Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-10-30

BIRCH y LIZ, IEe COHtst
of Benwcli, now awaiting execution in
the Woodsoc fOnt) Jail, does not
live on common Jail fare. His wants
are attended 20 by special cook, who
gets up such delicacies as he desires.
He passes his time in reading and pre-
pairing matter for his autobiography.
Four persons employed at the Quaker
City Dye Works in Philadelphia were
poisoned probably fatally, on the Esd,
as the result of chemical experiments
with u new dive, which, in the course of
its preparation. developed prussic acid,
the fumes of which were inhaled by the
men.
ATroRNEY-GENE KELLOGG of Kan
sas goes to Washington for the purpose
OF having the original-packase case adj
vanced on the docket of the United
States Supreme Court if possible.
OLD miners from every section of the
country are flocking to the gold regions
in the Indian Territory, and the excite
ment increases as new discoveries are
made. Some rich quartz is being taken
out.
TIE bronze Statu of Malor-General
John Stark, the hero of the battle of
DcHl!LIi- LOI " tiS uI alAIu al WIG 'bshoS-
House yard at Concord, n. H.. on the
Esd. Hon. James Patterson, of Hanover,
delivered the Grafton.
TIE case of Alderman Tierney, who
was indicted for bribery in connection
with the building of sewers in Detroit
Mich, and the first of the several
aldermen indicted to be brought to
trial. was given to the jury, on the
gath, after long and tedious trial of
about ten days. The jury announced
that il. could not agree.
IN a long letter to Archbishop Croke,
Sir Charles Gavan Duffy says that while
Mr.. Balfour's Land Purchase bill is
measure proposed by detested govern
ment, it should, in his opinion. be &C
cepted on its merits. a Parliament
sitting in Dublin would, he adds, well
come similar bill with an outburst of
enthusiasm.
Una II. KING, eX-treaSurer of the
University of Michigan Alumni Associ-
alton, has been arrested on the CON-
plant of VIM. Howells, of Detroit,
president of the association, on the
charge of embezzlement
TRAIN robbers went through the
outh-hound train on the Santa Fe rail
road south OF Socorro, \. NJ, on the
23d, securing about $1,000.
THu Soncrant Non-Partisan bill
passed. the Ohio House, on the oath. by
vote of yeas 81, nays 30, and is now
law.
FRIENDS of the President at Indian
apolis have been notified that he in
tends TO 90 home to vote.
AN unlocked switch caused disas-
trous wreck on the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton & Dayton railroad near Oxford, o.,
on the night of the Gath. Engineer
Myers was instantly killed; the fire.
man, named Cassidy, fatally injured,
brakeman named Powell fatally in
jured and an unknown man caught in
the jam and burned to death.
AN Illinois Central train went through
bridge six miles west of Dubuque, Ia,
on the evening of tho cath, and Robert
Realty, a water boy for the gang of men
who were at work changing the bridge
from a wooden to a steel one, was caught
by falling car and crushed to death.
ANTLER, an Indian, was found guilty
at Missoula, Mont, on the 9th, of
participation in the murder of three
prospectors in 1887, and was sentenced
to death. His two companions were
hanged by vigilance committee of set
tiers.
DE-. J. W. HIGBEE, delegate to the
National Christian convention at Des
Moines, Ia, died in that city on the
oath. He leaves widow and two chill
dren in Chicago. He was fifty years of
age, and one of the most prominent
Chris tian ministers in the West
l.. \. DIXON. of Sodus, n. ", l,as just
discovered a wonderful ore called 'elec-
trio rock. which contains hidden force
that puzzles and astonishes all who have
seen it, and expert electricians in par
ticular. 1t promises to create a revolu-
ton in domestic lighting etc.
IN his annual report to the Secretary
of the Treasury First Auditor Fisher
shows that during the past fiscal year
that office passed on 2.761 receipt &C
counts, representing S1,019, 6S4, 44O and
on 81, SCI disbursement accounts, repre-
senting 81, los $40. 639.