Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-07
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

SPAIN, it seems, has sent two war
steamers to Central America to keep an
eye on affairs in that part of the globe.
People there are doubtless beginning
to ask what these vessels are around
for. A good many years have passed
since Spain lost dominion in that sec
ton, and the number of Spanish citi-
zens there is comparatively few. Nor
has she any commercial or industrial
interests in that quarter which are en-
dangered by the disturbance.
THE coal mine owners of Rhenish
Westphalia have formed a combination
to regulate output, prices and wages.
CHARLES COoMBs TENANT, brother
of Mrs. Henry NJ. Stanley, arrived in
New York, on the 27th, from Liverpool.
PRESIDENT GILMAN Of the Argentine
Republic says that the civilians who
took part in the Instruction will not
be punished. All captains of the revo-
lutionary forces and all officers above
the grade of Captain will be deprived
of their rank
THE steamer Franceni, from New
York for Fernandina, Fla, before re-
ported ashore on North Breakness,
caught fire at daylight on the Goth,
and was burned. All hands were saved.
THE charge that millions were spent
in lobbying the Silver bill through Con-
gress will probably be investigated.
CHOLERA is raging in Bagdad and
vicinity, and great apprehension exists
lest the scourge should spread west
ward.
THAT portion of the city of Constan-
tinople in which is situated the Ar
menian Cathedral, the scene of the at
tack by the late mob on the Armenian
Patriarch, has been placed under mar
tial law.
INCENDIARIEs set fire to the residence
of Rev. David Plumb, at Coles. Ind, at
an early hour on the morning of the
Goth. Mrs. Plumb and three children
were burned to death, and Mr.. Plumb
was SO badly burned that ne can not
live.
Dr.. THOMAS HATCHFoRD, of Milwau-
kee, Wis, aged seventy-two, and his
wife, aged thirty, who were found
guilty of manslaughter were, on the
Goth, sentenced tc four years each in the
State penltentiary.
GENERAL MITRE, at one time Presi-
dent of the Argentine Republic, but for
a long time a resident of Paris sud
denly left that city on the goth.
PREPARATIONS for the marriage of
the Archduchess Valerie of Austria,
who renowned the possibility of
throne to marry the man of her choice,
have been proceeding on magnificent
scale and the affair will be an imposing
one. Sixty wagon loads of flowers have
been sent, which will be used in dec
Grating the marriage hall.
ANNIE MCKINLEY, sister of Congress-
man Mckinley, of Ohio, died at her
Goth. She had been i'll for weeks,
caused by overstudy in her position as
assistant principal in the Canton high
school
ALEXANDER York, aged thirteen,
and Ellie Quackenbush aged ten, fell
from the pier while fishing in the North
river at New York, on the Goth, and
were drowned.
THE crops in different sections of
Southern Virginia are fast going to ruin
by reason of the protracted drought.
HARRY VANKUEEEN, aged thirteen,
was drowned at Poughkeepsie, \. Y,
on the 3Oth, while fishing. 1t is sup
posed that he was sunstruck and fell
from the the wharf. His body was re-
covered.
THE Prohibition State committee of
Maryland met at Glyndon, on the 30th,
to nominate candidates for Congress in
the several districts and to name new
State central committee.
THE bill appropriating 25, 600, 600
francs to the Congo Free State, which
had already passed the Belgian House
of Representatives, passed the Senate
on the 30th.
VICE-PREsIDENT MORTON and family
will spend the summer season at Suili-
van Harbor, Me.