Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-01-12
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

Considerable excitement has beer
created in the past few weeks by the
! finding of gold in the western portion
of Dearborn county, Indiana. The
metal has been discovered in a mum
Der of places in small quantity, al
though of a very good quality, and
will average $50 to the ton if found in
large quantities.
The navy department has received
another request from Admiral Dewey
for hght-draught gunboats. They will
be sent him as soon as possible.
1t is said that the negotiations be.
tween France and England regarding
the Newfoundland shore are nearing a
successful consummation in EnpIand's
favor.
Clinton Buckbee, of near Mishawa-
ka, Ind, found lying along the rail-
road track a tin box which, when
he pened it, revealed what seemed to
be a huge packet of bank bills, but
which proved to be cut paper with a
81 bill On top.
A report comes from Eagle City,
Alaska, that there is no truth in the
story that the miners had lynched
Jack Jolly. Jolly, the report says,
was formerly city marshal of Eagle
City, and was well liked.
The steamer New England arrived
at Vancouver, B. c., on the 18th, with
10000 pounds of halibut, caught off
Queen Charlotte island. 1t is a rec
ord catch.
The town of Pullman-church, hall,
market house, library and 1000 brick
residences-will be sold to the highest
bidder. The place will cease to be a
town, and will be added to Chicago.
Minister COnger again protested
against the granting of Frances de-
mand for the extension OF territory
at Shanghai, and the Pekin govern
ment has decided to refuse to yield
to France.
England has replied to the car cor
daily indorsing the proposed peace
conference, and asking under what
heads the discussion is to be con-
Quoted.
The secretary of war has directed
that the camp at Knoxville, Tenn, he
broken up and that the Thirty-first
Michigan and all other troops now
there be sent by rail to Savannah with
a view to their transportation to Santa
Clara, Cuba.
Milton Remley, encouragement Cor
Iowa, on the 9th refused to pay the
50-cent war revenue tax on his official
bond He holds that the federal gov
eminent has no right to tax a state
officer and proposes to make a test
case.
The Divide Cattle-Growers' Protec-
tive association, with headquarters at
Eastonville, Col, has been organized.
The object of the association is to
protect stock from increasing depre-
dations of gray wolves and cayotes,
by offering suitable bounties for
scalps. The pests have destroyed COLI
siderable stock this winter, in spite of
Russian bloodhounds, trappers and
hunters.
On the ninety-first ballot the dead
lock in the Delaware house of repre-
sentatives was broken. Theodore +.
Clark, regular republican, was elected
speaker, receiving IS votes to 13 Tor
VIM. Sharp, the candidate of the Adj
dicks republicans. Ten of the IL DEM
ocratic members of the house voted
for Clark. and thus secured his cleo
ton.
The rainfall of 7e0 inches In the
Sc hours ending at a. m. of the 9th,
at Vicksburg, Miss, was the most re-
markable in the history of the Vicks-
burg weather bureau. 1t caused Sc
rious damage and delayed trains on
the railways. The track of the Ala
bama & Vicksburg road between Boil
ton and Baker creek. % miles east of
was under water to The
depth of feet.
Senator Gallery, on the 9Th adj
dressed the senate in support of Sena-
tor Vests anti-expansion resolution.
He made a constitutional argument.
Anti-civil service people scored Vic
tory in the house when they struck
put the appropriation for the civil ser
vice. The appropriation, however, viii
be reinserted by the senate