Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-02-12

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$50, 900 having already been raised to-
ward the erection of the plant. The
farmers generally are taking hold of
the after. and hundreds of acres have
already been pledged for the purpose of
| growing beets.
THE report of the army officers de-
tailed by General Miles to investigate
the fight between the Indians and the
troops at Wounded Knee Creek, S. d.,
involving Colonel Forsythe of the Sew
enth Cavalry, has been received at the
| War Department and is being consid-
| cred by Secretary Proctor and General
| Schofield.
j. a. SHIPMAN. prominent lawyer of
| kearney. Neb., was arrested, on the
4th, at the instance of Neil Siesso, on
the charge of forging notes and mort
cages for $4,000 in connection with an
Omaha land deal. The accused stands
| high in social circles, and is d promi-
| nent church member.
WHILE a train was proceeding, on the
4th, from Irun, on the Spanish side of
the frontier. to Hendaye. Il small French
| town. run of fifty miles-a gentleman,
| who occupied compartment in a first
class carriage. was thrown from the
train into the river and drowned. The
assassin escaped.
CHARLES SANDASCu. book-keepcr for
| Huiskamp Bros. shoe manufacturers at
| keOkul1, Ia. shot himself three times
about midnight on the 4th. He will die.
Sandasch is the son of one of the most
wealthy residents of Keolluk, and is
prominent member of the Iowa National
| GUAR.
THE Waterville (Me.) poor-hOuse was
| burned. at one o'clock. on the morning
| of the 9TH. and one of the inmates. a
| fifteen-year-old girl. persisted in the
| flames. Of the remaining thirteen pau
pers, four made good their escape and
nine were carried from the burning
| building by Superintendent George 5.
Richardson. and placed in a neigh Dor
ing barn. where, half-clad, they suf-
fered much from the intense cold.
john DUEMAN. miner, was killed
and two Iiungarians were so badly in
jured that they will die by an explo-
sion OF powder at Nelson colliery, Sha-
mollin. Pa. on the 5th.
IN the Spanish Cortes as now com
posed, including the representatives of
the colonies. the government has 2S9
btI anu VIC opltoSIlioll lOT
berS.
AN orphanage in Moscow. Russia.
was destroyed by fire. on the 9TH, nine
of the little inmates being burned to
death.
A LARGE amount of routine business
was disposed of by the State Prohibi-
ton conference at Williamsport. Pa.
on the 9Th. The conference closed
with largely-attended mass meeting
in the courthouse.
HAGELOw & BURNSTEIN'S stable, in
Boston. was burned. on the 9TH. to-
gether with sixty-five horses, four Her
dies ana a large amount of hay. grains,
etc.
FIFTY women, employed in the Bell
Bros pottery of Findlay, o., went on
strike. on the 9th. because the manage
ment refused to treat with the male
employees OF the works who have been
out since the first of the year. The en-
tire factory is now closed. and nearly
200 persons are on strike because of a
reduction in the wage schedule.
THE school building, together with
the chapel and rectory of Bishops Col
1ege, at Lennoxville. Can, was burned
on the 9th. Loss, $40. 0OO. covered by in
Surancc.
THE Tunnel Ridge colliery at Ma
hanoy City, Pa, was shut down or the
9th. Four hundred men were thrown out
of employment.
IT is said at ottawa, Can, that the
sealing fleet which will go to Behring
Sea from British Columbia this season
will nearly double that of last year.
THE ordinance authorizing the mayor
of Philadelphia to advertise for sale to
the highest bidder the right to erect an
elevated railroad on Market street
passed the Council on the 9th.
THE Kingdom of Siam, Asia, proposes
to create a national bank.
MILDER weather now prevails in
Greece. Influenza has made its appear-
ancc on the Riviera.
AT the Cabinet meeting, on the 9th,
Assistant Secretary Nettleton repre-
scented the Treasury Department.