Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-06
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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i ON the 18th, while receiving scores of per-
sonaI applications in answer to an adver-
i tisement for young men who wished en-
/ ployment as cowboys on the plains at $40
| q month. Mr.. Smith had exacted two dol
/ lars from each would-be cowboy as can
evidence of good faith, I" and proved to be
/ q fraud.
THE saw mills of Dubuque, Ia, have
| been closed down for the winter. There
/ are four mills there, but only three of
them were run this year. They sawed
about 81, 600, 900 feet Of lumber. Stocks of
lumber in the city are nearly 10000, 900
feet, about 10, 000, 900 more than last year
at this time. The season has been unsat-
isfactory and sales less than last year.
THE report that new Papal rescript had
been issued to the Irish Bishops, condemn
! ing boycotting and like practices in Ire
land, was confirmed on the 9th. The in
tention to receive the rescript privately,
but to act upon it publicly, was frustrated
| by the indiscretion of a servant of the
Bishop of Limerick, who partly divulged
| the secret.
The Oaths bill passed the British House
of Lords on the 9th.
The report of the wreck of the Phila-
| delphia steam collier Allentown, has
| been verified by the washing ashore at
Cohasset, Mass, of timbers, spars, life
preservers, steam furnishings, chairs,
etc., marked ALLENTOWN"
THE Pope has received another letter
from Cardinal Gibbons advising against
| the condemnation of the writings of Henry
| George.
THE London Daily Ne,os regrets Lord
Salisbury's decision to delay the appoint
ment of a successor to Lord Sackville.
This course, it thinks, may provoke
President Cleveland to withdraw Minister
Phelps.
THE boiler in the chair factory at Coch-
ran, Ind, exploded, on the 9th, killing
William Bencke, John Stark and William
Matthews, Jr., and severely injuring Fred
| Bruce, the engineer, besides wrecking the
| factory.
JAY EYE SEE, the famous gelding,
| owned by j. 1. Case and valued at $4,000,
| was discovered in pasture at Hickory
Ridge Farm, near Racine, Wis, on the
9th, almost dead from loss of blood. The
animal had stepped upor piece of glass
| or other sharp substance, and severed the
| artery of the left hind foot, and it was
feared he could not recover.
CONGRESSMAN RANDALL, who is improv-
ing rapidly, has been given permission by
his physicians to attend the opening of
Congress upon condition that he will work
in moderation and not spend too much
time in close committee-rooms.
HENRY GEORGE delivered a speech at
Lambeth Baths, England, on the 9th, in
the presence of an immense audience.
THE Marquis of Queensberry sailed from
New York for England on the 2Sth.
QUEEN VICTORIA and Empress Freder-
lex went to London, on the 9th, to offer
their condolences to the relatives of the
late Duchess of Sutherland.
AN eight year-O16 how was found with
his throat cut from ear to ear near the
busiest part of the town of Havant, En-
gland, on the morning of the 9th. The
police could find no clew to the identity of
his murderer.
SAVANNAH, Ga, raised the quarantine
against Florida, on the 9th, late frosts
having removed all danger of yellow
fever infection.
Mr.. MICHAEL HENRY HERBERT, Minis
ter Vests temporary successor in charge
of the British Legation at Washington,
was married, on the 9th, to Miss Belle
Wilson, daughter of Mr.. Richard Wilson,
of No. 511 Fifth avenue, New York City,
whom he first met in Paris.
CHIEF WARNER has
made the following selection of the Ma
tional pension committee of the G.. A. R.,
the most important committee of the
order: George s. Merrill, Lawrence,
Mass; James Tanner, Brooklyn; John
Kountz, Toledo, O., John w. Burst, SYRIA
cuse, ILL.,, and Richard w. Blue, Pleasan-
ton, Kas.
The Office building of the cotton mill at
South Glastonbury, Conn, owned by A.
Backer, of New York, was destroyed, on
the 9th, by an explosion of gasoline.
SENATOR and Mrs. John Sherman and
Miss Mary Sherman arrived in Washing
ton on the 9th. Ex-President and Mrs.
Hayes and Miss Fanny Hayes will be
among the Senator's guests for the in
augural festivities.
SECRETARY ENDICoTT says that the staff
and other vacancies in the army will not
be filed until after the meeting of Con-
gress.
The City Council of Reading, Pa, has
passed an ordinance making it unlawful
and punishable with heavy fine for con-
tractors to employ any but citizens of the
United States on city work.
BEFORE the final adjournment of the
Knights of Labor convention at Indian
apOlis, Ind, on the 9th, Mr.. Powderly APP
pointed j. II. McGee, of NewN ork; Alex
Beaton, of Boston, and Edward Cannon, of
Rhode Island, committee to investigate
the general headquarters.
CHARLES CoLNE and E. II. Carmick, of
New York, have begun suit against the
Calling Gun Company for S350,O0O DAM
ages for an alleged refusal on the part of
the Company to carry out contract with
plaintiffs for the sale of the Calling patent
to the French Government.
THE Republican Spell Binders As
sociation," composed of campaign ora
tors, was organized at New York City on
the 9th.
THERE were no new cases of yellow fever
and no deaths at Jacksonville, Fla, on the
2sth.
MARY CoNNELL, aged forty-two, fell or
was thrown from a fire-escape of a New
York City tenement and was killed during
a general fight which followed Thanks
giving orgie among number of her rela-
tives and friends.
DURING Thanksgiving celebration by
the Hudson Guards at Manhattan Park,
near New York City, the explosion of a
can of powder caused severe injuries to
Edward Schenck, Henry Holzapfel and
Geo. Smith, and resulted in a fire which
partially destroyed the shooting pavilion.
THE announcement that race had been
arranged between the Cambridge EN-
glandl University and the Yale University
crews, to be rowed in England, is denied
by Yale officials.
AN unfortunate child, rescued by the
New York Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children from drunken and
brutal parents, has been adopted by
rich bachelor and made heir to two mill
ion dollars.
JOHN B. KING, young law student, was
shot and killed hear a saloon. on the
streets of New Haven, Conn.,, on the 29th.
THE steamer Nova Scotian, which ar
rived at Halifax, N. S., ON the 29th, from
Liverpool, reports very stormy voyage.