Iron County register., 1888-08-16

A COLLISION on the Columbus & East
ern railway between a picnic train and a
Columbus s Muskingum Valley train on
Joint track five miles south of 2ares-
vile, O., was reported Oh the 9th. De-
tails could not be obtained. The excur-
sion train was heavily loaded.
IMMENSE damage by the foods at all
the holiday resorts in Switzerland was
reported on the 9th. The Easements of
the hotels were full of water, which had
to be pumped out
TUE Clyde Line steamer from Florida
was not permitted to land passengers or
freight at Charleston. S. c.. on the 9th.
A PASSENGER engine on the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad plunged through the open
draw bridge at Gray's Ferry, near Phila-
delphia, on the 9th. A boy was buried
under the engine at the bottom Of Schuyl-
kill river, and several other persons were
hurt, some fatally.
THE steamer City of New York, with
Mr.. Blaine on board, was sighted off Fire
Island at 1:15 a. m. on the 10th.
A LARGE number Of blocks in the busi-
ness portion of Litchfeld, Conn.,, were
destroyed by fire on the 9th
GENERAL r. A. ALGER and Isaac Cap
pen were chosen electors at large by the
Michigan Republican State convention, IN
session at Detroit, on the 9th.
THE Duval County (Fla) Board Of
Health, on the 9th, officially announced
the prevalence of yellow fever tending to
assume an epidemic form.
QUARANTINE against Jacksonville, Fla,
was declared at Mobile. Ala, on the 9th.
THE Turkish Government has borrowed
from local banks f1, 100000. The interest
nm, tta1 1oo SC n6 OF &xyo aovf
is guaranteed by the new fisheries and
silk taxes.
AT lone, CAL, ON the 10th, the record
for half-mile heats, best two in three,
was lowered by lila Ferguson, who made
the heats in 4S and ASK seconds.
THE Rome Diritto, Of the 10th, says that
King Humbert will pay visit to Berlin
before Emperor William visits Rome.
THE Senate, on the 10th, passed, without
discussion, objection or division, the bill
regulating commerce carried on by tele-
graph.
THE strike of the navvies in Paris end
ed. on the 10th, in the men accepting the
terms offered them by the employers.
LATER estimates place the number Of
participants in the great Blaine recep-
ton parade in New York City on the
night of the 9th at 4O.O 900.
THE British Parliament will reassemble
in the second week of November.
THE Vienna newspapers, of the 10th,
commenting on Lord Salisbury's speech
at the Mansion House banquet, say that
his remarks are too optimistic, especial
ly regarding Russia and Bulgaria
A WHITE woman named Emma j.
Fletcher, aged fifty years, at Flushing,
l.. l., on the 10th, repaid the kindness of a
colo1ed girl named Maggie Jones, eight
cen years old, who had given her shelter
during the night, by numbering her in
the morning.
JOSEPH RICHARDS, a fourteen-year-o
boy, employed as mule driver in the
Murry coal mine at Wilkesbar Pa,
was killed, on the 9th, by being hit by a
runaway train of cars, which struck him
with such force that his head was driven
into the abdomen of the mule, and
jammed so tightly that it required two
men to pull it out
THE Comptroller Of the Currency, on
the 10th, declared second dividend Of
% per cent. in favor of the creditors of
the First National Bank of Wahpeton,
Oak. This mal<es in all 35 per cent. on
claims proved amounting to $110. 567.
THE reply of NJ. Goblet, French Minis
ter os Foreign Affairs. to the Italian note
announcing the occupation of Massowah
by Italy, protests against the consumma-
ton of capitulation without negotiation
or agreement with the Powers, and hints
that France will pursue the same tactics
in future if it suits her interests to do
SO.
CHARLES CARROLL, Of Baltimore. aged
twenty three. a descendant Of Charles
Carroll, of Carrollton, Nd, one Of the
signers of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, was drowned while bathing near
the PeQuot House, New London, Conn.,,
on the 10th.
THERE were 2 927 immigrants landed at
Castle Garden on the 10th.
Mr.. BLAINE took a drive in Central
Park, New York City, in company with
Messrs. Qnay, Clarkson and other men,
bers Of the National Republican commit
tee, on the 10th.
SENATOR KENNA, of West Virginia, ad-
dsessed large audience assembled in
Cooper Union, New York City, on the
10th, under the auspices of the County
Democracy to ratify the National ticket.
A VEIN of gold quartz rock has been
discovered in the Karthaus basin, located
in the Allegheny mountains. Indications
are that the rock will yield about 500
per ton.