Iron County register., 1888-05-31

IN renearS1ng Tor an amateur presenta.
ton of uncle Toms Cabin" at country
schoo1-house near Ditler. Neb., on the
evening eff the ODD, J. W. Foults, the
school-teacher, pointed e. pistol at SAM
uel Stump, not thinking it loaded. 1t was
discharged, the ball passing through
Stump's head killing him instantly.
The Gar, in the course of the summer,
will attend the maneuvers of the troops
of the Odessa district, and from there
will proceed to the Caucasus, extending
his tour probably to Turkestan.
IMMENSE swarms of locusts are devas-
tating portions of Algeria. The insects
extend in q semi circle. the diameter of
which is calculated at fifteen kilometers.
AssAYER BRADEN reports the value OF
the Montana gold and silver output last
year at between S23, ,000, 900 and $24 ,0OO, 900.
JAMES C. FLOOD, accompanied by Mrs.
Flood and Miss Jennie Flood, left San
Francisco, on the oath, en- route for Eu-
rope for the benefit of his health.
THE Massachusetts, Senate, on the 2oth,
by vote of "a to 6, defeated the bill pro-
viding for conduits for telegraph and
o ther electric wires.
MRS. CLEVELAND went from Philadel-
phia to Princeton, N. j., where she is tn
guest of Prof. Marquand, on the 25th.
loss of life occurred at the late explosion
in Merlot's cartridge and fireworks fac
tory in Paris. Early reports were greatly
exaggerated.
BUSINESS failures reported by R. e.
Dun & Co. for the week ending on the
25th, were: For the United States, 212;
for Canada, 13; total, 225. The failures
for last week were 1S9; and for the corre-
spending week of 1887, 175.
COLONEL ELLIS made an argument, on
the 25th, upon the merits of Russian
torpedo, before the SUBJ committee of the
House committee on appropriations, en-
gagged in the preparation of the Fortifica-
ton Appropriation bill.
POLICEMAN GooDELL, of Leavenworth,
Kas., shot three times and killed wife,
beater named Ben Black on the 25th.
Black had first fired at the officer, infiict-
ing a flesh wound.
BISHOP O'DwYER of Limerick wrote =
letter to the mayor of that city, warnin
Roman Catholics against attending d
meeting of the National League to be held
on the 9th, and declaring that those who
attended the meeting would be guilty
of a grievous sin.
THE Prince of Wales inspected the
Blucher Hussars, of which he is honorary
Colonel, at Stolpe, Germany, on the Goth.
PROVINCIAL banks are refusing to re-
ceive 5O0-franc notes of the Bank of
France, owing to the counterfeits in cir
culation. The notes are to be withdrawn
from circulation by the bank. 1t is stated
that counterfeit 1,0o0-franc and 100-franc
notes have also made their appearance.
PRESIDENT JOHN FITZGERALD of the
Irish National League has called a meet
ing of the council of the State executives
of the League, to be held at Cleveland, O.,
June II. The meeting will probably call
a National convention to take action on
the papal rescript.
MRS. E. DAVIS, of Salt Lake City,
learned, On the 23d, that her husband, to
whom she had been married twenty years,
had married a second wife. The shock
unbalanced her mind, and, on!the oath, she
cut her throat with a razor.
CHARLES CLENDENNING, one of the
pioneers of Allegheny County, Pa, cele-
brated his one-hundredth birthday on the
9th. Mr.. Clendenning is in good health
and personally superintends the work on
his large farm in West Deer township.
THE collections of internal revenue for
ing June 80, 1888, amounted to 800, ,4O6, =
452, being an increase Of S., 153, 3S5 over
the collections during the corresponding
period of the previous fiscal year.
JOHN SwINToN, of New York, has pub
lished a card stating that he will not be a
candidate for President on the Socialist
ticket as had been reported.
THE body of Adelbert Kreiger, of Day
ton, O., who died suddenly, on the 9th, at
Chicago, was cremated at Cincinnati in
the unfinished crematory on Clifton
heights, on the 25th.
LORD LANSDowNE sailed from Canada
for England on the 23d. His successor
as Governor-General,L Lord Stanley, sails
from England for Canada on the 30th.
THE appeal of ex-Alderman Henry NJ.
Jaehne, the convicted boodler of New
York City, for a writ of habeas corpus,
set for argument on the 25th, was post
poned for a week.
SIR CHARLES TUPPER, Canadian High
Commissioner to England, sailed from
New York to Liverpool on the Goth.
THE Peak murder trial was resumed at
Mt. Holly, N. j., on the 25th. Judge Gar
rison excluded the so-calied dying decla-
ration of Kate Anderson. This decision
is regarded as the turning point in the
trial, and it is not unlikely that Peak will
escape conviction.