Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-05-28
THE blacksmith and machine shops of

| diary nre carry on the morning OF Une
21st. Much valuable machinery was
lost. About 1000 men were thrown out
of employment.
THE treasury statement, issued on the
| 21st, shows that the treasury held, May
90, S262, O57, 4S3 in old bullion and coin.
| being a decrease. since the first of the
month, of more than $4,000, 600. and
since the first of January Of more than
| S32, 900, 600.
The financial situation at Lisbon. is
aggravated by the disappearance of
| small notes from circulation and the
substitution of larger bank notes,
which it is difficult to change. Chang
ers are advertising for silver and gold.
| Ex-MINIsTER TAFT died at San Diego,
| Cal, on the 21st.
AN Observation-Disclosures syndicate
at Odessa has purchased 80, 600, 900
roubles' worth of Russian wheat.
| The general assembly of the South
ern Presbyterian church convened in
annual session at birmingham, Ala,
| on the 21st, with 200 delegates, from
| every part of the south, in attendance.
| COMMERCIAL negotiations between
Germany and Russia continue. Ger
many is willing to reduce duties on
| Russian corn, petroleum, hides and
| other raw productions, in exchange for
| reduced duties on German iron and
| manufactured goods. If successful,
| the negotiations will result in simple
| agreement, Russia objecting to a regu-
| lar treaty.
| A LARGE new tubular boiler in the
| Columbus co. Buggy Co.'S building ex-
ploded, on the 22d, blowing out one of
| its heads. Thomas Montgomery. a fire.
| man, standing in front of the boiler, was
| enveloped in steam and literally boiled
alive. Another fireman was craZed bV
| scalding steam.
DURING terrible storm at st. MaryS,
o., on the 21st, the wind capsized boat
in the middle of the reservoir, and it is
thought that half dozen lives are lost
SIR ROBERT NICHOLAS FOWLER, con-
servative member of parliament for
the University of London, died from
heart disease on the ed.
Ten men were killed and a number
injured by an explosion in a colliery at
Luntwit, Wales, on the 22d.
Mr.. GLADSTONE left London. on the
22d, for Hawarden. A large crowd as
sembled at the station to witness his
departure, and cheered heartily as the
train started.
DURING April last S5,001 immigt ants
arrived in this country, against 64,212
for the corresponding month in 1890.
UoN. A. c. PHILLIPS, the founder of
Sioux Falls, S. D., died suddenly, on
the night of the 21st, at the residence
of his brothrr-in-law, DR.. j. NJ Stra-
pies, OF Dubuque, Ia.
BLUFFORD JAMES was arrested at Mar
tinsville, Ind, on the 22d. and heavily
fined for using dynamite to kill fish in
White river. Officers are in search of
others charged with the same offense.
JUNE p has been set by the Meade
county Is. d. court as the date for try
ing the Culbertson brothers, Joults,
Marvin and Nettleton, the five men in
dicted for the murder of the friendly
Indian Few Tails during the late
trouble.
THE liabilities of the Hill Shoe Co.,
which failed recently at Memphis,
Tenn, are now given as 5000, 600 in
stead of 500, 900, the figure at which
they were at first placed. The assets
delivered the assignee by the terms of
the instrument amount to about $780,
900.
A TACK combine, named the Atlas
Tack Corporation, has been consum-
mated at Boston, and acquires the bust
ness of the five largest tack manufac-
turers in the United States. The firms
in the consolidation are located in
Massachusetts, and represent nearly
five-eighths of the tack manufacturing
interest.
On the 22d Commissioner Raum of
the pension bureau approved and signed
a pension certificate in favor of J ohm Ct.
Hildt, formerly of company X, First
Michigan volunteer infantry, for SIC, 500.
This pension is for gunshot wound in
the right arm, causing amputation of
the same, and resulting in nervous pros
tration and insanity, and dates from
1862, for amounts varying from S25 to
SIS per month.