Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-11-25

J F,tss 20.
Col. THOMAS A. SCOTT and party
Of prominent railway officials have been.
making a tour of inspection over the Texas
and Pacific and New Orleans Pacific roads.
They were Hospitality entertained at most of
the various cities and towns they visited
THE prospectus Of the Panama Canal
Company has been issued. in Paris. The
capital stock is fxedat 800, 900, 600 francs
and the total cost of the work is. estima ed
at 6OO,0OO,OOO francs, the difference to be
raised by the issue Of bonds.
JUSTICE CLIFFORD, OF, the Supreme
Court, who was. struck with paralysis some
three weeks ago, still lies helpless He has
recovered his speech partly and can articu-
late, but his mind has hardly .ranied from
the shock, and it is doubted if be will ever
recover ..t,*..s .,rts.* ID ttf.., t.s,
.iGEN. SHERMAN's annual official yreI
port to the, Secretary OF War has been pub
lished. He renews his recommendation of
last year, that Congress be asked to give 25,-
600 enlisted men specifically to troops of the
line OF the Army, and to make separate pro-
vision for special service. A.t7as'I ~ te
REV. JAMES B. CoRRINGToN, D. D.,
for 30 years Methodist minister, cotem-
porary of and co-worker with Peter Cart
wright, and a quarter of century ago
hardly less famous than that great preacher,
died at the residence Of his son, Rev. james
F. Corrington, in st. Louis, on the 18th.
Col. A. B. MEACHAM has left Wash
fngton for Denver, where he will attend the
trial of Agent Berry and proceed to Los
Pfnos Agency in company with his colleagues
of the Ute Commission under escort of Q
body of troops, for the purpose OF paying the
Northern Utes money due them under
treaty. Hl iif3' ssf.I6 = - - saiiftgof
AN appeal has been issued for aid for
the destitute families of the workmen killed
by the stellarton IN. So mine accident.
There are 33 widows and 10 orphans to be
I, provided for, in addition to which some 200
al men are thrown out Of employment by the
pupbosing of the mine. The entire population
ed q. the town is about 2, 600. ..--... ~,
receiTHE recent mine disaster at Stellar
victions bva Scotia, turns QUITO be even worse
as at first supposed Not, one. of 1.-THE
FOR yOun9lr men entombedI alive has been
present and additional explosions have oc-
~ eIo. oU-ndicating that the fire in the mine
Aer,ns ding and will probably destroy the
. .ans irkings of the pit, . serious calan1-
,,To az men win be thrown out Of work,
Httache, flor the wholeiwinter. J1o034 4
separated; Mississippi Valley q Interstate
n which lion met at the State House in New
nracticals on the 18th. The following officers
A syshosen: President, ex-Chief Justice
minsfj Simrall, Of Mississippi; Vice Presi-
muhts, Tobias Gibson, louisiana. Gen.
orFrank Troutman, Kentucky; w. Gould,
Missouri; Alex. Campbell, West Virginia;
D. B. Woods, Pennsylvania; L. G. Keever,
Ohio; Benz. Kiger, Mississippi. Secretary,
John G. Henderson, Louisiana.
THE Bank of Bergen County and the
Bergen County Savings Bank, allied institu-
lions at Hackensack, n. j., have, been de-
pleted of a large amount Of bonds, hypothe-
Gated by John Jacob Berry, Cashier OF the
former bank and Treasurer Of the latter.
Both concerns have closed 'Iaeir doors and
Berry is under arrest. The, amount Of his
.defalcation is not known, but will probably
reach $125 900. Unfortunate specuations
are said to be the cause of Mr.. Berry's down
fall. s4s..r fa4sg 4attelsH ~ift,rstfi5gtf
WASHINGTON advices indicate the fol-
lowing changes in the military Service: Gen.
w. B. Hazen to succeed Gen. Myef as Chief
Signal Oficer; Col! Nelson A. Miles to be
promoted to the rank Of Brigadier General,
and to succeed Gen. Ord, who will be placed
on the retired list. The vacancy caused by
the retirement Of Surgeon General Barnes
will probably be filed by the promotion OF
Col. j. H. Baxter. 30 The. present Pay
amaster-G General OF the Army will soon be re-
tired, and will be succeeded by Coli n Nc
.Clure, now. Assistant Paymaster General.
Col. Rufus ingalls, may succeed Gen Meigs
as QuartermasterGe General, and Col. D. r.
CoaE oft will r "a
Inspector General. Many of these changes
will probably be made during President
Hayes Administrator. Si7 IA - 72t}3o
JUDGE DAVIS has rendered d decision
in the Garfield Chinese letter case,, holding
Philip for trial on two charges of criminal
libel, the first for writing the letter in ques-
tion and forging Gen. Gartield's name there
to, the second for writing an editorial in
Trsth headed tLying and Sticking To 1t, -
in which it Is asserted chat Gen. Garfield
Ned when he denied the authorship of the
letter. Judge Davis severely. tcriticises
Mr., ,Hewitt's connection with the let
ter. He says: :. However much an eqpita-
BILE division may Leave for others, upon Mr..
Hewitt must rest the larger share Of the re-
sponsibility of the first publication of the
base and shameful forgery, and his subse-
quent relations to the forgery do not lift a
single shadow from his conduct. ,, In reply
to this Mr.. Hewitt has published q card
charging that Judge Davis has grossly dis
torted the evidence for the purpose rof ma
Hgning his character, and alleging that the
Judges animadversions are part OF pre-
arranged partisan plan'to injure his good
name and standing in the community.
Judge Davis has since publicly acknowl-
edged, in . communication TO q New York
g. .;.,.,. 80 al
testimony in his late decision, he fell into an
error regarding that portion Of the tes-
tfrnony relating to Mr.. Hewitt, which in
Justice TO the latter it Is his duty to correct.
He insists, however, that MFR. Hewitt's quasi
Endorsement Of the Moroy. letter was what
ii gave it its greatest importance, and that his
conduct is legitimately subject to- 5udicial