Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-12-03

bEORGE w. MORGAN. a prominent
merchant of Marion, Ala, committed
suicide, on the 25th, by shooting himself
through the head in the presence of his
mother. Excessive drinking, which
| brought on dependency, was the cause
of the rash act.
THERE was a merry Thanksgiving
| dinner at the White House. in Wash
ington. All the family were present,
| except Mrs. Russell Harrison, who had
gone to Omaha, where her parents
| live, from Rhode Island. DIR. Scott
| was also present The president at.
| tended divine service at the Church OF
| the Covenant. No work of any sort
| was done at the mansion.
A FIRE that broke out in the Ameri
can house stables at st. Adams, VT,
early on the morning of the Goth, de-
stroyed eight business blocks and the
Congregational church. Loss over
500, 600, with good amount of insur.
ance.
j. X. CUMBERLAND, who murdered
the Robertsons near Burlington, Ia,
two years ago, has been sentenced to
be hanged February 10. He has been
taken to the penitentiary at Fort Madi-
THE feeling of uneasiness among the
Hawaiians and the consequent alarm
among the white residents are believed
to be the reasons for the summary Or
ders sent to the Charleston to leave the
Chinese station and proceed forthwith
to Honolulu.
MINISTER EGAN and other Americans
were entertained aboard the Baltimore.
on the Goth, in honor of Thanksgiv-
ing day. Boat races were included in
the entertainment Minister Egan
was loudly cheered by the crew of the
Baltimore.
GooDwIN's New York cigarette
factory was damaged to the extent of
$4,000 by fire on the 27th. The 500
girls in the factory becoming panic
stricken were with difficulty restrained
from jumping from the windows.
THE governors of all the Brazilian
states have proclaimed in favor of
President PeiXotto. 1t is rumored that
the federal capital will be removed
from Rio to Niotheroy.
The archbishop of Annecy, France.
has written the minister of public wor-
ship letter similar to that for which
the archbishop of AK was tried and
fined.
ACCORDING to- custom, the governor
of Massachusetts pardoned two state
prison convicts on Thanksgiving day.
HERR VoN MALTZAHN, German secre-
tary of the treasury, stated in the
Reichstag, on the 27th, that there
would probably be deficit of 5000, 600
marks in the receipts for the fiscal
year.
THE United States steamer York
town arrived at Valparaiso on the Goth
THE engagement between Adolph
Rauh and Miss Gertrude Witte. in New
York, has been broken, the groom ex-
pectant Directing, on calling on his
fiance at an unusual hour, to finding
her, instead of being dressed in her
best, engaged in the domestic pastime
of backing stove. Miss Witte
wouldn't have him now at any price.
SAMUEL I. BURDETT, ex-grand scribe
of the Kansas encampment of odd fell
lows, died at his home in Leavenworth,
on the 2Tth. He was 20 years old, and
for twenty-nine years had been secre-
tary of the Kansas grand lodge of odd
fellows. His death followed a stroke
of paralysis two weeks before.
A YOUNG immigrant appeared at the
barge office in New York, on the 27th.
in the person of Marie Peterson, 5 years
of age, who had come from Sweden
alone to join her father in Philadel-
phia, her mother having died while
waiting to be sent for.
THEODORE LUMLEY, the English So
licitor who successfully conducted the
cases of Mrs. Langworthy and Mrs.
Cathcart. has undertaken the case of
Mrs. Florence May brick. HIS opening
step will be tC apply for a writ of
habeas corpus.
PETER KERNs, aged SIS years, one of
the Oldest citizens of Cass county, Ind,
dropped dead in Logansport, on the
27th, while transacting some business
in the Office of justice of the peace.
Mrs. ANTHONY j. DREXEL, wife of
the head of the banking firm of Drexel
& Co., died, on the 27th. at her country
house, Runnymede, Delaware county,
Pa