Iron County register., 1890-04-24
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Mr.. PARNELL held a consultation with
Mr.. Gladstone, on the 14th. preliminary
to the introduction in the British House
of Commons by the former of a motion
to reject the Irish Purchase bill.
DURING a recent storm in Western Ne
braska the wind blew sown grain en-
tirely out of the ground over thousands
of acres, leaving many farmers without
seed to replant.
A REPORT reached Milwaukee, Wis,
on the night of the 18th, that the pro-
peller City of New York had foundered
near Manitowoc, on Lake Michigan.
She was known to have had at least
twenty persons on board.
IT is said on apparently good author
ity that the brick-layers of Boston have
signed an agreement with the contract
ors not to strike within three years,
and that their pay is to be increased ten
cents per hour.
MILLETT's ''L'Angelus" is now depos-
tied in the vaults of the Bank of Mon
treal. The owners were obliged to re-
move it from the United States or pay
$50, 900 duty on it, and they chose the
former course.
THE maple-sugar crop of Vermont,
which has just been harvested, amounts
to about 5000, 900 pounds, which is be-
low the quantity usually obtained.
TIE postal-card works at Ansonia,
Conn, were attached, on the 18th, by Will
kinson, Bros. & Co., of New Haven, on a
claim of $1,000 1t is limited that the
contract made by the Government with
Contractor Dagget may be overruled.
THE Detroit (Mich.) Steel and Spring
Company, the largest concern of it's
kind in the United States, suspended
payment, on the 18th, with liabilities
amounting to $500, 600. a proposition to
settle with its creditors at fifty cents on
the dollar, was accepted, and the works
with its four hundred employees con-
tinued its operation.
EX-SENATOR ANGUS CAMERON, of Wis
consin, has forwarded to Washington a
declination to serve as member of the
Cherokee Commission. The reason as
signed is that he is too old a man for
the hard work required. He finds there
are fifteen tribes to be treated with, and
the Commission must live about four
months in tents
E. J.. GoDKIN, managing editor of the
New York Evening Post, was arrested,
on the 18th, on the complaint of Peter
Mitchell, lawyer, on 4 warrant charg-
ing him with criminal libel. Godkin
was arraigned in court and gave $500
bail to appear for examination.
GOVERNOR JACKSON of Maryland, on
the 18th, formally removed State Treas
urer Archer for malfeasance in office
and repeated appropriations to his own
use of the funds and securities of the
State. Edwin III. Brown, of Queen
Anne County, was appointed Treasurer.
PHoF. Brooks, the director of Smith
Observa tory, at Geneva, n. v, has been
awarded the medal of the Astronomical
| Society of the Pacific for his discovery
| of the comet now visible in the eastern
| heavens. This medal is the first one
| awarded by the above society.
| LAWRENCE NANDEMAEK, a lawyer who
| fed from Saltwater, Mimi, about two
! years ago, after uttering large amount
of paper with the forged Endorsement of
DR.. c. d. Bull, his father-in-law, is now
residing and practicing his profession at
| Wellington, Australia.
DEVELOPMENTS show the census frauds
/ in Lyon County, Kas., for the purpose of
raising salaries of the county officials,
| to date back as far as January, 1887.
and many heretofore highly honored
| citizens arc implicated. The testimony
shows that Deputy County Clerk Har-
rlson was aware of the frauds being per-
| petrated. Several criminal pros ecutions
are probable.