Iron County register., 1890-05-15

HENRY X. BOYER was inducted into
the office of State Treasurer at Harris
burg, Pa, on the 5th, and assumed
formal charge. Every cent was ac-
counted for and the transfer did not oc-
cupy more than fifteen minutes.
FREDERICK LEACH, prominent and
wealthy farmer of Canadice, n. Y, was
shot and instantly killed, on the Sth,
by Frank Lamont, farm hand, whom
he had discharged upon the expiration
of the time for which he had been en-
gagged.
SEVERAL eases of alleged sporadic
cholera have recently been reported to
the health office of Newark, y. j. The
disease is said to be due to noxious
vapors arising from garbage and refuse
used in filling in the low grounds in the
suburbs.
For the first time in the history of
London the Lord Mayor VIII make an
official visit across the border into Scot
land on June 10. The visit is to be made
on the invitation of the Lord Provost of
Edinburgh to attend the exhibition in
that city.
JOHN NJ. WINsTEAD, Il diSSOlute fell
low shot his wife dead at Ouray, Col,
on the 9th, and then committed suicide.
The woman had supported the family
by keeping 4 restaurant. anu was killed
because she had no money to give her
husband for drink.
FUNERAL services over the remains of
PocI- N-ara hold in TO
chamber. on the 9th, after which the
funeral party, consisting of about forty
friends and relatives, including the Con-
gressional committees, took a special
train for Lexington, Ky.
THE Abram colliery at Lehigh, En-
gland, caught fire on the eth. Three
hundred and fifty miners were working
in the pit at the time. Prompt and in
telligent action, however, resulted in
the rescue of the men, every one being
brought out safe and sound.
DAVID STOKES, a cOlored man of Ruff
fin. n. c., was severely bitten on the
arm by cat, on the Sth, and died
twenty -four hours later, without show
ing any signs of hydrophobia. The
head of the vicious feline had to be cut
off before it would relax its hold.
c. NJ. BURT and his bride, of Fair
field, Neb., arrived at Grand Island,
Neb., on the 9th, on their wedding trip,
and took rooms at the Hotel Dunphy.
Next morning Mrs. Burt was found dead
in bed and Mr.. Burt unconscious with
no hope of recovery. The gas had been
blown out
WILLIAM E. BUNDY, of Cincinnati, a
nephew of Ex-Governor Foraker, of
Ohio, on the night of the 18th eloped
with and married Miss Eva Leedon, the
pretty eightcen-year-oid daughter of
Hon. John 7. Lecdom. ex-sergeant-at-
arms of the United States House OF
Representatives
NJ. M"SCIuCoUST, the Panama canal
liquidator, considers it quite feasible
to secure, in the interest of the enter
prise, financiers and examiners and en-
gineers who can inspire sufficient pub
lie confidence to guarantee the realiza-
tion of the commissions plans for the
completion of the canal.
DR. j. III. DOUGLASS, who so faithful
ly attended General Grant during the
latters last illness, has suffered stroke
of paralysis and is in the Presby terian
Hospital in New York. He is desti-
tute. His wife supported the family by
taking boarders at Bethlehem, Pa, IN
til her health broke down.
THE diocesan convention of the Pro-
testant Episcopal church at Charles
ton. S. c., on the eth, adopted an amend
ment excluding colored members from
seats on the floor, with a proviso that
the only present colored member shall
retain his seat until his privileges are
lost by resignation or death.
THE ten men arrested in Lawrence.
La, for beating the old negro Jere Bass
and numbering his son, were placed on
preliminary trial on the 9th. The wit
ncsSeS relied on to convict were so ter
rorized that they were afraid to testify,
and the prosecution fell to the ground,
though there is hardly any doubt of the
guilt of the accused.
THE National convention of colored
men in session in Washington, on the
4th perfected a permanent organization
by the election of Rev. J. c. Price, of
North Carolina, as president and w. c.
Chase, of Washington, secretary. A list
of honorary vice-presidents, one from
each State represented in the conven-
tion, was also selected.
ROBERT. the thirteen-year-old son of
VIM. j. McGann, of Lynn, Mass, was
crossing n railroad track with his sister,
aged five, on the Sth, when shouts of
bystanders warned him of the approach
of an east-bound passenger train. He
pushed his little sister out of danger,
and succeeded in saving her from in
Jury, but was himself instantly killed.
THOMAS JONES, the man who was dis
charged from the Brooklyn Navy Yard
last winter for aiding John Wilkes
Booth to escape, and the skif used in
ferrying Booth across the Potomac, will
he two of the attractions at the Atlanta
fGa.) Exposition next fall. If the vent
ure prove successful financially, it will
be followed by tour OF the Southern
States.