Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-07-22
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.

A Summary of Important Events.
JUDGE WILLIAM LAWRENCE, of
Ohio, has accepted the position of First Con-
troller OF the Currency, Uice Judge Porter,
resigned.
CAPT. PAYNE, at the head of 800 set
tiers, it is reported, has evaded the vigilance
OF the United States troops, and again
invaded and taken possession of a tract of
land in the Indian Territory, contrary to the
proclamation Of the President. The same
party undertook to enter the Territory last
spring, but were forced to retreat by the
troops. 1t is said Payne courts arrest in or
der to determine in the courts whether he
acts in violation of any law.
A ST. PAUL dispatch of the 10th says
the reports Of the failure of the wheat crop
in the Northwest are greatly exaggerated.
In the southern and river counties of Min
nesota, in Northern Iowa and Northwestern
Wisconsin the crop has suffered severely
since the heavy rains of the first of June,
which were followed by warm sun, Undue
ing rust; and the chinch- bug has also put in
LIS "OiN III CCItdiH ScCIlOuSs DuC WllulIl
these limits the losses will not exceed 40 per
cent, while in other sections the crops are
generally uninjured.
GEN. WEAVER, Greenback candidate
for President, was interviewed in Chatta-
nooga while on his way South to open the
political campaign. He is confident of his
ability to carry Alabama, Tennessee, Texas,
Mississippi, West Virginia, Missouri and
Arkansas, and says he will make heavy gains
in Maryland, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota.
He says if he does not receive majority of
the Electoral votes, neither Of the other can
didates will, and the matter will again go to
the House Of Representatives. Ii thrown
into the House he will stand an equal chance
with the rest. 4.
A DEATH by yellow fever occurred in
New Orleans on the 18th, the victim being
James Kinney, aged 10, seaman of the
Swedish bark Excelsior, from Rio Janeiro,
with coffee. The Excelsior arrived at the
Mississippi on the oath of June, was detained
at quarantine ten days, during which time
both vessel and cargo were several times flu
migated, and on the fifty eighth day after
leaving Rio, no sickness of any kind having
developed, she was permitted to come up to
energetic measures have been taken to pre-
vent the spread of the disease.
THE Missouri State Greenback Con-
vention was held at Sedalia on the 18th. The
following State ticket was placed in nomi-
nation: For Governor, Human A. Brown,
of Howard County; Lieutenant Governor,
Homer f. Fellows, Of Greene; Sec
rotary of State, o. D. Jones, of
Knox; Auditor, Dr. A. C. Marks,
of St. Clair; Treasurer, John M. Sneed, of
Pettis; Attorney General, Major A. NJ.
McGintey, of Moberly; Judge of Supreme
Court, Peter E. Bland, of St. Louis. The
resolutions indorse the platform adopted
by the National Greenback Convention at
Chicago.
THE following are the members of the
Executive Committee of the National Dem
Ocratic Committee: William FL. Barnum,
Chairman; F. o. Prince, Secretary; Gen.
Duncan S. Walker, Assistant Secretary. w.
H. Barnum, Connecticut; F. o. Prince,
Massachusetts,; George L. Barnes,
Georgia; William C. Cloudy, Illinois;
Austin 81. Brown, Indiana; NJ. M. Ham,
Iowa; Henry D. McHenry, Kentucky; Out
erbridge Husey, Maryland; P. Fl. Kelly,
Minnesota; A. H. Sulloway, New Hampshire;
Orestes Cleveland, New Jersey; Abraham
8. Hewitt, New York: M. w. Ransom,
North Carolina; VIM. W. Armstrong, Ohio;
VIM. L. Scott, Pennsylvania: Thos. O'Con-
nor, Tennessee; B. B. Smalley, Vermont.
THE Democratic National Committee
met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York
City on the 18th. William III. Barnum, of
Connecticut, was unanimously elected
Chairman, and Frederick o. Prince, of Mas
sachusetts, Secretary. The committee then
adjourned to Governor Island to attend the
presentation of the nomination to General
Hancock. The committee appointed by the
Cincinnati Convention to inform its candi-
dates of their nomination visited Governors
Island and presented formal letters to both
Gen. Hancock and Mr.. English. Gen. Han
cocks grandson, aged five months, having
died that morning from cholera infantum,
the presentation was purely formal. Gen.
Hancock signified his intention of preparing
his letter of acceptance at an early day.
The Tennessee State Board of Health,
on the 14th, ordered the enforcement of the
following quarantine regulations against
New Orleans: No freight-car over any rail-
road nor any steamboat or any other water
CIA1I uCpdl btIlS 1AOHl tAC Slly VI ANC" yin
after the 10Th day of July, 1880, and until
further orders, shall be allowed to enter the
State Of Tennessee, nor to make landing
upon the borders of the State for the pur-
pose of transacting any business whatsoever,
unless said car, boat or water craft shall
present to the proper officers of this
Board q certificate from the officers
or agent of the National Board
of Health to the following effect: That said
official or agent of the National Board Of
Health has personally examined the freight
of such car, or the cargo, passengers, OFF,
GERS and crew of such steamboat or water
raft, and has satisfied himself of the free
dom from infection of said vehicle and it's
contents, persons and things; that the freight
or cargo comprises none of the following ar
ticles of the list recommended by the
Louisiana State Board of Health to
be subjected to obligatory quarantine
and publication, to-wit clothing, personal
baggage and dunnage, rags, paper stock;