Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-14
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

CARRIE NOLAN. aged seventeen, anC
James Considine, aged twenty, were fount
on Seventy-fOurth street, New York City
on the night of the 4th, suffering from the
| effects of carbolic acid and paris greer
| which they had swallowed. Considin e
died after being taken to a hospital. The
| girl may recover. She admitted that they
had agreed to die together, but would not
| give any cause.
| THE London World says the true story
of Prince Rudolph's death will disclose a
tale of horror and disgrace without a par
rallel.
By the terms of the will of Mr.. Edward
Sartoris, father of Algernon Sartoris, the
husband of Nellie Grant, his entire fort
une, valued at Els, 900, is bequeathed to
| his son during his life, and at his death to
his wife absolutely.
THE Washington Post says President
| elect Harrison has leased the Spencer cot
| tage at Deer Park for a summer residence,
and that the family expect to take posses
sion about the 1st of June. The property
is owned by Hon. Henry G. Davis.
The street-car tie-up in New York City
| was declared of, on the 9Th, by the Knights
| of Labor local assembly.
THE Paris Figaro says that two profess
| sors connected with the Pasteur Institute
| have succeeded in identifying the gener-
ative microbe of diphtheria. The discov-
cry of a preventive of this disease by
means of vaccine virus is expected to fol-
low.
PERE HYACINTHE has diSavowed that he
has any leaning toward Boulangism. He
compares Boulanger to the late Emperor
Solouloque of Hayti.
THE conferees on the Territories Ad-
mission bill held two-hours' session, on
the 9TH, but without result.
A GENERAL strike prevails among the
glass workers at Charleroi, Belgium.
Numerous collisions have occurred be-
tween the strikers and the police, in
which many of the former and some of
the latter have been wounded.
THE Massachusetts House has adopted
the proposed prohibitory constitutional
amendment by a vote of 161 to SO.
THE st. Petersburgh Grashdanin says
that Count Tolstol, Minister of the In
terror, will shortly resign.
THE Senate committee on Pensions,
on the 9Th, ordered a favorable report
upon the nomination of William l.. Will
son to be Pension agent at Washington.
THE Marion County Und.) grand jury
returned an Indictment against Joseph A.
Moore, defaulting agent for the COnnecti-
cut Mutual Life Insurance Company, on
the 9Th.
oENEN ptESOuS, tic pdSlOT,
were severely injured by the falling of
scaffold upon which carpenters were at
work finishing the dome of the new Cath
Ole Church at New Iberia, La, on the 4th.
A CoASTlNG party. consisting of w. F.
Fuller, his wife and three friends, ran in
to a stone wall while cOasting in Methuen,
Mass, on the night of the 4th. Mrs. Full
Ter sustained compound fractures of the
knee and thigh and can not live, and Mr..
Fuller was perhaps fata lily injured.
THE Senate committee on finance, at its
meeting on the 9Th, took up the Direct Tax
bill and considered the amendments made
in the House. No final action was taken,
but it is likely the amendments will be
materially modified both in substance and
phraseology.
THERE is good authority for the state
ment that the Dominion Government will
dissolve Parliament and appeal to the
people, probably in April. The chief
question at issue will be the maintenance
of the present connection with the British
Empire or closer relations in some form
or other with the United States.
GENERAL opinion in England is hostile
to the New York Herald's London Sunday
edition. The Archbishop of Canterbury
and the Bishop of London appeal to jour
nalists to oppose Sunday labor.
HENRY E. SPRAGUE, of New York City,
has resigned the presidency of the Col
orado Coal and Iron Company, owing to
disagreements in the board of directors
The friends of Senator Sabin, of Mime
sofa, who was recently defeated for re-
election, have started a boom in his favor
as the agricultural member of the new
Cabinet.
ROBERT GARRETT is still sick at his
country home near Baltimore. Nd. His
physicians say he retains his mental
faculties, but can transact no business.
AN investigation has been started into
alleged mismanagement OF the peniten-
tiary at Pittsburgh, Pa
LEGAL proceedings have been started
in the Ohio Supreme Court to revoke the
charter of the Union Live Stock Associa-
ton of Columbus for alleged misuse Of
power.
DEMOCRATIC Senators held a caucus, on
the 9th, and discussed for an hour or so
the course to be pursued in reference to
legislation and nominations. No action
was taken.