Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-26

GEN. GREEN B. RAUM, Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, is making campaign
speeches in Maine.
The New Jersey Republican State
Convention nominated Frederick A. Potts
for Governor.
THE New York Greenback State Con-
vention, held at Syracuse on the 18th, nomi-
mated a ticket of Presidential Electors and
also of State officers.
THE harvests in both East and West
Prussia have been almost totally destroyed by
floods. 1t has rained necessarily for nearly
three weeks in some localities.
A NATIONAL Convention of Republi-
can Campaign Clubs has been called to meet
at indianapolis on the 10th Of September,
each organization being entitled to one del
egate.
CINCINNATI is dissatisfied with its
census returns, and the police will make
new enumeration of three districts in order
to determine what further action shall be
taken.
Al1CAAAoA SOANA6NO Va tAN lAAAS, Ato
Templar Of the United States began at Chi
cago on the 10th with a very large attend
ance. An immense crowd of spectators was
in attendance from all parts OF the country.
THE Chinese Minister at Washington
has given notice that his Government has,
by official decree, removed the ancient re-
strictions on commerce, and that the Celes-
tials. may hereafter trade with foreigners at
will.
REPRESENTATIVE BLACKBURN has
been renominated by the Democrats of the
Seventh Kentucky Congressional District,
and Representative Caldwell has also re-
ceived denomination in the Third District,
Kentucky.
AN alleged plot to blow up Cork Bar
racks was discovered on the 18th. Two bar
rels of gunpowder were found secreted in
the railway tunnel directly beneath the bar
racks. The troops were Immediately put
under arms, but mol further developments
were made.
REPORTS received at the Department
Of Agriculture at Washington show that the
condition Of the cotton crop throughout the
Southern States is unusually good. and an
unprecedented yield is predicted. The black
rust has appeared, however, in certain Sec
lions of Georgia, and it is believed that the
crop in that State Will not reach the average.
ADvICEs from Candahar, on the 18th,
report the enemy throwing up siege works
around the city. Ayob Khan has 2 200 cav
airy and Is guns. His headquarters were
only three miles distant from the city. It
was reported that European officers were
with his command, but the rumor was not
generally credited.
THE National Council of the Alba
MAN League has decided to throw of every
vestige of Ottoman authority. The popula-
ton of Scutari are preparing decisive meas
ures against the Turkish authorities. So
complete is the Albanian revolt that Central
Albanian cities have refused to take part in
the movement against Greece.
ACCORDING to careful estimates of
the Boston Advertiser, by the new census the
Northern States will have a population of
80, 763, $40, and the Southern States, 1862,
331. The average rate of growth of the two |
regions is almost identical; that of the South
is slightly more than twenty-eight per
centum, that of the North slightly below
twenty-seven per centum.
MISS NELSON'S sudden death, as as
certained by post-mortem examination, was |
caused by dropsy of the heart, accelerated |
by extreme Indigestion. Miss Nelson was |
driving in the Bots de Boulogne, when she
was seized with sudden illness, and was
conveyed to the nearest restaurant, where
she expired. Her remains will be buried in |
Brompton Cemetery, London.
THE Connecticut Democratic State
Convention, held on the 18th, nominated
Hon. James E. English for Governor;
Charles NJ. Pond, of Hartford, for Lieut.
Governor; S. S. Blake for Secretary of State;
Merrick A. Mercy for Treasurer, and Charles
r. Pagan for Comptroller. Gov. English
has signifed his acceptance of the nomina-
ton.
DURING a riot between Catholics and |
Orangemen at Dungannon, Ireland, on Sum
day, the 18th, the police first used buck
shot and then ball cartridges to disperse the
crowd, who returned the fire with revolvers.
Many persons were wounded. At Down
Patrick the Catholics and Orangemen fought
for several hours, a number on both sides
being severely wounded; and at Belfast a
similar collision occurred, two deaths re-
sulting.
THE Knights Templar procession in
Chicago was about three hours in passing
given point, and it is estimated that nearly
90 900 uniformed Knights were in line, in ad-
dition to a score or more of bands, the whole
scene of great splendor. The
streets and buildings along the line Of march
were handsomely decorated, and every avail
able point Of observation was occupied by
spectator. The city was thronged with
guests from abroad, every hotel being
crowded to its utmost capacity.