Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-05-02

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By ELL d. AXE.
RONTON. MISSOURI
NEWS AND NOTES.
a Summary of Important Events.
clared a dividend of forty francs per
share.
THE Empire Condensed Milk Company
of New York City and st. louisville, n.
Y, failed on the 23l.
RUSSIA will send delegates to the ma
rine conference which meets at Washing
ton on October 16 next.
AN explosion occurred in the Brance-
peth colliery at Durham, England, on the
oath. Five persons were killed.
An Austrian imperial decree has been
issued dissolving the Provincial Diets and
ordering new elections to be held.
HUMBOLDT Bros. large barns at Bode,
Humboldt County, Ia, were destroyed by
fire. on the oath. Loss, 5000; insurance,
S2.700.
IT is said in st. Petersburg that the Car
is in state of extreme nervous excite
nent produced by his constant dread of
attempts upon his life.
THE funeral of Stanton Blake took place
from Kings Chapel, Boston, on the 18th,
Rev. Prof. Francis G. Peabody, D. D., of
Harvard College, Off ciating.
THE land agent at Guthrie, Oklahoma
Territory, says the telegraph people there
pay no attention to Government mes
sages, as they get more money from com.
mercial and press business.
ONE HUNDRED Sioux Indians are en-
route to the Paris Exposition with 'Buf-
falo Bills Wild West" Red Shirt, Rocky
Bear, No Neck and Medicine Horse are
among the noted chiefs of the party.
Mr. AsHwoRTH. British Vice-Consul at
Castellamare, Italy. was found, on the
22d, at the foot of the precipice overlook
ing the Bay of Naples at Vico Equense.
1t is believed thathe committed suicide.
THE municipal council of Vienna, on
the oath, decided that the tramway (street-
carl company must forfeit $4,000 of its
securities and $4,000 penalty each day
until uninterrupted traffic was resumed.
THE semi annual meeting of the Amer
lean Antiquarian Society was held in
Boston on the oath. The secretary re-
ported the acknowledgment by Rt. Hon.
W. E. Gladstone of his election as men,
Der of the society.
HIRAM w. MILLER, ex-county treasurer
of Marion County, Ind, Superintendent
Williams of the poor farm and several
others were arrested, on the 24th, charged
with voting challenged paupers at the
presidential election.
Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN, on the oath, speak
ing at Birmingham, said he was confident
that the government, before appealing to
the country, would develop its Irish
plans, and it would doubtless obtain a ia
vorable verdict at the polls.
OPPOSITION to the Canadian Pacific rail-
road has led to the formation, in British
Columbia, of the Trans Continental Rail-
way Company, with a capital of 50.0oO,-
lumbia and English capitalists.
Mr. R. F. BUSH'S schooner-yacht Cor
ouet, i'll which it's owner left New York
for tour of the world about year ago,
and for the safety of which some fears
have been felt, arrived at home on the
18th, and dropped anchor off Staten ISL
and.
PHILErUs F. DoRLoN, the celebrated
caterer Of Fulton Market, New York, died,
on the oath, at his summer hotel, Dorlon
Point, Conn. He was a prominent and
active member of the Fat Mems Associa-
ton. and many times elected its presi-
dent.
MRS. GROVER CLEVELAND has rented
the cottage of Rev. Percy Browne, at
Marion, Mass, for the coming season.
The house is a one-stOry Queen Anne,
and is located next to the summer home
of R. w. Glider, editor of the Century
Magazine.
THE owners of the steamer Missouri
were, on the oath, notified by the New
York agents of the ThingvaIla line that
payment will be made for the cargo
which was thrown overheard from the
Missouri to make room for the Danmark's
passengers.
THE Lincoln (Neh.) Branch of the Irish
National League rendered banquet to
Hon. Patrick Egan, the newly appointed
Minister to Chilli, on the 25th. Over three
hundred plates were laid, and numerous
responses to toasts were made by prom
inent citizens.
CAPTAIN HAMILTON MURRELL Of the
steamer Missouri, who gallantly rescued
80 human victims from the sinking
steamer Danmark. was made the subject
of spontaneous ovation in Philadelphia
on the 23d. In the evening he was BAN
quoted by the Sons of st. George.
THIRTY-Two packages Of prepared
opium, valued at 5000. found concealed
in the steamship Oceanic, which arrived
at San Francisco recently from China,
were seized by customs officers on the 22d.
Twenty thousand dollars worth Of opium
was seized there during the month.
FRANK MILLER, of West Union, Ia, was
convicted, on the oath, in the United States
Court at Dubuque, of using the mails for
fraudulent purposes. His method was
to write letters to parties, offering green
goods at discount, and, after obtaining
the money, giving blank paper in return.