Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-06-21

THE body of Harrison Garrett was
Nanticoke, from Sandy Point for BaIti-
more, on the 18th. 1t was remarkably
well preserved.
The Supreme Court of California, on
the 10th, affirmed the decision of the lower
court in the case Of DR.. ]. Milton Powers,
convicted of the murder Of his wife and
sentenced to be hanged.
THERE Is reason to believe that the re-
port crediting Secretary Whitney with an
Intention OF retiring from the Cabinet at
the close of the present presidential term
Is not altogether unfounded.
BISHOP THEODORE B. LYMAN, of North
Carolina, will sail from New York on the
Goth for London, where he will take part
in the coming convention of Anglican
Churchmen at Lambeth College.
On the 10Th Emperor Frederick's physi-
clans admitted that their patients disease
had possibly reached the esophagus, but
at the same time said that the difficulty in
taking nourishment might be only tenn =
porary.
LARGE numbers of negroes in the Chick
asaw Nation are preparing to migrate to
Oklahoma, where they will acquire land
prohibited from enjoying land rights in
the Nation.
WILLIE WHITE, who claims to be son
OF Lieutenant-Governor 3. NJ. White, of
California, the temporary chairman of
the recent National Democratic conven-
tion, is backing boots for living in
Newark, N. j.
Mr.. GLADSTONE has issued a manifesto
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letter to Lord Harrington, recalling the
pledges made by the Liberal Unionists,
and showing how in every instance they
have been violated.
JUDGE GrLDERsLEEvE, of New York
City. after hearing an argument, on the
11th, by VIM. n. Howe, counsel for Alice
Woodhall. discharged the woman from
custody. She will sail for England at the
earliest opportunity.
A COLUMN of locusts is advancing over
Algeria, Africa, in q compact mass over
twelve miles long by six in breadth. A
panic prevails in the province of Constan-
tine. The valley of Guelma has been de-
vastated by the pests.
THE bill to aid the Worlds Exposition
and Permanent Exhibition of the Three
Americas, to be held in Washington in
1892, and carrying a preliminary appro-
priation Of So, 1000, was favorably reported
to the House on the 14th.
A QUANTITY of gunpowder and dynamite
was stolen, on the 10th, from store hut
on Arran Island, Ireland. Since then a
number of tenants have been cautioned
not to pay their rent, and warned that if
they do, they will be blown up with dyna-
mite.
Krvyry ~
vailed monument in lofty defiIe on the
hills north Of Amphrissa, in memory Of
Ulysses Androthus, who, at the head Of q
few men, held the defile against the
Turkish hordes in the war Of Indepen-
dence.
THE President, on the 14th, pardoned
ex.Paymaster George B. Watkins, U. 8.
N, who on July 10, 1886, was convicted by
a court-martial at Yokohama. Japan, and
sentenced to three years. Imprisonment
for embeZzlement, scandalous conduct
and desertion.
MAMIE EVAN, aged ten, of Youngs-
town, O., who, while singing at concert
a year ago, strained her voice, resulting
in paralysis of the vocal cords and her
inability to speak above the faintest
whisper, was recently perfectly cured by
q stroke of lightning.
LORD HARr1NGToN has written a letter
in which he contends that the licensing
clauses Of the Local Government bill are
not Of vital Importance, and says that
the dissidents are not compelled to sup
port them as being essenti al to the ex-
istenee Of the government
JUDGE BENEDICT. in the United States
Circuit Court tin New York, on the 18th,
handed down his decision on the appli-
cation for a writ of habeas corpus made
byiBoodle Alderman Henry Jaehne. Aft
er giving longopinion Of the law in the
case, Judge Benedict den led the motion
TIE Oregon delegation to the Repub-
ncan National convention left Portland
Tor chicago in body on the 10th. They
were accompanied by thousands of peo-
PIE 70 the depot and were rendered a
perfect ovation along their line of march
through the city. some Of them being lit
feaiiy peited with bouquets and flowers.
REPORTS from Northeru Minnesota and
Dakota indicate that the storm Of the
night or the 18th was severe and the
losses heavy. At Forman, Oak. the
storm approached the magnitude of tor
nado, traversing the country from north
west to southeast. Several buildings
stroyed by lightning.
A DISPATCH from Pittsfeld, Mass, dated
June 10, says the talk among the New En-.
gland delegates to Chicago in the special
train was almost entirely about Blaine.
One delegate said. ssThey talk Blaine,
but they won't vote Blaine in the conven-
ton. know shall not under any cir
cumstance. It does look, though, as If he
would be nominated as the result Of
deadlock"
tn. sad news from Potsdam, on the
18th, produ ced the hush of cath in Ger
many's capital. The people were quiet
and subdued, and the streets were silent.
Berlin thought and spoke Of nothing but
the mournful tidings which the sad morn
ing had brought to, the waiting hearts OF
her people. A national grief moved all
Germany, because beloved "Unser Fritz
mas no more.