Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-03-23

The secretary of the interior. on th
, 10th, accepted.the resignation OF Gree,
O. Raum, as commissioner of pensions
ana designated Deputy COMMISSIONS
Andrew Davidson to take charge o
that office until the appointment b,
the president OF Gen. Raum's successor
HE lower house of the Prussian diet
on the 18th, passed to third reading !
bill to reform the present complicated
system of elections
The administration has under con
sideration proposition to leave Minis.
ter. Fred d. Grant undisturbed in Wen.
ma The proposition is favored bv Sec.
rotary Gresham, who is also in favor
OF making no change in the English
mission. Minister Robert T. Lincoln
however. has indicated his wish to be
relieved
MIR IowEN, an extensive operator of
Buffalo, N. Y, will be immersed in
Tiger creek Mt Enterprise, N. Y. on
May 5, in the name of Cleveland and
Free Trade" by DR.. John L. Hobbins.
in settlement of a wageb on the presi-
Dental election. Mr. Bowen is 81 wears
old. He ducked DIR. Robbins in the
name of Harrison and Protection fonr
years ago.
The name of Secretary Gresham's
new prlvats secretary is Kennesaw
Mountain Lands. The father of young
Mr.. Lands was soldier in Gresham's
regiment When Gresham was wound
ed In the battle OF Kennesaw mountain
Mr.. Lands insisted on bestowinp the
peculiar name upon his infant son. born
about the same time.
MRS. SARAH r. Hicks, who was nm
doub tedly the oldest person on Long
Island, died at her home at Westburv.
on the evening of the 18th. Mrs. Hicks
was in her one hundred and third wear.
She was born at Cedar Swamp, Queens
county, small farming section. now
known as Greer vale. and was the
daughter OF Stephen and Sarah Rush
more.
The original constitution of the |
United States, during it's exhibition at |
the Worlds fair, will form a part of
the state department exhibit, and a
new case has been constructed to pre-
serve the old document from possible
injury or loss. It is in fairly good
state OF preservation, though showing
he effect of years of repose in a cylin-
lrical tin case, which slightly mutt
ated the edges. 4
f. EDWIN EDwELL, the sculptor, of
Jew York city, has received the con-
ract from the Gettysburg Monument
to make an equestrian
tatue of Edwin Winfield Scott Han
ock. to be erected at a commanding
ONT on the Getty burg battlefield.
he statue will be of heroic size, and |
MI represent the hero of Gettysburg I
Gated on horse and directing the
lovements of the troops on the historic .
cid.
AT 1880 o'clock on the night of the
tn Miss Mollie Niellson, former
aimed nurse of Bellevue hospital. New e
ork city, inaugurated her attempt, in S
Pittsburgh (Pa- museum, to abstain e
ON all nourishment, water included. S
r thirty days. 1t
The Bethlehem (Pa.) Iron Co. sent a !;
assignment of armor to the BROOKLYN
IVY yard, on the 18th, consisting of
rived turret plates for the Terror.
veral shafts for battle ships Nos. l a
a were sent to the Cramps on the | =,
th. 20
The Alamo hotel at Colorado Springs, in
l., was almost entirely destroyed by L
e on the 18th; loss, $4,000 The
ests escaped from the burning build
: amid much excitement a.
The body of Charles l.. ODione, an -
Ter victim of Boston's great fire, was \;
ind, on the nth, in the debris. This, -
S believes, completes the list of the ~
I'd, which numbers five.
Ohm N. MCDoNoUGH, chairman of
Massachusetts democratic state J.,
nmittee, dropped dead at 4 o'clock on no
morning of the nth, at the dinner m,
the Tammany club. le,
N the nth Secretary Carlisle signed
'arrant for s62, 64S, drawn in favor
the governor of New Mexico, in paw
Mt of New Mexico's proportion of fal
direct tax. til,
IHEELER's opera house, the oldest da
alter in Toledo, O.. was destroyed by Nc
at a. m. of the nth.
r. GLADSTONE had so far recovered
N his recent indisposition as to be
to drive to the house of commons ~
the 18th. Ma