Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-12

on the "a.
An important strategic railway, con
Meeting many artillery and cavalry depots
OF Russia, is to be constructed in thu
southwest Immediately. The cost will b,
$4,000, 600 roubles.
Rev. DIR. VIM NICHOLS, of Philadelphia
who was elected assistant Bishop of the
diocese of Ohio in the Protestant Epis.
copal convention held in Sandusty, O..
June ID, has declined.
THE union printers of Indianapolis
Ind, are threatening to openly oppose
General Harrison's election if he does not
endeavor to aid them in having the Jour.
nal again placed under union control
THE Maplewood Park Association of the
Minnesota Chautauqua at st. Paul, Mimi,
is preparing to bring suit for $4,000 dam
ages against Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, of
Brooklyn, for failure to keep a lecture
contract.
THE Republicans of Mansfield, O., rati-
fed the nomination of Harrison and
Morton by an immense meeting in the
City Park, on the 80, at which, resolutions
indorsing lthe National ticket and plat
form were adopted.
Irwas reported, on the I'd, that Gov
ernor Ames of Massachusetts, was still
dangerously ill with acute bronchitis.
There was danger of apoplexy, and the
members of his family were deeply con-
cerned regarding his condition.
Mosr of the delegates to the convention
of the National Association of Demo-
cratic clubs left for their homes by the
9Th. Secretary Whitney was busy all
that day registering the names of the
nj he fho oddroscaS nf fhoiy
officers.
In the case of Mrs. Steele against the
st. Paul City Railway Company, in which
she claimed 1000 damages because Of
injuries sustained in the Shelby avenue
cable-car accident in st. Paul, Mimi,
January q, jury, on the 30th, awarded
her $1,000.
The Pittsburgh Steel Casting Company,
on the ID, signed contract to furnish
some heavy castings for the cruiser
Maine, now building at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard. Among the pieces to be cast is the
stem post, which will weigh, when COM
pleted, ITO tons.
THERE is no truth in the report that the
French syndicate which controls the out
put Of the Calumet and Hecla copper
mines at Marquette, Mich, is about to
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simply holds a contract limiting the out
put for three years.
JOSEPH MUIR, a wealthy jeweler of
Philadelphia, telegraphed from Long
Branch, on the 9th, asking the New York
police to send a detective to Long Branch,
as an attempt was being made to kidnap
him and send him to an insane asylum
and take away his money.
THE State convention OF the American
party met in San Francisco on the tn.
The sentiment of members of the party
interviewed was strongly in favor of put
ting Abram 8. Hewitt in the field for
President, and nominating a candidate
for Governor in California.
INFLUENTIAL representatives of drug
gists, the milk and lemonade dealers and
fruit stand proprietors of Pittsb urgh, Pa,
have effected an organization, the object
of which is to make parts of the "Blue
Laws'' Of 1894 so obnoxious, through
their strict enforcement, as to secure
their speedy repeal.
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"MRs. GORDON BAILLIE" is the alias Of
a shrewd woman who has for some time
imposed upon the authorities and philan-
thropists of England and Scotland, as
one very much interested in the condition
of the Scotch crotters. She was arrested,
on the I'd, on a charge of committing
fraud under false pretenses.
NJ De GIERs, Russian Minister of For
eign Affairs, is reported to have informed
Sir r. d. Morier, British Ambassador, on
the Eth Of last December, that Bulgarians
might do any thing and every thing they
pleased, from cutting each others throats
to declaring Bulgaria an empire, and
Russia wonld not move finger to prevent
them.
KrsG MILAN 70 Servia has a bandoned his
plans securing a divorce from Queen Nata-
lie, and the.eondition between the King
and Queen will be that of separation.
The Queen will reside abroad until Prince
Alexander, the heir to the throne, who is
now twelve years of age, attains his ma
iority. The Prince will be allowed to
visit his mother each year.
THE business portion of Lake City, Mis-
saukee County, Mich, was burned short
" after midnight ON the 5th. The fire
started in a saloon, and swept every thing
for two blocks on both sides of Main
street Nineteen stores and Eve resid-
ences were destroyed. Loss, S75, 900; in
surance, $1,000. The fire is thought to
have been the work of an incendiary.
THERE is considerable alarm at Canton,
Mass, because Of typhoid fever cpl
demic in that place. Over fifty cases and
two deaths had been reported up to the
9th. The Kinsley Iron and Machine
Company Works have been shut down be-
cause of the illness of the employees. 1t
is supposed that the disease has been
caused by cess-pool drainage into well.
D A Z n of Naw fprE-
held an autopsy upon the remains or
Samuel E. Henderson, of Cleveland, o., |
IN the 9Th. whose death In room No. 142 Of |
he Astor House, was surrounded with sus- |
,.cion. The result showed Inflammation
il the stomach, and the coroner said that
he MANS death was undoubtedly caused |
- -t.,lin afid taken with suicidal in.