Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19

Mr.. Justice Harlan. It is said that the
president has already requested him TO
act in behalf of the Eited States. and
that he has practically consented to
serve.
III. l. SCOTT. representing a Phil2del
phia syndicate. has succeeded in get
ting a bond on the Miller. O'Brien &
Connors group of tin mines at Bear
Guich. eighteen miles northwest of
Deadwocd. =. ID. Some of the mines
are well developed, one of them. the
Cleveland. showing q G0-foOt body of
ore carrying cassiterite in paying guam
tity. Mr.. Scott announces his syndicate
Will put up plant capa BILE of treating
800 tons of ore a day.
DURING the pyrotechnic exhibition on
the Mississippi at st. Louis. on the nigh:
of the 18th. in connection with the A.
O. |. ". celebration. Matte Stoffel and
an unknown man We're crowded from
wharfhoats into the river and were
drowned.
n>TNASTER-GESEGAL WASANAEEE
has received an unsigned and undated
letter containing $1,000. In his letter
the writer SAYS: This is tire balance
of interest | owe of the sum took from
the government in 1868. | have now
paid principal and interest. in all ST.
200. No man mas suffered more for his
crime than have. and l now pray the
Lords forgiveness for my sin
\ COMPANY has been organized for the
construction of one of the largest arti-
fetal reservoirs in the world. The site
taken Is the Box canyon. 400 wards be-
low the junction of Tonic creek and
Salt river. in Arizona. The height of
the dam Is to he 200 feet. and the back
water will extend sixteen miles to the
Sierra Anch mountains. making ca
pacity. according to report of the coun-
tv surveyor. of 103. O5s. O4O. 500 cubic feet
of water.
Mrs. NANCY CHaIsTY. cOlored. ccle-
brated the one hundrecith anniversary
of her birth at Harrisburg. Pa on the
18th. She was born in Mcrcersburg.
Franklin COUNTY. May II. 1892 and re-
moved with her husband to Harrisburg
in Is5j. Until She was Is wears old she
worked on farm near Merccrsburg.
and attended school in the winter. Mrs.
Christy has been blind for the past four
years.
.foHN BoETTCHER. an aged German
resident. committed suicide at Wilkes
barre. Pa. on the 18th. by shooting.
Two months ago he sold q small farm
for nominal sum. y week before his
suicide coal was discovered on the land.
which increased its value to $1,000
The discovery of this fact 50 proved on
his mind that he became partially in
sane.
On the 18th Frederick Allen. colored.
aged 1O3 years. died at Richmond. Ind
II Il claimed he was the oldest citizen
of Indiana. He came west in 1915 from
Virginia. and often related his obscrva-
tions of George Washington. whom he
knew.
AZ English firm has bought an acre
of land. two blocks from the Singer
works at Elizabcthport. y. j.. for the
Of administer and wilton
carpets and rugs of the finest quality
RT. Hon. j. w. LowTHER parliament
tary under secretary for the British for |
rign Office. said in the house of com
mons, on the 18th. that the report of |
Carroll ID. Wright upon the effects of the |
tariff would be placed in the |
library of the house of commons as soon |
As received from America.
TIE steamer CoDemaugh, bearing |
-four. grain and provisions from Amer
Ca destined for the famine sufferers of |
Russia. arrived in Riga roadstead at |
midnight of the 18th. At ) ii. III. the |
work of discharging the vessel began.
being pushed as rapidly as possible.
JACK POWERS. JR.. and j. {. and l..
3. Hall were buried in a cavern in the
Did Tunnel mine at Cherokee. Cal. on
he 18th. and instantly killed. The |
Halls were natives of Montana.
ELIJAH CHEvERs. the murderer of
Deputy sheriff Culpeppcr, was hanged
It Washington city on the 18th.
THE proposal to hold a worlds
air in Berlin is beginning to attract
attention. and scarcely a
week passes without meetings to dis
.uss the question.
The Dumas sale Of pictures in Paris,
continues 10 excite great interest.
'arot's "Paison Chevar' brought 40
100 francs. the buyer being Dura ndruel.
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