Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

| the public illumination proposals of the
| Brush Electric Light Company.
| THE French Chamber of Deputies is de-
| batting the war estimates.
| JOHANNA YOCUM, n widow, living at
| Ninevah, o., fell into the fire in fit, on
the 9th, and was burned to death.
JUDGE CowING has replied to the letter
of Colonel Fellows criticising his judi cial
action in connection with the Gould Sage
case.
MAJOR JAS. B. POND, the lee ture mana a
ger, is to marry his secretary, Miss Glass.
The Alabama Republican State Execu-
tive committee met on the 9th and called
a State convention to meet in Montgom-
cry on the 18th of May.
PRINCE FERDINAND of Bull garia is pre-
pairing a manifesto in reply to the expect
ed ultimatum of the Powers regarding the
Bulgarian question, in which he will pro-
claim Bulgaria a kingdom and call upon
the people to crown him King.
In accordance with the demands of
Russia the Porte has notified Prince Fer
dinand that his position in Bulgaria is
illegal.
Mr.. GILHooLY, NJ. P, was convicted at
Schulz, County Cork, Ireland, on the 9th,
of offenses under the Crimes act, and sem
fenced to two months Imprisonment.
Two brakemen We're probably fatally
injured on the 18th in a collision between
two freight trains on the Central Iowa,
two miles north of Hampton.
Mr.. A. STIRLING PENNINGTON, assistant
United States district attorney for Mary
land, died at Baltimore ON the 18th.
THE yacht Mayfiower will not CT oss
the Atlantic to participate in the jubilee
racing on the Clyde.
THE owners of the Social Mill, Nourse
Mil E1oha Mil OF yVnonc0cI-at p
have, without solicitation, advanced the
wages of their two thousand employees
five per cent, OWN G to cheap cotton and
good business.
URIAH BosKIRK was shot dead through
the window of the De Jannette Hotel. at
Logan Courthouse, W. Va, ON the 9th,
while standing in the parlo in CONVERSE
ton with the wife of the proprietor. A
constable named Thomas has been arrest
ed on suspicion.
The safe in the post-offfce at Lebanon.
o., was blown open by craftsmen on tn e
night of the 9th, and 81, 100 worth of
stamps and a small amount of money
taken. There is no clew to the burg
lars.
The Massachusetts Senate passed a
resolution on the It'll providing for bien-
NAL State elections.
THE sharpest shock of earthq uake felt
in California for eighteen years was ex-
perienced on the 7th.
ELLwooD BAUM, proprietor and editor
of the Pottstown (Pa) Duly Neacs,
dropped dead at his desk at one O'Clock
ON the morning of the 7th, of heart disease.
MISS RACHEL STERN, aged twentysix
years, daughter of a wealthy New York
merchant, and noted for her activity in
charitable or organization work, hanged
herself at her residence in that city on
the 7th.
PETER VELKER, q well-known contractor
of Pittsburgh, Pa, was shot and instantly
killed on the nj ght of the 7th at the door of
his home, in Soho, by a stranger who had
followed him from the center of the city.
No motive for the murder is known. The
murderer escaped.
THE protocols sub mitted by the British
and American commissioners at the
fishery conference at Washington were
laid before the Canadian House of Com
mons on the Tth. Contrary to expecta-
tions, Sir Charles Upper and Mr.. Cham
berlain, together with the American COM
missioners, made a proposition for
greater freedom of commercial inter-
course between the two countries before
discussing the fishery question.
THE police of Norfolk, Va, arrested a
gang of five counterfeiters on the Sth
who had flooded that city with counter
felt silver dollars. The pieces are thicker
than the genuine. but lighter.
T. III. ToMLIN SON, cashier of the Brad
ford (Pa.) National Bank, died at three
O'Clock on the afternoon of the Sth from
the effects of the pistol-shot fired by Geo.
A. Kimball, who attempted to rob the
bank on the 9th.
THE board of managers for the Ohio
prison on the Sth paroled John Fasnet,
the notorious ballot-box suffer of Cincin-
natl.
THE death of the Emperor of Germany
and the affection of his son has had the eff
feet of allaying the National hatred of the
French, and engendered a feeling of pro-
found sympathy.
HE Crown Prince, on learning of the
severe illness of his father on the Sth, de-
termined, despite the opposition of the
German doctors, to repair to Berlin.
A MATCH was shot at DAY. o., on the
Sth, between Al Bandle of Cincinnati, and
Rolla Heikes, of Dayton. 100 live pigeons
each, 800 side, birmingham rules, Ban
die winning by score of 81 toS4.
THE funeral services of Miss Alcott
were held IN Bos ton the sth. They
were entirely private, only invited friends
being present. The burial took place in
the old ''Sleepy Hollow" graveyard at
Concord.
THE board of directors of the Iowa cir
cult met at Cedar Rapids on the Sth, and
fixed the dates for the seasons races as
follows: Cedar Rapids-June 49, p. in
elusive: Neutrality-suspicious. 26. %; Coun-
ell Bluffs-July 8. 6. Purses will be of
fered the same as last year.