Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-09-09
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of important Events.

oumMdTy OS important IvenIo'
THE New jersey Democratic Con.
vention, held on the LIST, nominated George
c. Ludlow for Governor.
The New Jersey Prohibitionists have
placed in nomination Sta:e ticket headed
by S. B. Ransom for Governor.
The first passenger train over the
New Orleans and Texas Railroad arrived al
Houston on the 31st ult An artillery salute
was fired.
GENERAL ROBERTS has arrived at
Candahar. The combined British forces
will attack Ayoob Khan, who is intrenched
at Murza, in Argenda Valley.
THE Nebraska Republican State Con-
vention, held at Lincoln on the LIST, renom-
mated the present State officers excepting
Land Commissioner and Superintendent OF
Public Instruction.
AYOOB KHAN is reported to have aban-
doned the investment of Candahar and taken
position on the Argandab River. This leaves
the way open for Gen. Roberts to reach Can
dahar without opposition.
THE Prussian Government has enter
ed upon the construction OF a railroad
through the impoverished districts of West
Prussia, Silesia and Posen, in order to give
the inhabitants a chance to obtain employ
ment.
CHIEF OURAY died on the Goth at the
Southern Ute Agency. He was attended by
Drs. Lacy, Hopper and Smith. The cause Of
II, D1,;<
lieved the signing of the treaty will now be
indefinitely delayed.
THE Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad Company have determined
to extend their road from Binghamton to
Buffalo, N. Y, thus securing through line
from New York to the West, in competition
with the Central and Erie.
E. H. COVE, Chairman of the Maine
Greenback State Committee and Secretary of
State under Governor Garcelon, has written
a letter to the Greenback State Committee
resigning his position and membership in
their organization and declaring his purpose
to hereafter act with the Republicans.
THE excess of United States exports,
at specie values, for the month ending July
81, was $13, lis, 1903, against s., GA $40 in the
corresponding period of last year. For the
twelve months ending July 81, this year, the
excess was S151, 754, PAT, against S263,643, 264
for the same period of 1879.
ANOTHER lady member of the Ameri-
can colony in Paris has committed suicide
Miss Candace L. Olney, formerly a promi
nent mlliner of New York City. The only
explanation of her taking off is note left
by her saying-"I am weary of life and want
rest.o
The towboat Raven, from New Or
leans, on the 2sth put off five sick men at
the Vicksburg Quarantine Station, whose
symptoms were of suspicious character.
The Raven continued her trip up the river
in defiance Of the orders of the Health Off
Ger. A Vicksburg telegram of the 30th says
that the disease is simple malarial fe-
yer and that all are convalescent.
THE Tilden Democratic State Com
mittee of New York have called State Con-
vention to meet on Sept. %, with the under
standing that John Kelly should abrogate
his call for the Tammany Convention, Sept.
s, and that both factions should be entitled
to an equal representation in the Convention
last called. This arrangement it is claimed
is entirely satisfactory to both sides and will
result in harmonious action during the pend
ing campaign.
THE steamer Marine City, on Lake
Huron, while on her way down from Macki-
mack, on the afternoon of the Goth, with
full passenger list, took fire off Sturgeon
Point, and before effective efforts could
1o %Io Aoy
became unmanageable The tug Vulcan,
which was fortunately near by, took off a
number of passengers, and the boats from
the Life-saving Station picked up those who
had jumped into the water. A number of
lives were lost, but it was impossible to tell
exactly how many or what We're their names.
THE Massachusetts Democratic State
Convention, held at Worcester on the 1st,
nominated Charles P. Thompson, of Glou-
cester, for Governor, his principal COM
petitor being Ex-Governor CASTOR. Gen.
Buffers name was presented for the NOM
ination, but he peremptorily declined.
Alpha E. Thompson, Of WOODBURY., was
nominated for Lieutenant Governor; Mich
ael F. Donahoe, of Somerville, for Secretary
of State; Francis J. Parker, Of Newton, for
Treasurer; Charles r. Field, Of Greenfield,
for Auditor, and 2. A. Collins, of Boston,
for Attorney General.
A CABLE dispatch from Rome an
nounces that the Rt. Rev. p. A. Feehan
now Bishop of Nashville, is promoted to be
first Archbishop of Chicago, Chicago hay
ing been raised to the dignity of a metropol-
itan see, with Alton and Peoria as its suf-
fragn sees. The Rt. Rev. DIR. Duggan, form
erly Bishop Of Chicago, having been perma-
nently disabled to officiate by an affective dis
ease, IS retired on pension OF $4,000 per
year. Kansas City, hitherto in the archdi-
Geese of st. Louis, is made an Episcopal see,
and the Rt. Rev. DIR. Hogan, now Bishop OF
st. Joseph, Mo-, is named its first Bishop,
and remains administrator of the bereaved
diocese of ST. Joseph.
SAPovoNARI has been chosen Chief
of the Utes, as successor to Ouray. There
were only two other applicants for the posi-
ton, Guero and Peah, the former claiming
it by right of promotion, being second in