Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

tials of VIM. \. Clark and Martin Ma
Ginnis as Senators-elect from the State
of Montana were presented by Mr.. Vest,
read and referred. The four gentlemen
claiming 10 be Senators-elect were,
pending the contest, admitted the priv
ileges Of the floor.
NICHOLAS MEYER, of Chicago, on the
Esd Shot his wife dead and then suicid
ed. jealousy was the cause.
HENRY WILLIAMS, colored, made
wager at Hartford. KY, that he could
drink quart of whisky in fifteen min
utes. He won the wager, and had
| gely-attended funeral.
II 1894 four silver dollars were coined
by the United States mint. The where
aboutS of three of the four has been
known for years. but the fourth was
missing. Coin collectors valued it at
| $500, AMI a few days ago it was found in
the possession of an old Norwegian in
Minnesota, who had it stored away in a
stocking. He sold it for $50, and the
present owner wants nos less than 81, 200.
Oh the oath hurricane swept over
MANY parts of Germany, destroying
| houses and doing great damage.
On the 9th the erecting and repair
Top railroad. located al SaXton, Bedford
| County. Pa, were destroyed by fire, to-
gethcr with q new engine and three coal
cars The total loss will reach $50, 900.
The shops will be rebuilt at once.
An explosion of natural gas in
dwelling house at Columbus, O., on the
evening of the 9th, in which two per-
sons were injured, attracted thousands
of spectators to the spot, when a second
and more dreadful explosion occurred,
dealing death and destruction on all
hands. i runaway team attached to
heavy ladder-wagon added largely to
the list of killed and wounded.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY TICHENoR has
informed the Italian Chamber of Com
merce Of New York that no good reason
is perceived for a change in existing
regulations relating to claims for dam
age allowances on green fruits, more
particularly, he says, as their require
ments are regarded as necessary to pro-
tect the revenue from fraudulent dam
age claims.
On the 9th Mr. Glynnpetre. British
Minister to Portugal, telegraphed to the
Admiralty that the presence of the
British war-ship Enchantress was no
longer required at Lisbon.
TIE Treasury Department sustained
the collector of customs at New York in
his ruling that embroidered linen tia
Bile covers in which metal forms on APP
preciable and prominent figure are du-
table at the rate of fortyfve per cent.
ad valorem, as manufactures in part of
metal
THERE was a report in New York
City. on the 9th, that firm in Buenos
AyrcS had failed for 81, 900, 600.
IT was reported on the 9th that ''Old
Hutch the great Chicago market ma
nipulator. had been robbed by his set
Ting boys of 500, 900. The old gentle
man says the above amount is too large
by at least S97, 900.
On the oath George H. Lounsberry,
cashier of the New York post-oftice, COM
mitted suicide because a shortage in his
cash had been discovere d.
An undertaking is on foot to ship ex-
port American cattle over Canadian
road, with a shipping point at st. Charles
Bay. Labrador, thus saving two days in
time.
g. NJ. SMITH is in jail at Lpeucerbrook,
Mimi, for forging the name of l. ID.
Gould, decease d, to a pension check for
81, OO0
THE Brazilian Minister of Finance
cabled the Brazilian Minister at Berlin,
on the 24th, that the Bank of the United
States of Brazil has been established
with a capital of 200 600, 900 contos, all
of which was subscribed in four hours
THE Iron Hill Company's hosting
works at Carbonate, S. d., were burned
on the 24th; loss, 500, 900.
A. VI. SAWYER, inventor of the Sawyer
gun, used during the rebellion, died at
Athol, Mass, on the oath, aged sixty
four years.
ii. :. PIERCE. ex-collector of internal
revenue for Western New York, died on
the 24th, aged fifty-fou: years, from
rheumatism and influenza.
SOPPO-NO-NA-O. chief of the UteS and
the most influential Indian of his race
since the departure of Ouray for the
happy hunting grounds, is dead.