Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-01-25
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


ney Hill, bishop of the Niger region in
Welt Africa, and wife was announced
on the Sth.
THE president has approved the joint
resolution providing for the reimporta-
ton of cattle and horses transported
into Mexico.
LORD" BEREsFoRD, convicted in
Rome, Ga, last year of forgery and
sentenced to the penitentiary for five
years, escaped from the convict camp
at Kramer, Ga. on the night of the
18th, boarded train for Florida, and
is supposed to have made arrange
ments to sail from southern port to
England, his former home.
DIR. ROSENTHAL, a prominent surgeon
of Cincinnati, went to Columbus, on
the 10th, to introduce a measure in the
Ohio Legislature to provide for the
abolition of the Abrahamic rite, on the
ground that the operation is cruel and
unnecessary. and a relic of barbarism
not compatible with the civilization
of the day.
THE first report of this seasons
wheat crop in the Punjab province of
British India has been issued. The
area planted shows an increase of 6
per cent. over that of the preceding
crop.
]. w. GIRvIN, who has held the office
of Hawaiian consul in San Diego, Cal.
for some years past. has received notice
from the provisional government of his
appointment to the head of the postal
savingsu bank of Hawaii. Girvin ex-
pected to leave on the Goth for Homo
lulu.
The Merchants bank of Ellis, Kas.,
has closed it's door and gone into vol
untary liquidation. The assets are am
Pile to cover the liabilities of $50, 900.
State Bank Commissioner Breidenthal
is in control.
The secretary of the interior has ap-
pointed William l.. Gritty, of Illinois.
a member of the board of pension ap-
peals, vice William u. Rupert, re-
signed. The salary is $4,000 per an
mum.
A CONSTRUCTION train on the North
ern Railroad of New Jersey went
through a temporary trestle near Fair
view. N. j., on the 18th, falling on
twenty or thirty Italians who were at
work under the trestle. Two of the
men We're crushed to death, and nearly
every one of the others was more or
less injured--some of them, it is feared,
fatally.
FIRE, on the 18th, destroyed the
plant of the American Cereal Co., at
Minneapolis, Mimi, involving loss of
about $4,000, and throwing over 100
persons out of employment.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has invited the
duke of York to visit Berlin to attend
the annual banquet of the Knights of
the Black Eagle.
A ROYAL decree. dated the 10th,
countersigned by all the ministers, has
been issued, proclaiming a state of
siege at Carrara and Massa di Carrara,
Italy.
IT has been learned that the Ed
Moorell, alias Frank Moorell, who as
sisted Chris Evans, the California out
law, in his escape from the Fresno
Cali Jail, is Frank Morris, a Fort
Scott (kas-) young man. His father is
a well-to-do farmer, and was formerly
in the mail service.
A. r. WHITLEY, one of the leading
real estate dealers of Cheyenne, Wyo,
tempting to suborn jurors in an i'm
portant civil case. He was sentenced
to thirty days in the county Jail, on the
18th, and to pay fine of $3.50. The
case created a great sensation there, as
Whitley had heretofore borne an ex-
cellent reputation.
NEWTON z. FAssETT. father of J.
Sloat Fassett, died at his home in Ell.
mira, n. Y, on the nth, aged II years.
BENJAMIN EARNsHAw, one of the most
prominent politicians in West Virginia.
and for ten years member of the Wet
eel county court, was arrested in
Wheeling, on the 18th, while attempt
ing to negotiate forged county orders.
He was caught by officers who were
lying in wait, and when arrested at
tempted to swallow q 81, 900 order ne
held in his hand.
A CHICAGO man has invented a shield
for vaccinated arms. The invention
consists of an aluminium disc, with rim
beveled and center raised and perforat-
ed, and is so constructed that it can be
fastened securely.
The mystery concerning the death OF
Henry Shrivers, who was shot on the
night of 14th at Salem. Ia, was explain
ed, on the 18th, by the confession of his
brot her Charles, who says that while
he was cleaning large gun it was &C
cidentally discharged. the load enter.
ing Henry's head, killing him instantly.
The jury returned . verdict Of acct
dental death