Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Two severe shocks of earthquake
awakened and alarmed the citizens of AL
ton Bay, n. H., at half-past one o'clock
on the morning of the Sd. The bell on
a steamer in the middle of the bay was
rung by the rolling of the vessel caused
by the upheaval of the water.
THE Vienna Tageblatt says that ow-
ing to the revelations at the recent trial
of the persons charged with swindling
emigrants, the Austrian Government
has issued circular note to the local
authorities throughout the empire, di-
recting them to adopt stringent regula-
lions to prevent frauds by emigration
agents.
THE platform of theater at Wienhen,
in the province of Shantung, China, fell
during a performance recently, killing
two hundred persons and injuring many
others.
Mr.. ARBoI, the contractor of the new
bridge to be stretched across the Firth
of Forth, was made the recipient of the
honor of the freedom of the city of
Dundee, Scotland, on the 4th. In reply
to the address presented to him he gave
some very interesting statistics of the
work and stated that the cost for wages
alone would be upwards of $4,000, 600.
PRINCESS LOUISE MURAr died at Ra-
VIENNA. France, on the Sd, aged eighty
four years.
THE Egyptian Government has dis
patched the steamer Mansousha, the
Khedive's private vessel, to meet Stanley
at Zanzibar.
JEFFERSON DAVIS died at New Or
leans at 12:45 a. m. of the 9th.
THE presidents of the National Lib
eral, Old Imperial and Free Conserva-
tive parties of Germany have signified
a renewal of their cartel during the ses-
sion of the Reichstag, and also at the
coming elections. The continuance of
the alliance assures the government of
a majority.
c. c. HARRISON, the head of the large
sugar firm of Harrison, Frazer & Co., of
Philadelphia, is mentioned as prospect
i've Minister to Russia.
GENERAL STEPHEN r. SMITH, one of
the most prominent military men of the
State of Connecticut, died on the 4th.
COLONEL ATKINSON, who recently re-
turned to Detroit, Mich, from Ireland,
discredits the report that Mr.. Parnell is
and says he has seen letteSs
from Mr.. Parnell written on November
%, from a small town at which he was
resting.
THE striking GOLFERS of Bonn for
on the 4th, asking His Majesty to inter-
cede in their behalf with the masters as
in the case of the Westphalia strike.
THE President, on the 4th, sent to the
Senate the nomination of David Josiah
Brewer, of Kansas, to be Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States.
THE Emperor of Germany, on the 4th,
sent kilograms to Stanley and Emin,
sympathy with them in all
that they had undergone, and congrat-
ulating them on the end of their dan
gerous journey, concluding by welcom-
ing them back to civilization and their
homes.
THE verdict of the Armenian court &C
quitting Moussa Bey of the charges of
pillage, murder, outrage, ETC., is gener-
ally very unsatisfactory in Constantine
pie.
THE editor of the independents, an
Italian paper printed in Trieste, has
been expelled from Austria for publish
ing seditious and insulting articles
about the authorities.
JOHN MADDLER and his wife and child
were burned to death at Kingston, Ont.
on the 4th. While they were trying to
extinguish the flames of their burning
home their means of escape were cut off.
AFTER all the hardships of his many
years residence in the interior of Africa
and the toilsome journey boulevard.
Emin Pasha, who is very near-sighted,
walked out of window at Bagamoyo,
on the 5th, falling distance of twenty
feet and sustaining injuries that may
prove fatal.
RUEPLE, SMITH & Co., of New York
City, have been awarded by the authori-
ties of Havana, Cuba, contract TO
erect system of water works for that
city at costof 81, O00,00 The firm bid
against number of European houses.
and were surprised as well al gratifed,
at their success, which they attribute toj
the influence of the Pan-American novel
meat.