Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-01

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on tie evening of the 23l. A field of ice
three miles long III we'd to Port Jervis, n.
Y, where it stoppel, forming an ice dam
mile in length and seven feet thick.
The water backed up and rose twelve [ee9
in twenty minutes, flooding many houses
along the river. and damaging the Barrett
suspen sion bridge.
GOVERNOR JACKSON of Maryland. ON the
23d. signed the death warrant for j. B.
Biscoe, the colored youth who murdered
Captain Dixon on his sloop on the Poto-
mac river. He will be hanged on Friday,
April 81 at Leonardtown.
THE Parliament of Nova Scotia was
opened on the 23d by the Lieutenant Gov
ernor. The leader of the government in
the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia
will be Mr.. d. C. Frazer,of New Glasgow,
recently appointed to that body.
THos DENHAM, formerly a wealthy Ice
cream manufacturer and well-known citi.
zen of Brooklyn, shot himself dead on the
23d. DIssipated habits had ruined
him, and he was in a respondent con-
dition.
The call for the National Democratic
Convention to meet in st. Louis on the
5th of June was promul gated by the Ma
tional committee on the 23d.
THE House committee on pensions on
the 23d agreed to the Senate bill increas.
ing to thirty dollars per month the PEN
sion for total deafness.
THE annual NEE ting and election of off,
GERS of the Grant monument fund trustees
was held in New York on the 23d. The
committee has now on deposit S126, 1852. 80.
About ten thousand dollars was contrib
uted to the fund last year.
THE corporation of San Reno, Italy,
will confer the freedom Of the town upon
DR.. Mackenzie.
THE case of Jay Gould, Russell Sage
and the Kansas Pacific bondholders was
again taken up by the New York City
grand jury on the oath.
W. w. CoRCoRAN, the great philanthro-
pist and successful banker, died at his
res idence in Washington ON the oath.
Notwithstanding his princely benefac-
tions, amounting to millions, he was pos
sessed, at The time of his death, of Sc, 000,-
600.
A SYNDICATE of French, Belgian and
Dutch bankers has advanced to Russia
the sum of 1000. 900. They refuse a
larger loan unless the Bulgarian question
is peacefully settled.
A MISTAKE made as to the place of hold
ing the presidential re ception at Palatka,
Fla. on the ed, caused bitter disappont-
ment to multitudes who had Travelled
long distances to see the Chief Executive.
JUDGE SAGE, of the United States Cir
cult Court at Cincinnati, has refused an
order to remove Ben E. Hopkins from
the county Jail 10 his home, where he
might die surrounded by his family, stat
ing that it was the duty of the court to
execute the law and protect the general
public, rath er than to consider the com
fort of indiv iduals.
The mine inspectors report shows that
for the year 1887 there were in the second
anthracite district of Pennsylvania so
fatal and I'D nom fatal accidents, leaving
81 widows and 60 orphans. One employee
was killed to every PSI employed, and one
injured to every 50 employed. There was
an increase of $4,000 tons IN ined over the
product of 1886.
IT is said that the President favored the
selection of Chicago for the location of the
Democratic National convention, and said
it must not go to San Francisco. This an
tagonized majority of the committee,
and Frisco, seeing that her chances were
gone, swung to ST. Louis under the lead
ership of Mr.. German.
MAYOR FRANCIS of st. Louis has re-
quested the hotel-keepers of the city to
refrain from engaging rooms to outside
parties until satisfactory apportionment
has been made for the National commit
teemen and State delegations.
REV. VIM. KEYLoRD, of the South Jer-
sey Baptist Conference, was acquitted
on the oath of the charge of assault, pre-
ferred by Miss Carrie Pharo.
The evidence before the Congressional
committee at Hazleton, Pa, on the oath,
showed falling off in wages and an
increase in charges imposed by the COM
pany storekeepers.
A SAN FRANCISCO belle was presented
to Queen Victoria on the oath at a draw
ing-room reception.
THE Exchange Bank at Canyon City,
Col, has failed.
IMPORTANT changes in German army
commanders are expected soon to be
made.
AT Terre Haute, Ind, on the oath, Will
liam N. Monr oe, in jumping from a NOV
ing Vandalia train, was fatally injured.
His home is at Knightstown, Ind.
CHARLES HoLToN, the young son of C.
c. Holton, of Chicago, who was accident
ally shot ON the ODD by his brother,
Ethan Allen Holton, died of his wounds
On the oath.