Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-06

By the fall OF a rc.of in the Wyoming
colllery of the Lehigh Valley Coal Com
pany at Wilkes barre, Pa, on the 10Th,
John Shedlock, miner, and Hungarian
laborer named Sudown, were INSTANTLY
killed.
A SLIGHT earthquake shock occurred on
the Isle OF Wight on the 31st.
Ar the sitting OF the ParneIl Commits
sion, on the 31st, Mr.. Reid, of the ParneII-
lite counsel, stated that inquiry had re-
suited in the finding of thirty books be.
longing to the National League which
would be produced in court.
| JOHN GREEN, the English pedestrian,
has succeeded in beating Weston,s rec
ord of walking 5000 miles in one hundred
| days, by walking one hundred miles more
| in the specified time.
| ONE or the worst storms ever known,
accompanied with DEATH dealing and
property destroying floods and freshets,
| visited Western Pennsylvania and the
| Virginia.s on the 30th and 31st. Property
| of all kinds aud crops of untold value
were destroyed, and many hundreds of
| lives were lost Several rivers over
flowed their banks, and many cities were
| submerged. Heavy rains, reinforced by
a oud-burst, caused the deluge.
The silver wedding of the Count and
Countess of Paris was celebrated in En-
gland. on the 30th. with garden party.
The Prince and Princess of Wales and a
large number of persons of high rank. in
Guiding the full group of Orleans Princes,
were present.
THE Navy Department has determined
to equip each of our naval vessels with q
complete diving apparatus. A sub
marine diver is also to be detailed as part
OF the complement of each vessel in COM
mission.
Two explosions occurred in the factory
OF John Peach, at Randolph, Mass, on
the 30th, wrecking a heavy iron machine
used for pricking heels. and kindling a
blaze, which, however, was speedily ex-
tinguished. 1t is thought that dynamite
bomb was thrown in through the factory
window.
DIR. S. P. MOORE, late Surgeon-General
of the Confederate army, died suddenly,
on the 31st. in Richmond, Va.
The striking miners at Aix-la-Cha
pelle, Germany, on the 31st, agreed to re-
sumo work, pending definite settlement
Of their grievances under truce which is
to extend two months.
A CABLEGRAM was received in London,
on the 31st, from General Hippolyte, the
insurgent leader of Hayti. saying that he
had defeated President Legitime, capt
ured Port au- Prince, the capital of that
country, and proclaimed himself Provi-
sional President
THE deal which has been going on for
some time looking to the purchase by the
Northern Pacific of the great Northwest
Central railroad is practically settled.
This will mean the opening up of the en-
tire Canadian Northwest.
THE citizens of Bayard, Ia, are excited
over the discovery Of another big artesian
we'll, which bids fair to rival the famous
spouter at Belle PLANE.
SECRETARY TRACY is vigorously pur-
suing his policy, declared at the beginning
of his administration, of pushing to rapid
completion the naval vessels now under
construction or authorized to be built.
Miss EMMA jerks, daughter of Geo. A.
jerks. Brookville Pa.) solicitor. will
wed Congressman BENZ. F. Shively, of
Indiana. June II. Mrs. Grover Cleve-
land will be bridesmaid, and the ex-Pres-
ident will be a guest. Pittsburgh will
give the late occupants of the White
House a grand reception.
In the British House of Commons, on
the 3oth, Sir James Ferguson, parlia-
mentary secretary to the Foreign Office,
denied the reports from Victoria, British
Columbus, that three men -of-war in the
Pacific had been ordered to proceed to
Behring sea.
THE Roumanian Senate has voted 49,
100000 forms to complete the fortifca-
tons of the country.
MR.. VIsETTELLY, the well-known book
seller Of London, has been sentenced to
three months imprisonment for publish
ing Zola's novels.
A TELEGRAM from Mount Auburn, Ia,
gives brief particulars of White Cap
outrage near there, on the night Of the
30th. in which number Of persons were
fatally injured. The victim was farm
err whose barn was burned down, and
who, being driven out by the flames, de-
Tended himself with pitchfork. wound
ing several White Caps.
TUE dead body of man, about fifty
years of age, was found in one of the
rooms of the Central Hotel in Cincinnati
on the 31st. From letters and papers
found among his effects, his name is sup
posed to be j. S. Elder, of Troy, N. Y.
JOHN LAwLER, manager of the Bally-
mena branch of the Provincial Bank of
Ireland, and Mr.. Murray, the assistant
manager, were shot dead on road just
outside Ballymena on the 31st.