Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-29

sylvania Senate. On the 10Th providing
that not more than three dollars per
month shall be charged for the use OF a
telephone.
THE authorities of the British Museum
have discovered among a collection on
papyrus rolls acquired recently IN
Egypt the text of Aristotle's treatise
on the Constitution of Athens.
THE budget committee of the German
Reichstag fas been Informed by the
Minister of War that it is proba bic that
no rev appropriations for the army will
be demanded during this session
TIE San Francisco cigar factory OF
Luna Tong & Co, containing 114,S3O
cigars. worth about - thousand. was
seized. on the 18th. by revenue officers
on the charge of selling cigars without
stamps.
DAVID T. LIT1LER, of Illinois, testi-
fed before the silver pool investigation
committee on the 23d. that he had pur-
chased about 500, goo worth Of silver for
Senator Cameron before the Silver bill
had passed the Senate.
JAMES BURKIIART, q bricklayer. fell
from the sixth story of the new Chit
tendon Hotel at Columbus. O., on the
10Th, distance of eighty feet. He was
alive and conscious when reached by
his companions. but it was thought that
his injuries would be fatal.
THE review of the troops at Pine
Ridge. S D.. on the odd pleased the
red men very much, and some of them
are urging the officers to hold another
The liberal issue of provisions has put
the Indians i'll excellent humor.
Colonel II. VI. BLACK. commander
of the Twenty-third Infantry and of
Fort Sam Houston. Tex, was retired
from active service at noon on the 18th.
The period of his active service was
the longest of any officer serving III the
line.
SLIGHT earthquake shocks We're eN-
pcrienced at Geneva, Switzerland. on
the 2Gth and the drowning of three per
sons which occurred shortly after,
while skating in the harbOr. is attrlbu-
ted to the ice having been broken by the
shocks.
THE Pope has decided to make sweep
ING reduction in the expenses of his
household in order. it is said, to create
q Tesoro Pontifico for use III such an
emergency as his enforced exile. The
total amount of the jubilee moneys
will be assigned TO his Tosoro.
JOHN PAYNE. n seaman of Fl. NJ s.
Orlando sprang to the stage of sgd
ney On. s. W. theater. while Mrs. Pot
ter and Kyrle Below were bowling be-
fore the curtain after the first act IN
"Uero and Leander," and drawing a
revolver. shot himself in the abdomen.
4 GENERAL. rise of twenty-five de-
crees in temperature throughout In
GLAND occurred on the 21St. and the
mercury registered the highest point
reached since November. There IS a
general rainfall throughout the king
dom. The thaw wa,s less decided on
the continent.
GENERAL C. MCkEEVER. on duty in
the War Department at Washington,
has been ordered to duty as Adiutant-
General of the Department of the Mis-
souri,. at Chicago, under General Miles,
relieving Colonel Corbin. who is ordered
to report to General McCoo1 at Los
Angeles, Cal.
IT has leaked out, is spite of the
strenuous efforts of all concerned tc
conceal the fact. that the death Of the
Duke of Bedford was caused by his Owl
hand. The discovery was made 4 week
after his body had been cremated that
he committed suicide by putting bullet
into his head.
THE President has approved the ac
making appropriation to enable the
Secretary of the Interior to carry GU
the provisions of the act to divide ;
portion of the Sioux Reservation in Da
l<ota into separate reservations and t.
secure the REIMBURSEMENT of the Indian
title to the remainder.
A. J. Ross, agent for the Southern
Express Company in Lake City Fla.
was robbed of $500 at an early hour OF
the morning of the 10Th The rCbber
attacked him in his Office on one of tn
principal streets, and after beating I'm
into insenSibility. took Il package con
tanning 5000 from the express pouch.
LORD MAYOR SAvoRY of Londo
refuses to grant the request of GENERA
Booth that the homeless poor be pei
mitted to sleep in the municipal builo
inrs. The Lord Mayor says he he
lieves existing agencies adequate 10
the relief of distress and adds that tn
police deny the Generals statement
regarding outcasts-
DIS. DE RoULEDEs. Archinaud, Ma
thias and Blanc, of the New Orlean
Throat Hospital, officially reported. o
the 22d. that Prof. koch's lymph ha
been tried in one ease each of tubercr
losis knee. tubercular laryn@itis, incir
lent phthisis. lupus face and pulmonar
consumption. and that the symptom
were eminently satisfactory.
Tom LEAvIs. 81 welI-known horse
man. was tried in the United State
Court at indianapolis. Ind. on the 22o
on the charge of passing countertel
money. and was acquitted. The Prlr
c;nal prosecuting witness was at one
sent to Jail for perjury for discrepanc
between his testimony at the trial an
that piven before the grand jury.
THE new Brazilian Ministry Is const
+r+ed ne follows, Senior Uchoa, Pres
dent. without portfolio; Senior Cav
alicante. Minister of the Interior; oel