Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-12-18

wears. is to be used by the city of st.
Paul in equal portions for founding
free medical dispensary for the poor,
and for a city library.
PRESIDENT Polk of the National
Farmers Alliance has named Friday,
February 6, 1891, and Washington, d.
c., as the place of holding the first
meeting of the National legislative
council. which is composed of the Ma
tional president and the presidents of
all the State alliances.
THERE is CONSERVATION among the
pensiou-claim agents in Washington.
They have discovered that Mr.. Dockery's
amendment to the Pension Appropria-
ton b II, reducing the fees of attorneys
ia increase cases from $40 to -, IS re-
troactive in it's nature, and will not only
reduce their future fees, cut Will cut
down their fees in cases now pending to
the extent of 81, 400, 000
Mrs. Louis HANNING, of Waterloo,
Ind, was Instantly killed by bullet
from a revolver lying in 4 bureau draw
er which she opened for the purpose of
getting medicine for sick child.
Something she removed caught the trig-
ger and the pistol was discharged.
Ex-PoSTMASTEE-G GENERAL JAMES, OF
| New.York City, and Editor Bailey OF the
Utica N. " Observer engaged in 4
| machine type-setting contest in the
office of the New York Typograph Com
pany, on the 11th, in which Mr.. Bailey
proved the more expert. The two con.
testants were fellowapprentices many
years ago.
Hon JOHN LAURENS MANNING IRBY,
| the farmers candidate, was elected
United States Senator by the South Car
| DINA Legislature, on the 18th, on the
| fifth ballot Wade Hampton received
| only ~ votes; Donaldson, 10; and lrby,
los.
ORR1N E. BUNYoN, a Newark IN. j.
| real-estate dealer and promoter, has be-
gun suit against the Wilkinson -Gaddld
| Company of that city, to recover the
| sum of $500, 600, which he alleges is due
| to him as commission for ehectlng
the sale of the defendants wholesale
! grocery business to an English syndcl-
ate for 81 800, 900.
| THE large surf boat Vanderkoop, oil
| the McWilliams Bros line, sunk at the
| Richard Dry Dock at the foot of Wash
| ington street, Jersey City, on the 18th.
James Farrell, the steward, and Geo,
| Drum, the fireman. are both missing,
| and it is supposed they went down with
the boat.
DURING a terrific wind-storm, on the
18th, sparks from a locomotive bic"
into the North Dakota elevator in Eli
liot, y. D., and the structure was de
| stroyed, together with 10. 600 bushels OF
| wheat.
THE Board of Guardians of WestpOrt
| Irelanl. have unanimously adopted
resolutions eulogizing Chief Secretar
| Balfour, for the energetic measures
taken by him to prevent famine IL
| Western ireland.
The Treasury Department has di
rected the collector of customs a
Gloucester, Mass. to admit free of duty
fish caught in the waters of Newfound
! land bv fishing vessels of Gloucester.
| THE priests of the Parliamentary
divisions of East Limerick and NORTH
Cork are actively interesting them
selves in the work of organizing public
opinion against Mr.. Parnel.
HENRY c. NOBLE, of Columbus, O.. ;
LAWYER of marked ability, and u brother
of Secretary of the Interior John w
Noble, died suddenly, on the 18th, o
heart disease.
THE Anchor Line steamer City o
Baton Rouge, from st. Louis for New
Orleans. with a full cargo of Western
produce, sank at p. m, on the 18th
near Hermitage (La.) landing The
boat and cargo, valued at S175, 00O are
total loss. Two unknown deck pas
sengers were drowned.
| A TORY-AND-BAsEMENT brlcE
building in brooklyn was blown down
on the 18th, aad in its fall crushed
one-story structure occupied by al
Italian shoemaker, named Nicholon
Delphio, and his wife and two chill
dren One of the latter, Rosini, thir
teen-year-o girl, was killed.
An explosion occurred, on the 18th
in the cartridge room of the Zumdorf
(Hungary) factory in which is manufact
ured the new explosive Megatin
Three women employed in the factor
were killed.