Iron County register., 1888-08-16
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

THE card-room hands in the mills at
Blackburn, England, notified the masters,
on the 7th, that unless they were granted
an advance of ten per cent, they would
strike. This would involve the stoppage
of $1,000 looms and 100, 900 spindles, and
throw 5000 operatives out of employ
ment.
THE German Catholic Orphans Asylum
Of Brooklyn was twice fired by an eleven
year-old inmate named Annie Owens,
who hoped to make her escape dnring the
excitement She was sent to the House
of Refuge on the 7th.
1t was reported, on the 7th, that Tas-
colt, the alleged murderer of Smell, the
Chicago banker, and a young woman
companion, were in San Diego, Cal
THE Su1grove estate in Northampton
shire, England, the home of the fore
fathers of George Washington, fell under
the hammer on the 7th.
THE mile and half-mile championship
bicycle race at Birmingham, England,
on the Sth, was won by Temple, of Amer
lea.
THE London press generally speak in
fitting terms of General Sheridan. The
Daily Neaos, of the 9TH, says: "Sheridan
deserves to rank next after the highest.
His name will long be a memory and an
incentive to great people," The Post:
"America loses a soldier whose deeds
and brilliancy endeared. him to the
whole people," The Standard: "In
Sheridan his country found fitting man
at fitting time"
BY a fire IN a tenement house in New
York, on the sth. four persons were
burned to death.
THE Court at ST. John, N. B., has af
firmed the validity Of the Scott act in
Portland. The Judgment has fallen like
a funeral pail upon the liquor dealers of
that city. The act was adopted in 1886,
has never been enforced owing to doubts
of its validity.
The brakemen on the Duluth & Iron
Range railroad, in Minnesota, who have
been getting $50 per month, are on q
strike for $65, stopping the fifteen ore
trains run between the mines and Two
Harbors.
TYE Michigan Republican State con-
vention met in Detroit on the Sth,
effected a temporary organization, ap-
pointed committees, and passed resolu-
tions of regret at the death of Geneaa1
Sheridan.
DURING the six months, ended June 80,
the total number of immigrants arrived
in Ontario was $4,000. Of this number
10000 proceeded to the United States.
JOSEPH f. MCDONALD has signified his
acceptance of the position of member of
the advisory committee of the National
Democratic committee. The advisory
committee consists of prominent DEM
Gratis in different parts of the country Sc
lected by the National Democratic COM
mittee.
THE Indiana Republican State conven-
ton met in Indianapolis, on the
Sth, and nominated the following ticket:
For Governor, A. P. Hovey; Lieutenant
Governor. Ira j. Chase; Secretary of
State. Charles E. Griffin; Auditor of
State, Bruce Carr; State Treasurer, Julius
A. Lemcke; Attorney General. Lewis T.
Michener.
LIEUTENANT WIssMAN, the explorer. has
left Berlin for Egypt. 1t is believed that
he is charged by King Leopold, whom he
visited recently, to propose to the Khe-
dive that au expedition be sent for the re-
lief of Emin Bey and Henry Nj. Stanley.
THE following is the ticket placed in
nomination by the Republican State con-
vention of Michigan, at Detroit, on the
9th: For Governor, Cyrus G. Luce; Lieu
tenant Governor, James S. Med onald;
Secretary of State, r. Osmun; State
Treasurer, Geo. Maltz: Auditor General,
II. II. Aplin; State Land Commissioner
Roscoe D. Dix; Attorney General, s. V.
r. Trowbridge; Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction. Perry F. Powers.
JUDGE c. a. o. MCCLELLAN of Auburn,
was nominated for Congress by the DEM
ocrats of the Twelfth Indiana district on
The 9th.
NJ. HAsLEy, Archbishop of Cambria,
died on the 7th.
TIE funeral of General Eudes, the ex-
communist, who dropped dead while adj
dressing body OF strikers on the 9TH.
took place in Paris on the Sth.
SURGEoN-GENERAL HAMILTON received
a telegram from Manatee, Fla, on the
9th, stating that one person had died
from yellow fever at Palmetto, opposite
Manatee. Four new cases had been
found, making total of thirty-nine.
DAN LYONS, under sentence of death
for the murder of Athlete Quinn. was
granted writ of habeas corpus by the
Supreme Court of New York City on the
9th.
The Bank of England's rate OF discount
was advanced TO per cent on the 9th.