Iron County register., 1889-12-19
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

put in commission on the 10th.
EX-REPREsENTATIvE CALLAGHAN has
again sworn out warrants charging T.
V. Powderly and two local members of
the Knights of Labor with conspiring
to defeat him at the recent election.
GEORGE CLEMENS, an insane criminal
confined in the New York State asylum
at Buffalo, committed suicide by strang-
ulation on the Sth.
HENRY E. SEARLE, of Australia, cham
pion oarsman of the world, died at Ade-
laide on the 9th.
THE United States steamer Dolphin
sailed from New York for Hayti on the
10th.
GEORGE l.. VAN HoEsEN, an agent for
the sale of bonds of the New York Life
Assurance Company, was found dead in
his bed at his boarding house in Buffalo,
n. Y, on the 10th.
THE district attorney of the District
of Columbia was, on the 10th, officially
asked to proceed with an Indictment
against Craven Edward Silcott for grand
larceny of funds of the United States,
for forgery, for obtaining money under
false pretenses and for embezzlement.
THE Caledonian mine at Crystal Falls.
der peculiar circumstances. The miners
ran a shaft under the river, and when a
blast was exploded the river burst
through and filled the mine. The men
barely escaped with their lives. The
damage done will be great.
EX-PREsIDENT CLEVELAND and Joseph
Jefferson have bought the islands in
Wakely Lake, near Sandwich, Mass,
very picturesque spot and one noted for
good fishing. 1t is said that they will
put up club house on the most central
of the islands.
The House of Representatives, on the
9th, adopted partial report from the
committee on rules, authorizing the
Speaker to appoint the committees.
SURROGATE ROLLINS of New York
City, on the 10th, issued an order giving
Messrs. Hilton and Clinch, the execut-
tors of Mrs. A. 7. Stewart, power to set
tie the Stewart will case out of court.
YHos. SALvIN, for six years book
keeper for j. E. Dali & Co., dry-goods
commission merchants of Baltimore,
Md, is missing, and the firm assert that
Salvin has ruined them. They can not
tell how much he has stolen, as he de-
stroyed the stubs of his forged checks.
OLIVER JOHNSON, the 'old-time Aboli-
ZIONIST, died at Brooklyn on the 10th.
He had been ailing for some time, and
was over eighty years old.
THE New Jersey State Grange met at
Trenton on the 10th.
THE funeral of the late Bishop Tuigg
took place at Altoona, Pa, on the 11th,
with impressive ceremonies. The SER
h,,p ich of
Erie, Pa.
RICHARD d. KYLE, late vice-president
of the Anderson-Harris Carriage Com
pany, of Cincinnati, has been arrested
on a charge of embezzling $4,000.
In the Federation of Labor conven-
tion at Boston, on the 10th, Secretary
Sayward of the Master Builders AS
sociation delivered an address approving
the principle of organization both by
employers and employees
EMIs PAsHA is pronounced by his
to be much better and in
excellent spirits. He requires constant
attention from his nurses
THE great Sisseton reservation in
South Dakota, containing nearly 1,00o.-
900 acres of land, is soon to be thrown
open to settlement.
JAMES SNAvELY's large four-story
stone mill at Lexington, Pa, was de-
on the 10th, from the weight
of grain on the upper floors, completely
the structure. The mill hands
escaped, no one being in
jured.
Owing to the prevailing strikes in the
colliery districts of Austria the price of
coal has risen enormously throughout
the empire.
THE confirmation of the nomination
of Green B. Raum, to be Pension Com
missioner, was, on the 18th, ordered
made public.
THE Sultan of Zanzibar, on the 18th,
received the Zanzibars who were with
He thanked them for their
splendid service and distributed pres
ents among them.
IN the secret session of the Senate, on
the 18th, number of nominations were
favorably from the committee
on foreign relations, and number of
army and navy nominations Heretofore !
to committees were reported |
favorably.
THE employees of the clerks Office of |
the House of Representatives, on the |
18th, presented to General Clark, the |
late clerk, gold watch and chain as . |
token Of esteem.