Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-23
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

GREAT anxiety is felt at Crested Butte.
Col, for twenty miners employed in the
Cumberland mine on the north side of
Butte mountain, twelve miles distant
Nothing had been heard from them for
more than a month, up to the 18th, and
it is feared that they may have met with
cent heavy storm.
A SHOCKING suicide occurred at Or
manville, Ia, on the 14th. Mrs Luther
Atwood, whose mind was affected by
the instant death of her husband, who
was killed in a railroad accident recent
ly, saturated her clothing with kero-
sene and set fire to them. She was
burned to a crisp.
A. A. BARTLETT and George Shook,
who left Akron, O., last December by
boat for New Haven, Fla, were lost off
Britain island, gulf of Mexico Their
boat was light steam launch, in which
they went through the Ohio canal, the
Muskingum, the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers They were lost on their trip
across the gulf from Florida.
The widow of David Butler. Nebras-
ka's first governor, is sl25, 200 better off
than she was For some years suits
have been pending to recover the value
of her dover interest in certain Linz
coin property. and q decision in her
favor was rendered on the 14th.
THE senate, on the 18th, passed the
house bill incorporating the American
university, of which Bishop John F.
Hurst, of the Methodist Episcopal
church, is the chancellor and active
promoter.
A JOINT resolution was offered in the
Wisconsin senate, on the 18th. favoring
the proposition to annex the Hawaiian
islands, and thereby prevent their
passing under the control of q foreign
power.
JosERH OJEsPHIE, Russian, who was
found rambling around the town of
Norwich. n. Y. on the 18th, suffering
from a well-developed case of leprosy,
was sent to the Chenango county poor
farm.
has appointed committee of promi-
nent citizens to receive and entertain
well-known foreigners who may visit
this country to attend the Worlds fair.
Two BOLD thieves smashed the plate
glass show window of Cincinnati
jewelry store. at o'clock on the night
of the 18th, with brick. and made of
with 81. 900 worth of diamonds.
THE senate spent halt an hour in
executive session, on the 14th, but the
nomination of Judge Howell jackson,
to be associate justice of the supreme
court was not discussed.
THE coast defense vessel Monterey
was formally placed, in commission at
Mare Island, CAL, on the 14th, under
command of Capt Louis Kempt. Her
complement of 1877 men marched aboard
and the work of loading stores was inn
mediately commenced.
THE Kentucky legislature, in joint
session, on the 18th, elected Judge
William Lindsay, of Frankfort, United
States senator to succeed John g. Car
Isle, resigned.
the Central Savings Fund and Trust
Co. of Philadelphia, who absconded re-
Gently with s12, 900 of the institutions
money, was arrested in New York city
on the 18th.
PROF. UNNECESSARILY, the founder
and director of the Roman-German Gen.
trail museum. of Berlin, died on the
18th
j. c. SCHAFFEB, who has occupied
President Harrison's home at Indian
apolis, Ind. during the latter's incum-
bency of the presidency, has moved
out. and the house is being repaired
and made to look as much as possible
like the old home as it was under Mrs.
Harrison's care.
LABOR troubles are anticipated in
Japan. The natives, who work twelve
to seventeen hours daily for a few
cents, are now beginning to realize that
shorter hours are in force in other coun-
tries, and intend to agitate for laws
shortening the hours of labor and regu-
lating the pay.
THE. pope celebrated mass at St.
Peters church, in Rome, on the 18th,
in the presence of 5000 italian pill
grims, four card inals and forty bishops
SHIRLEY QUrLLINe and James Ewing
settled a quarrel, on the 10th, by fight
ing it out with pistols. They met near
the house of Ewing's father, John Ew-
ing. a wealthy and prominent man,
four miles from Catlettsburg, KY. It
was a duel to the death. Both parties
fred and Ewing fell dead, shot through
the heart Quilting was mortally
wounded and died an hour afterward.