Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-23

DR. F. ~. JONES, formerly purveyor.
general of the confederate states. died
at Richmond. Va. on the 18th. aged &c
years. He had resided in Maryland.
Mississippi and Tennessee since the
war. When his health gave way he
went to Richmond. and lived so quietly
that but few people knew that he was
a resident
RATION, y. NJ. celebrated an impor.
tant epoch in its career on the 18th.
when the water-works company con-
nected the city water mains with the
reservoir. seven miles up the Chicora.
and filed them with mountain water
thus ending what has been almost a
water famine for the past two months.
THE British house of commons in
committee. on the 10th. authorized the
government To purchase the telephone
trunk lines throughout the country at
a cost of E1.OJ0.O0J.
A SHELL exploded at Magde burg,
Germany. on the 10th. while some mn
nitioEs were being unloaied. and two
sergeants we're killed ana five soldiers
terribly in urcd.
A CYCLONE wrecked several buildings
at BadalOna, Spain. including two fac
tories, on the 10th. Eight workmen
were killed and number injured.
VEsUvIUs continues in active erup
ton. The sight is a magnificent one.
and thousands of excursionists flock tc
witness it. The lava has formed a
bridge across the valley between Monte
Somma and Vesuvius
TIE French government has decided
to blockade the coast of Dahomey.
EARL AUERAIS, aide to the earl OF
Jersey, was accidentally shot, on the
18th. while out with a hunting party.
He died soon aftcrward.
a CLOUD-BURsr inundated the streets
of Scranton. Pa. on the night of the
10th. The flats on the South Side" were
covered and the water rose 10 the sec
Ond stories of hundreds of houses.
Lightning. which was incessant for
five hours. struck six houses within the
city limits killing three persons and
stunning several more. while there
were reports of further loss OF life in
the fats in the southern part of the
city.
4 GREAT convention. representing
the loyalist sentiment IRE spectivc Of
religion and participated in by Or
angemcn and Catholics alike. was held
i'll Belfast. on the Eth. 20 voice senti-
ment against an irish parliament
TIE body Of young man taken from
the river at st. Louis. on the 10th.
proved to he that Of Albert johnson. OF
Dubuque. Ia. son OF the editor of a
paper in that city. On January , last.
he and three vounr companions took q
ride in a skiff. The frail craft was
overturned and all four young men
were drowned. The bodies of his com
panions were recovered several months
ago.
SUpT. BYR:;Fs of the New York police
is credited with q profit of 81 go ON a
recent deal in Wall street. and it is
stated on reliable authority that he re-
ceivcd a check for that amount from his
broker on the 18th. He IS said to have
been caught for snug sum in Rich
mOnd Terminal few months ago, but
to offset that it is also related that be
cleared $40. 900 in one week recently.
TIE old battlefield Of Chickamauga
* to have three unique structures in
the shape OF wrought iron towers OF
high. Generals Boynton and Fullerton,
of the Chickamauga park commission,
went out. on the 18th. for the purpose
of choosing locations. 1t is expected
that the towers will be completed in
time for the reunion of federal and con-
fcderate veterans next September.
''OLD HUTCH'' has broken out in a
new place. His quarters are located at
20 Bridge street. New York. where it is
said that he proposes to open a restau-
rant and retire forever from the allure
ments of the grain market.
"PRINCE MICHAEL" of the ''Flying
Roll was convicted az Ann Arbor,
Mich. On the 18th, on the Indictment
charging him with immoral practices.
and was given the full extent of the
law. FIVE years in the penitentiary.
E0CEDALE, about three miles from
Dubuque. Ia, was wiped out by a food
on the evening of the 18th. part of the
Central's track being swept away. The
village was cleaned out July +, 1876,
when many lives were lost.