Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-01-17
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

| THE checkers contest between Barker,
| the American champion, and Smith, the
| English champion, at London, was con-
| Guided on the 9TH. The score of games
stood: Barker, 8; Smith, 1; drawn, %.
| AT a meeting of 1000 Panama canal
| share holders at Versailles, France, NJ.
Martineau, engineer of the canal COM
pany, announced that portion of the
capital required for a new company had
| already been found.
PRINCE HENRY of Battenberg has been
appointed Governor of the Isle of Wight,
! vice ViscOunt Eversley, deceased.
| THE carriage factory of Hiram w. Davis
| at Cincinnati was shut down on the Sth.
| The trouble was caused by the company
| failing to accept the scale of wages adopt
| ed by the employees. Five hundred men
were thrown out of work by the lock -out.
! THE B. & j. w. Belcher Agricultural
Tool-works, at Chicopee Falls, Mass, shut
down, on the Sth, pending an investiga-
ton of the financial status of the concern.
The firm employed two hundred hands
during the busy season.
THE Thurman Club of Cleveland, O.,
gave a banquet on the night of the 9th.
Nearly all the more prominent Democrats
of the State were present.
THE Territorial convention to be held
at FIT. Smith, Ark, January 81, to discuss
the question of opening the Indian Terri
tory to settlement, is meeting with large
amount of interest in the neighboriDg
States and among the Indians. 1t seems
that the time is growing near when this
question must be solved. The progr essive
class of Indians are in favor of the move
ment and want the privileges of citizen
ship and the benefits to be derived from
the cultivation of their lands as speedily
q : nnSSjh1a The other class who nathan
cultivate the thousands of fertile acres,
nor want them worked, and are content
to have their home general asylum for
criminals, must soon yield to the demands
of advancing civilization.
The new Italian loan concluded with
Germany amounts to 100, 900 lire. 1t
was issued at the rate of five per cent.
THE President has removed Lewis Nc
Mullen, United States appraiser at New
York City. This action was taken at the
request of Secretary Fairchild, who, on
the 31st of December asked for McMullen's
resignation, which was refused.
THE first ninety-day session of the
Minnesota Legislature began on the Sth.
Colonel Graves, of Daluth, was elected
speaker of the House.
THROUGH influential Russians an ami
cable settlement has been arrived at be-
tween King Milan and ex-Queen Natalie
whereby the latter refrains from further
proceedings.
DIPHTHERIA is epidemic at Nago, Hun
gary, and large number of children are
dying from the disease daily. The in
habitants are panic-stricken.
PROF. GEFFICKEN is seriously i'll at
Hamburg, Germany, as the result of his
Imprisonment.
THE building occupied by the project of
7 hot
tered, on the Sth, by an explosion of dy-
Mantle.
Mr.. A. J. BLETHEN, formerly one of the
proprietors of the Minneapolis (Minn.)
Tribune, was, on the 9th, admitted to
practice before the Supreme Court of that
State.
THE coroner's jury which investigated
the cause of the Birmingham (Ala.) riot
failed to agree. Two of the jurors were of
the opinion that the sheriff acted lawfully,
and the other four thought he ought to be
held criminally responsible.
AN attempt was made, on the Sth, to
blow up the palace at Madrid, Spain, by
the throwing of petard on staircase.
The explosion caused great alarm. No
arrests were made.
MIKE RAzZELLO, one of the murderers
of Paymaster Mcclure and Flanagan, was
given hearing before Justice Stillman
at Wilkesbarre, Pa, on the 9th. He re-
fused to make any statement.
THE evictions at Falcarragh, Ireland,
were resumed on the 9th. There was very
slight resistance to the bailiffs. but those
who resisted at all were arrested and put
in Jail.
THE Grand Duke of Hesse and his
daughter, Princess Alix, will go to ST.
Petersburg at about Easter time, when it
is believed that the betrothal of the latter
to the Czarewitch will be announced.
A CAvE-IN of land occurred near Ber-
thier, Que, on the Sth, and did about So
900 worth of damage. The descent occu-
pied about half an hour. The sensation
is described as being similar to that felt
on ship in a storm.
PRINCE BISMARCK arrived in Berlin on
the 10th.
COTTON exports from the United States
during December past aggregated S6s, T99
bales, valued at $42,579,6I7, against esq.,
9s7 bales in December. 1887, valued at
S31, PSI ,25S.