Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

| THE extensive ponss- packing house of
Joseph Roster, at Mitchell, OAK, was en-
tirely destroyed by fire on the 18th.
Mrs. LANGTRY, accompanied by Mr..
| Fred Gerhard, left Now York for the
| West on the 14th.
WIN. MCCRISTAL, of Washington, has
i been missing since the Sth, the day OF the
great storm, and his friends think he
was on the Potomac river on that day and
was drowned.
AN agreement was reached, on the 18th,
by the conference committee on the
Army Appropriation bill.
THE House committee on pensions, on
the 14th, agreed to report with favorable
recommendation a substitute for Mr..
Buchanan's bill to pension members of
the life-saving service.
1t was rumored in L oudon, on the 18th,
that Mr.. Parne1 had made up his mind
as to the author of the forged letters, and
could lay his hand on him at any time.
CAPTAIN MCDONNELL of the Eighth
New York City police precincts died sud-
denly at his station-house on the 14th.
GENERAL HARRISON has completed his
letter of acceptance, but will not pro-
mitigate 1t until after his return from his
two weeks recreation trip.
STRIKING workmen of Paris resumed
work in a number Of yards, on the 18th,
and signs of the total collapse of the
strikes were everywhere visible.
BY prosecuting his suit against the
London Times Mr.. Parnell hopes 80 prove
that the letters published were forgeries,
and thus forestall any verdict that the
Parnen committee may bring in.
ROBERT GARRErT's condition was re-
ported, on the 18th, to be considerably
improved.
The commission appointed to investi-
gate the charges against Mr.. Parneu and
other members of Parliament, will meet
on October 16.
NINE. ADAM, Of Paris, in a published
note, on the 18th, stigmatizad Bismarck as
''the most impudent liar in the world".
A CRISIS occurred in Turkish Cabinet
circles on the 18th.
THE House and Senate conference COM
mittee on the Naval Appropriation bill
reached an agreement on the 18th.
The Senate accepts the heavy armored
gunboat provided for by the House, and
the House accepts the Senate's three
cruisers provision.
A RIGID enforcement of quarantine
regulations against Florida points was
ordered by the municipal authorities Of
Charleston, s. c., on the 18th.
The Pullman company has taken its
cars off all lines south of Savannah, and
all sleeping cars which had been in Flor
ida in the past twenty days har been
sent to the shops for fumigation.
Hon. JOHN j. HEMPHILL was renomi-
mated for Congress from the Fifth South
Carolina district on the 18th.
THE Minnesota Democratic State Con-
vention met IN St. Paul, on the 18th, and
nominated Hon. E. NJ. Wilson for
Governor.
HON. JAMES G. BLAINE was rendered q
reception at Portland, Me-, ON the 18th.
THE total amount appropriated for the
increase of the navy by the House appro-
priation bill is SIS, 760, 600.
A RESOLUTION was offered in the House.
on the 18th, for another investigation
into the affairs Of Public Printer Bens-
dict.
THE Clyde steamer Seminole, from
Jacksonville, Fla, for New York, which
was detained at Quarantine for over
thirty hours, was released, on the 18th,
and allowed to proceed to her dock. The
health officer reported no symptoms OF
fever on board.
WHAT appeared to be dynamite bomb
Of the Chicago Anarchist pattern was
picked up in front of the Cincinnati Freie
Presse on the 18th.
THE State Central committee Of the
Union Labor party of Iowa met at Des
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1t is understood that the purpose Of the
meeting was to make overtures to the
Democrats for fusion on the electoral
ticket. No decisive results were reached,
and the committee adjourned to meet
again September 1.
THE Republicans of the Twentieth Ohio
Congressional district in session at
Cleveland, on the 18th, adjourned without
making a nomination after taking 132
ballots.
THE annual meeting of the Western As
ISOLATED Press was held in Detroit, Mich,
ON the 10th. An entirely satisfactory
condition of business was reported.
A STAY Of execution in the case of
Daniel Lyons, the murderer of Athlete
Quinn. was refused by Judge Patterson.
of the New York City Supreme Court on
the 10th.
In q toast at the dinner which followed
the unvailing of the monument to the
1Red Prince" at Frankfort on the 10Th,
Emperor William said: there are 46,.
coo, 600 Germans who would die rather
than deliver q single stone Of Alsace-
Lorraine to France"
SECRETARY BAYARD returned to WASH
.ngton from Niddletown, Del, where he
went to attend the funeral OF friend, ON
the 10th.
EnPxRoR WILLIAM will visit King
Humbert at Rome, on October lbths and
remain until the 18th.