Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-02-28
An explosion of gas took place in tf,a

William Penn colliery at Pottsville,
Pa, on the 21st. by which three of the
employees were badly burned, the lives
of two of them being despaired of. No
great damage was done to the colliery,
but operations were suspended.
THE Lawson flag bill, forbidding the
display of foreign flags on public
buildings, was passed by the New
York senate. by vote of 20 to 6, ON the
21st.
A CLEVELAND syndicate has become
interested in the Little Mingo mines
lease at Duluth, Mimi. and the prop
erty will now be developed. The new
shaft is already down thirty-six feet in
fine quartz, and in a few weeks the
stamp mill at Rainey Lake City will
again be in operation.
Il. w. HIATT, of Montgomery county.
Kas., soliciting aid for sufferers in
that section, says the people of Mont
sas counties are eating horsef1esh. not
being able to get other food Cows
are being trained to draw plows, ETC.,
to put in a crop this spring.
AT the close of business on the Lon
don stock exchange, on the 21st, the
United States loan was quoted at 81
premium. The purchases of the new
loan were chiefly for the New York &C.
count, confirming the belief that
nearly all of the London scrip will
come to the United States.
The failures in the United States.
for the week ended on the 22d, as re-
ported by r. G. Dun & Co., were a02,
against 2ss for the corresponding
week last year. For Canada the fail
ures numbered 80, against 81 last year.
Four men who set out from New
Orleans, on the 18th, under the guild
ance of John Barminster. colored
nimrod. for a hunt in the Alliance
woods, were found, on the ed, frozen
to death.
JOHN GEIGHER. a pioneer resident OF
Norfolk, Neb., received notice from New
York city. on the ed, that his brother,
who recently died, left his entire es-
tate, valued at 81 800, 900, to him.
WARD MCALLIsTER the late leader
of the New York -Four Hundred" left
no real estate, and his personal prop
erty. it is said. does not exceed $4,000.
HENRY c. STILLwELL, young clerk
in the employ of the Bank of Califor-
mia at San Francisco, shot himself
through the heart on the 21st He
had been caught in the act of abstract
lug $50 treasury note from bundle
CT notes in the bank, and promptly dis
charged, whereupon he fred the fatal
shot.
EIGHT valuable pet dogs We're poi
soned by means of strychnine admins
tered by some person or persons un-
known at the Westminster club dog
show on New York city on the 22d.
lie in jealousy of other owners, the vic
Tins being prize winners.
The dwelling of L. d. Hayford, at
Rhinelander, Wis. was destroyed by
fire, on the 22d, and a child aged 6
years was burned to death. Two older
children tried to take the unconscious
child to a window. but were unable to
do SO. They jumped to the ground and
reused their mother, on the first floor,
but the roof fell before they could save
the little one.
NJ. DE WITTE, the munster of finance,
is taking measures for the promotion
of cotton growing in Russia. By his
plan the state bank will advance to
growers working capital, and will
grant loans to enable them to pur-
chase raw cotton for manufacturing
purposes
A DEPUTATIoN of French senators and
members of the chamber of deputies
waited upon the minister OF husbandry,
on the 22d, and discussed with him the
question of the Importation of Amer
lean wheat. They also urged upon him
the prohibition of the importation of
American cattle.
Gov. MORTON of New York celebrated
Washington's birthday anniversary by
signing the bill prohibiting the display
of foreign flags on public buildings in
the state.
THERE was unveiled at Baltimore,
Md, on the 22d, tablet to mark the
site of THE old Courthouse from the
stairs of which was first read to the
people of Baltimore the Declaration of
Independence.