Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-06
NEWS AND NOTES,
a Summary of Important Events
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

rate eStd DilSilHentS, one In lnOlaN ana
the other in Fostoria, only Is miles
away.
AN explosion occurred in a new mill
of the Latiin-Rand Powder Co. at
Plattsville, Wis, on the 27th, as it was
about to be started for the first time.
workman named Lowrey was the
only one in the mill and he was blown
to atoms. The conclusion awoke the
town.
IN the British house of commons. on
the 2Sth, Sir Michael Hicks Beach said
that no special measures We're at pres
ent necessary to restrain the immigra-
ton to England of INDECENT foreigners.
The total immigration for June of this
year was 200 less than in June, 1890
Louis IoBST, a butcher, committed
suicide at Fort Wayne, Ind, on the
21th, by shooting himself through the
head. He weighed $50 pounds, and the
Inconvenience and trouble caused by
his heavy weight drove him to self
destruction.
UNDER the advice of Pinkerton detec-
tives, who have been at work on the
case for several weeks past, William E.
Deeney. Eugene Kelly and Phil Hickey
We're arrested, on the 27th, charged with
the murder of Editor Penrose at Butte,
Mont, on June 10.
FOUR convicts in the United States
military prison at Fort Leavenworth,
Has, escaped, on the 27th, by tunnel
ling under the east wall of the prison.
Among the four was private Lucas, a
cele brated amateur baseball pitcher.
THE RE is northumberland rumor
afioat at BuZzard's Bay, Mass, that Ed
win Booth is dying from the effects of
too much smoking. He is such a slave
to the weed that he can not stop, even
though he knows it is killing him.
FOUNDER BRADLEY of Asbury Park,
\. j., says the press-the-button cam
eras must go. The local police have
been ordered to arrest any person
caught taking snap shot on the
beach.
Scale and Maud Jacoby We're arrest
ed at indianapolis, Ind, on the 27th, for
manufacturing and passing counterfeit
silver dollars. Molds and materials
and many finished coins were captured
with the counterfeiters.
THE state bank commissioners have
examined the Peoples bank of san
Francisco. and reported favorably.
The bank met all demands, the funds
being supplied by the Pacific bank.
THE Atlantic line ship Salve, from
Haytien ports, arrived at New York on
the 2Sth, and reports all quiet in Hayti,
though a renewal OF the recent disturb
anceS was feared.
THE British admiralty is making ar
engagements on commensurate scale
8, IL, 10
French squadron at Portsmouth.
Two ITALIANS and one German have
been arrested for sketching, and in
other ways endeavoring to secure plans
Of the fort at Como. Italy.
JOHN ROLAND REED. father of Roland
Reed, the well-known comedian, died
at his residence in Philadelphia, on the
2Sth, after long illness.
JOHN TUMAsoN and Edward Cald
well We're seated under Il tree at War
rem, Pa, on the 2Sth, watching a ball
game, when lightning struck the tree
and both men were instantly killed.
GRAssHoPrERs are running oat pros
poets in twenty counties along the Ohio
and Indiana border line. and the devas-
tation is most marked in the region
around the headwaters of the Wabash,
Miami and Maumee rivers. The crop
is ruined by the small green hOppers on
farm after farm. and many growers,
alarmed at the ravages of the pest, cut
their oats green, but the hoppers fol-
lowed it into the shock, and are now in
the corn.
THERE has been large increase in
the volume of immigration into the
United States during the last fiscal
year. The total number arriving was
800. 1876, as against 451,219 during the
fiscal year 1890, showing an increase
during the last fiscal year of 1O4 227.
This increase is largely from the follow
ing countries: Italy, %, $40: Austria
Hungary, Il, sol: Germany, II, 132; Rus
STA, including Poland, S,245.
THE census office has issued bullc-
tin which shows that the number of
prisoners in county jails during the
census year was 10, 5SS: the number re-
ported in 1850 was 1851, an increase in
ten years of 6.S47, or at the rate of
80. % per cent. The increase in the total
population was 24.SG per cent.
SAMUEL. SANDS, one of the oldest citi-
zens of Baltimore, Md, died on the
2sth, in his ninety-second year. For n
long period he had probably been the
oldest living printer, being in uninter-
rupted service as printer, editor or pub
Usher since his apprenticeship began in
1911.
PREMIER MERCER will call the pro-
vincial legislature of Quebec together
in September and introduce resoiu-
ton in support of Canadian independ-
eDre as ppDoSpd to immortal fpderatiO
A DESTRUCTIVE cloud burst occurred
on the night of the 2Sth about five
miles northeast of Council Bluffs Ia,
and caused great damage in the city.
| Indian creek, which runs through the
very heart of the city, rose at the rate
of one inch per minute. The water
| overlooked the banks and swept
through the streets, flooding business
houses and private residences.
ADvICEs from Colon, on the isthmus
of Panama, announce the death of
VIM. Z. Sims. of Virginia, United States
| consul at that port. He was Il leading
| politician of his state, and figured as
the central target in the Danville va J
riot in 1888.
w. 5. McALIsTER, the leading official
of the Southern Anti-Sub-Treasury
! league. has issued n call for q state
convention, to be held IN jackson,
Miss, on August 10, to select delegates
to the National Farmers Alliance con-
vention which is to be held by the men
who oppose the subtreasury scheme.
The congress of Colombia has appro-
priated $50, 900 in gold for making a
! proper representation of the resources