Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-04
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

MRS. HUNGERFORD, the novelist, bet
ter known by her nom de plume, THE
Duchess" died in Dublin on the 2<th.
Mrs. Hungerford had a rare person
atty and was a lannon's hostesR
Though past middle age, she always
retained a bright, youthful appear
ance, and was generally in vivacious,
cheerful mood
An Egyptian commission, appointed
for the purpose, has started on tour
of the various Red sea ports to ar
range precautionary measures against
the bubonic plague which is raging in
Bombay and other ports of India.
THE marquis of Dufferin, the retir-
ing British ambassador to France, has
accepted the presidency of q commit
tee to celebrate, at Bristol, the four
hundredth anniversary of Cabot's dis
covery of America
THE preparations for the Bradley
Martin ball in New York, that is to
outshine the Vanderbilts, continue.
1t is said, however, that several
wealthy women have concluded to
remain at home on the night of Feb
ruary 10, fearing an outbreak of some
kind at the Waldorf as the result of
the great prominence which the affair
has received.
THE plague news from Bombay is
not reassuring. The British sanitary
commissioner has reported seriously
on the situation, but Englighmen re-
gard the chances of the plague getting
a foothold in Great Britain as being
remote
THE consular and diplomatic bill
was reported to the house on the 25th.
It carried an appropriation of $751;
500, which is an increase of $4,000
over the appropriation for the current
fiscal year.
| EDWARD ]. IVORY, alias Bell, acquit-
ted in London of a charge of compile
ity in dynamite conspiracy, and John
| A. Mcintyre, formerly district attor.
ney in New York, who went to London
in defense of Ivory, sailed for New
York on the 25th.
THE senate foreign relations com
mittee, on the 25th, favorably reported
bill providing that the shore emo OF
any new submarine telegra phic cable
which shall be protected in any for
eign country by exclusive landing
rights or other special privileges shall
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try without the consent of congress.
Mrs MCKINLEY, wife of the presi
dent-elect, accompanied by her sister
| Mrs. Barber, arrived in Chicago over
the Lake Shore road from Canton, o.,
on the Goth. They were driven al
once to the residence of Mr.. Lafayette
AcWilliams, 1861 Lake avenue
| MISS ANNA VANDEwATER and tive
children. a boy aged about eight years
and a girl about four, persisted in 6
burning farm house four miles soutI
of BeIleville. Mich, Oh the 26th-
On the Goth the house passed ovel
the presidents veto, by more than ;
two-thirds vote, the bill to restori
Jonathan Scott, of OswegO, Kas-, {
veteran of the Fifth Iowa cavalry, &c
the pension roll, at the rate of S72 I
month.
CoScI.ADr Bros Great Western pot
terry, at Peru, Ind, one of the larges
in the country, was burned on thu
Goth: loss, $4,000.
| AT Linton, Is miles east Of Sullivan
Ind, on the 27th, Mrs. Robert Wilke1
left her two children, aged one an6
four wears, in the house while sh'
went out calling. The house caught
fire and was burned down, and oot1
I the children persisted
On the 2sth Comptroller EckeIs o
the treasury addressed the house com
mittee on banking and currency OF
the several bills referred to him. ID
said great deal of the present de
} preston had been brought about bJ
overtrading, unwise credit and un
usual extravaganza, public and pri
vate.
THE body of Sir Isaac Pitman, the
inventor of the Pitman system of short
h0Rd, who died in London recently
was cremated at Woking on the 2sth