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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08
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NEW YoRK. Nov. Mrs. Lucy Par.
sons, the widow Of the executed an.
archist, Of Chicago, sailed from this port
for London yesterday. She has rome
there upon the invitation OF the British
Socialist Democratic Federation, for the
purpose OF taking part in The commence
ration OF the 18th of November. the
anniversary OF the Chicago executions.
Mrs Parsons, before leaving, said the
Chicago executions would be commen-
orSted this year not only In Great Britain.
but also in France, Italy, Ewitz erland.
Belgium, Spain and other European couu.
tries, as we'll as in q hundred cities of the
United States. She expects to return be-
fore December to Chicago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08
THE OYSTER WAR.

Desperate Fight Between the Illegal
Dredgers and the Maryland Oyster Navy
One Schooner Sunk and Several Men
Wounded.
BALTIMORE, Md, Nov. 1.-The police
sloop Mary Compton discovered about
four hundred boats dredging on the oys
ter bar near Swan Point Wednesday.
She sailed down, and when within Mailing
distance the crews on the dredgers
opened fire on the State boat
The Compton returned the fire
and several of the schooners were dis
mantled, but they refused to move on.
Reinforced by the steamer McLane, the
Compton again attacked the dredgers
and they gave way. Yesterday morning
they again appeared on the bar In force
and the Compton once more gave battle.
The fight lasted all dsy aud was the hot
est that has yet occurred on the bay. One
OF the schooners was sunk by q cannon
ball. A number Of dredgers were
wounded
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08
THANKSGIVING.


Tho Presidents Proclamation Sorting
Apart Thursday. November 80, ~ : Day
OF National Thanksgiving to God for All
His MercIes.
WAsHINeToS. Nov. 2-The President
yesterday afternoon issued the Following
PROcLAMATIoN:
Constant thanksgiving and gratitude are due
from the American people to Almighty God for
His goodness and mercy, which have followed
them since the day he made them Nation,
and vouchsafed to them free government.
With loving kindness he has constantly led MS
in the way of prosperity and greatness. He has
comfngs, but with gracious care he has warned
us OF our dependence upon his forbearance,
and has taught us that obedience to His holy
law is the price Of q continuance OF His precious
gifts. In acknowledgment OF all that
God has done for US as Nation,
and to the end that on IN appointed day the
united prayers and praise of grateful country
may reach the Throne OF Grace, L Grover
Cleveland, President OF the United States, do
hereby designate and set apart Thursday, the
goth day Of November, instant, as day OF
thanksgiving and prayer, to be kept and OBJ
served throughout the land On that day let
all our people suspend their ordinary work and
occupations, and in their accustomed places OF
worship, with prayer and songs of praise. render
thanks To God for all His mereies: for the
toll Of the husbandman during the year that
has passed, and for The rich rewards that have
followed the labors of our people in their shops
and their marts of trade and traffic Let US
give thanks for eace and for social order ono
contentment within our borders. aud for oul
Advancement in nil that adds to national great
ness And, mindful of the effective DISPENSE
ton with which portion of our land has been
visited, let us, while we humble ourselves be-
fore the power of God. acknowledge His mercy
in setting bounds to the deadly march Of pesti-
lence; and let our hearts be chastened by SYM
pathy with our fellow-countrymen who have
suffered and who mourn. And as we return
thanks for all the blessings which
we have received from the hands of
our Heavenly Father, let us not forget
that He has enjoined upon us charity: and on
this day Of thanksgiving let us generously re-
member the poor and needy. so that our tribute
of praise and gratitude may be acceptable IN
the sight of the Lord.
Done at the City of Washington, on the 1st
day OF November 1883, and in the year of indie.
pendence OF the United States the one hundred
and thirteenth.
In witness whereof / have hereunto signed
my NAME and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed. GROVER CLEVELAND.
BY the President
T. F. BAYARD
Secretary of State.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08
Gone to HI. Reward.

NEW York, Nov. Rev. VIM. G. Van
Meter. the well-known evangelist and
missionary. died Yesterday at Rome,
Italy, aged sixty-eight years. DIR. Van
Meter WAS one Of the founders of the
Howard Mission In this city, forty years
ago, and as Its superintendent he carried
on for twenty years the work OF rescuing
children from the slums and finding
Christian homes for them throughout the
country. It was largely through his
efforts that the notorious Five Points was
cleaned out and some OF its vile dens re-
placed by mission houses. For the past
fifteen wears DIR. Van Meter has been en-
gagged in missionary school work among
the children of Italy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08
ANOTHER DEFAULTER.


An Examination of the Accounts of the
City of Cleveland Shows Up Another De
faulter, Who Is Conveniently Absent.
CHICAGO. Nov. "a Tribune special
from Cleveland, O., says: A rather SEN
sational side issue in the Axworthy case
has turned up. The examination OF the
city's accounts shows a deficit Of nearly
SIT 900 in the treasurer's accounts between
1880 and 1888. This involves s. 7. Everett,
a prominent politician and vice. president
of the Union National Bank. The mayor
has ordered the city solicitor to serve
notice on Everett to make good the
shortage. That gentlemen is in New
York on q mysterious errand, and it
turns out last week he resigned the vice.
presidency Of the Union Nations al Bank
for the ostensible reason that he was on
the Republican ticket as presidential
elector.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

WooDCoCK aud Henry, the American
!avor1tes of the King Of Wurte mburg,
suddenly departed from Nice, Sardinia,
On the 81. The King had located them in
a pretty villa opposite his own hotel pay
ing all their expenses.
The London Times, of the 4th, says:
There is not the slightest reason to re-
tort by dismissing Mr.. Phelps, but we
would advise the government to show de-
liber alton in choosing Lord Sackville's
successor.
JAMES HAYES. Henry Gormley and VIM
Sellan were drowned in Rochester Bay,
having capsized- Charles Cogan, who
was with the party, was rescued.
CHARLIE MITCHELL, the gentleman
pugiIist," arrived in New York from En-
gland, on the 4th, on the steamer Umbria-
He says his visit is for recreation, but he
will accept any suitable business offer.
HON. MAHLoN D. SPAULDING, Of Boston,
one of the Californians of 1S49, widely
known for his unostentatious charities,
died, on the night of the Sd, aged sixty
one.
Mr.. AND MRS. j. G. BLAINE took lunch
con with Whitelaw Reid, at the latter's
Madison avenue residence in New York,
on the 4th, and left for Augusta, Me-, via
Boston, on the 9th.
Fl was reported, on the 4th, that Jus :
tice Stanley Matthews, of the Supreme
Court, whe had been ill for many weeks,
and quite unable to attend to HE judicial
duties, was beginning slowly to conva-
lesce and his friends think he Is out OF
danger.
THERE were ten new cases OF yellow
fever aud two deaths at Fernandina,
Fla, on the 4th. Two OF the cases we're
whites. One was Mead Hunt acting
agent of the Florida Navigation Com
pauy.
THE Spanish schooner Engraeia, OF
Havana and the American schooner Le-
gal Tender, were taken to Key West
Fla, on the 4th, by prize crew from the
revenue cutter VIM. Crawford. Both ves-
sells were seized, on the 1st, off Charlotte
Harbor, smuggling rum and tobacco.
The special passenger train over the
New York, New Haven s. Hartford road,
chartered TO carry campaign clubs from
New Haven to Boston, on the night of the
Sd, ran upon an open switch while enter.
ing Bridgeport and the sleepers were
torn up and the cars badly damaged.
DIR. FRANK L VIVIAN was awarded
damages in the sum Of $1,000 from the
Union Herse Railroad Company Of Oh
NEVILLE, r. l., on the Sd. for injuries re-
ceived by being thrown from the plat
form Of horse car.
IT was rumored in Washington, on the
4th, that a probable outcome of the Muroh-
ison letter Incident would be the APP
pointment OF Lord Saokville as Governor
General OF Canada
MANY ANDERSON, the famous actress,
arrived in New York from England on
the steamer Umbria ON tina 4th.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08
COST HIM HIS LIFE.

Che Unlawful Act of an Ex- Chicago Streets
Car Driver That Incidentally Cost Him
His Life.
CHICAGO, Nov. about $3.50 O'Clock
last night, as car No. 10 of the Garfield
Avenue and State Street line was passing
Center and Osgood streets, John Miller,
a striker. wearing a driver badge of the
North Chicago City Railway Company,
threw stone at the car The missile
struck the driver, and glancing off went
through the car window. Officer
Patrick Rice was on the car,
and jumping off fred a shot
after Miller, who started to run
away. just after the shot was fred Mil.
Ter disappeared. and was afterward found
in no with his neck broken. When
found he had bullet wound in his right
leg and his pockets were filled with
stones. 1t is supposed he fell while maxi
ing his escape from the officer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08
Fearful Leap of Locomotive.

SALIVA, Col. Oct. 31.-The air brake of
An engine drawing pile-driver on the
Villa Grove branch OF the Rio Grande
railroad gave out yesterday, when abo I
eighteen miles from this place. just as
the descent Of the steep grade from Po-
mona pass was begun. The engine shot
down the mountain at a terrible speed
until sharp curve was reached when it
jumped the track aud went tumbling
down an embankment twenty or thirty
feet high. Fireman Ludlow was instant-
" killed. Conductor Vinson had his leg
torn open and died within few minutes
from loss of blood. Engineer Whitley
saad Brakeman Allen were seriously in.
jured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08
English Opinion Seems to BE Divided Of
the SackviIle Incident.

English Opinion Seems to BE Divided on
the SackviIle Incident.
WASHINGTON. NV. 2-Mr. G. F. Benja.
min, a prominent member and former
president of the st. George tEnglish) So
c1ety of this city, said yesterday, IN refer
ence to the Sackville matter:
az think the action Ii premature. The
British Government ought to have been
given more time, more opportunity, for
action
Mr.. Benjamin remarked, incidentally,
that Mr.. Dawson, who prepares the Re-
publican campaign textbooks. also an
En9ffshman, approves the course Of tho
President, as he thinks Mr.. West ought
70 have been dismissed
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08
STRUCK BY A CYCLONE.
A Severe Visitation In the Form OF . Cy
ctone vt Laport, Iowa.

A Severe Visitation In the Form of Cy.
ctone vt Laport, iowa.
LAPoRT, Ia, Nov. IA cyclone struck
this place at nine O'Clock last night, COM
ing from the northwest Union Hall was
demolished and large number of houses
were unroofed and blown down, sections
IF the building being carried many
blocks away. Great loss has
been occasioned to the merchants.
L Curins, Boggs b Walker, G. H. Brust,
Walker & Ashley and L. Conright are
all moving stocks, as, their buildings are
shattered and flooded. The residence OF
Sanders Walker was blown to atoms and
the children rolled about on the ground.
the mother was seriously hurt. No other
injuries are reported. The loss on prop.
erty is $4,000. Reports OF damage are
coming from all sections OF the country.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08
A Condemned MURDERED Confesses 70 Ar
mother KilIlo~

A Condemned MURDERED Confesses Co An
mother killing.
Los ANGLES, Cal, Nov. 2 Fred. Ansch-
lag, who murdered Mr.. and Mrs. Hitch.
cock at Garden Grove, some months 40.
and who Is in jail awaiting execution. has
confessed to the murder OF Julius
Feugh In September, 1887. Feugh
was neighbor Of Anschlag. and
at the time OF the murder both
men resided In Butte County. AnachIs0
states that he was urged TO xiii Feuvh s.
two mon named Stenger and Barder. in
order to obtain Feughss money. Stenror
vas arrested In San Francisco yesterday.
no trace Of harder has been found thus
tar. -S'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08
The Chicago Anarchists Must Keep With
in Very Moderate Bounds.

CHICAGO, Oct. 31.-Chief of Police HUB
bard does not anticipate any trouble from
the Anarchists November II, the anniver-
sary of the execution. Both he and In
spcctor Bonfield declare that no parade
will be permitted. They will be al.
lowed to hold services at Waldheim, but
their contract with the cemetery com.
pany does not permit any incend1ary
speeches being made. Inspector Bon.
field is Of the opinion that the Anarch.
lists have no concerted plan Of action.
Their groups have been disbanded, and,
20 far as known, no organization has
arisen to take their place.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

GENERAL ALLENKoUoFF. director OF
Caucasian railroads, committed suicide
on the Cd. He left a letter addressed to
the Car. presumably giving his reason
for the deed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

The New York Star was sold at sheriff's
sale, on the goth, to E. E. Downs, for 500,
with assumption of Indebtedness the
amount OF which was not stated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.

YHE faculty of the Yale law school, on
the 1st appointed George NJ. Sharp, edit
tor of the Baltimore Under,oriter, to be
lecturer on Insurance law.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

It was announced. on the 1st, that the
operations of the Council-Generato OF Al
ce-Lorraine would be conducted there
after in the German Ian yuage.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

A DISPATCH from st. Paul de Loanda,
dated the I'd. says that the first section OF
the Trans African railway from St Paul
de Loanda to Ambaca has been inaugu-
rated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

THE President, on the Goth. appointed
Spencer Baird Newbury and Rush c.
Hawkins, of New York. assistants to the
Commissioner General to the Paris Elk =
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

A RIOT, in which several persons were
severely injured, occurred at Middleton,
County Cork, Ireland, on the 1st between
the police and a mob who rescued man
under arrest
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

COUNT REvERTFRA has been appointed
Austro- Hungarian Ambassador to the
Vatican, vice Count Won Paar, who has
retired after fourteen years. service in
that capacitY.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

DURING a torchiight procession in the
City of Belgrade, Servia, on the night of
the 1st stones were thrown at the WIN
dows OF the Austrian Legation, some of
which were broken
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

Miss BETTE WILSON, Of New York.
soon to be married, to the first secretary
of the British Legation at Washington,
will thus become mistress of the Lega-
ton until a new Minister is appointed to
succeed Minister West.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

Mr. RANDALL, chairman OF the House
appropriations committee. on the 1st di-
rected that call be issued for special
meeting Of the committee on the 21st for
the purpose Of beginning work on the ap-
preparation bills for the next session Of
Congress.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

Mr. WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, the gov
eminent leader in the British House of
Commons, issued circular, on the 2Sth.
to remind the members of the reopening
of Parliament
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

CAPTAIN MCCULLOUGH of the Sixth Pre-
cinct (New York; police applied for 251
warrants, on the 10Th, to be used in ar
resting some of She alleged colonizers in
his precinct The warrants will not be
used until election day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

THE employees of the Reading railroad,
in convention in Reading, Pa, on the
30th, adopted President Corbin's pl an for
a relief association organized on the in
surance plan for their benefit.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

FRED GEBHARDr and others brought
suits against the New York. Lake Erie &
Western railroad, on the Goth, for DAM
ages aggregating $3.50, 900 for horses and
other property destroyed in the Shoola
(Pa) wreck last summer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

The Berlin Germania (Catholic), Of the
Doth, states that a letter urging the neces-
sity of a good understanding between
France and the Vatican, has been sent by
the Pope to Preside MT Carnot.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

THE Lille (France) Echo du Nord states
that the president of the Geographical
Society of Lille has received news from
Africa that Henry NJ. Stanley has been
massacred, with all his expedition, ex-
cepting two men.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

AN Irish attorney at Denver, Col,
claims to have received Information from
London that a commission will soon be
sent to America to take testimony in the
Parnell and London Times case.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

CouRIERs who arrived at Zanzibar from
Tabora, Africa, on the 81, brought direct
news from the Stanley expedition, q por-
ton of which was met at the end Of No
vember, 1887, by Arab traders at a point
west o: the Albert Nyanza
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

JOSEPH CAvANAaH, q witness sum-
moned by the Parnell Commission, was
arrested in London, on the LIST, charged
with attempting to shoot fellow wit
ness. He claimed that his life had been
threatened for making certain disclose
nreS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

PIcKpocKETs reaped rich harvest
among the crowd gathered at New Lon
don, Conn.,, on the Cd, to witness the
passing of Mr.. Blaiue's train. Several
hundred dollars and many gold watches
wera taken from the unMarY.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

THE campaign letter purporting to have
come from Colonel Dudley, has stirred up
a tempest at Indianapolis, Ind. Dudley
telegraphs that it is a forgery, and says
he will prosecute the papers publishing
it for libel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

The United States steamer Kearsarge.
now undergoing repairs at the Norfolk
(va.) Navy Yard, is to be sent to Hayti to
protect American interests there, endan-
gered by the recent seizure OF the Ameri-
can steamer Haytien Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

In a row between Dickinson College
boys, bent on Halloween pranks, and
firemen of Carlisle, Pa, on the night of
the 31st, several of the participants on
both sides were severely, if not fatally,
injured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

THE business mems conference COM
mittee Of New York Cleveland and Thur
man clubs met on the 31st, and adopted
resolutions enthusiastically commencing
the patriotic and courageous action OF
the President in the Sackville matter"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

AN examination into the affairs Of. the
CT Of Cleveland, O., growing out of the
Axworthy defalcation, has disclosed
shortage in the accounts of s. T. Everett,
ex-c1ty treasurer, of nearly $1,000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

GENERAL ASA BUSHNELL was the SUBJ
ject Of brutal assault from unknown
parties in Springfield. O., on the night OF
the 1st He was seriously injured, and
confined to his house by his wounds.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

BETWEEN the 9th of October and the
end OF the month. 49, persons were car
ried up in the elevator of Washington
monument, and 1854 walked up, making
a total of {, 1886 who assembled the shaft.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

THE story that Mrs. Wetmore snubbed
the Prince of Wales at Homburg, Germany
a short time ago, received violent set
back by courtesles extended to the lady
by the Prince at a subsequent meeting in
wi
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

LEE YU Doc, the distinguished Black
Flag General who fought againt the
French in Tonquin, and died in New
York, on the 10Th, was. on the Goth, buried
with characteristic Chinese ceremoui es.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

THE Berlin National Zettung, of the
18th, says that Emperor William left the
municipal delegation coldly. The annual
presentation was omitted, and the EN-
peror did not shake hands with the mayor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-08

WASHINGTON, Nov. With regard to
the published letter purporting to be q
copy of the one transmitted to Lord
Sackvi1le by Secretary Bayard, a State
Department official said yesterday: ut
is not a copy of the letter. That letter
has not been given to any body from this
department. and apparently it has not
been given out by Lord Sackville, for
that alleged copy published is altogether
wrong,
The Forrest City times., 1888-09-22
Commissioners Sale.

Notice is hereby given that will, as commissioners, therein appointed, in pursuance of a decree rendered at the April adjourned term, A. D. 1888, of the St. Francis circuit court in chancery sitting, in the cause in said court pend ing, in which George w. Weibel was plaintiff against John c. Saint and $ w. Garrison defendants, sell in front of the:court house door in Forrest City, to the highest and best bidder, on a credit of three months, on Saturday. the 18th day of October, 1888, the fol- lowing described tracts or parcels Of land lying in St. Francis county, to wit: Lots l, ?, 4 and 5, in the northwest quarter of section 8, and the southwest quarter of section 8.
 Lots 1,2, 8, 4 and in the northeast quarter of section 1 and the southeast quarter of section 4.
 Lots l, 2, 8, 1 and in the northwest quarter of section and the southwest quarter of section 4.
 1, Lots |, ?, 8, and , in the northeast quarter of section ,, the north half of the southeast quarter and the south east quarter of the southeast quarter of section 5.
 The east half of section ', the north west quarter of section ', and the south west quarter of section ', containing in all two thousand and eleven and 5S-l0o acres of land. all in township five ,, north, range one q east.
 A note with approved personal secu' rity will be required of the purchaser Given under my hand as such com missioner, this 18th day of September 1888.
 T. Q. FITZPATRICK,
 Commissioner.