeen, have been posted in Dublin
THE remains of Hubert o. Thompson,
were inferred at Woodiawn ceme terry,
New York, on the Goth.
BELFAST municipal officials are iEaig-
nant because the government proclaimed
that city under the provisions of the arms
clause of the Peace-Preservation act
THE London Times fears the new Cabi-
net is not altogether what could have'been
wished in the interests of steady govern
ment and harmonious cooperation
THE Postal Telegraph Company has
been reorganized by foreclosure and sale,
and it is the intention to extend its lines
to the Pacific coast.
CHINESE pirates recently captured the
Dutch steamer Hok, killed the captain,
first mate and chief engineer, and hold the
captains wife and the remainder of the
crew for ransom.
Ross RAYMOND, formerly a newspaper
reporter and well known swindieE, both
in this country and Europe, was arrested
in hotel in New Y York on the 29th, and
locked up for passing worthless che cks.
THE first fatal case of smallpox in De-
troit, Mich, was that of little Mary Koch :,
who died on the night of the 2Sth. Mrs.
Koch has been taken with the disease,
making the sixth case in five di fferent To-
calities. There are fears of an epidemic as
soon as warm weather ends.
THE French Government has assured
England that as soon as the present eEner-
gency is passed the French troops wal be
withdrawn from the New Hebrides.
THE bolt and nut departments of the
Elba iiron-works at Pittsburgh, Pa,
burned on the night of the e9th. Loss,
$25, 900: insured. The building will be
rebuilt.
THE superintendent of the Dominion fso-
lice denies having had any communion
from one Sweeney, formerly of Ottawa,
who has been represented as keeping the
Canadian Governmentinformed of the do
ings of the Chicago Anarchists. The
story, he says, is without foundation in
fact.
FIRE in the. tenement house No. 2020
Third avenue, New York, occurred on the
29th. Mrs. Mitchering, aged sixty five,
was too feeble to fight her way, and was
burned to death. The money damage by
the fire was trifing.
A MAN, believed to be Grin Sperry, the
defaulting treasurer of Chautauqua Coun
ty, New York, was arrested at Allegheny
City, Pa, on the night of the Goth. while
begging. On his person was found over
so, 600 in bonds, considerable cash, letters
from prominent men and addresses of all
the large banks and bankers in the coun-
try.
JOHN Med ERMoTT, lightweight years
of age, aff1 1icted with a cancer and weary
of life, cut his throat on the 29th, at the
residence of his son-in-law, John Heer,
who lives about ten miles below Dubuque,
Ia.
cred in Calumet County, Wisconsin,
GOVERNOR IRELAND of Texas has
written a letter to Secretary Bayard stat
ing that if the General Government does
not redress the wrongs inflicted by Mexico
on citizens of Texas, the State can and
will redress her own wrongs.
ONE THOUSAND carpenters and joiners
at Port Chester, N. Y, are locked out.
a61 70 of
Aberdeen was adopted by the Dublin mu-
nicipal council.
RUDOLPH SCHULTZ, German gardener,
committed suicide at Peoria, Ill, on the
30th, by hanging.
GENERAL DABNEY H MAURY has been
appointed United States Minister to CO.
lombia.
PUBLIC PRINTER ROUNDS has formally
resigned, and will go into the newspaper
business at Omaha
THE bill for the public building at
Springfield, Mo-, has been vetoed by the
President.
THE Wyaudotte (Kas.) train wreckers
have been held for trial in the District
Court, without bail
THE train of ten coaches bearing the
Iowa, Michigan and New Jersey delega-
tions to the &. A. r. encampment, and
also Senator Logan and Governor Alger
of Michigan, collided with an engine at
Echo, Utah, on the night of the 3Oth,
wrecking both engines. No one was hurt
except one of the firemen, who was slight
!y bruised.
T. W. BRorHERroN is the nominee for
Congress of the Fourth Ohio district Re-
publicans.
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