Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-02-01
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

A LARGE landslide occurred at Sau-
| salito, Cal. on the night of the 21st
| near the Northern Pacific Coast rail
road shops, completely wrecking the
homes of Engineer Briggs and Con-
ductor Brady, of that railroad. Nc
lives were lost
MIR. AND Mrs GUsTAvUs Fl. LYON and
Miss Minnie Chapman, teachers in the
Sac and Fox Indian school, were
drowned in Deep Fork creek, in Okla
homa, on the 21st, while fording the
stream in a buggy
The Salem CO., Wire Nail Co. held a
meeting, on the 22d, and decided on an
other 10 per cent. reduction in wages.
The senate committee on public lands
has authorized Senator Pettigrew to
prepare a bill looking to the payment
of damages to settlers who were driven
out of Sequoia and Yosemite national
parks by the order of the secretary of
the interior when those parks were es-
tablished.
ABOUT $50 in counterfeit money was
by woman who was digging some
roots for tea. Each piece of coin was
wrapped in tissue paper, and but little
of it was furnished. The find con-
sisted of dollars and quarters. The
coin is a very dangerous counterfeit,
having an excellent ring.
BRICE STEWART, aged SO, for sixty
years resident of GAINESVILLE, Tenn,
and one of the most conspicuous char
acters in the history, progress and de-
velopment of middle Tennessee, died
on the Esd. He was one of the first en-
gagged in establishing a tobacco mar
ket in GAINESVILLE, operating stemmer-
les also in Missouri and Kentucky. His
wealth is estimated at s1,00o,0oO.
JUDGE E. L. HAMMOND, of the federal
district court in Jackson, Tenn, on
the Esd concluded the famous case of
the United States against G. T. 3.
Howard by refusing to direct that his
writ of error shall operate as a super
sedeas and to fix a bail bond pending
decision of the supreme court. Howard
has been taken to the peniteDtiary at
Columbus. o.
SUPT. STUMP of the immigration bu-
reau, on the Esd, intimated that he
would take early action in the case of
the alleged importation of nearly 200
cigar-malxers from Havana to work in
1t is believed that he will order the re-
turn of the men to Havana. ID posi-
bly, the prosecution of those who
brought them over.
UNLESS the unexpected happens the
Kansas City (Mo.) exposition building
will be sold under foreclosure of mort
gage. The foreclosure will be made
under the first mortgage. which is for
about s150,O0O. The incumbrance was
placed on the property by James Goodin
when the exposition building was built.
THE historical exhibits and the other
relics from the vatican, which were
loaned to the Columbian exposition,
are not to be returned to Rome at
present. They are in the hands of
Archbishop Ireland and will appear in
the Columbus museum in Chicago
when that is opened for the public.
IT is reported that gold ore to the
value of s12s, 900 was taken from the
Little Johnnie mine at Leadville, Col. !,
in one day recently. This beats all
Leadville records, the largest previous
output for single day being $4,000
worth of silver ore taken from. the Rob-
ert E. Lee mine.
A TRAMP was found frozen to death
on the highway near Pittsburg, Kas.,
on the morning of the cath, In Fort
Scott and Leavenworth several per-
sons had their fingers and toes frozen,
and at other places there was intense
suffering. Coal car robberies were re-
ported at several points
The new Heavilon shops building
annex to Purdue university, Lafayette,
Ind, recently completed and equipped
at a cost of $50. 200, was destroyed by
fire on the night of the Esd. Loss es-
timated at s175, 900; insurance, S45, 900.
Mr.. WILLIAM P. HAZEN, of the treas
ury secret service, stationed at Cincin-
natl, is slated to succeed Mr.. Drum
mond as chief of the secret service.
The latter will proba bly, be transferred
to some other station.
A DISPATCH was received in London
from Rio Janeiro, on the Esd, which
stated that efforts were being made to
arrange for the arbitration of the diff
ferences between the insurgents and
tie Brazilian government