Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-12-21
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE English prince who became
duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha will give
up his English allowance of 925, 900.
No doubt English taxpayers heartily
wish that more of their expensive
appendages could be enticed to foreign
parts. 1t is likely that if this one had
been a private citizen he would never
had made a single annual allowance in
all the years of his natural life.
THE opposition to dancing now devel-
oping in one of the cities of Missouri is
met with the argument that at dances
young men are led to propose. With
so many young women to be provided
with husbands this looks like a very
awkward fact for the opposition to get
around.
AUGUST VALIANT, the anarchist who
threw bomb into the French cham Der
of deputies in Paris, on the 9th, was
resident of Williamsport, Pa. last year.
He boarded at the Central hotel there,
and had little girl with him, whom
he claimed as his daughter. The pro-
prietor of the hotel says Valiant was
rabid anarchist, and was continually
talking anarchy.
RI. REV. Il. B. LYMAN, Episcopal
bishop of North Carolina, died at his
home in Raleigh, on the 18th, of heart
failure, aged IS.
CHARLES w. JACOBS, postmaster of
Sun City, Kas., is reported by Inspector
Cochran to be short in his money-order
account to the amount of S700. Jacobs
keeps store in connection with the
post office, and does not deny that he is
in arrears, but says he has used the
government money as a matter of con-
venience in the transaction of his pri-
vate business.
THE printers ink works of S. E. Dixie
& Co., at Philadelphia, were burned on
the 10th, causing a loss of about 1000.
The ink was vaporized, but soon con-
densed, descending in a black rain upon
the firemen and spectators. They pre-
scented novel appearance by the time
the fire was conquered, and their
clothes were ruined.
EDWARD A. WILLIAMS, who under
took to walk from New York city to New
Orleans in seventy-three days, without
spending a cent en- route, arrived at
the latter city, on the 18th, five
days ahead of time. The walk was I'M
dertaken on a wager of 81, 800. Will
liams says he was kindly treated all
the way and is in good condition, hav
ing lost not a pound of flesh.
WITH the opening of the new year
each of the eleven heirs to the vast es-
tate of the late Norman w. Kittson, of
Minnesota, will have about $4,000
This is in accordance with the decision
of the United States supreme court
handed down on the 18th.
THE shops of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Co. at st. Paul, Mimi, which
were kept running with n very few
men during the SIMMER, have resumed
with full force.
PHIL SCHEIG. the defaulting cashier
of the Bank of Minneapolis, who was
arrested in London, was arraigned in
Minneapolis, Mimi, on the 18th, and
pleaded guilty. Sentence was de-
ferred in order that he might be used
as n witness against the Floyd boys,
his accomplices.
THE nomination of Washington Hes
sing to be postmaster at Chicago was
confirmed by the senate on the 18th.
THE house committee on coinage.
weights and measures has voted to be-
gin the consideration of the Bland bill,
re-enacting the free silver-coinage law
of 1887, on the second Wednesday in
February.
w. p. GALLUP, president of the Meri-
dian national bank of indianapolis,
and one of the best known financiers
il Indiana.t died, on the .3ta. at ..,e
age of 81. Of pneumonie.
MARTIAL law has been declared in
Pernambuco> Brazil.
MEs. PORTER, widow of Admiral Por-
ter, died, on the 18th, at her home in
Washington. She was a daughter of
Commodore Patterson, and was born in
New Orleans "a years ago. She was a
sister of Admiral Patterson. She had
long been in I'll health, which was
aggravated by fall some time ago.
The most valuable weanling colt in
the world wasj found dead in the pas
ture at Hirayfila, Maj. b. G. Thomp-
sons farm, at Lexington, KY, on the
night of thef12th. The younster was
the full brckher to Domino. Maj.
Thompson ios q full yearling sister to
Domino Last s5Imr,er. ~
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