Iron County register., 1896-10-15
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

south. Once perfected to make il
available for general use in the cotton
belt, as the reaping machine is in the
grain country, there will be a revolu.
tion in southern agriculture scarcely
less than that which followed Whit
ney's Invention of the cotton gin near
the end of the last century.
ANEW idea is that meat eating and
badness go together. Many cases OF
falling hair have been checked by a
diet of milk, eggs and fruit, together
with local treatment. Rustics who
subsist principally on bread and milk
live to q great age, and usually have
heavy heads of hair, while those who
eat a great deal of meat are often bald
at 25. In the Italian parliament nearly
all the members heads are as bald as
billiard.balls, while the peasants rejoice
in heavy hair.
A DISPATCH from Paris, on the 7th.
announced the death of Gen. Trochu.
The old deserted White brewery, ten
stories high, owned by Lyman An
drews, of New York, and located at
the foot of the bluff at Gutten berg, n.
j., was burned to the ground on the
5th. The structure originally cost
100000. 1t was not insured. The
building was deserted IL years ago.
The cause of the fire is not known.
THE great parade of democratic
clubs held in st. Louis on the evening
of the I'd is said to have been the great
est political demonstration ever held
in that city.
JAMES CoLAN was arrested in Chica-
go, on the 9Th, by private detective
of the Wabash road, charged with sell
ing forged passenger tickets on the
Wabash system. Colan. it is said, sue
ceeded in selling more than s., 900
worth of tickets. Twenty forged
tickets were found in his possession.
On the 9th United States Marshal
Cron arrested a man named w. r
Smith, at Fargo. N. D., wanted by the
Chicago authorities and charged with
larceny. It is understood Smith is
member of the jewelry firm of Smith,
Pratt & Co., Chicago. He disappeared
from that city several months ago
with several thousand dollars worth
of diamonds.
On the 9Th inst. 0,Ooo strangers were
present in Kansas City, No., to wit
ness the opening parade of carnival
week. The keys of the city were
handed over to King Ki-Ki and Kween
by Mayor Jones.
On the night of the 5th W. Bourke
Cochran, of New York, addressed the
largest assemblage that had yet crowd
ed its way into Convention auditorium
in st. Louis. Fully 10000 persons were
wedged in. Outside thousands strug-
gled unsuccessfully to gain admission.
on the 9Th the convention of Good
Templars of the United States opened
at Chippewa Falls, Wis, at Agnew's
hall, with a general reception. Ad-
bers of the local lodges and responses
were given by visiting delegates.
AT Charleston, w. Va, on the 9Th,
Harrison was greeted by
the largest crowd ever at a political
in thatstate. He arrived from
and spoke at p. m. to an
audience variously estimated at from
10000 to $4,000. His appearance was
greeted with tumultuous applause.
WILLIAM EDwARDEs, Q. c., fourth
Baron Kensington, died suddenly, on
the 7th, while hunting at Roxburgh.
PASSENGERS arrived at New Orleans,
on the 9th, by the Royal Mail line
steamer Breakwater, from Porto Cortez,
say that a revolution is fomenting in
Honduras and is liable to break forth
at any moment
PosTMAsTER-GENERAL WILSON has is
sued an order prohibiting such no
tees as "Please send out" or please
post mp" being placed on the wrap
pers of third-class mail matter. Such
notices will subject the matter to first
class rates.
THE house of Henry Campbell, of
Westford, Otsego county, N. Y, was
Mr.. Campbell and his wife, both about
years of age, living alone, per
ished in the flames
THE Ohio and Kanawha river packet
Columbia struck a snag at Red House
Shoals, w. Va, on the 7th, and sank,
breaking in twain. The passengers
had narrow escapes. but the expedi-
tious work of the crew with yawls pre-
vented any loss of life.
THE Spanish authorities have arrest
ed several persons in Madrid upon al
legations of their having been impli-
Gated in the rebellion in the Philip
pine islands.
MIcHAELs' university at Eogansport.
Ind, was burned to the groand, on the
9Th, entailing a loss of $50, 900, with
S35, 900 insurance. The 200 students
but lost most of their cloth
ing and considerable money.
In collision, on the sth, on the River
Humber, England, between the steam
ers Alexander and Emden, the former
sank, and item of her crew were
drowned.
BIZ decision of the Iowa state su-
preme court, rendered on the 9Th, an
granted by the court below
was set aside, and the trustees of the
state soldiers home are empowered to
continue their former custom of de-
Quoting all in excess of Sc a month
from the pensions of inmates and using
It for the support of the institution.
PETER B. TURNBULL was elected
president of the Leadville (Col. Min
ers' union, on the sth, to take the |
place of A. NJ. Burns, former presi- |
dent, who had mysteriously disap- |
peared. It is said that with this |
change in executive officers there may
be change in the policy of the Min-
ers' union and possibly n settlement of |
the strike.
Ex-Gov. SILAs WooDsoN, one of the /
most prominent men in Missouri, died |
It his home In St Joseph on the night ]
0f the eth.