Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-01-19
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

IN the past twenty-five years the pro-
ductive capacity of the southern and
ex-slave states has been doubled, SO
that the south now produces a thou
sand million dollars worth of agricul-
tural and manufactured products in
excess of her product in 1880. This is a
result of the slowly improved condition
of labor. The prosperity of a country
depends on the advanced intelligence
of its workers. The superiority of
American labor is the foundation of
American prosperity.
The work of putting the fractured
shaft of the Umbria into splints. SO to
speak, involved the labor of boring
through no less than $50 inches of solid
steel-all, of course, by hand power,
and while the vessel was tossing at the
mercy of wind and wave 1t was a
task which in courageous conception
and energetic execution will be memo
rable in the annals of modern marine
engineering.
WHILE a number of men were at work
in the Wheat Owl mine at Penzance,
Wales, on the 10th, water suddenly
rushed in and drowned thirty of the
miners.
PRESIDENT CREsPo of Venezuela, has
decided to call the election for the new
convention in March,
and the new convention will meet in
May.
On the 10th the supreme court of Wis
consin affirmed the decision of the cir
cult court, giving judgment against
three ex-state treasurers for s525. 900,
interest on public funds pocketed by the
treasurers.
By the sudden bursting of an i'm
mense fly wheel, twenty-four feet in
in the lower rod mill of
Oliver & Robertson, ut Pittsburgh. Pa,
on the 10th. one man was killed, and
two were fatally, Two seriously and
several slightly injured.
TIE French ministry resigned on the
10th, owing to differences in the
cabinet on the ares: of the ex-minis-
ter of public works, Baihut, and other
matters. NJ. Ribot, the former premier,
formed new cabinet.
A DYNAMITE bomb placed in front OF
the building occupied by the Catholic
club at Seraing. Belgium, exploded. on
the 10th, completely wrecklng the front
of the structure and otherwise causing
great damage. Fortunately not a sin
gle person was hurt
A TAME dove belonging to Andrew
Fairchilds. of Fallasburg. Mich, flew
from the dovecot into his house, on the
10th. and alighted upon a cradle which
contained an infant. No one was in
the room except Mrs. Fairchilds. She,
attracted by the baby's cry, ran to the
cradle and found the dove picking at
the child's eyes, one of which was pune
tured and ruined forever.
Mrs BUsHEY died in the town of
Georgia, VT, recently. She was the
oldest woman in the state, possibly in
the United States. having lived ITO
years. A daughter 80 years old and a
son of as survive. Mrs. Bushey out
lived three husbands At the time of
her death her hair was FURNISHED gold
color and her skin as yellow as parch-
ment, free from wrinkles. but tightly
drawn over the face.
PHILIP RUDE. proprietor OF barber
shop in East Liverpool, O., who had
Buried his wife less than two weeks
previous, eloped on the 10th with his
still buxom mother-in-law. Mrs. 10
seph Hauck. who drew several hun
dred dollars from the bank before leav-
ing.
FIFTEEN firemens were injured in a
g. OOO, 900 fire in Boston. on the 10th.
Hecht 81 os.. wool dealers. lost sj0O. 600.
The FIRE burned over an area Of p, 600
feet.
MEssRs. ALLEN and Sachelben, the
two St Louis bicycle-riders who have
ridden across Europe and Asia, are en-
route from Sam Francisco for New
York The ride will be down the coast
to Los Angeles Thence across Arizona,
New Mexico and Texas to New Orleans
and through the southern States to
Pennsylvania, their fina! destination
being New York, when they will have
made the circuit Of the world.
AMID royal pomp and splendor, and
surrounded by European sovereigus or
their representatives, Princess Marie of
Edinburgh was married. on the 10th,
ut Sigmaringen, to Prince Ferdinand,
crown prince of Roumania-
Ar Lincoln. Neb, on the 10th, on mo-
ton of Mrs. Ada p. Bittenbcnder. Mrs.
Alice A. Minick, the first lady graduate
of the law department Of the Nebraska
university, vas admitted to practice in
the United States circuit court