Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-12-21
FRED MILLER, the pedestrian, and

Guess, his dog, who started to walk
from Baldwin's hotel. San Francisco,
to New York, $500 miles, on June &c,
arrived at his destination, on the 18th,
seventeen days ahead of time. He was
to complete his journey in six months,
and had to depend entirely on the pub
lie for food for himself and dog en-
route.
AN estimate of the Australian wheat
crops for 1893 places the yield of Vic
toria at 13. 500, 900 bushels; New South
Wales at 1000, 900, and South Austria
liza at II, 25O. 900.
THE cruiser Olympia arrived at Santa
Barbara, Cal, on the 18th.
JUDGE SEAMON had taken Ills seat in
the United States court in Chicago, on
the 18th, and was about to begin the
hearing of a case, when two electric
wires beneath him became crossed, and
the blaze which followed badly
scorched his bench and chair. A jury
man with a water-cooler extinguished
the flames.
AS RETURNED by the state board, the
New York senate will stand, re-
publicans 10, democrats ID. The as
sembly. republicans "A, democrats 50.
Republican majority in the senate 6,
assembly %. on joint ballot 2S. The
constitutional convention will be COM
posed of Is republican delegates-at-
large and 95 by districts. This will
make the convention, republicans, ITO;
democrats, IS.
ANNIE MITCHELL, 10 years of age.
daughter of a patent medicine vender,
while alone, was engaged at camp
L. Id
preparing breakfast. n gust of wind
famed her clothing into the fire, and
in an instant her wearing apparel was
enveloped in flames. She died few
hours later.
CHARLES L. POOLE, of New Albin,
the oldest man in Iowa except one, is
dead. His age was 1O7 years, months,
lacking few days. He was born in
Somersetshire, England, and came to
this country in 1s49. Up to the past
two years he had always enjoyed good
health.
THE immense dry-goods house of
William III. Frear at Troy, N. ". was
found to be on fire about o'clock on
the night of the 18th. At 10 o'clock the
fire. which had worked it's way in a
westerly direction. was practically I'M
der control. The loss is probably S175,-
600 or 100000.
Col. GEORGE X. SHIELDS, formerly a
congressman, and one of the most
prominent men in Oregon history, was
accidentally killed at Salem. on the
night of the 18th, by falling over the
railing to the basement of a hotel.
breaking his neck.
HERR MANTEY, a local judge at Tilsit,
east Prussia. has been sentenced Z.
four months detention in the fortress
for fighting duel with a lawyer over
a political dispute. The seconds, who
were army officers, will be court-mar-
tailed.
THE weekly statement of the Bank
of France, issued on the 18th, shows an
increase of al. 600 francs gold and $685.
900 francs silver.
On the 18th the German reichstag,
by a large majority, adopted the COM
mercial treaty with Spain.
THE bishop of Cork was elected pri-
ma te of Ireland on the 18th.
CIvIL-SERvICE COMMISSIONER CHARLES
LYMAN, of Connecticut, has retired as
president of the commission, but con-
tinueS as member.
THE failures throughout the United
States for the week ended on the 18th,
were 3S9. against 279 for the correspond.
ing week last year. For Canada the
failures were 40, against 25 last year.
\ CHINESE warehouse in San Fran.
cisco was destroyed by fire on the 18th.
OF the dozen inmates of the place at
the time. four were burned to death
and one fatally burned
THE Northern Ohio blanket mill at
Cleveland will resume January 2 in all
its depar tments, giving employment
to $50 men.
ADMIRAL MELLo's ships outside the
bay are blocl1ading the Brazilian har-
bors of Rio and Santos.
THE earl of Bechtivy died in London
on the 18th.
The Paris Temps says that a foreign
power has made overtures to France
for the establishment of an interna-
tional league against anarchists.