Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-28
HoS. r. E, PARTISAN formally ac-

ton. headed by Senator Hearst called
on President Harrison, on the goth, be-
fore he left for Cape May, to extend an
invitation to be present at the celebra-
ton in San Francisco, in September, of
the fortieth anniversary of the admis-
sion of that State into the Union. Rep
resen,ative Morrow rendered the formal
invitation, which was engraved on a
handsome plate of solid gold. The
President expressed his thanks for the
invita- ton, and said he hoped to be able
to visit California next year.
FIVE THOUSAND people assent led at
Lawrenceburg, Tenn. on the 10th, and
witnessed the ceremonies connected
with tue laying of the cornerstone of a
monument to tho memory of Davy
Crockett.
THE Blue Grass Palace of 1890 was
formally opened at Creston, Ia, on the
21st, by Governor Boies, the ceremonies
being prefaced with music, the handing
of the keys to the Governor and his &C
ceptance of them with an oration.
THE will of John Boyle O'Reilly, exc
cuted in 1878, gives all his property,
real and personal. to his wife, Mary A.
S. O'Peilly, and her heirs, and appoints
her executrix of the will with full pow
er and without bonds or sureties.
AT Whitestone, L. l., on the 21st,
three young men and two girls belong
ing to an excursion party from New
York City were drowned by the capsiz-
ing of their boat while rowing on the
bay.
Mrs HIDDoN SELrs, of Brown County,
Ind, and her daughter Sarah, have both
become insane on account of religious
excitement
The steamer George was burned on
the Volga river at Nizhnee Novgorod,
Russia, on the Goth. Many of her passen-
gers were lost. some being drowned
and others burned to death.
THREE persons were killed, three
probably fatally, and three seriously in
iured by the falling of wall o. street
car stable during a severe rain storm
in Philadelphia on the 21st
FoUR persons were killed, five fatally
and many seriously injured, while large
number of others were severely hurt. in
an accident on the Mount Penn Pa.)
Gravity railroad, on the 22d, caused by
the failure of an air-brake to work on
a down grade, the train being thrown
from the track from q curve at the bot
tom and reduced to kindling wood.
j. c. UUEINGER, of keokuk, Ia. is
the proud possessor of the largest ell's
head in the world. 1t is that of ''Old
Pete" who worried the hunters of Mon
tana for many years until one of them
brought him down in 1888
The Progressive journals of Lisbon
FL,
agreement relative to territory in East
Africa is not satisfactory to the honor
and interests of Portugal
THE people of Eastern Arapahoe
County, Col, are in a state bordering
on starva ton, owing the failure of the
crops. An appeal has been made for
assistance.
The executive committee of the
Grant Monument Association has form
ally protested against the removal of
General Grants remains from New
York
A TERRIBLE storm passed over North
Adams, Mass, on the 22d, doing great
damage to property in the city and
growing crops in the surrounding coun-
try.
ONE THOUSAND persons were made
homeless by the late cyclone at Wilkes
barre, Pa.
SECRETARY NOZZLE has instructed the
Commissioner of Pensions to make spe-
cial and thus expedite all claims for
pensions by parties now living in Okla
homa.
GEORGE EARLY and Bryd Woods, col
ored, were hanged at Rocky Mount,
Franklin County, Va. on the 22d, for
arson committed in October last.
JESSE LEE and Jack Carter, both rail-
road men, got into an argument on the
Tariff question at Ironton, O., on the
22d, when Carter, in fit of passion,
drew a revolver and shot Lee, killing
him almost instantly.
JOHN MoTz, aged fifteen, fell from
the sixth floor to the bottom of the ele-
vator shaft in the Cincinnati Times
Star office, on the 21st, and was instantly
killed.