Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-02
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

York. from New York to Liverpool.
passed Brow Head at 2 D. m. on the
9th. five days and twenty-one hours
from Sandy Hook. the best eastern time
ever made by this line. This does not
beat the record. however
SEVENTY carloads of grain from Ar
coma. Kas.. arrived in New Orleans. on
the oath. By special train over the Mis-
souri, Pacific and Texas Pacific. The
shipping direct to New Orleans. it is
said, makes difference of four or five
cents a bushel.
JOHN r. BUCHTEL, founder of Buchtel
college, died al his home in Akron. o.,
on the ed. from paralysis, with which
he was stricken five years ago. Mr..
Buchtel was ~ years old. During his
lifetime ne had made gifts to Buchtel
college amounting to 100000.
ELDER ANDREW j. STEWART, of the
Mormon church. has secured from the
Mexican government a concession of
100. 900 acres of land. 90 miles south
east of Chihuahua, upon which Elder
Stewart agrees to locate 500 Mormon
families.
TUE state military board of Nebraska,
which has been investigating the &C
counts of A. V. Cole, adjutant general
under Gov. Thayer, report a shortage of
lao.
THE fve-year limit as relates to
pastorates is to be retained in the Meth
odist Episcopal church, notwithstand-
ing the efforts in the general conference
to have it abolished.
MELRosE CROSBY, aged 2s years. who
h,C hoo liv-in lT-,-r ri cd
on the cath. three miles from Boulder,
Col, by lightning. He was riding on a
load of hay from Dry creek when the
bolt hit him. His body was carried to
Boulder, and it was not disigured in
the least.
Col. ALBERT A. PORE, the bicycle
maker of Boston, has offered a reward
of $500 for the detection of the mis-
creants who attempted to retard the re-
cent relay race by stretching barbed
wire across the riders roads.
An immense reservoir of 10000 bar
rels of oil, the property of the Standard
Oil Co, at Whiting. Ind, exploded, on
the ODD. with a terrific force. entailing
a loss of 500 900. The shock was felt 30
miles away, and gave rise to earthquake
stories.
A BIG mastiff went mad at Anderson.
Ind. on the oath, and attacked Lizzie
King, chewing her face in shocking
manner. She will probably die. The
dog was shot.
Gov. Brown of Kentucky, on the
oath, signed the ''separate-coach bill"
The law provides that every passenger
railway train shall be provided with a
separate coach for negroes 1t goes in
to effect ninety days after the adjourn
ment of the legislature.
THE Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers in session at Atlanta, Ga, re-
elected Past Master Arthur grand chief
engineer for four years. The next in
ternational convention will be held in
Nav, 1894, biennial meetings being sub
stituted for annual.
CORA NICHOLS. the 26-year-old daugh-
ter of James Nichols, a wealthy farm
er, living near Pittsburgh, Pa, was
found dead in barn by her father, on
the cath, with bullet hole in her right
temple. 1t is not known whether she
was accidentally killed, committed sui
eide or met with foul play. Her rela-
tives are inclined to the belief that the
shooting was accidental, as there was
no cause for suicide
THE usual GOVERNMENTS of honor on
the occasion of Queen Victoria's birth
day anniversary includes this year a
peerage for Prince George of Wales
with the titles of duke of York. earl of
Inverness and Baron Killarney. Sir.
Julian PauncefOte. British minister to
Washington, receives the grand cross of
the Order of the Bath. Chief-Justice
Lacasti, of Quebec, is knighted
PRESIDENT DIAZ of Mexico has ap-
pointed Senior Matias Romero. the pres
ent minister to the United States. min
lister of finance; Senior Jos Yves Liman-
tour, assistant secretary of finance, and
Senior Gomez Garias, minister to En-
gland. No successor to Senior Romero
as minister to the United States will be
appointed at present.
JOHN LANGDOS. aged 16 years, and
Alva Plant, aged Is years, of Ostrander.
Wis, We're drowned in the Little Wolf
river. on the oath, by the capsizing of d
boat.
THE Peoples bank of Sea Isle. y. J.,
has closed its doors 1t is stated that
the suspension was made on account of
lack of business, and it is believed tina t
all depositors will be paid in full.
Gov. PRINCE of New Mexico, on the
oath. issued a notice offering s25C re-
ward for information leading to the
names of the capitol incendiaries or in
formation touching the instigators
thereof.