Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-30
NEWS AND NOTES,
a Summary of Important Eventa
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

four are not decided on yet.
R. c. DUNCAN, of Washington, d. c.,
who was recently acquitted, on the
ground of insanity, of attempting to
murder his wide at Bettuys-y-Coed,
North Wales, sE May last, has been re-
mo*'ed to Brosdmoor asylum. He is in
excellent health, and denies that he IS
insane.
Mrs. FANNIE ELIZABETH DAVENPORT,
| widow of the actor E l.. Davenport
and mother of the weEl-known Fannie
Davenpors, died at f,er cottage near
/! Canton, Pa. on the 21st, after a pro-
i tracted sliness.
| L. f. MCMAHON, of Wichita, kas.,
| saw the president, en the Goth, in be-
| half of Edward BeSien. whose sentence
of death had been'commuted tD life inn
| prisoFznent. He will ask fcs further
| clemPncy.
TIE scarcity Of currency has caused
extreme tension in LibsoE monetrry
ciree
| TaE shah of Persia is seriously liz.
The tramp steamship Endynion,
vi ich sailed from Barrow, England on
ia ne %, and was recently reported dis
| abled. reached her dock in New York,
en the 21st.
| VIM H. Pore, the defsultine Louis
T. lille (Ky.) bank cashier, has been ar
rested in the City of Mexico, anE is held
): by the police awaiting the action of the
Kentucky authorities
A MONUMENT to '-StonewalI+ ackson
was unveiled at Lexington, Va, on the
21st, in the presence of an immense COR
course of people, in the main made uf
of ex-confederate veterans and meps-
bers of the G. A. Il. Gen. Wade Hang
ton presided, and Gen. ,Juoal 4. Early
was the orator of the day. The veil
was drawn by Julia j Jackson Christian n,
a granddaughter the departed soldier.
THE Kansas supreme court has CITED
Judge Mckay, Siie alliance judge of the
twenty-fourth judicial circuit, to APP
pear and show causewny he should not
be punished for contempt. Judge Me
Kay has attempted to be law ante
himself in defiance OF the supreme
courts mandates.
On the 21st castor Robert, the IL
year-old son of wealthy merchant
while playing on asw'harf at Tongue
Pointe, Montreal, Can, fell into the
water. Agnes Laigne, a family domes
tic, plunged into the river and attempt
| ed to rescue tthe lad, but both were
drowned.
Mrs. FRANK HANCoGE-, of Tioga coun.
ty, Pa, confessed on her deathbed tC
the murder ,of her husband and foul
children in 1883. She also named two
aceofnplices. whose names are for the
present suppressed. At the time of the
tragedy it wassssuppese6 the father had
!, killed the chilt.ren and himself owing tC
his wife's unfaithfulness.
| PRINCE AHI2EA NDER of Battenberg
otherwise known as Count Hartenau,
is recovering from his recent serious
illness
THE prince Of Wales opened the new
law courts at birmingham on the 21st.
There was some hooting at the prince
! by the hess respectable portion of the
on-loolers, and there would probably
have been more but for the presence
OF the princess.
2 w QUICK. said to be a wealthy
young Elglishman from London, is
missing i'm Chicago. and it is feared
that he has been foully dealt with. He
was said to be travelling in America for
pleasure, and was plentifully supplied
with cash.
The German steamer Neko. bound
| FROM Hamburg for Port Stanley, col
lided with the British steamer Stain
clife in the English channel north OF
the island,ef Ushant, on@the 22d, and
was so badly damaged that she sank.
As a resntt of disclosures made by
the experts >zho inv estigated eX-Treas-
urer Bardsley'S accounts, the arrest
and prosecution. of prominent Pennsyl-
vania state, officers is likely to follow.
LoRss MAYOR SAvcRY of London has
been e,eatedaa baron, in recognition OF
courtesies extended 10 the emperor OF
. / Germany during his recent visit to the
metropolis.
Mrs. Eaton, the presidents sister,
arrived at Cape May Peint on the ed.
w. J. ELIIoTI on trial for raalrder al
Column bus. O,,Sereateda sensation. or
the 22d, by calling Prosecutor -Huling
Il liar. when in his argument .he re
ferred to charges against female
member o. Elliut's family. Elliott's
lawyers tried to~stop him, but he svildly
gesticulateS and continues: IF | hang
l want to hang like gentleman"
THE physicians in attendance slpor
Rev. Charles II. Sprrgeon, reported, or
the 22d. that he showed signs of i'm
provement
Miss BLAISE, daughter OF the secve
tary of state, arrived at New York ca
the steamship "TeutoKic, from Europe
on the 22d.
, LAW and order tr;umphe.l at St
Paul, Mimi, in the matter of the pro
posed prize-fight between Hall ant
: titzsimmons- The pressure brought
: to bear upon Gov. Merriam Tvas 81
great and of such a character that he
could not ignore il, and at nearsy the
last moment the machinery of the law
even to the extent of ordering the mi
Ihitia under arms, WAS set in motion
J and in consequence the fight was de
slared off.
| THE Sac and Fox Indians assembled
IL national council at their agency, OF
the 21st, to do honor to Special Agent.
Emory, Paine and Walker, and to pub
licly thank them for the satisfactory
way sn which they have concluded the
allotments. Chiefs McCusito and Keo
kuk approved the work for its expedi
ton and the disinterestedness of the
agents, and applauded their zeal ia as
sisting the Indians to make use of their
advantage to secure the best land.
MUTT ISLAND, off Houghsneck, Mass.
, was the scene of an interesting specta
Gle on the ed. The old war ship Brook
lyn was set on fire, and while the flames
ate away the old vessel the imaginative
spectator saw a romance of American
history finished before him. She was