Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05
METEOROLOGICAL.


Jan. s-very cold weather all over the coun-
try Ice formed in the City of Mexico and Their
was 20 degrees below zero at Water
Jan. 4-Snow fell foot deep in Louisiana,
the heaviest ever known.
Jan. 5-Five inches OF snow fell in Georgia
and Mississippi.
Jan. 6-Thermometer ranged from sc below
zero at Moorehead, Mimi, 10 II below at MIL
waukee, and was reported to have registered 10
below at Aitsin. MIMI on the night of the 9th
Jan. S-ThermOmeter 80 below at Miles City
NJ. r., and IS below at Pembina, D. T.
Jan. l9-Cold weather throughout the East
In the Mohawk Valley, \. Y, mercury ranged
from - to 30 degrees below zero
Jan. 31-Mercury 81 below zero at St. Vim
cent, MINI.
Feb. 2-Severe blizzard in Dakota. Snow
compelled abandonment of all railroad trains.
Feb 6-EarthQUske shocks in Illinois, In
diana and Missouri.
in ten years. Many people and cattle persisted.
Feb 22-FIrst cyclone ever known west of
Rocky Mountains passed near Oroville, Cal.
Feb. 26-Trains throughout Northwest block
AIDED by terrific snow storm.
Mar. 23-Heavy SHOWS in East. At Glovers-
vile, N; Y, piled as high as store fronts.
consin and Michigan.
Apr. 15-00clone al ST. Clairsvil1e O., wrecked
300 houses. Loss, S1,0on,000.
Apr. 21-Cyclone in Vernon County, Mo,
killed about 25 people. =. Cyclones destroyed
Prescott, Kan, and destroyed life and prop
erty in Arkansas. Heavy SHOWS in Northwest.
ern Arizona and Mexico. 200 people killed in
latter country.
ed in Wisconsin.
May 13-FIve shocks earthquake at Nogales.
A. T Cyclone leveled houses and killed two
persons at Three Springs, Neb.
May 30-Two shocks earthquake at Nogales,
A. Il.
june 3-Severe earthquake shocks in North
ern Californ "a and Western Nevada.
June 16-Hurricane Grand Forks, D. T., killed
6peopIe and destroyed $4,000 property.
June 17-Cyclone near Crookston, Mimi.
killed people 49,. Great heat throughout North
west and cases Sunstroke at Chicago.
June 22-Snow fell in Pleasant Valley, MINI.
June 23-Frost injured crops in Dakota.
June 25-Mono County New marble quarry
by earthquake. Loss, S1,0M,0oJ.
June 27-Tornado in Texas killed several peo-
pie.
July s-Mercury "f in shade at Chicago and
intense heat throug-ou country.
July 12-Great heat in Northwest. At some
points mercury 10S in shade.
July 16-17-Intense heat throughout country.
In Chicago 1877 deaths from sun-strolle, II in
Cincinnati, IS in ST. Louis, IA in Philadelphia.
July 1S-At Rockford, Ill, II children died
from severe heat.
July 29-Tornado destroyed half OF David City,
Neb.
July 3f-Eight deaths from sun-stroke in Phil
adelphia and in New York.
Aug. Body of land near Golden Pond, KY,
sank half a dozen feet during an earthquake.
-. Seventeen cases sun-stroze in Chicago and
16 in New York.
Aug. 5-Drought inIndiana, Illinois and Wis
consn unprecedented. Thousands OF acres
burned over.
Aug. 11-Remille, Mimi, devastated by tor
nado.
Aug. 1s-Republcan City. Neb.. nearly de-
stroyed by hurricane; persons killed and
many injured.
Sept 23-At Abercrombie, Mimi, mercury
above zero.
Sept. 24-Heavy frost in Northwest and about
Lynchburg Va.
Sept. 25-Snow at Farmingson. Me.
Oct. Heavy SHOWS in Dakota.
f1rf sir and
Michigan.
Oct al-Mercury at Billings M. T., IS below
zero.
Oct 25-In Northwest thermometer lower
than ever before in October
Oct. a1-Snow in Southwestern Virginia,
Nov. 5-Unprecedented drought in Southern
Indiana, Illinois ard Kentucky.
Nov. 21-Frost at Tampa, Fla; probably
killed yellow fever germs.
Nov. 2S-ThermometerS in portions OF Min
nesota, Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin marked
from IL to IS degrees below zero
Dec. 15-Four to six inches OF snow in
Western Texas-heaviest ever known in that
section.
Dec. 19-Blizzard and heavy snow fall through
out Northwest SIX feet of snow in por-
tions of New Jersey-heaviest fall for years.
Dec. 20-Severe blizzard and extreme cold
weather i'll the Northwest.
Dec Unusually cold weather in the cattle
Dec 23-Earthouake shock at New Bedford
Mass
Dec a5-Eight inches of snow in louisiana
and mississippi.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Jan. 13--Miss Lucy Stanley, of Evansville,
Ind, appointed Queen of Gypsies in United
States, to succeed her sister, Mrs. Emma Stan
ley, deceased. 80. Large mass of rock fell from
Horseshoe Falls, Niagara; materially changing
formation on Canadian side.
JAN 1S-Jonas e. Clark gave Sfr000,0oG to
Worcester, Mass. for university.
Mar. MARY Baker, White County, Ind,
completed 125 days fast.
Mar 24-Mrs. John Farnham died at Utica,
NJ Y. aged 10S.
May Civilian O'Brien, editor Of United Lie-
}dn7, arrived in New York.
May 12--At Castle Garden 10000 INN gran IS
arrived, largest for any one day in history.
May fisk people insane at Tucson, A. t.
believed due to earthquake fright.
May 19-Nickel-Plate railroad sold for SIG,
200 900 to New York Central.
May 24-Two men killed by wolves in Fulton
May a6-Twenty General Assembly
Presbyterian church opened at Philad elphia.
died, aged 1a2
June 14-Great Chicago wheat corner col
lapsed causing failures for 100000.
June 15-Carlisle d. Graham shot Niagara
whirlpool in barrel.
June 21.-Colorow, renegade Ute chief cap
July 9-Dr McGlynn, of Brooklyn, excomma-
nicatod from Catholic church.
July 15-Mrs. Catherine Van Buren, Seaman
died at New York aged 106
July 25-Mrs. Richard Greenlaw, Memphis,
Tenn. gave birth to four children.
Aug. 3-George w. Nellis, Jr., reached San
Francisco from New York on bicycle
Aug. 4-Losses in San Francisco wheat corner
lit S5.03U, 900 to S6,0OOO0o
Aug. a5-Oil well on Martin farm. OIL City,
Pa, struck June - netted owner nearly 800,
900 in three months.
Aug. es-Ute war in Colorado at an end;
Aug. 31-Blltimore & Ohio express sold to L.
S. Express Co. for S2.50o,0o0.
Sept. S-Vein of pure rock salt 155 feet thick
found at Ellsworth, Kan.
Sept. 9-Eliiah Hayes and wife, Warsaw, Ind,
Or0D6Tty worth SltU,U ~ to Mission board
SEN: l6-Meteor large as railway car srd in.
tensely hot fell near Vauceboro, Me.
SEPT, Craftsmanship Alesia reachc3 New
York from Naples with Asiatic choisra on
board.
Sept. ai-iIearly 100 divorce cases diaposed OF
Sept. s9-Six Mormon polygamisty. sentenced
to six months Imprisonment at Sal Lake for
unlawful cohabtation.
Oct. 1---At New Portage, O., wr-od-choppers
found $1,000 in an old log.
Oct. 3-George Bancroft, the historian, passed
Oct. DIR Joseph Parker. of London, del:v
cred eulogy on Henry Ward Beecher in Acad
envy of Music, Brooklyn.
Oct 6-Baltimore s. Ohio Telegraph sold &c
Western Union for S5,o0OOO0
Oct yellow fever appeared at Tamua
Fla. Boston Corbett. who shot Jofn Nnass
Booth. declared insane.
Oct. 9-George Francis Tram sITok9 IN chi
cago IN behalf of the condemned Anarchiats.
Oct. 12-Robert Garrett resigD5d preAdenc1
Bait more s. Ohio railroad.
Oct. I7-Charles Dickens, son o: the famou:
author arrived in New York 20 give readings.
Oct 2l-Anarchists' case taken 10 U. >. Su
preme Court.
oct. 22-Statue of Abraham Lincoln un
vailed in L ncoln Park, Chicago
Oct, 25-Tn Cincinnati 500 cases typholc
fever reported. .,
Oct. a6-About $50 cases yellow fever and 81
deaths at Tampa, Fla, to date Jen- DAYS
reviewed a0,0J0 Confederate veterans at ma
con, Ga.
Oct. Sd. r. Pearsons and wife, OF chicago
divided 100000 worth real estate equally De
tween Congregational and Presoyterai
Theological Summaries of Chicago.
Nov. lO-Dr McCosh resigned presidency
Erincatnn COllAQe.