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

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
SEVERAL of the English iron masters
in the Cleveland district have given no.
tice that on account of the condition of
trade they will be compelled to make n
large reduction of wages in January.
A BALTIMORE man signing himself
William Duvall has been working all
the prominent Senators ;Et Washington
by pretending to- have manned his first
born son for them and appealing to
their generosity and pride for material
assistance and in nanv,cases was sue
cessful. Senator Manderson. of Ne
braslla, however, unmasked the fake.
REV. Dr. AINfoN NEIGEL. a minister
of the Baptist churdh. died at Fort
Wayne, Ind, ON the 22d, aged ninety
two years.
THE citizens committee, consisting of
members of the Board of Trade and
the Oregon Board of Immigration, have
raised guarantee fund of 100000 for
the purpose of starting an independent
Democratic newspape in Portland. Ore.
THE trial of the cruiser Newark, on
the I'D, was pronounced success, and
was completed without any hitch or ac-
cident. The logs showed Il speed at
tanned OF 1915 knots per hour, while the
engines developed little over 5000
horsepower. If this is borne out by the
official report the Cramps will realize
$50 600 premium.
JACOB TEENIs. aged sixty-three, died
at Madison, Ind, on the 22d. of an awful
and Il peculiar disease. Huge ulcers
had formed all over his lower limbs,
eating holes in his flesh as big as tur-
nips. These sores gradually extended
up until they reached his heart and
lungs, hence his death.
A ,SCoTCH syndicate, with James
Logan, of Glasgow. Scotland, at its
head. has, secured control of the plant of
the Forest Milling Company at Cedar
Falls, ia. The sale also includes five
other oatmeal; mills in that vicinity.
THE Kansas Insane Asylum at Topeka
is so crowdedwith patients that the SUI
perintendent has notified; the Probate
Judge of Atchison that thirteen of the
thir-y7fve Atchison County patients
therein confinettvvill have to be removed
to some other! place.
THOMAS HoBBINS, employed in the
st. Peter Starch Works at Des Moines
Ia, fell against rapidly-revolving
shaft ON the 22d. He was ,Nthirled at a
speed of 100 revolutions minute and
thrown Assistance of fifteen feet, alight-
ing stark naked in a tank of water.
His injuries are probably fatal.
On the 22d Mus. johanna Daily, was
found dead in bed at Lafayette, Ind.
The discovery was made by Sheriff Nc
Kee, who had gone to the house to evict
her, the result of aforeclOsure of a mort
gage. The loss of her home deranged
her mind. and shetooll dose of arsenic.
She w;as eighty years old.
A RUMoR was current in BuenoS
AyreS on the 22d. that a plot to over
throw the Argentine Government had
been discovered. Several persons are
said to have beenarresteCf for com plicity
in the conspiracy.
JAMES C. McGREGoR, ,ene of the
wealthiest citizens of Terre Haute,
Ind, was Instantly killed, on, the 22d,
while out hnnting five miles north of
the city. He leaves a wife and three
children. The deceased was about fifty
two years cid and retired from the mer-
camille business.
A IIONEss discovered lurking near the
Halebank railway station in liverpool,
England, on the -22d, was shot. Its
presence, which eneated terror in the
neighborh0od, could not be accounted
for.
NEAR South Louisville, Ky, ON; the
ED, Lille Van Arsdale, "A girl sixteen
years old, was struck by train and
killed. She mas on her way to school,
walking on the track. (which is double,
and when she heard the train approach
ing stepped on the wrong track.
THE East-End street-car Stahlss at
Fort Wayne, Ind, Were burned ON the
night of the ed. Sixty 9head of horses
persisted in the flames. This, with har-
ness and a large amount of hay and
grain. makes the loss foot up about
$4,000.
THE Congo Technical Commission has
formally agreed that America shall
have the same rights as other powers in
the Congo State, although the United
States Government did not ratify the
Berlin act.
THE condition of z. T BaInsnn. the
veteran Snowman. is much improved.
and his friends are beginning 10 be
more hopeful. He rests great deal
easier and takes considerable food.
JOHN BRENNAN. station agent at Bays
Station. O., on the Toledo, Friday N
Springfield railroad, was murdered and
robbed. on the night of the ed, and his
body thrown into the depot. which was
then set on fire. How much money was
secured by the miscreants, or who they
were. is unknown.
The Masonic Temple at Baltimore,
Md, was destroyed by fire. on the 18th,
just before the opening of the afternoon
matinee in Forepaugh's Theater, en-
failing loss of $500. 600.
ENGLISH manufacturers declare that
the new French tariff will practically
put an end to the trade with France in
certain lines of textile goods.
THE residence of Peter Ermire at Will
mot. Pa. was burned, on the 24th, and.
Mr.. Ermire was burned to death. His
wife and children escaped.
IN case at Philadelphia, on the cath,
before Judge Reed, the Oleomargarine
law of Pennsylvania was declared to
be unconstitutional.