Iron County register., 1889-08-08

THE valkyrie beat the Yarana and Irex
in the regatta of the London Yacht Club
of Cowes ON the 31st.
SIR JOHN THOMPSON, Dominion Minister
OF Justice, on the 31st, signed the warrant
for the extradition Of Martin Burke, the
alleged murderer Of DR.. Cronin.
THE culm bank at the Luke Fidler coll
liery at Shamokin. Pa, exploded, on the
3Ist, thousands of tons of dirt and rock
being thrown high in the air. No loss Of
life resulted.
THE people of Canada are greatly ex-
cited over the seizure of the sealer Black
Diamond, in Behring sea, and have called
upon England in plain terms to protect
their interests.
ABRAHAM FISKBoNE, aged twenty six,
accused of four times setting fire to the
Reading tPa.) Lumber Company's prop
erty, causing $50. 900 damage, hanged him
self in Jail on the 1st.
The steam yacht Wanda, with Messrs.
Cleveland, Fairchild. Lamont and others
aboard, arrived at Vineyard Haven,
Mass. on the ID. en- route to Vineyard
Sound and westward on fishing trip.
GOVERNOR BEAVER of Pennsylvania, on
the 31st received through the German
Consul at New York, $4,000 from the
people Of Berlin and over Il, 200 from the
mayor and council of Mannheim, for the
Johnstown sufferers.
DR.. W. A. HAMMOND, of Washington, is
experimenting with DR.. Brown-Sequard's
elixir Of life. The elixir is a coucoction
of organic matter. which is injected into
the veins. DIR. Hammond says the old
men on whom he is testing the remedy
seem to be growing younger.
GEORGE QUIGLEY, the fifteen-year- old
adopted son of Daniel w. Quigley. ot Os-
wego, N. Y, is suffering with all the SYM
toms of hydrophobia. He froths at the
mouth, hops around on all fours, and barks
and snaps like dog. He was bitten by
a large Newfoundland dog last Septem-
ber.
THE gold fund balance in the Treasury
of the United States decreased about ST.
500, 900 during last month, and, on the 1st,
amounted to S1s2 21s, 1853; and the silver
fund balance, exclusive OF 100000 trade
dollar bullion, increased only 81, 100000
during the month, and. on the 1st amount
ed to SIG. Coz, OILS.
CHARLES KIRCHoFF, JR-, of New York,
was. On the 1st., appointed a special agent
OF the Census Office to collect statistics of
copper, lead and ores; John Birkbine, of
Pennsylvania, a special agent to collect
statistics of iron ores. and H. c. Carroll,
of New Jersey, a special agent to collect
church statistics.
ON the 1st, the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road Company reduced the working time
of about half the force at their Mount
Clare Md. )shops from ten to eight hours a
day. Skilled workmen at Mount Clare
earned $10.e0 a week. The reduced
working time will leave their earnings at
about $S.40 a week.
THE Journeyman Plumbers and Steam
Filters Laborers' unions of the United
States and Canada, in session at Brook
lyn, ON the 31st, voted to sever their con-
nection with the Knights of Labor and es-
tabl1sh an independent organization.
This takes thirty thousand members
from the Knights Of Labor.
On the 1st Acting Secretary Batcheller
of the Treasury disapproved of the opin-
ion of Solicitor Hepburn in the matter Of
Chinese employed as servants on the
United States Steamer Alert and other
vessels, and held that, under the Chi
nese Exclusion act, they are debarred
from admittance to this country.
THE property of the Standard Live
Stock Insurance Company Of Reading,
Pa, was sold at auction, on the 1st by
order of the court, but as only some
old Office furniture could be found, the
creditors will realize nothing. The COM
pany had nearly million dollars of in
surance on Its books when it failed.
GOVERNMENT receipts during July ag-
gregated So, 1856 200. or half a million
more than in July last year. Customs
receipts in round numbers amounted to
$4,000, 600, against S19500, coo in July,
1883; and internal revenue receipts for
the past month were $10.S9S, 735, or a mill
ion and q quarter more than in July
year ago.
PROBABLY the largest receipt ever given
in this country for an amonnt of money
passed from J. n. Huston, treasurer of
the United States, to j. II. Hyatt, ex-
United States Treasurer, at the Treasury
Department on the 1st. The amount on
the face of the receipt was $171, ,432, 329.-
45S, and it is for this sum that Mr.. Hyatt
was responsible.
THE steamer Dora arrived at San Fran
cisco, on the 3Oth, from Behring Sea,
bringing the first detailed account Of the
capture of the British sealer Black Dia-
mond, and reports that on the way down
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in close pursuit of six sealers and that
additional captures have undoubtedly
since been made.
PosrMAsTER- GENEEAL WANAMAKER, ON
the 1st directed that an additional allow
ance of $4,000 be granted Postmaster
Van Cott of New York City. His present
allowance is S1.03i000. An additional
force of clerks to the number of I02 is al
SO allowed him, which with his present
force Will make an aggregate working
force of ,2ss employees.
QUEEN NATALIE, the divorced wife of
Ex-King Milan of Servia, has chartered
a steamer, in which she purposes to visits
Belgrade. She is only awaiting the sane.
tion of the Servian Regency, who profess
to foresee serious political complica-
tions as a result of such visit to her
sons capital. and on this account hesi.
tate to give their consent.
THE Italian bark Olivia Speciosia, Cap.
tain Dalosso, which arrived at Philadel.
phia, on the 3oth, from Catonio, with a
cargo of sulphur, was lis days in making
the passage, and was given up for lost.
She encountered contrary winds in the
Straits of Gibraltar, and was delayed sixty
days in this condition. When she came
out she was accompanied by 1So other
sailing vessels.
PosTMA AsTER-GENERAL WANAMAKER, on
the Cd, issued an order amending the
postal laws and regulations so as to ex-
tend the age of limit of appointment of
1etter-carriers in non- civil service post
Offices from thirty-five to forty years.
This limitation does not apply to persons
honorably discharged from the military