Iron County register., 1889-12-19

BY EI.I %. AKE.
RONEON. MISSOURI.
compelled to migrate from Zurich to
London, complains that it is still pur-
sued by the Vaccinations of its pet
aversion, Bismarck.
THE stolen will of Thos. II. Harrison,
of Minneapolis, Minn., disposing OF
property valued at million dollars,, was
found, on the 9th, by a little child in a
tin box under the sidewalk at st. Paul.
THE Shah of Persia has ordered his
ministers to organize a commission to
study the European laws, with a view
OF framing draft of new civil and
criminal codes for the benefit of the peo-
pie.
Mrs. BooTH, wife of the General of
the Salvation Army, who has been suf-
fering from cancer for some time, was
reported, en- the 18th, as sinking rapid
ly. All hope of her recovery was aban-
doned.
THE ex-Empress of Brazil received a
cablegram from Rio de Janeiro, on the
11th, stating that all her jewels, which
comprised the finest known Brazilian
gems had been stolen from their place
OF deposit
THE Novoe Vremya states that an En-
glishrrfan has been arrested at Sebasto-
Of, - Ct,z <.1,nc IF
the batteries and forts of the city Doc
uments OF a compromising nature were
found in his possession.
THE Westinghouse Air-Brake Com
pany of Pittsburgh, has filed "a bill in
the United States Court at Baltimore,
Md, against the Boyden Power-Brake
Company, claiming that they have in
tringed the Westinghouse. patent
A GENERAL strike of the men EN-
ployed in the London gas-works was in
;augurated on the 18th. There was no
disturbance. The strikers places were
filled by 200 green hands who entered
the works escorted by details OF police.
JUsTUs A. RATHBoNE, the founder of
the Order of the knights of Pythias,
died at Lima, o.. on the 9th, aged fifty
years. He had been ill for three weeks.
His remains were taken to Syracuse, N.
Y, for interment beside those of his
wife.
IN the last letter written by DR..
Peters, the German African traveller,
which has found its way to Europe, it is
stated that the route he had taken was
an impossible one, entering upon which
he had as little hope of his ability to re-
turn as to push through.
CHARLES OsTROM, cashier and book
keeper of the Minneapolis Office of the
St. Paul Pioneer-Press, is charged with
a defalcation of g, 600, and suspected of
setting fire to the Tribune building, hop
ing to destroy the books which contained
the evidence of his guilt.
A DESPERATE fight occurred near
Schuylkil1 Haven, Pa, on the 18th, be-
tween gangs of weckmen employed by
the Draper colliery and Beddan & Co.,
contractors, each claiming possession of
a culm bank. A number of men we're
badly injured in the conflict.
THE bark Antoinette, in which it was
rumored Silcott had sailed, on the 10th,
for Valparaiso, carried no passengers,
but her agents say that it would have
been easy for Silcett to get aboard the
vessel at Quarantine, as she lay there
all night before putting to sea.
A FoUNDRYMAN of Black Rock, near
Buffalo, n. Y, while on his way to work
in the malleable iron Works, on the
9th, found package containing $4,000
on the railroad track. He delivered it
to the railroad officials. who identified it
as package missing from the pay car
On the 10th the Sultan of Zanzibar
was presented with the insignia of the
English order of ST. i1ichael and st.
George and the grand cross of the Ger
man order of the Red Eagle. All availa-
BILE British men-of-war assembled for
the purpose of giving eclat to the .occa-
sion.
Ex-PREsIDENr CLEVELAND held an in
formal reception in Boston, on the 18th,
at which members of several Democratic
clubs were present and shook hands
with him. After the reception Mr..
Cleveland was given lunch at the Al
1gonquin Club by Henry l.. Pierce and a
few of his friends.
MAJOR MCLAUGHLIN, the Standing
Rock Indian agent, with a detachment
of Sioux Indians, is visiting Washington
to confer with the President, the Secre-
tary of the interior, the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs and the Sioux Commits
sion with reference to changes in the
original bill for the opening of the res
ervation.
THE manager of the National Bank Of
Brazil, referring to the adverse COM |
ments of the English press on Brazilian
stability, telegraphed, on the 11th, that |
the comments are groundless; that COM
plete tranquility prevails; that there is |
the fullest confidence in the present |
government and that every thing is |
progressing well.
THE coroner's jury in the case of |
Henry Harris, who was killed by an
electric shock in front of the New York |
City store where he was employed, on
November 80, returned verdict, on the
nth causuriuu the RruSh Electric |