Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-09-14

ALL the collieries In South Wales and
Monmouthshire have resumed work.
Nearly all the loo, 900 mines who struck
for 80 per cent. increase of wages
have gone back under the old condi-
tions.
Mr.. SAMUEL L. CLEMENS Mark
Twain) arrived at New York, on the
7th, on the North Germrn Lloyd steam
ship Spree from Bremen.
A SMALL. boat from the German tor
pedo boat Butcher, off Stralsund, on
the Pomeranian coast, capsized, on the
9Th, and three marines were drowned.
MRS. MARGARET ANDERSON, do
nestle, appeared against her husband
in the jefferson Market police court in
New York city, on the sth. charging
him with having cut and s1ashed her
SO badly that she will be disfigured for
life because she would not GO out on
the streets and rob men for his bcne-
fit.
THE Cunard steamer Campania, Capt.
Haine, which cleared Sandy Hook bar
at 1874 p. m-, ON the I'd. arrived at
Queenstown at sos o'clock on the
morning of the Sth- Her time was s
days, II hours, 55 minutes
THE office Of the Adams Express Co.
at Akron, o., was entered, On the even
ing of the sth, during the absence of
Agent Elliott, and the safe, contain
ing about LOCO, was stripped of its
contents.
WHILE training, on the sth, AT the
Gloucester IN. ~ race track Jockey
Houben's horse stopped suddenly,
throwing him off. He was instantly
killed. He was II years old.
CAFE JOHN OADEs. the Oldest ship
builder on the lakes, died, on the nth,
at his residence i'm Detroit, Mich, after
a long illness, aged 20. Capt. oades
was bora Jim England.
SEVEN persons were killed and eight
cen injured by the Louisiana cyclone.
The stcam damaged property to the sex-
tent of $500, 900.
WILL BUTTON, sentenced to hang at
Centerswille, Ca, has received respite
on the strength of his affidavit that a
woman committed the murder of which
he is convicted.
THE Western Passenger association
threatens to boycott Texas r0aasunless
they mend their ways in the matter Of
Worlds fair tickets.
SOUTHERN railroad men, at meeting
at New York, ON the sth, reported
financial mattersrin the south improv-
ing.
The Illinois Central railway has car
ried nearly 11.OOU, 600 Worlds fair pas
sengers since the big show opened.
The loan committee of the New York
cancelled S175, 600 loan
certificates ON the Sth. Total out
standing, s37.77O, 600. No certificates
were issued, and Chairman Tappen
says over 81, 500, 600 in gold was paid in
the clearinghouse balances.
The scheme to obtain seed wheat for
the farmers of western Kansas through
the railroad commissioners has proved
a failure.
FoR the week ended the sth the bank
in the principal cities
throughout the country aggregated
1888. 575, 7e5, a decrease of 34.9 per cent
under the same week last year.
RICHARD NJ. HooLEY, the veteran
theatrical manager, died at Chicago on
the sth- Death resulted from disor-
der Of the liver, which a severe sur
gical operation failed to relieve. ''Un-
Gle Dick" as he was Familiarity known,
was born in Dallina, Ireland, in 1922,
and is said to have bnilt and managed
more theaters than amy man now liv-
ing.
On the Sth Francis J. Palmer, a civil
engineer and inventor, committed sui
eide in New York hotel by inhaling
gas.
REPORTS from st. Louis manufactur-
ers show that over 11,00o men, for
some time idle, are being put to work.
MRS. MAYBEE and her four children
were gathered around stove in their
near Pond Hill, Pa, on the
sth, when the place was struck by
lightning, which tore up the floor,
the stove and hurled the peo-
pie about the room. A son Of Mrs.
Maybee who was under treatment for
a severe attack of asthma. suddenly
found himself completely cured by the
shock, and he has not since found the
slightest difficulty in speaking or
breathing.