Iron County register., 1889-12-19
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THE President, on the 18th, sent to
the Senate the Nomination of Cyrus j.
Frye. of South Dakota, to be marshal of
the District of South Dakota.
THE funeral of Mrs. Scott-Lord took
place from the Church of the Incarna-
ton in Washington on the 18th. DIR.
Townsend, the pastor, preached the
funeral sermon. The remains were in
tered in Rock Creek Cemetery
OvEi, four hundred of the solid busi-
ness men of New England met in the
Hotel Vendome, in Boston, on the night
of the 18th, on the occasion of the an
nual banquet of the Boston Merchants
Association. Messrs. Grady, of the At
lanta Constitution, Carnegie and ex-
President Cleveland made speeches and
were applauded to the echo.
LIE CARoN, the spy and informer, is
shortly to publish book relating his
personal adventures and experiences.
A CAvE-IN occurred at Rundy's coal
bank. mile south of Butler, Pa, on the
18th, killing one man and fatally injur-
ing another.
THE work of taking down the electric
light wires in New York City was re-
SULucu- Ol Gut 1ftu, Iuc h6t-
ing been removed.
A FULLY-ATTENDED meeting of the
Western cut nail manufacturers was
held at Wheeling, w. Va, on the 18th,
at which the selling card was raised
from 2.25 to S2.35 for 12-pennies, two
per cent. off on carload lots.
GOVERNOR BEAVER of Pennsylvania,
ON the 18th, granted respite till Janu-
ary 20 for James w. Jacobs, of Lancas-
ter County, and George Clark, of Green
County, both of whom were to have been
hanged on the 10th.
In the United States Circuit Court at
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 18th, the Cen
tral Trust Company of New York began
proceedings against the Cameron Coal
and Iron Company Of Emporium Pa,
for the foreclosure of a mortgage of ST.
900, 600 on which interest had been de-
fau1ted.
THE German press continue their un-
reasoning attacks upon Stanley, devot-
ing themselves chiefly to the conten-
ton that by Emin's death Stanley would
be the gamer; therefore he must be
held responsible for the injuries the
former has received.
THE German Reichstag adjourned, on
the 18th, until January s.
An officer in the Russian artillery
service and sailor were arrested in st.
Petersburg, on the 18th, in connection
with a plot against the Gar.
Dom PEDRO was unable to attend the
session of the Lisbon Academy of Sci
ences, on the night of the 18th, on ac-
count of illness.
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to Plymouth, on the 18th, accompanied
by Messrs. Leeson, Lane and Breed, of
the Boston Merchants Association, and
several prominent Boston gentlemen.
Hon. III. w. Grady made brief speech
standing on Plymouth Rock.
THREE miners were buried by a fall
of ground in the Big Chaplin iron mine
at Iron Mountain, Mich, on the 18th.
William Leech was rescued, badly in
jured, but alive. b August Magnussen
and Gustaf Erickson were taken out
dead. Later in the day another fall oc-
CURED in &C. shaft of the same mine,
killing Ed Parmenter.
THE intelligence of the death of Poet
Browning caused deep feeling of re-
gret in London, where his friends and
admirers were increasing as the fame of
his work broadened. 1t is expected that
suitable action will be taken in literary
circles recognizing his genius and de-
ploring his death.
1T appears that there is no law cover
ing the case of the deraultor Silcott,
and that he could not be punished for
his crime if he should be arrested and
brought to trial. In other words, the
House of ReDraSentatjyeS while 1eriS.
lating on the peoples money, has been
so careless in providing for the safety
of its own, that the stealing of 100000
thereof does not come within the cog
nizance of the courts.
THE December returns and prices of
farm products, to the Department of
Agriculture, are lower than ever before.
The lowest average estimated value of
corn in former years was 31.S cents in
1878; since that date, S2.S in 1885.