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

The visible supply of cotton is 2,2Sl, Isa
bales. against 2,51S,9 24 last year, and
2,o1o,s25 the previous year, Crop in sight
6,6o9, 1s6 bales against 6, 5s7, 1858 last year.
w. r. DULMAGE, crown timber inspector
at Rat Portage, Man., left town suddenly
few days ago. An investigation shows
him to he 1000 short in his accounts. q
THE Bank Of Montreal declared a
straight dividend of five per cent without
any bonus, on the oath.
A BIG oil well was struck near Legion
vile, Beaver County. Pa, on the 25th.
The oil gushed out to a height of lis feet.
Six hundred to eight hundred barrels is
the estimated flow.
THE King of Roumania, on the 25th, Of
ficially announced that his nephew, Prince
Ferdinand, would be his heir, and that a
residence for him would be built at
Bucharest.
MEsSRS. KAssoN. BATES AND PHELPS,
the American commissioners to the Sa-
moan conference at Berlin, departed from
London for Berlin on the Goth.
THE Ohio Encampment G. A. R., in ses-
sion at Dayton, on the 18th, elected Gen.
eral Samuel H. Hurst of Chillicothe. De-
partment Commander, and passed reso-
lutions favoring a pension OF eight dol
lars per month to every soldier, with one
over ninety days. service.
SECRETARY NOBLE, on the 18th, directed
an investigation of the reports that Gov
eminent officials had used their authority
as officers to secure entry to land in
Oklahoma Territory.
SEVENTY FIVE of the striking street-car
men of Minneapolis, Mimi, accepted the
company's terms, on the 18th, and went
to work. Cars were run on every line in
the city with full quota.
CHARLES A. BERRY, of Maiden, Mass,
whose foot was cut off by train on the
oath, died in Boston on the 25th. The de-
ceased was employed as a drummer by
John H. Pray & Son, carpet dealers.
On the 25tli, Secretary of War Proctor
visited the Watervliet Arsenal on bust
ness connected with the building of new
gun foundry.
GENERAL MANAGER HICKSoN of the
Grand Trunk railway, on the 25th, ordered
that no freight trains be run on Sunday,
except those carrying live stock and per-
ishable goods. 1t is stated that the Della
ware & Hudson Railway Company is in
sympathy with the movement.
THE newly-appointed Minister to Spain,
ex-senator Palmer, of Michigan, was ten
dered a farewell banquet by the citizens
of Detroit, irrespective of party, on the
fair, and continued to late hour.
THE funeral of Mrs. D. C. n. Pierce, the
''big woman" of Dover, N H, took place
Oh the 25th. 1t required eight persons to
place the body in the casket, and all the
trimmings, handles, ETC., had to be re-
moved to allow the casket to pass be-
tween the doors.
MARK MAGUIRE, Familiarity known as
"Toppy" Mcguire, the oldest reporter on
the New York City press, died at his
home in Hartell on the 9th. He was sew
enty-fve years of age. The cause of his
death was a carbuncle, which first APP
peared a year ago on the top of his spine.
He was born at sea August 1, 1914.
DANIEL A. GRoSvENoR, of Ohio, was,
on the 18th, appointed chief of a division
in the Office of the First Comptroller of
the Treasury Department. Mr.. Grosve-
nor is brother of Repres sentative Gros-
venor.
THE acting Comptroller of the Currency,
on the 18th, declared second dividend of
fifty per cent. in favor of the creditors of
the Lowell National Bank OF Michigan,
which failed September II, 1888 This
makes in all ninety per cent. paid to the
creditors of the bank on claims proved
amounting to $SS, S35.
EMMA RATH, seventeen years old, was
buried on March % at Syracuse, N. Y.
Her father believed that she had been
buried alive, and a few days ago he
opened the grave and discovered that his
fears were true. The body was lying on
the side, the hands were over the face,
which was scratched, and a great quantity
of her hair had been pulled out. The ia
Their is almost maniac.
THE sixteen ladies who were deter
mined upon to dance in the quadrille of
honor at the New York Centennial ball
were: Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, Mrs.
Levi P. Morton, Mrs. Grover Cleveland,
Mrs. Oracle King, Mrs. Alexander Van
Rensselaer,, Mrs. w. Bayard Cutting, Mrs.
William Aston, Miss Cora Livingston,
Mrs. Newbold Norris, Mrs. Elbridge 7.
Gerry, Miss Louisa Lee Schuyler, Mrs.
Buchanan Winthrop, Mrs. Stuyvessant
Fish, Mrs. William Jay, Mrs. s. Y. B.
Cruger and Mrs. Alexander S. Webb.
1T is said that the Stewart will case will
probably be settled by compromise.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN stated, on the
25th, that he expected to fast one hundred
DAYS,