Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-14

the perjurer.
ABOUT seven hundred boxes of contra
band opium, valued at s. 200, was seized
cisco, on the 9th.
THE National Colored Mems Conven-
ton, called to met at Washington, ON the
9Th, was postponed until April 80, then to
meet in New York City.
THE Indian Appropriation bill passed
by the Fiftieth Congress provides for a
commission to negotiate with the Chero-
KEGS for the sale of their lands.
THE venerable 1. V. Williamson, Of
Philadelphia, whose charitable gifts are
estimated at $4,000, 900 to $15, OOO, 900, was
stricken with paralysis on the 9Th.
THE Cowboy Club of Denver, Col, which
attracted so much attention at the inaug-
uration in Washington, was headed by
''Buffalo Bill" "Buck" Taylor and Major
Burke.
Mas. CLEVELAND was the recipient, on
the 9Th, of a beautiful bouquet from Mrs.
Harrison, accompanied by a note convey
ing Acknowledgements for courtesies ex-
tended.
THE original manuscript of "Die Wacht
am Rhein," in the handwriting of the au-
thor, the poet Scheckenberger, is to be
offered for sale by auction in Berlin
shortly.
L. G. ERB, aged fifty-three. cashier of
the first National Bank of La Porte, Ind,
dropped dead of apopleXy, on the 9TH, the
fifth anniversary of the death of his pre-
decessor.
A RUMoR is current in London that the
convict Patrick Delaney, who was impli-
Gated in the Phoenix Park murders, has
been granted a free pardon since testify
ing before the Parnell Commission.
THE ministry of the Government of New
South Wales was defeated on a protec-
ton issue, on the 9Th, and resigned. Sir
Henry Parks, the Premier, will form a
new Cabinet composed of free-traders.
IT rained necessarily and very hard
during the inaugural ceremonies, on the
lth. but the downpour did not seem in the
least to dampen the ardor or enthusiasm
of the thousands of participants and spec
tators.
IT is stated that Prince Bismarck is in
favor of joining Alsace- Lorraine with
Luxembourg, after the death of the King
Of Holland, and making the King of
Nassau the ruler of the new state thus
formed.
The illness of Justice Matthews has
been marked by several relapses, which
have left him weak and unable to rally
quickly. 1t is not expected that he will be
able to resume his judicial duties before
October.
OWING to the rainy weather, the fire.
works display, part of the inaugural
festivities, which was to have been given
ON the night of the 4th, on the Monument
grounds, was postponed until the follow
ing night.
JUSTICE STANLEY MATTHEW'S illness has
taken SO serious turn that it is not at all
unlikely that President Harrison will have
place on the Supreme Bench to fill be-
fore the adjournment of the extra session
Of the Senate.
DIR. TANNER, NJ. P, who was arrested in
London under the Crimes act, was sem
fenced, on the eth, at Tipperary, Ireland,
to three months Imprisonment without
hard labor. Notice was given of appeal
from the sentence.
TIE British vessel Eldorado, go tons
burden, has passed through the Panama
canal from AspinwaH to Chagres, dis
tance of fifteen miles. This is the first
foreign vessel that has made the passage
through the canal.
THE Southern Quarantine conference at
Montgomery, Ala, on the 9th, adopted
the report of committee embOdying
rules for dealing with yellow fever cpl
denies, and indorsing the Holt quaran-
tine and disinfection system.
Mr.. STRoBEL, secretary of the Ameri-
can Legation at Madrid, has arrived at
Tangiers, Morocco. and will proceed to
Fee to continue the inquiry into the
charges made by the merchant Benasuli
against the American Consul.
WASHINGTON piemen, house owners and
others mourn the shrinkage of values
which marked the line of march of the
playful Pennsylvania militiamen at the
inaugural. The State will probably foot
the bill as it did four years ago.
Hon. MOSES H. KIRBY, aged ninety
one, who in his lifetime was intimately
associated with Webster, Clay and CAL
houn, was buried at Upper Sandusky, O.,
on the 9th. His funeral was the largest
ever held in Northwestern Ohio.
vIcE-PRks1DENr MORTON having been
granted a leave of absence, Senator In
gals, of Kansas, on the eth, was again
elected president pro tenn. OF the Senate,
Senator Voorhees, was the Democratic
candidate. The vote was % to 81.
Mrs. ELIZABETH SANDS, of Baltimore.
Nd, celebrated her centennial birthday
on the 9Th. She was in camp with her
husband, soldier of 1872, when the Brit
ish attacked Baltimore, and urged on the
Continental troops. She is a widow
The young Russian, William Bondoski,
who cut his throat with a butcher knife at
Buffalo, n. Y, on the LIST, and upon whom
the operation of the TRANSMISSION of blood
was performed. died at the hospital on the
81. He became maniac, and died from
exhaustion.
The roof of a large planing-mill at
Montreal, Can, collapsed without mo-
ment's warning, on the 4th, forcing three
of the four walls outward, and burying the
twelve or eighteen workmen in the ruins.
OF those rescued at last accounts none
were fatally, but all were seriously, IN
jured.
NILcHER, Republican, was elected
mayor of Portland, Me-, on the 4th, by
1,222 majority. The aldermen stand five
Republicans and one Democrat, with no
choice in the Fourth ward. The Common
Council stands seventeen Republicans
and three Democrats, with no choice in
the Second ward.