Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-19


THE recet,iag waters OF the Mouon~a-
hela aad its tributaries. are leaving be-
hind scenes of desolation never before
equaled in that valley.
Rev. GEORGE ROBERT GLEIG, once chap.
lain general to the British fo.ces, died in
London, on the 18th, aged ninety-two
years. He wrote number of books and
frequently contributed to various maya
zines.
IMMENSE meetings of Orangemen were
| beld.oa the II b, IN Ulster, IRELAND, and at
Glasgow, Scot ind, n honor of the ami
versary of the Battle of the Boyne.
THE Queen Regent of Spain's children
are in delicate health, and on advice of
the court physicians, have gone to San
Sebastian for sea bathing.
A LARGE schooner boat and two large
lobster sloops went ashore and broke up
in Salem (Mass.) harbor during gale
on the 18th.
A SEVERE snow-storm, followed by rain
and wind, prevailed in portions of Ver-
mont on the 18th.
THERE was fierce gale and tremendous
sea along the Massachusetts coast on the
18th. Schooners and boats were driven
ashore in many places.
TEEMER won the three mile-with- a turn
single scull race in the regatta at Cayuga,
N. Y. ,on the 18th, in 1884; Hamm second,
Hosmer third.
TRE crop prospects in India are said to
be improving with the cessation of the
drought, and all fears of a famine have
passed away.
GENERAL BoULANGER's bill for the dis
solution of the French Chamber of Depu-
ties was rejected, on the 18th, whereupon
ne announced his resignation from that
body.
ODESSA advices indicate an immense
harvest in Southern Russia. and the pros
pect of enormous expectations Of bread
stuffs in the fall.
THE Icelandic exodus to Manitoba is
assuming gigantic proportions.
ED. PALMER was found guilty of murder
in the second degree, at Ithaca, Mich, on
the 18th, for the killing. of his wife.
CONGRESSMAN GROUSE refused to accept
denomination in the Twentieth (O.)
district on the 18th.
Greece, on the 18th. No reports of dam
age from the shock have peen received.
THE total expenditures for the improve
ment of Cleveland CO., harbor during the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1888, was $151,-
S24. Major Overman, of the Engineers
Corps, who has charge of the work, esti-
mates the amount required for the com =
pletion of the existing project at 1918, $50,
and thinks that $50, 900 can be proftably
expended in the next fiscal year.
THE New York Sun is for sale, for the
modest sum of S. ,O00, GOO.
THE United States steamer Charleston.
which is being constructed at the Union
Iron-works in San Francisco, will be
launched on the 10th.
THE state dinner at Potsdam, on the
nf fho hr-i11 off
All the foreign ministers and ambassa-
doris were present. The representatives
of the Italian Government sat at the right
of Emperor William and those of Austria
at the left of his Imperial Majesty, who
conversed affably with the guests pres
emit.
THE new roaring gas we'll at Canons-
burg, Pa, is said to be the largest in the
world. The gas presents the appearance
of a column of blue steel for some
distance after leaving the pipe. Tools
and rope weighing six thousand pounds
were thrown out of the shaft like sparks
from a rocket.
CASE of leprosy at Legrand, Ia, was
reported to the State Board of Health on
the 18th. This is the first case known in
Iowa. The patient is young Norwegian
named Helen Halverson, who came from
Norway in June. 1886.
FRED REMINGTON, a young man repre-
senting himself as an artist on Harper's
Weekly, who had passed some days in
sketching mountain scenery around
Trinidad, Co l., committed suicide in that
place on the 18th.
1T is doubtful if any business can be
done in the House of Representatives
after the disposition of the Mills Tariff
bill, for want of a quorum, as a general
exodus of members is predicted.
IT is expected by members of the DEM
ocratic National executive committee that
Congressman VIM. L. Scott will be Sc
lected chairman of the committee.
THE coroner's jury have decided that
the disaster at Orange Court House, on
the Virginia Midland railway, on the was
18th, caused, by rotten timbers in the
trestle.
THE powder mill Of Latin & Rand, To-
Gated at Cressona, near Reading, Pa,
blew up, ON the 18th, killing three men
and demolishing a portion of the works.
The victims were George Belman, Ed
ward Reed and Henry D. Revich. The
explosion shook the buildings for miles
around.