Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-24
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track votes, granted a license, on the
10th, to the Linden Blood Horse asso-
citation, to run for five years at 5000
per year. The action of the committee
raised a storm of protests throughout
the county.
REPORTS from countries in western
Kansas state that great deal of dis
satisfaction exists among the farmers
over the turn matters have taken in
the seed wheat distributions for the
destitute. 1t seems that Gov. Lewell-
ing has turned the matter over to the
state Farmers Alliance and that only
alliance members can get seed.
THE county commissioners of Wal
lace county, Kas., a short time ago of
tered bounty of ten cents per head
for the scalps of striped ground SPUR
rels. During the week following the
announcement there were delivered to
the county clerk the scalps of more
than $4,000 of these animals, worth to
the people who brought them the neat
sums of 81 800.
A NOTABLE example of peach grow.
ing is a tree in the garden of Mr.. Mil.
lard F. Pancoast, of Baltimore, Md.
The tree bore about forty peaches.
each of which weighed about hall
pound. They exhaled fragrant odoI
and had fine flavor. The peaches had
a ridge around them, giving the ap
pearance of a double peach. Mr.. Pan
coast does not know the name of the
variety.
FIRE at Springfield, Mimi, on the
10th, burned the general store building
of II. F. Dirl<es and consumed it to
gether with the entire stock of goods
the post office building, the saloon OF
Bigot & Rhwartzrock, and jewelry store
of Fl. o. Schleuder were also de-
stroyed. The loss is about Sc, ZOO. Cause
of FIRE unknown.
SEARCH is being made for Barrett
Scott, of O'Neill, Neb. He was treas
urer of Holt county, and, on the 10th,
had not been seen or heard of for about
two weeks An examination of his
books showed him about 800, 900 short.
THE first caisson for the bridge al
Leavenworth, Kas., was launched, or
the 10th, without incident, in the pres,
ence of large crowd of people. Part
of the superstructure is on the ground
ASSISTANT SECRETARY REYNOLDS, ir
a decision rendered on the 10th, holds
that attorneys in pension cases shall.
hereafter be allowed a fee of two dol.
lars in increase claims under the act OF
June %, 1890.
The Iowa Republican state conven.
ton, in session at Des Moines, on the
10th, nominated Frank d. jackson, OF
Des Moines, for governor and a full
state ticket.
DUNIRG the twenty-four hours end
ing at noon of the 18th there were
eleven new cases of cholera in Naples
and eight deaths from the disease.
The hearing of arguments on the
motion to dismiss the Clingman in.
junction restraining the Worlds Co
lumbar Exposition Co. from closing
the Worlds fair gates on Sunday. were
concluded on the 18th. The court took
the matter under advisement.
BURGLARS entered the residence OF
John w. Ellis at Newport, R. l.. or
the evening of the nth, while the fami-
ly were dining, and stole watches and
jewelry to the value of $4,000.
THE village of Arlington, O., is suf-
fering from an epidemic of malignant
diphtheria, all efforts to subdue the
disease having failed. The whole town
has been quarantined by the physi.
clans and authorities.
The United States steamer Philadel-
phia, at Callao, Peru, has been ordered
by telegraph to proceed Immediately
to Honolulu and relieve the Boston.
This order was issued because the bot
tom of the Boston is caked with bar.
nacles and foul with vegetable
growth.
SIXTEEN small frame dwellings were
destroyed by fire in Williamsburg n. Y,
early on the morning of the 18th.
THE drought which prevails over
nearly the entire state of Maine has
been unprecedented in the crop-grow.
ing season for many years.
The Reading Railroad Co. has ar.
ranged to pay its debt of ss7s, 900 to the
Lehigh Valley Co. by transferring coal
of that value. 1t was because of the
inability of the Reading to pay this
debt that the Lehigh company an
nulled it's lease.