Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-19
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

AT war council in Sofia, on the 18th, it
was decided to adopt measures for the
defense of Bulgaria against any invader,
but not to take part in aggres sive action.
FIRE was discovered in the barns of the
horse railroad company at Meriden,
Conn.,, on the night of the 10th, and
although the entire fire department was
called out, the entire main barn burned
out, with eighty horses and fourteen cars.
The origin of the fire is a mystery. The
loss will foot up 49, 900. Insurance,
$40, COO.
MAJOR THOMAS E. SLOAN, of the invita-
ton committee for the "Old Guard" re-
ception at New York, accompanied by
Colonel B. Mix, were received by Presi-
dent Cleveland on the 18th, and presented
him with an invitation, in the name of
the battalion, requesting the honor of
Pres dent and Mrs. Cleveland's company
at the annual reception on Tuesday even
ing, January II.
A TRUSTWORTHY dispatch of the 18th
from Berlin said Emperor Williams con-
dition was worse, and that intense anxiety
prevailed.
COUNT RoDoLINsKI, the Crown Princes
chamberlain, returned to Berlin from San
Reno on the 18th, and said the Crown
Princes general health is better than it
has been for years.
A SOMEWHAT athletic incident occurred
at East Saginaw, Mich, on the 18th,
showing the devotion to the Crown
Prince of Prussia of the old Germans.
A German woman went into the ex-
press Office there and sent package of
medicine to the Prince to help cure his
throat. 1t was addressed to San Reno,
Italy, and on it she paid six dollars ak
pressage.
TUr Of HOY
been dug out of the snow near Fiume,
Austria. Many are still missing, and it is
supposed they are buried beneath the
snow. Thirty thousand persons in Mon
tenegro have been deprived of food by the
floods.
A SHARP shock of earthquake was felt
throughout Ottawa, Ont, and the sur
rounding section shortly before five o'clock
on the morning of the 18th. The vibra.
ton was quite marked, and seemed to be
travelling from the west. The shock lasted
between five and ten seconds.
FIRE broke out in the central building
of the fire department at Lowell, Mass,
early on the morning of the 18th. The
building contained the armories of the
Merchants Phalanx and Putnam
Phalanx, and also the fire al arm telegr aph
headquarters, all of which it was feared
would be destroyed. The loss is roughly
estimated at $100, 200; insurance unkn own.
AT NEE ting of leading citizens of Los
Angeles. Cal, on the 10th, Mayor Work
man presiding, j. was resol we'd to tender
General Fremont public reception on
January 81, his seventy-fift birthday.
In Difference to his well-known wishes on
such matters it was decided to make this
affair essentially informal. A fund in
Fremont's behalf has been started by
subscription of $1,000 by MIR. Freeman.
THE New York Stock Exchange has
pened determined war on the bucket
shops.
EARTHQUAKE shocks were felt in various
parts of the South on the 18th.
MACY WARNER, the murderer confined
at Jacksonville, Ind, made a desperate
attempt on the 18th to commit suicide by
cutting an artery with a piece of glass.
RAILWAY and steamship service was
seriously interfered with in London and
vicinity, on the 18th, by dense fog.
Ton BARRETT, convicted at Minneapo-
lis, Mimi, of the murder of Street. Car
Driver Tollefson, was sentenced on the
18th to be hanged May IL.
The total exports of mineral from the
United States for twelve months ended
December 81. 1887, was $40, 231 ,9Ss, against
81, 016,06 during the same period in 1885.
A FIERCE blizzard prevailed at ST. Paul,
Mimi, on the 18th, in consequence of
which the laying of the corner blo ck of
the ice palace was postponed until the
18th.
THE car-works at Dauphin, Pa. ten
miles from Harris burg, together with
church and several houses, were destroy
ed by fire on the night of the 18th. The
loss will be heavy.
RINGGoLD CooNER, an American forger,
has been arrested in Paris on an extradi-
ton warrant for a forgery upon the Lon
don & Westminster Bank, by which he
realized f3. 600.
REV. DIR. A. s. PATTON, who has been
editor and proprietor of the Baptist Week.
ly since 1872, died in Brooklyn on the 18th.
He had been ailing several months.
THEODORE HOUSTON, prominent rail-
road man of New York, committed sui
eide on the 18th by shooting himself.
THE Fourteenth Regiment armory build
ing at Columbus, o., was destroyed by
fire on the 18th. The Ohio poultry, KEN
mel and pet stock exhibition was in prog
ress in the building, and fifty thousand
dollars, worth of blooded dogs and
chickens were burned.