Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-12-19
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

Gov.-ELECT BRADLEY was sworn in at
Frankfort, Ky, on the 10th, thus inau-
gurating the first republican admins
tration in the history of that state.
THE Atchison Topeka. & Santa Fe
system of railroads, embracing 9,343
miles of track and all the appurte-
nances thereunto belonging, was sold
under the hammer at Topeka. Kas., on
court, and was bought for $50, 600, 900
by Edward King, for himself, Charles
c. Beaman and Victor Morawetz.
News was received at Duluth, Mimi,
on the 9th, of the laundering of the
tug Pearl S. Campbell, of the Inman
line, off Huron island, about forty
miles from L'Anse, Mich, on the 18th.
Seven lives We're lost.
On the 10th Hon. Josiah Quincy,
democrat, was elected mayor of Bos-
ton, over Edwin U. Curtis, repu blican,
by about 1900 plurality.
COUNT BADENI, Austrian prime min
lister, announced to the parliament. on
the 10th, that the proposed scheme of
electoral reform was ready. 1t had
been approved by Emperor Francis Jo-
seph. he said, and would be introduced
at the first sitting of the reichsrath IN
February.
A FIRE in Dyersburg, Tenn, on the
10th. destroyed Eve of the handsomest
brick buildings in the town. This is
the third destructive fire in Dyersburg
within three months, all thought to
have been of incendiary origin
In the district court at Leavenworth.
Kas., on the 10th, John III. Gatchell, a
former fireman on the Kansas, Wyan-
dotte & Northwestern railroad. was
given a verdict, by consent, for $1,000
for the loss of an eye and the fracture
of leg and two ribs
An epidemic of hog cholera is rag
ing in Harper, Barber and Sumner coun-
ties, Kas. It was estimated that over
1000 hogs had died there during the
three weeks previous to the 10th. and
there were no signs of the abatement
of the disease.
HARRY HAYWARD was hanged at
Minneapolis, Mimi, at 2:10 O'Clock on
the morning of the 18th. Before as
cending the gallows he reaffirmed his
former confession and forgave all those
who had worked to secure his convic-
ton, including his brother Adry, WHOM,
he had previously mathematical and
threatened with post-mortem vista
tions.
THE conference of the bimetailic
leagues of Great Britain, France and
Germany opened in Paris on the 10th.
NJ Loubet, president of the French BIZ
metallic league, presided. The object
of the conference is to draft a resolu-
ton, regarding b;mettallism. which will
be submitted to the parliaments of the
three countries.
PosTMAsTER-GESERAL WILSON. on the
10th, forwarded to Acknowledgement
Harmon an official notice of the re-
moval of Assistant Superintendent HILL
of the free-delivery system. for con-
spiracy," and practically suggesting
that the facts warranted his dismissal
as commissioner to investigate the over
time claims of letter carriers.
WIN. b. MCMILLAN was found guilty
at Toronto. Ont, on the 18th, on the
charge of having set fire to the Os-
goodby building il that city. on jan
uary last, the fire resulting in the
destruction of that and adjoining prop
erty to the total value of about seven
hundred thousand dollars.
THE suit of Secretary Tryon of the
board of fire commissioners against
Mayor Pingree of Detroit. Mich. for
SIS, 600 damages for false imprisonment
and malicious prosecution, was decided,
on the 18th, in the mayors favor.
In addition to 10000 troops which
are expected at Havana towards the
end of this month and the beginning
of January. the Spanish government is
already preparing to dispatch 10000
more troops to Cuba.