Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-09-16


Toledo, is a defaulter to the amount Of $50,
600, and has absconded. 1t is thought his
sureties are good for the amount.
THE Georgia Republican State Con-
vention, which met at Atlanta on the I'll,
adopted a resolution not to make any nomi-
nations. They however recommended GER
tain Republicans as candidates for Congress.
THE steamer San Salvador, from
Truxilo, Aug. Z, for Havana, has never since
been heard of and is believed to have gone
done with all on board. She was engaged in
the cattle trade. Her officers were white
men and her crew negroes.
The famous trotting horse St. Julien,
it is announced, is positively engaged for the
fall meeting of the St. Louis Trotting Club,
to be held on Sept. % to Oct. 1, and, with a
good track, will make an effort to beat his
unprecedented time OF 2:111-4.
THE Mississippi Valley Horticultural
Fairwas successfully inaugurated at the Mer-
chants Exchange Hall, in st. Louis, on the
evening of the It'll. The display of fruit COM
prised samples of nearly every variety grown
from the Upper Mississippi to the Gulf.
PRESIDENT HAYES and party arrived
at Salt Lake on the 9th and were greeted by
a large crowd of spectators. The Mormon
Sunday school children, several thousand in
number, were ranged along both sides the
line of march from the depot to the hotel.
There was some speech making at the hotel
by the President, Gen. Sherman and others.
THE Mississippi River Commission
loe h. - ofoo
for improving the river according to the re-
port made at the last session of Congress.
They want s., OOO, 900 for the entire work ac-
cording to the specifications reported, and
$780, 900 for the expenses Of the Commission.
These estimates are yet to be acted on by the
Secretary of War.
IT is reported that a preliminary trea-
ty of peace has been signed between Chilli
and Peru. The following are the principal
articles: Peru surrenders the monitors
Mancocapac and Atahualpa, RACES the forth
fcations of Callao, surrenders all the artillery
Of Callao, engages to not augment the navy
for twenty years, and will reimburse to Chill
the cost of the war. Chilli engages to pay
half of the "exterior" debt Of Peru.
ANOTHER sensational suicide occurred
at Niagara Falls on the evening of the 9Th.
George W. Knapp, resident OF Utica, N.
T., went to Tugby's Bazaar, just south Of the
bridge which spans the rapids to Goat
Island, and, coolly divesting himself Of his
coat, vest and hat, mounted the railing with
pistol in his hand which he fired at his head
and then sprang into the seething rapids be-
low. A young lady was sitting near by and
witnessed the whole performance.
AT an Irish meeting in Hyde Park,
London, the other day, Mr.. T. P. O'Connor
denounced the House of Lords as "the most
disgraceful and oppressive assembly exist
ing" His remarks were only audible to
those near him. In a few minutes the tenn
porary platform was completely carried
away by the rush of the crowd. Resolu,
lions for the cessation of evictions and re-
form of the House Of Lords were declared
carried, but the proceedings were merely
dumb show.
80 THE Arkansas State election, held on
the 9th, resulted in the election of Thomas
j. Churchill for Governor, together with the
entire Democratic State ticket, by the usual
Democratic majority. There was no Re-
publican State ticket in the field. The Re-
publicans, however, elected their Sheriff in
Pulaski County, which includes Little Rock,
and also elected their local ticket in some
other counties. The Constitutional amend
ment proposing to repudiate portion of the
State debt was probably voted down.
FULLER details of the bridge accident
at Logrono, Spain, show that regiment of
troops were crossing on pontoon bridge,
when it gave way, carrying into the river
more than one hundred men and officers.
The panic-stricken soldiers on shore were
unable to assist their drowning comrades,
who were clnging to the debris of the bridge,
and most Of them sank, as they were in
marching attire and armed with Remington
rifles and supply cartridges. One hundred
and ten in all are, thus far, known to have
been drowned.
IT is estimated that the Island of ia
maica has been put back about two years by
the recent hurricane, and it is feared that
the poorer classes have long period of suf-
fering before them. The planters are left
with destroyed crops, and the fishermen
have had their houses blown away and their
smacks sunk. There is literally no business
going on anywhere, except the work OF re-
storing the shattered dwellings. In many OF
the towns the Government offices and build
ings suffered much, and the clerks are una
BILE to transact business.
THE Vermont State election was held
on the It'll, the result of which is given else
where. The following is the vote of the
State for Governor the last few years at the
September elections:
Tear. Rep. Dem. Green5ack. Scat. Rep. Maj.
1870. SO 1851 1205S II 800
1872 Al 94S 1858 -. 49,. 25,333
1874 5S2 1927 80. 20, 325
1876 4723 209S3 -. % 23,735
1S7S 373l2 l7,247 1898 1872 1868
The following was the vote of the several
districts for Representatives to Congress in
1878:
FIRST DISTRICT.
.Joycc Rep .l2 500 Randall, Dem. %, 1876
SECOND DISTRICT.
TYLER. Rep. IL PSI Dickey, DEM. A $50
THIRD DISTRICT.
C,rout. Rep. 4 $50 Waterman, Dem. '096
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