Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-08-01
NEWS AND NOTES.
4 Summary of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ANoA "CSAoa StCoA1C1 4CEElcIs
which arrived at New York, on the
23d, from Demarara, reported that, on
the 18th, outside the harbor at Dema-
Eagle, of and from Barbados, and
sunk her. Twenty-four persons were
saved and five lost
REV. j. d. LEE died at Hennessey,
Okla. on the esd, of old age, He was
81 years old, and for the past .twenty-
four years had been a missionary
among the Cheyenne, Arapahoe and
Kiowa Indians, receiving his appoint
ment from the NJ. E. church. Through
his efforts dangerous outbreak of the
Cheyenne Indians was averted in 1875
Hon. B. P. CHENEY. president of the
American Express Co., died, on the
odd. at his home in Wellesley, Mass,
OF intermittent fever, aged so.
A SHANGHAI dispatch, received on
the cath, stated that Japan demands
SSs, SOC. 600 additional indemnity as
compensation for the retrocession to
China of the Lao Tung peninsula.
THE Young Mems Christian associa-
ton building on New York avenue,
near Fourteenth street, Washington
city, was destroyed by fire on the
cath: loss $4,000, fully insured.
SIR WILLIAM VERNON HARCoURr, who
was beaten in Derby by the conserva-
tive candidate, was elected, on the 23d,
from West Monmouthshire by ma
jority of 5,2s7. The ex-chancellor was
opposed by w. E. Williams, conserva-
tive. The vote stood: HaHourt. 7,243;
Williams, 1856 In 1892 the liberal
majority in this district was 5,319.
DR. THOMAS n. MUM died at Chap
man, Kas., on the 23d, as the result of
ing previous. His skull was crushed
and back broken. He was a leading
democratic politician, and was to have
been appointed surgeon of the Leaven-
worth military prison.
GEO. NJ. MAVERICK, an attorney liv-
ing at 272s Locust street, St. Louis,
and who is visiting at Arkansas Pass,
Tex, holds the record for the biggest
catch of a tarpon this year. One day.
he landed four large fish, measuringG
feet 81 inch, feet 111s inches, ) feet
inches and feet inches. In the same
party were four other gentlemen who
landed tarpons measuring more thar
feet.
THE Ironton co. waterworks were
burned, on the cath, from spontaneous
combustion. The boiler burst and
wrecked the building. The city is left
withou: protection in case of fire, and
many Industries will be compelled to
shut down., over 100000.
INDIAN COMMISSIONER BROWNING re-
ooiroI TNafo -
Fort Hall, on the cath, stating that a
listed among the Bannock Indians, and
urging that troops be sent to the scene
at once.
AN official report from Havana, on
the cath, said that Navarro's and AL
dawes columns, under command of
Gen. Lechambre. comprising 1000 in
fantry and 300 cavalry, with three
guns, arrived at Nuevitas on July 81.
A cLoUD-BURsr swept over the viii
lage of Brecon, O.. on the night of the
?2d, and many buildings were dam
aged, and large number of cattle and
sheep were drowned. Crops suffered
severely in the southern part of the
state.
THE American schooner Carrie E.
Lane had a thrilling encounter in
Cuban waters, on July IA, with Span
ish gunboat. Two shots were fired at
the Lane by the man-of-war, and one
of the schooner's crew narrowly es-
capped being killed by one of them.
The vessel was made to heaye to and
give an account Of herself before being
allowed to proceed.
Mr.. JAMES ". FRENCH, for FIVE.
years warden of the Northern Indiana
penitentiary at Michigan City has been
selected by Acknowledgement Harmon
as warden of the United States penn
Tertiary at Fort Leavenworth, Ka>
Mr.. French is well known as a prison
reformer.
Gov. RICHARDS of Wyoming re-
ceived telegram, on the 25th, from
Gen. Sitter at Market Lake, saying
that notwithstanding reports of a
sensational nature sent out from that
point there was nothing new in the
situation, and no authentic news OF
further trouble.
SECRETARY LAMONT has issued an
order. by direction of the president,
transferring to the department of the
Platte, all that portion of Nebraska
lying between the forty-fourth and
forty-ninth parallel and west of the
Missouri river.
THE engagement is announced of
Miss Pauline Whitney, daughter of ex-
Secretary Whitney, to Mr.. Almeric II
Paget of st. Paul, MINI. Ex-Secretary
| Whitney is away on a yachting cruise,
and Miss Whitney is sojourning in
| New England.
AT the conclusion, of the inquest at
| Toronto, Ont, on the cath, on the body
of Alice Pitezel. verdict of willful
murder was returned against Il. H.
Holmes.
DR. ALEXANDER McFARLAN, profess
or of physics in the University of Tex
as, has been appointed lecturer in cleo
trical engineering at Lehigh pa uni
versity. DIR. McFarlan's reputation as
| an Investigator in physics is world
| wide.
THE governments expenditures or
taxes were SIS, 739; taxes collected
SIT, I31. which will be refunded.
THE work of the post Office inspec
tors who have been ''spotting' the let
ter carriers in the free delivery Office:
| throughout the country continues t.
| bear fruit. First Assistant Postmas
ter-General Jones has sent orders K
the postmasters at Indianapolis, To
ledo and Syracuse, n. ", to suspend
or discharge a number of their car
riers on charges of loafing and intern
| perance