Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-15
Personal AND GENERAL.

THE Nebraska Legislature organized
ON the 9th the Alliance having clear
majority and electing temporary officers
without trouble.
A SIOUX runner went to the C6ur
D'Alene Indian Reservation and en-
deavored to induce those Indians to join
the hostileS. Chief Ice, of CHur
D'Alene. learning his mission. ordered
his arrest and confinement in the guard
house and had him whipped. after
which he was taken to the limits of the
reservation and dismissed with warning
not to return.
THE Dueber Watch Case Company of
Canton. O., made an assignment, on the
5th. to Mr.. Howard Douglass. The
nominal assets are 81, 500, 600; liabilities,
including preferences, S450,000.
THE correspondence between Gen
eral Schofield and General Miles rela-
tive to the relief of Colonel Forsythe
was made public on the 18th. 1t shows
that General Miles suspects Forsythe
of having so placed the troops at
Wounded Knee that they killed each
| other.
IT has been determined by the East
! Indian Government to amend the mar
riage code by raising the age of consent
| from ten years to twelve. 1t refuses
/ however. to interfere with existing laws
on the subject.
| JOE DONOGHUE. amateur champion OF
| the United States and Canada, won the
| international mile skating race at Am
sterdam. Holland, on the 18th, in 3:25,
and followed this up by winning the
| fiye-mile race in 1902 Is.
| Two BOYS romping in an aisle OF the
| Millersburg schOol-house at Goshen,
Ind. on the 18th, Sudely jostled Mile
Redman, and in falling she struck her
| head against one of the desks, resulting
| in instant death.
THE Behring Sea dispute continues to
engross public attention in Canada, and
many Canadians are discussing the pos
sibilities of war. "A study of the ques
ton seems to show that Canada coulC
prevent any serious inroad in the Older
provinces until the English regulars hat
arrived on the scene
A NEW daily paper is to be started IL
New York City. and it is to have one o
the oldest of names, to-wit: The Wal
Street Farmer. 1t will be the semi
, official organ of the Farmers Alliance
Bishop A. J. JENNER of the Anglican
Free church cut down ten shade-tree
in front of his house in Detroit, Mich.
in violation of the city ordinance. H
I was fined SIS, on the 18th, and in defaul
: of immediate payment, sentenced to b
|. committed to jall for thirty days.
SAMUEL TIBBIrTs, formerly proprleto
$ of the Tibbitts Hotel of Batavia, \. Y
: threw himself from the fifth story of
, hotel in Buffalo on the eth. He weighe
4 $50 pounds. and all his bones wer
l.brOben.
O. f. MCDONALD. an employe of tn
q Des Moines Ua.) Saddlery Company
o dropped dead at his bench on the I'll
$ 1t was caused by the breaking of
= blood vessel during a severe fit of cough
o ing.
q SENATOR CAMERON. of Pennsylvania
- was renominated by the Republica
h caucus at Harrisburg on the 18th.
\. w. FRANCIS. a telegraph linemal
has been fined by the Clay Count
# IndO court for cutting down shad
4 trees on the National road while cree
4 inc telegraph wires. The fine was pal
=, by the owner of the franchise.
!. A.. p. MILLER. 4 drayman at Oelwer
= Ia. shot himself through the head. c
! the evening of the 18th, and died instan
If ". He leaves wife and three chi
dren. The cause is unknown
THOMAS KAvANAGH alias Hamtlto
n was arrested at Pueblo, Col, on tt
n 18th. for stealing three bottles of bee
Ne At the Jail two steel saws and a line III
n wrapped in an oilcloth and tied to h
IS left ankle. were found. Stealing was
Y, pretext to get into Jail to assist certa
a other prisoners to escape.
ID ONE of the most important discover
IN of the age was made public at C1ncl
natl on the 7th by Bradford McGrego
the expert mechanic, who has lnvent'
lg way for perfectly welding glass al
n alu, ninum at cost of $40 per pound.
as will revolutionize incandescent electr
ne lighting at an enormous saving.
III ASSOCIATE JUSTICE f. CHARLES DE
u EMS. of the Massachusetts Suprer
es Court. and who was Attorney-Gener
to in President Hayes Cabinet. died
he Boston, on the night of the nth, OF hea
disease.