Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-26
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twenty ~ ~ known wheth-
er the shooting was accidental or with
suicidal intent.
A PORTUGUESE South African Com
pany has been definit ely constituted to
develop the possessid ms of Portugal in
that country.
GREEN BRAXToN, cplored, was convict
ed of murder in the first degree at the
City Court at Montgomery, Ala, on the
18th. Judge Arlington sentenced him
to be hanged January IA. Braxton muir
dered and robbed J. s. Pugh, an old man
living near Montgomery, last summer.
AT Gate City, Ala, on the 18th, a blast
prema turely exploded, instantly killing
Irving Owens and fatally wounding Bob
Crawford. The men were working in
ike quarry under the impression that
the dynamite had been exploded the
night before.
On the 18th, Judge David J. Brewer
was confirmed as Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of the United States.
THE Sampson-Low Publishing Com
pany of London is preparing to publish
in one volume the letters of Stanley
and Emin Pasha, many of which have
never been alluded to in the press,
though among the most important of the
series.
THE affection of the ear from which
the Emperor of Germany has suffered
more or less for several years, has as
sumed phase more alarming than any
of the attacks he has heretofore expe-
rienced. He is being subjected to con-
slant treatment for the disorder, and
suffers excruciating pains.
THE students of the Russian UNIVERSE
ty at Odessa INDUCED in riotous demon
STATIONS, ON the 18th, which it was nee
essary for the police to use extraordi-
nary force to quell The university was
ordered closed.
EMIN PAsHA's physicians announced,
on the 18th. that their patient was con-
va1escent.
ARTICLES OF incorporation were filed
at Mitchell, S. D., on the 18th, for new
railroad line from Omaha to Forest
City. The name of the line will be the
Omaha & South Dakota Railway Com
pany; capital stock, SIS, $1,000. The
length of the road will be about $50
miles.
Mr.. HENRY W. GRADY, of Atlanty, Ga,
passed bad night and the doctors re-
ported more fever on the 10Th.
A HEAVY snow storm, accompanied by
high wind, was raging in the vicinity
of Pierre, S. D., on the 10Th.
TIFFIN Bros, wholesal tea merchants
and grocers of Montreal, Can. suspend
ed payment on the 10Th. The direct
liabilities are between $50, coo and $780,
600. Fluctuations in the sugar market
and recent losses are given as the cause.
THE delegates to the PanAmerican
Congress were entertained at break
fast at the Equitable building, New
York City On the morning of the 10th.
AT the meeting of Union Pacific di-
rectors at Boston. on the 10th, the
Union Pacific-Fort Worth deal was con-
sidered and referred to the executive
executed.
c. H. SAUNDERS, of Maynard, was
killed, and Joseph Hurd, of the same
village, badly scalded, on the 10th, by
the blowing out of a cap in a coal cylin-
der at South Acton, Mass.
G. G. WHITE, of Paris, KY, purchased
of Miller & Sibley, of Franklin, Pa,
on the 10th, the black stallion Clay
Wilkes, dam by American Boy, for $751;
600.
THE steamer Glenham, from Savan-
hah for Bremen, was ashore at Nievere,
near Dieppe, France, on the 10th, m aking
water. Lighters were sent to assist her.
BOND offerings at the Treasury De-
partment, on the 10Th, aggregated $751;
500, as follows: $4,000 As at 1877, and
SIS, 900 AIS at 1O4%. All were accepted.
ZoLKI, the man who assaulted Den
fist Delamater in the latter's office, in
New York City. with an iron bar, and
who has been identified as a swindler,
blackmailer and thug by number of
persons during his examination in court,
was, on the 10Th, remanded to the
Tombs to be held without bail for trial.
THE special committee of the House,
which has been engaged in investigating
the Silcott defalcation, on the 18th, and
after session lasting several hours, adj
journed until after the holiday recess.