Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-06
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

THE gunboat Petrol will be launched at
Baltimore, Md, about the middle OF Sep
TENDER.
THE Democracy of Delaware held their
State convention at Dover on the 2Sth.
CROPS were badly damaged throughout
England, on the night of the 2Sth, by a
severe rainStOrm.
REPRESENTATIVE RANDALL'S physician
said, on the 2Sth, that his patients con-
valescence, though very slow, would be
sure unless he experienced some sudden
relapse caused by influences which can
not always be controlled.
AN electric motor attached to a car on
the St Clair Electric road in Pitts burgh,
Pa, ran away down heavy grade, on the
18th, jumping the track and rolling over
several times where a sharp curve &C.
Cured at the foot of the hill. Several
passengers were severely, though none
fatally, injured.
THE agricultural works of Houck &
Comstock, at Mechanics burg. Pa, were
destroyed by an incendary fire on the
9th.
A DIPHTHERIA epidemic is raging at
South Hadley, Mass, the site of the
Mount Holyoke female college and semi
nary. Up to the 2sth sixty -four cases
and four deaths had been reported.
THE Papal brief appointing Rev. John
s. Foley to the Bishopric Of Detroit was
received, on the 18th, by Cardinal Glib
bons.
NINE widows of the victims of the late
mill disaster at Neenah, Wis, and twen-
ty- eight small orphan children were left
in destitute circumstances. On the 9th,
Mayor Lawson of Neenah issued an ap-
peal to the people of Wisconsin in their
behalf.
THE Parnen defense fund was swelled,
| on the Both, by subscriptions aJnountln g
| to $1,000.
| MISS EFFIE WILLIAMSON, OF Fairfax
| County, Va-,' was killed by train on the
Alexandria & Fredericksburg railroad,
near Long Branch station, twelve miles
! from Alexandria, on the 2Sth.
| 1t was stated, on the 2Sth, that VIM.
Scully, alias Lord Seully," the Illinois
| landlord, will offer his farms for sale and
| dispose of all his property in tn State.
| By the enforcement of the Alien Land
| law, Scully's system of 'rack-renting''
has been broken up, his tenants refusing
| to pay rent.
| GENERAL RIGUELME, of Barcelona, was
| killed in a duel with q member of the
| Spanish Chamber of Deputies on the
| 2Sth. The civilian was also wounded.
| ENGLISH visitors at Woodford, Ireland,
who witnessed the evictions from the es-
i tate Oh LOTu Ou Luo 20 III, GA
| pressed their condemnation in strong
language of the methods used.
| MRS. BROOKS, the mother of the MUIR
7! derer Maxwell, recently hanged in st.
Louis, and her daughter sailed from New
| York for England on the Doth.
THE bond offerings, on the 10Th, aggre-
| gated 81, 927 900, as follows: Registered
As, S., 600, at 1919; registered AIS. s, 922,
600, at 1918 to 10S1s.
TOMMY WARREN and John Van Heest
| fought on the 2Sth, with two-ounce
gloves in the Palace Theater, Ashland,
| Wis. Van Heest quit in the fou nth round.
although the referee had allowed him to
I have the best of the champion as to fouls.
The \Deep- W alter convention met and
| organized in the Tabor Grand Opera
/ House, at Denver, Col, on the 2Sth. There
i was large attendance of delegates.
The speakers at the Inter State
| Changers Exhibition at Williams Grove,
Pa, on the Goth, took strong grounds
| against tariff reduction.
THE report OF a death from yellow fever
| at Fernandina, Fla, is denied. Mr.. Merri-
| wether, whose death gave rise to the re-
| pert was victim of typhoid fever.
Mr.. FRED GEBHARDT, who was booked
/ to sail for Europe on the 23d, postponed
his departure until the 1st to await the
i pleasure of Mrs. Langtry.
/ EMPEROR WILLIAM OF GERMANY is ex-
/ pected to arrive in Rome on the 9Th.
Elaborate preparations for his reception
are in progress
BRITISH, German and Austrian squad
rons will make a visit shortly to the prin-
cipal Italian ports.
THE Ebor handicap was run, on the
goth, at York, England. The race was
/ won by Nappa. Tommy Tittlemouse was
second and Hungarian third. There were
i eighteen starters.
THE officials at the German Embassy
in Paris, becoming satisfied, that the
would-be assassin. GARNER, who fred q
harmless shot at the porter OF the En-.
/ bassy, was insane, the incident was
j closed.
TIE board of directors of the Sioux
CITY (Ia) Base Ball Club released
Manager Bryan. on the 18th. having first
i fined him $500 for refusing to play the
milwaukee club two weeks ago. His re-
fusal involved The Sioux City club In .
tine Of $500