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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-01
A CELEBRATED CITY.

Some of the Sights of Venice, the Queen
of the Adriatic. rt@s
This place is different from every 9TH
er, and creates quite new sensation.
/ had hitherto been accustomed to cars
and buses, but here there is water
everywhere. The highways are canals,
and you glide along in gondolas instead
of riding over maeadamiZed roads. This
is an ancient and celebrated city, con-
tanning many beautiful buildings and
some rare art treasures.
St. Marks, which was begun in 800
and finished in 1911, is remarkable
building, as will be seen from this SIM
pie fact that it has, in and out. 500 col
umns and $4,000 feet of mosaic pictures
of the most exquisite character. There
is no paint anywhere; nothing but mar
BILE and mosaic. The latter, it is said,
was 900 years in being finished. Each
generation added its contribution to the
work, and the result certainly is most
striking. The grand altar is sup
ported by alabaster columns, said to be
brought from the Temple of Solomon.
These columns are remarkable for their
purity. There are many others brought
from the mosques of Constantinople.
The facade is Venetian Gothic sur
rounded by the four celebrated horses
brought from Nero's Temble, at Rome.
The Grand Square is the busiest spot in
all Venice. Arcades run the whole
length on three sides, and are filled
with fancy shops. cafes, etc. 1t is the
fashionable promenade.
The Doge's palace occupies nearly one
whole side of the square. 1t is in red
and white marble, Venetian Gothic
style. resting on thirty-six columns. I
crossed the Rialto bridge, which con-
meets Old and New Venice. At the
end of the bridge, on the old side,
is the square devoted to the
money changers, and, appropriately
enough, in the immediate neighborhood
is the iron-barred house of Shylock.
Among other features of interest are
the Church of ST. John and St.
Paul. the Jesuit Cathedral,
the Church of the Bare-footed
Friars; the Hunchback, or Criminal
where criminals were placed on a mar
settings of the passers-oy; the Bridge
Doge's yalace, which prisoners cross for
trial, and many other objects too num-
erous to describe 1 must observe, how
ever, that Venice possesses the largest
oil painting in the world, the work of
LintorettI. 1t has eight hundred figures,
and took seven years constant work to
finish. In the immense profusion of ar
tistic architectural and other riches in
this fair land of Italy, one gets almost
dazed. The last gallery of pictures, or
the last cathedral, seemed almost finer
than those we saw first But they are
all so good. have SO many beauties pecu-
liarly their own, that can only use the
language of eulogy regarding the whole.
Venice Cor. Sacramento Bee.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-01
Risked Too Much For Too Little.

IONA, Mich, June 25.-Frank Went
and, an inmate of the State House Of
Correction, and arrested for larceny, was
shot while attempting to escape yester-
day. His time was to have been out in
about a month. He was assigned to
yard work, and lad the liberty of the
ward. AS the gate was open to allow
a team to pass out, Wentand dashed
through toward the railroad track.
Edward Barnes, the guard on that
part of the wall, gave the alarm, and
called to the man to stop, threatening to
shoot. Wentand paid no attention to
this, and the guard fired over his head.
but he still kept on. The guard reloaded,
and, when Wentand was fully seventy-fve
rods away, he again fired, this time at
Wentand, hitting him in the back. The
wounded man was conveyed to the prison
hospital. There is slight hope of his re
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-01
A FORMIDABLE RIVAL.

East India Proving Herself q Formidable
Rival to America a Source of Grain
Supply to Europe-Immense Shipments
Which Must Affect the Home Market for
Breadstuffs.
ST. LOUIS, June 23.-Ex-Goyernor e.
o. Stanard received to-day from Bruce
Wilson, importers of Glasgow, Scotland,
letter on the grain trade situation in the
United Kingdom, of which the following
are the most important extracts:
During the past week the depression ha.
rather Increased than otherwise in the grain
trade and there are some very weak points
In ne Of tn haVs
Shipments from America have been
all engaged in the trade, India dis
patched last week $4,000 quarters OF wheat.
The ability of our Eastern colony to
shin such an enormous quantity at
current values will tend to revoutionize the
trade, and former experience is quite value
trade. 1t may occur that these shipments
may not be repeated Doubtless large par
shipments, and the necessity of fulfilling
these contracts before their term expired
may account for such heavy figures beng
reached. The quantity of wheat on passage
to the United Kingdom has increased zoe, 600
quarters since this week, and is now 2,2l6,oo0
quarters.
1t seems to US that the cost, insurance and
freight business will be very limited for
some time to come, the losses the trade
here and elsewhere have sustained will deter
the bulk of importers from operating.
Bruce & Wilson stand high in business
circles and have the reputation of being
shrewd, far-seeing business men and close
observers, so that their opinion carries
weight. The letter was read by number
of gentlemen on the floor and the outlook
was pronounced discouraging. There
has been considerable hooting at India
wheat and statements that it would prove
formidable rival to American wheat, but
that it is becoming an unpleasant
factor is acknowledged on all hands.
1t is said by some dealers that Indian
wheat cannot prove formidable because
the grade of it is so much lower than
that of American wheat, but this is dis
proved to some extent by the statement
of London millers, who pronounce 1t
good milling wheat, as good if not bet
ter than the average grade of American
export wheat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-01
xLIxTH CONGRESS,

IN the rSenate on the est a bill giving
Dearborn park to the city of Chicago passed.
also a bill removing the political disabilities
of j. G. Flourney, of Mississippi. resolu-
tion was agreed to calling for inform alton
on land frauds. The Army Appropria-
House non concurring in the Senate
amenaments anu Ieonferenos s'e eonmttes
was appointed. The Diplomatic bill took
the same course. The bill repeating the
ments to the Pension bill
were non-concurred in and con-
ference committee was appointed. The
Naval bill was passed. Under the call OF
States many bills and resolutions were in
| ton by Mr.. Glover (Mo.) for investigation of
R. d. Lancaster. The Sundry Civil Appro-
priations bill was then taken up in commit
tee of the whole and discussed the rest of the
day.
In the Senate on the 22d the only impor.
tant matter considered was the bill repeal
| ing the Pre- emption and Timber Culture
| acts. No action was taken save to
| discuss the measure......In the House
sion bills were received from the President
Mr. Morrison called up the proposed change
pension bills, and a debate ensued. lasting
through the entire session.
In the Senate on the sd bill was passed
for payment of expenses of steamboat in
spectors by the government The vote by
which the bill prohibiting Congressman act
| ing as counsel for land grant railroads
was passed, was reconsidered. The bill
repeal ng the Pre- emption nd.TImber- Cult
ure laws was debated until adjourn
ment. In the House the day was spent in
fiibustering to prevent consideration of Mr..
MOrrison's proposed change of rules relat-
ing to pension legislation.
IN the Senate on the oath the bill for a new
district Judge in Alabama passed; also thu
bill repeating the Pre- emption and Timber.
Culture laws, after which the Fitz John Por.
ter bill was taken up, and the Senate ad-
iourned, Mr.. Logan having the floor. : In the
House Mr.. Long, for correction OF the
Record, made a lengthy speech defending
Charles Francis Adams from charges ma de
| by Mr.. Henley. The morning hour was dis
pensed with, and the >undry Civil Appro
| priations bill was taken up in committee OF
the whole, and its consideration consumed
the rest OF the days session.
In the Senate ON the e5th the entire day
was taken up with debate on the Fitz Johl
| Porter bill, Mr.. Logan leading off with an
energetic speech in opposition, and
| being followed by number of other
senators in the same line. After the
| rejection of several amendments the bill
| was passed. in the House several veto
messages on private pension bills were re-
| ferred to committees, after which the Sundry
civil Appropriations bill was taken up in
| committee of the whole and debated during
| the entire session.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-01
AN EDITORS ESCAPE.
A Desperate Attempt to Murder a Mon
tana Edit or Results Disastrously to the
Would-be Assassin,

A Desperate Attempt to Murder a Mon
tana Edit or Results Disastrously to the
Wou1d-be Assassin,
BUTTE, M. T., June 24.-At five O'Clock
last evening a desperate attempt was
made to assassinate c. o. Ziegenfuss, ed
itor of the Miner The would-be MUIR
derer is carpenter named Miller, whose
daughter eloped few days ago from An
aconda with a young fellow named Har-
rington. Miller pursued the couple to
this city and found them occupying an
apartment together. He compelled Har.
rington to marry the girl and then went
around town boasting of what he had
done. n ext mornings Miner contained
a brief account of the affair, and in the
afternoon Miller visited the newspaper
office and demanded a retraction. Editor
Zeigenfuss told him he would investigate
the matter, and publish retraction If
one was deserved. Miller went away APP
parently Modified, but returned later in
an intoxicated condition and made a
nuisance of himself generally. Last
evening he returned again and re-
quested a private interview with the
editor, who conducted him to the edi-
torial room upstairs, and when the head
of the stairs was reached Miller suddenly
grasped Ziegenfuss with one hand, and,
drawing pistol with the other, fired at
his head. The ball whistled past its tar.
get, and Ziegenfuss and his assailant
rolled down the stairs together. In the
descent the pistol was dropped, and,
after being severely pummeled by an at
tache of the business office, Miller was
given into the custody of an officer.
The charge of attempt to kill will be
entered against him to-day. Mr.. Ziegen-
i,,t he 1nnc hryh nc
rough experience, and numerous friends
are congratulating him upon his narrow
escape. Public feeling is strongly
against Miller.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-01
PiTH AND POINT.

When a mans rudy nose begins
TO scintillate YOU are safe in believing u
not contrary to his general habit OF lie
to sin till late himself. = BrooStyn
Times.
Come back and all will be for.
giyen'' is the usual card published by
foafer whose wife leaves him after wear
ing herself out trying to support him.
NJ o. Picayu'ae.
A man named Timothy Dwight has
been elected president of Yale College.
He is said to be man of considerable
ability, but is entirely unknown In
sporting circles. Chicago Times.
Young poets should always wait till
they feel the glow of the true lnspira-
ton before they write. The probability
is that they will never feel it, but they
should wait just the same.-SomerUltte
Journal.
Supply and Demand Anti.
quarian Gent-Got any old-ah--Roman
weapons or pottery latelyp" Dealer
'Xpect them in mex week, sir. Amt
quite finished rustin' yet, sir. About
Toosday, Sic.
Poor debtor-..You can't collect
that from me, sir" Collector MOP"
Debtor-"No, you can't get blood out
of turnip." Collector in disgust)-
apparently not; neither can 1 get
money out of beet. !"
If demonstrative married people
were less s'too too" in company and
were more one one at home, it wouldn'f
scare a young man half SO bad to think
of having to buy provisions for whole
family. Traveller.
At dinner-table in Massachusetts,
a gentleman remarked that A, who
used to be given to sharp practice, was
getting more circumspect. Yes" re-
piled Judge Hoar, che has reached the
superlative of life. He began by seek
ing to get on, then he sought to get
honor, and now he is trying to get
honest boston Bulletin.
Mans Deceit and Woman's Cred
ulity-After an enthusiastic lover
spends two hours hard labor over
letter to his girl, and then mars its
beauty by spilling drop of ink on it,
he first grumbles in scientific manner
for few minutes, and then draws a
circle round the blot and tells her it is a
kiss; and she, poor thing. believes it
". Y. Sue.
Il have noticed" said pert young
lawyer, .'that members of the legal pro-
fession are almost always brave men.
It is seldom that one shows cowardice.
1 wonder why this is SOP" "Well," re-
sponded an elderly lady, "I've read
somewhere that conscience makes cow
ards of us ALL. And as lawyers mostly
have no conscience, why of course they
haven't any thing to make them cow
ards. IN y Le6Qer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-01
CRITICISM AND PRAISE.

The Presidents Vetoes Of Private Pension
Bills Made the Subject of Adverse and
Favorable Criticism - Some, While Not
Agreeing With Him, Admire His Honesty
and Courage.
WASHINGTON, June 26.-While the
House was considering pension bills last
evening Mr.. Gibson, of West Virginia,
criticised several of the reports submit
ted by the committee on invalid pensions,
and stated that he would raise the point
of no quorum upon certain measures.
Mr.. Bayne, of Pennsylvania, attacked the
President for his recent veto messages on
pension bills. He was astounded at the
vetoes. In the whole history of
the Republic they were without a
parallel. This man, he said, had the
temerity to sheer at the reports OF a
committee of this House, and put the
seal of his sarcasm on reports OF COM
mittee granting a pension to the widow
of man who had been slain in the
services of his country. This man. him.
self no soldier, himself walking in the
path of peace, when all these other men
imperiled their lives to save the Union,
came in and put his veto on the unani-
nous vote of the House of Representa-
tives and Senate of the United States.
What constitutional authority had the
President for going to this
length? Who had invested this man
with such power that he must assert
himself and say to the country: az am
larger than you all, and 1 know more
more about what should become law
than the 500 members of the House of
Representatives and seventy-siX MEM
bers of the Senate' It is a fault of men
endowed with brief authority, continued
Mr.. Bayne, to affect great knowledge
that they do not possess. He was no
better than any other American citizen,
and he was not the equal of any man
who had imperiled his life and went out
to save the Union. Applause from the
Republican side.
Mr.. Matson, of Indiana, defended the
President, who, he declared, was fair
and just and prompted by his conscience.
All the gentleman has said in the way OF
abuse of the President was uncalled for.
The President was an honest man, and
the people of the country know it. Zap
plause on the Democratic side and in the
galleries.l Though he (Mr. Matson)
did not agree with the President on this
question, the President was a courageous
man, and he honored him for it.
Mr.. Warner, of Ohio, defended the
Presidents course, declaring that his
aim was only to keep off the pension roll
men who were not entitled to go there.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-01
BiFFI BANGl
A Powder and Dynamite Factory Goes
skyward-Rumors of Serious Loss of Life.

Powder and Dynamite Factory Goes
skyward-Rumors of Serious Loss of Life
PHILADELPHIA, June PA special to
the Telegraph from Morristown, N j..
states that the Forsite Powder and Dyna
mite Company's works near Hopatcone
were blown up Monday night by ter
rife explosion, which shook the coun
try for miles around. People thought
there was an earthquake, and
when the sky in the direction
of Lake Hopatcong became lurid short
time later, it was conjectured the hotel
Brislin at the end of the lake was burn.
ing. The matter was much thought OF
by country people in the vicinity until
yesterday when farmer being near the
works came through and reported that
the Forsite works had blown up and that
several men were killed.
The works are in secluded spot, and
all facts concerning them are kept as Sc.
cret and quiet as possible by the owners,
owing to the general dislike of having
such dangerous business carried on
anywhere near community. 1t is i'm.
possible at present to verify the loss OF
life
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-01
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

| THE Senate was not in session on the
26th. In the House a conference report was
submitted on the bill requiring Immigrant
railroads to pay the cost of selecting, sur
viewing and conveying their lands. AS
agreed to by the conference and adopted
by the House, the provisions of the bill
apply to allland grant roads. The House,
| in committee of the whole, Mr.. Reagan
| (Tex.) in the chair, resumed consideration
of the Sundry Civil Appropriations bills,
and after completing the consideration of
half the bill, the committee rose and the
House adjourned.
| HON. DAVID DAVIS died at his home in
Bloomington, ILL.,, on the Goth, in his sew
enty first year. Arrangements we're made
for his funeral to take place on the 18th.
Deceased left an estate estimated at be-
tween a million and quarter and a mill
ion and half dollars, which will be in
herited by his wife and two children.
THE President and Mrs. Cleveland have
been invited to attend the fall carnival in
ST. Louis, the preparations for which are
on a scale eclipsing all former occasions.
| ALEXANDER MILLER and his wife were
killed by the cars at Lafayette, Ind, on
the 26th.
L
gram to Senator Sewell, of New Jersey, on
the 26th thanking him for his efforts in Sc
curing the passage of the bill restoring
| him to the army.
THE total imports of merchandise at the
port of New Y ork for the week ended the
26th were valued at S6,509,925 Of dry
goods at s., s45, S69.
Rev. HENRY WARD BEECHER and wife
arrived in Liverpool by the steamship
Etruria on the Goth. He will deliver fifty
five lectures during his stay abroad, and
will be compelled to decline hundreds of
invitations to extend his programme.
| WILLIAM GALLAGHER was found dead
in the Mahoning river at Y Youngstown, O.,
on the 26th, with indications of foul play.
IT is reported in Berlin that in defer
ence to the wishes of the Gar of Russia
the name of Prince Alexander of Bulgaria
has been stricken from the German army
list.
THE strike of the Lake Shore switchmen
at Chicago assumed serious phase on
the 26th. the efforts of the company to
move trains being met by hostile meas
ures on the part of the strikers, which in
turn brought them into collision with the
police, with the result of several men be-
ing wounded by pistol shots.
FROM a compilation of reports from over
five thousand special correspondents the
/ american Rurdl Home finds the present
Icondition of the corn crop good. The
spring wheat crop, while more or less
damaged, shows fair prospects, and the
harvest for winter wheat is progressing
'favorably with fair results.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-01
ShotWelI'S Shot.

OMAHA, Neb., June Csc. L. Bradley,
a colored gambler, was shot and prob
ably fatally wounded by one Thomas
Shotwell, five miles from Crawford.
Northern Nebraska, yesterday. Bradley
was lying asleep on his cot when Shot.
well shot him in the back of the head,
tearing off the outer plate of the skull.
Shotwell then fired into his back as he
rose up, and next drove bullet through
his eye. another bullet into his forehead
and still another into his right arm.
Shotwell mounted horse and escaped
to the hills. Bradley never lost con-
seriousness and is still alive. He carries
more wounds than any man in the North
west. He was sergeant in c Troop,
Ninth cavalry, until few months ago,
when he became professional gambler.
Bradley has been in eight shooting
scrapes, and has always been hit.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-01

THE manifesto of the Comte de Paris has
created great excitement in France and
newspapers containing it were sold in
large numbers.
MISS ROSE ELIZABETH CLEVELAND is to
edit Literary Life, of Chicago.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND had, up to the
25th, vetoed seventy -four bills-within
thirty-six of the whole number by all the
presidents since the Government began.
REV. JOHN E. O'SULLIvAN, Catholic
priest of Syracuse, N. Y, has been sem
| fenced to eleven years Imprisonment for
a criminal assault on a domestic.
The remains of the late BENJAMIN
Moran, exhibited States Minister resident
at Lisbon, were inferred at the village of
Panfield, Essex, England, on the 18th.
TWENTY -FOUR men were killed and six
teen entombed alive on the 25th by an ex-
plosion in the collery at Rochamp, in the
department of the Saone, France.
The Emperor of Germany has bestowed
gold medals on Messrs. Herkemer and
| Mullers in recognition of the merit of pic
| lures hung by them at the Boston exposi-
| ton.
ROBERT DILLARD and James Emmette,
both colored, were hanged at Greenville
Miss, on the 25th, for murder, in the pres
ence of legal witnesses.
FORMAL notice of Bishop Tuttle's accept
ance has been given the clergy and laity
of the Episcopal diocese of Missouri.
THE business failures during the seven
| days ended the 25th for the United States
| were 13S and for Canada "a, as compared
| with 155 for the preceding like period.
THE total imports of dry goods at the
port of New York during the past week
were valued at 81 ,745 $780, and the amount
| thrown on the market at 81 ,629,90S
| GEORGE B. DAVIS was hanged at Scale,
Ala, on the 25th for the murder of VIM.
McClermend, alias Archie Reeves, last
| spring.
| THE Cigarmakers' Union of Pottsville
Pa, on the 18th presented scale of prices
to the employers involving an average adj
vance of one dollar per thousand, and
| stated that unless acceded to a general
strike would snsue on the 2Sth. The EN-.
ployers declared lockout, applying t.
every factory in the city.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-01
IN A FOG.
A Bad Wreck Caused by Dense Fog-One
Man Killed and Another Injured.

A Bad Wreck Caused by a Dense Fog-One
Man Killed and Another Injured
LIBERTYvILLE, Ill.,, June 26.-The Mil
waukee & st. Paul had an accident at
this place at nine O'Clock last evening.
Passenger train No. 81, which left Chi
cago at 1880 p. M, while standing at the
station at Libertyville, was run into by
train No. Sc, going toward Chicago. This
train should have taken the side
track at Libertyville, but the en-
gineer, having lost his bearing,
owing to dense fog then prevailing, ran
over the switch and into the north-bound
train The engines and baggage cars
were badly wrecked, but no injury was
done to the passenger coaches. The only
passenger injured was Mr. W. Bristol, OF
Western Union Junction, who was stand
ing on the platform when the collision
occurred, and was thrown on the ground,
dislocating his shoulder.
Root Clark, brakeman on the south
bound train, who was also standing on
the platform, was killed. OF the other
trainmen only one baggageman was
slightly bruised.
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Fatal Rear End Collision.

DIES MONIES, Ia, June 26.-Last night
about six miles east of here an extra
train crashed into a broken section of a
freight train, smashing the caboose into
spIinters. Of the eight railroad laborers
who were asleep in the caboose four
were killed, two injured and two escaped
unhurt. The engineer and firemen saved
themselves by jumping. Five cars were
demolished, three of which were loaded
with horses. Four horses were killed.
The names of the laborers killed are
Henry Hughes, L. NJ. Davidson, Dell Al
dret and Thomas White. The collision
occurred on high embankment and
bridge.