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

HoN. JEFF DAVIS. of Russellville,
Ark. has decided to make the race for
congress against Hon. w. L. Terry, of
Little Rock, who is now serving his
third term.
On the Sd the president nominated
Rufus w. Peckham, of New York, to
be associate justice of the supreme
court of the United States.
MILLER, ScHALL & Co., of New York,
shipped $500, 900 gold to South Ameri-
ca on the Sd.
Mr.. AND Mrs. w. S. Brown cele-
brated their golden wedding at their
country home near Franklin, Ind, on
the night of the I'd. Mr.. Brown was
born in New Jersey in 1922, and his
wife was born in Scotland in 1925.
They were married in 1s45. and settled
in Indiana ten years later.
j. X. EMMETT has brought suit at
Denver, Col, for divorce from his wife,
based on misconduct, cruelty and de-
sertion. The latter will not contest.
A DISPATCH from Rome, on the Sd,
said that there was great activity in
all the Italian arsenals to prepare the
whole naval force of the country. The
cruiser Plemonte, the newest an3 fast
est in the Italian service, herspeed
being 81 knots an hour, has been or
dered to the Levant.
The winter session of the German
reichstag was opened on the Sd.
PARIS newspapers reiterate that M.
Bertheiet's retirement from the Office
of minister of foreign affairs is inn
pending.
IT is announced that the condition
of Grand Duke George, the czarowitz.
is absolutely hopeless. A dissolute
life is responsible.
An important measure to be intro
duced into the New York legislature
during the coming session will be one
to abolish expert medical testimony in
the state, SO far as it is now given by
physicians and surgeons of any degree
of ability who may be called by the
lawyers in trial case.
A JEwELER of New York city is maxi
ing arrangements to offer at public
sale, some time in January, the mar
velous collection of jewels and gems
Senator Stanford. The value of the
collection is variously estimated at
from 81. 600, 600 to s., 0oo.0 900
The Vienna correspondent of the
London Daily News said, on the Sd,
that telegram to the Turkish en-
bassy there announced that the sultan
had resolved to break all diplomatic
relations if the powers should force
the Dardanelles.
HERR VoN BULo-BEREN3ERG was, on
the 4th, reelected president of the
German reichstag, receiving 229 votes
out of the 293 cast
A SIX sToRY sweat-shop building on
the corner of Attorney and Riyerton
streets, New York. was Quilted by fire
on the 4th. A dozen persons had to be
carried out of the Two tenements on
either side of the burning building,
and nearly dozen other men dropped
to neighboring roofs to save their
lives.
THE wife of John Fink, railroad
engineer at Dubuque, Ia. died sitting
at her husbands bedside with her
.himble pressed against the needle with
which she was mending garment, in
which position Mr.. Fink found her
upon awaking in the morning.
In the suit of Gus A. Mey err against
ex-Congressman W. C. p. Breckenridge.
for services rendered in the celebrated
Madge Pollard case, and in which the
plaintiff got q verdict before Cincin-
natl magistrate, defendant paid $3.50
into court. on the 4th. alleging in his am
swer that this was the amount OF fee
agreed on.