Iron County register., 1880-12-16

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BY ELI D. AXE. d
1RoNroN, A1spURE
NEWS and 'INWEls'.
Summary ofimportant Events.
THE new last mail between New
York, Washington and New orleans, saves
"a hours in time over the old schedule.
CONTRACTS have been let for the ex-
tension of the Lake Erie & Western Railway
to ST. Louis, to be completed by october l.,
1881. i'STs - n aha at .
PARNELL, Bigger, Sullivan, Sexton
and Dillon have applied Tor postip;ohii.s.rient
of their trials, on the ground that the date
fixed will interfere with their Constitutional
The application has been refused. -a,. ss;.
The remains of Hon. George B.lRob-
inson, Lieutenant-G -Governor-elect OF Color
ado, were conveyed to his former home near
Kalamazoo, Mich, under an escort of prom
inent citizens of Colorado, and inferred
with appropriate ceremonies, on the 7th.
CAPTAIN w. H. HowGAgE,, U. S. a,
has resigned. For the past ten years he had
been connected with the Signal Service, and
since General Myers death has been acting
Chief. His resignation is supposed to be due
to the recent appointment Of General Hazen
as Chief Signal Officer. a@.3, s-t
THE Tariff question is likely to come
to the front as an important factor in the or
ganization of the new House. Mr.. Kasson,
of Iowa, who is candidate for Speaker, it
is said will be opposed by the Tariff inter-
ests on account of his pronounced position
in favor Of Free Trade. s'''
THE boiler of portable saw-mill at
Wendell, Mass, exploded on the Sth, killing
six persons and injuring two others. Those
killed were the two proprietors of the mill,
MAJ BILE and Clark, Oscar, George and Willie
Brown, three brothers, aged from II to 21,
sons of Hosea Brown, of New Salem, and
Mrs. FELTON,, the housekeeper.
Two masked robbers entered Jew
elry store at Niles, Mich, on the 1st, and pre-
senting cooked revolvers at the heads of the
proprietors, Lapierre and Micks, attempted
to plunder the store. They were apparent
ly novices at the business, or else deficient
in nerve, as the jewelry men got the upper
hands of them and one was captured, with
bullet hole through his vest. The other es-
capped. '''''" =
EARL GRANVILLE has recently made
a speech which is attracting much attention
in England. 1t is understood to mean that
France will join England, Russia and Italy
in coercing Turkey on the Greek boundary
question. This is to be the foreign issue Of
the next session of Parliament. The Porte
will undoubtedly resist the cession Of terri
tory, but Gladstone is resolved that it must
take place. az a,s 3aan79 Il .isS
AMONG the first bills which will be
reached in the House will be the Eaton Tar
iii bill for the creations of a commission of
experts to investigate the Tariff ndreport
their conclusions and recommendations to
the next Congress. This bill passed the
Senate at the last session and is now lying
upon the Speakers table in the House in
such position as to be one of theifrst meas
ures reached at the coming session.
SEVERAL employees Of the Kansas
City, st. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad
and two or three express messengers on the
same road have been arrested charged with
robbing the baggage consigned to that road
by the Union Pacific. The parties were all
indicted by the Grand Jury at Kansas City
on the statement of George Clemince, who
was arrested, convicted, and sent to the
Missouri Penitentiary several months ago for
a similar offense. L :4Ise-sstg d
JUDGE DUNDY, in the us. Circuit
Court at Omaha, has rendered decision in
the Ponca Indian case, to recover their old
reservation and establish title thereto, that
the Ponca tribe of Indians have a legal es-
tate in the reservation and are entitled to
possession thereof. The case is the first on
record where one Indian tribe brought suit
against another in the courts of the United
States, and has arouseddeep and widespread
feeling on account of the alleged wrongs done
the Poncas. :
The Convention recently in ses-
sion at Springfield, Ill.,, composed Of dele
gates from the Boards of Agriculture of va
rious Western States, recommended that each
State issue a monthly crop and stock report
during the growing season, and that an ef-
fort be made to secure such legislation
as shall render the reports uniform,
prompt and accurate. An Executive
Committee was appointed, composed of the
following gentlemen: WI. Chamberlain,
Ohio; Alex. Heron, Indiana; S. d. Fisher,
Illinois; j. X. Hudson, Kansas; j. r.
Shaffer, Iowa; j. B. Killibrew, Tennessee;
II. III. Young, Minnesota.
SECRETARY SHERMAN, in his report,
recommends that provision be made for the