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


made u formal requlsition to the Canadian
Department of Justice for the surrender
of Aldridge, the Ohio robber, who is in
custody at Windsor.
THE names of some twenty or thirty
New York City lawyers have been pre-
sented before the grand jury charged
with champetry.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has closed the
doors of the White House to all but Sena-
tors and Representatives, and devoted
himself to the consideration of applica-
tons for important positions.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has announced
his determination to fill all the appointive
positions in the Territories from local
residents.
The funeral services over the remains
of the late Miss Mary Louise Booth, the
Unknown authOress, and for many
years past the editress of Harper's Ba-
Ear, were held at her late residence in
New York on the Sth. The floral tributes
were many and choice. The intermene
was at Cypress Hill Cemetery.
JAMES NOLAN, of New York City, was,
on the It'll, sentenced to be hanged on
April 26 next for the murder of Emma
Buch in November last.
THE North Carolina Legislature passed
bill, on the 7th, which provides that all
voters shall approach the poll one at a
time and place their several ballots in
the proper boxes. The bill will seriously
affect the illiterate negro element in the
State.
DONALD FRASER, a matchmaker, forty
years old, residing at Bryn Mawr, Pa,
fired two shots at his wife and then shot
and killed himself. Mrs. Fraser's life
was saved by the bullets striking the
steel ribs in her corset and glancing off.
THE members of the new Cabinet held
their first meeting on the It'll. 1t was an
informal affair, held principally for the
purpose of getting better acquainted.
PosTMAsTER-GENERA WANAMAKER is
winning golden opinions by the way he is
taking hold of the business details of his
department..
JOHN ERICSSON, the famous naval con-
structor and inventor, died on the Sth,
after weeks illness, at his home in New
York.
MARY ANDERSON was again overcome
and tainted at Albaugh's Opera House,
Washington, on the Sth. She rallied and
finished the play, but Cancelled her en-
gagement for the remainder of the week.
Ex-Governor STONE, of Iowa, is a
candidate for Commissioner of the Land
Office.
statement that the spy LIE Caron never
was member cf the brotherhood.
Ell TEMPO. a conservative newspaper
of the City of Mexico, pretends to see in
President Harrison's inaugural address
menac e to the peace of the Spanish
American Republics, especially Mexico.
THE Minnesota Legislature has refused
to submit prohibition amendment to the
people.
THOMAS MITCHELL, Republican, was, on
the eth, expelled from the lower house of
the Colorado General Assembly for offer
ing to sell his vote for United States
Senator.
THE Austin. Tomlinson s. Webster
wagon shops at the Jackson (Mich.)
prison were burned on the eth. The in
terror of the State building was destroyed,
together with about $4,000 worth of goods
belonging to the above firm. The prop
erty was fully insured.
THE roof of the building containin e the
cyclOrama of the "Battle of Gettys burg"
at Cincinnati. which was being taken
down. on the It'll, for removal to st. Louis,
fell in, burying several persons in the
ruins.
GENERAL SIMON CAMERON celebrated
his ninetieth birthday on the Sth.
THE local wheat market of San Fran
CISCO uFOppeu LII SEmpdtny Will bue ldto
falling weather prevailing in the State.
WHEAT seeding has begun in Dakota.
ROBERT MANSON, one of the earliest
railroad contractors in the West, died
suddenly at Waterloo, Ia, on the 18th.
A PASSENGER train on the Cleveland &
Canton railroad was ditched near Coshoc-
ton, o., on the eth, about a dozen persons
being hurt, but none seriously.
IT is said that E. P. Kirk, of Iowa, is an
aspirant, with good prospects, for the
office of First Assistant Postmaster-Gen-
eral.
MAJOR SAUNDERsoN, member of the
British Parliament for Armagh, Es:-pl
leader of the Ulster Orangemen. is in bad
health, and will go to the South of France
to recuperate, returning after the Easter
holidays.
JOHN HUNTINGTON, an original member
of the Standard Oil Company, has en-
dowed the John Huntington Benevolent
Trust with $780, 900.
THE Flambeau Club of Minneapolis,
Mimi, serenaded Secretaries Blaine and
Window on the night of the Sth.