Iron County register., 1894-12-27
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE New York Sun, on the 18th,
said: 1--WE are ena bled on the highest
authority to state that Joseph II.
Choate and Clarence A. Seward regard
the new income tax as unconstitu-
tional, and that these eminent law
yers will represent a large body of
public-spirited New York merchants
and business men who propose to test
the constitutionality of the law in the
courts"
JOHN CRoNIN was hanged at 1:O1
o'clock on the morning of the 18th, at
the Connecticut state prison in
Weatherfeld, and was pronounced
dead nine minutes after. The auto
matte gallows worked perfectly.
THE post Office department has is
sued fraud orders against Sears,
Robeck & Co., the Alva Manufactur
ing Co. and A. Curtis & Co., operated
by w. S. Abbott and Fred Eli, at Min
neapolis and Chicago. denying them
the use of the United States mails.
Abbott claims to have cleared $4,000
out of the swindles within the last
six months.
On the 18th Ambrose Daugherty and
miles south of Eldon, Ia, engaged in
an extempore duel with pistols, and as
a consequence both were fatally
wounded. Both insisted on driving
first over the same bridge.
THE contest over the will of the late
Daniel B. Fayerweather, of New York,
was decided, on the 18th, in favor of
the plaintiffs, and Dartmouth, Amherst,
Williams, Hamilton and fifteen other
colleges and the university of Roches-
ter will probab bly, get big slices of the
estate. estimated to be worth between
Sc, 900. 900 and 81, ,OOO,O 900. The case will
be appealed by the executors.
AN examination of the books of the
Central national bank of Rome, n. Y,
by National Bank Examiner Van
Vranlin, on the 18th, disclosed the
fact that the cashier of the bank, John
E. Bielby, is defaulter to the amount
of S27, 900, of which sum he has $4,000
to his credit in New York, which he
will return to the bank, leaving a net
shortage of $4,000, secured by S20,-
900 bond. The money was lost by dab
bling in stocks.
THE athletic association of the Kan
sas Wesleyan university has adopted
rules disseminating foot ball under the
existing rules. In their last game four
men were seriously injured.
JOHN BOsToN, well-digger living
near Waukomis. Okla, was instantly
killed, on the 18th, by falling into 30
foot well. He was riding in a bucket,
! and when near the top the rope broke
and he fell to the bottom. His neck
was broken.
Gov. TURNEY of Tennessee, on the
18th, committed to life imprison ment
the sentence of John Davis. who was
convicted of murder in the first degree
| in Hamblen county and sentenced to
be hanged. The supreme court affirmed
the verdict and Davis was to be hanged
at Morristown Christmas eve.
| AN incendiary fire, at an early hour
on the morning of the 18th, completely
destroyed the stock of dry goods of J..
| f. Mcbride, and the notion goods store
of Felt Bros, at Elkhart, Ind. causing
| a total loss estimated at 10000. The
/ insurance will reach $4,000.
| SPEAKER CRISP and house leaders
/ reached tacit agreement, on the 18th,
by which the adjournment for the holi-
| day recess would be taken at the close
of the session. on the 22d, and the re-
assembling at noon, January 3.
| d. d. GUEST. of Princeton, Ky, has
sold to President Cleveland pair OF
fine young horses of a deep bay color,
1517 hands high They are perfect spe'
cimens of kentucky horseflesh.
NJ. HENRI BRIssoN tradicaD was, on
the 18th. elected president of the
! French chamber of deputies by vote
| of 249 to 2l3.
| Mrs. FANNIE r. VIcKEY was granted
a divorce from Horace n. Vickey al
Emporia, Kas. Mrs. Vickey is a well.
known populist orator. and at present
is matron at the asylum for the insane
at Ossawatomie. She is a niece OF
Judge w. A. Randolph, who granted
her divorce. The plea was abandon
ment and failure to support her.
SERVICES in memory of the late Sir
John Thompson, premier, were held in
the basilica at Ottawa, Ont, on the
the Goth. All the government offices
were closed in order to give employees
an oppo1 tunity to attend the services.