Iron County register., 1892-03-03
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

A Moscow dispatch says the Rus
sian gov ernment has ordered Count
Tolstoi to return to his estate, being
displeased with his letters in regard to
the famine.
IN the Mitchell case at Memphis,
Tenn. on the 23d, the motion of Miss
Mitchelrs counsel to compel the state
to show certain letters was overruled,
and testimony was taken in the appli-
cation of Miss johnson for writ of
habeas Corpus.
THE large chimney of Thornton's
mills, Checlzheaton. England, tower
ing up $50 feet above the ground, fell,
on the 24th. almost completely demol-
ishing the mills, and killing a great
many of the employees, most of whom
were women, and injuring others.
BENJAMIN ELJER, of Philadelphia,
aged 21 years. died, on the esd, from the
effects of laudanum taken with suicidal
intent because of his rejection by his
sweetheart
AT Franklin, Ind, on the gath. Rev.
Frank S. Kirtley, son of one of John
son county's most prominent citizens,
was sentenced to one year in the peni-
tentiary for forgery. During the last
few years he has committed numerous
forgeries, amounting in the aggregate
to $1,000. He is a preacher of the
Christian denomination.
Two MEN dying and two others badly
wounded was the result of a desperate
fight with burglars at Beaver Falls,
on the night of the 23d. One of the
wounded men is an officer.
A VERY rich strike was made, on the
oath, in the Spring lode at Brecken-
ridge, Col. A four-foot body of white
quartz, heavily impregnated with gold
in every form. with many nuggets, was
uncovered. This is the richest strike in
that vicinity for the past fifteen years.
AS usual, the miners are crowding into
the locality.
THE New York Evangelist announces
that DIR. William c. Roberts, president
of the university of Lake Forest, ILL.,.
has been called to the senior secretary
ship of the Presbyterian board of home
missions, and that he has accepted the
call.
A VAST crowd surged through the
White House from 9 until II o'clock on
the night of the 23d to pay their re-
spects to the president and Mrs. Harri-
son. 1t was the closing reception of the
season. and was given in honor of the
public. Mrs. Morton and the ladies of
the cabinet assisted the president and
Mrs. Harrison in receiving.
THIEVES at st. Joseph, Mo-. on the
night of the 22d, stole about two miles
of trolly wire from the Union Electric
line in the suburbs of the city. They
must have understood what they were
about, as the wire was fully charged at
the time they cut it. The loss to. the
company is about 81, 500.
CASHIER RALPH CHANDLER, of the
Lake Shore railroad at Detroit, Mich,
fed a short time ago, leaving a short
age in his accounts of $4,000. Until
the oath it was supposed that he was in
Canada, but it transpires that he is in
Paso del Norte, Mexico, under the name
of r. r. Hawks.
CHARCOAL burners at Emerson, Mich,
caused the death of dissolute woman
in horrible manner on the night OF
the esd She was thrown into a char.
coal kiln and left there for five hours
being taken out insensible and never
recovering.
As ONE of the trains of the Pennsyl
sthAd iiLAosAe SaiA WIN ~ohi A~SS
| men back to Washington from Chicago
passed through Salem, o., some one
fired bullet through a car window.
No one was injured, but there are many
speculations as to the perpetrator OF
and the motive for the deed.
A LARGE quantity of dynamite and
other explosives was seized by the Paris
police, on the 24th, in the house of an
anarchist. 1t is believed there is a con-
| spiracy among the anarchists to make
general demonstrations throughout Eu'
| rope next May day.
| EMPEROR WILLIAM of Germany made
remarkable speech at Brandenb burg,
on the cath, in which he advised those
who were continually nagging the inn
| perial methods of government to shake
the dust of Germany from their feet,
| and the sooner the better.
| THE house committee on Indian af-
fairs, on the 25th, heard further argu'
ments on the bill proposing to move the
Ute Indians from Colorado to southern
Utah. Herbert Welsh, of the Indian
Rights association of Philadelphia, and
Delegate Caine, of Utah, spoke in op.
position to the measure
The famine is growing worse in the
presidency of Madras. British India.