Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-08-18
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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Louis criminal court evidently went to
war without counting the cost when he
sued a newspaper for four hundred
thousand dollars damages for libel. 1t
was natural to suppose that the journal
in question would seek to establish the
value of the reputation on which such
a ponderous estimate had been placed,
and when the judge committed suicide
under the glare of the search light it
was, to minds Invested of mere sym
patty, an admission of weakness at
some point fatal to his pretensions.
THE interior department has ruled
that the site of the town of FL Reno,
Okla, was properly entered.
IN the great parade of Knights Tenn
plar1 at the triennial conclave of the
grand commandery at Denver. Col, on
the 9th, no less than 35, 900 sir knights
were in line. many of them superbly
mounted, while as many more are said
to have occupied the stands, buildings
and sidewalks along the line of march
reviewing the column
THE arrest at Atlanta, Ga, of Lou
Sturgis and J. NJ. Dunford for passing
counterfeit money, led to the further
arrest of Charles r. and Charles NJ.
Chisholm, in whose house lot of spu
rious coin was found. A large amount
of the money was hot when captured,
as if it had just been made
On June 16 Frank Vogt, of Massil-
lon O., fell from a scaffoId, injuring
his spine. He partook of no solid food
afterward, and died. on the morning of
the 9th, of starvation. A week before
he told his friends that he would die
August s, his twenty-second birthday.
His prediction missed verlfication only
four hours.
Mr.. GLADSTONE, in his address to the
commons, on the 9Th, in reply to the
queens speech, clearly outlined the
liberal policy of pushing home rule to
the front.
SIX of the houses of the most prom
inent citizens of Maytown. Pa, were
entered by tramps, on the night of the
Sth, and considerable property was
stolen.
THREE negro laborers were killed and
ON the Central railroad. near White
burg, Ga. on the night of the Sth-
FRED LANGHoFF, who has been a
ranchman in Wyoming for ten years,
and who is man of means, was landed
in the county Jail at Cheyenne, on the
9th, on the charge of DEMONSTRATING. 1t
is claimed that he has been changing
brands and shipping to points in
Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Ohio,
Wisconsin and Michigan.
SAMUEL HATE, hitherto respecta BILE
farmer of Catawba, o., has been arrest
ed for sheep-stealing, and has caused a
sensation by confessing to carrying on
scheme of systematic stealing for the
past twelve years.
THE execution of the eight-hour law
as applied to the construction of public
buildings, has proved so embarrassing to
the officials of she treasury department
that the Encouragement has been
asked for legal construction of the
provisions of the act.
THE discovery was made, on the 9th,
that Rev. j. G. Tate, of Nebraska, can
didate for acknowledgement on the
republican ticket. is not a citizen, his
second naturalization papers not hav-
ing been taken out He was considered
one of the strongest on the ticket; His
name will be taken off.
King, condemned to die at Memphis,
Tenn, for the murder of David H.
Poston, was committed, on the 9th, by
Gov. Buchanan to imprisonment for
life.
THE boys parade was the event of
the second day of the Knights Templar
conclave at Denver, Col, on the 10th.
and attracted almost as large a crowd
as did the event of the 9th. The pro-
cession was over a mile long. and sew
eral of the divisions were uniformed in
exact imitation of the full Iegalia of
knight.
THE August report of the statistician
of the department of agriculture
shows reduction in the condition of
cotton during July from $50 to s2.3.
This is the lowest average since Au-
gust, 1856, when the general condition
was one point lower.
RAIN fell at Topeka, Kas-, on the
night of the 9th, accompanied by high
winds, almost developing a tornado.
Trees, awnings, etc, were blown down.
plate glass windows were broken, and
wagons and carriages overturned. No
one was hurt
DURING a thunder storm at Nyack.
n Y, on the night of the 9th. Mrs.
Mathew Rose was struck by lightning
and seriously injured while asleep in
bed. She was still in an unconscious
condition on the morning of the 10th.
THE war department has decided to
retain four companies of troops at Wal
lace, Idaho, until the safety of the lives
of the citizens and public property are
assured. Forty-two prisoners were re-
leased on bond on the 10th.
EIGHTEEN Indians of the Balla Coolla
and Wakeeneb tribes of British Column
bia We're lost while engaged in a sea
lion hunt near Queen Charlotte ISL
ands. In the dense mist their canoe
struck a rock, and the Indians were
precipita ted into the water and all
drowned.
AT Talladega, Ala, on the 9th, r. L.
Raspberry, bartender employed by n.
Simmons, was discharged. Pulling out
a pistol he fired at Simmons and killed
him He then placed the pistol against
his own heart and fred. Before he
died he fred two more shots at the
body of Simmons, lying near by on the
ground
THE Iowa state institute for the deaf
and dumb. located three miles south
east of Council Rufus, was destroyed
by fire on the 18th. There We're but
few pupils in the school at the time,
and all escaped without harm. The
loss was estimated at $500
A NEW form of epidemic prevails at
Helmeta near New brunswick n i